The Truth About Engineering Partnership: The Good, The Bad, and The Potentially Ugly – Ep 206
What makes us successful as an engineer is not solely what’s going to bring us success as a leader or a partner. We need to be really tuned in with who we are and grow in our profession.
From Engineer to CEO and Everything In-Between – Ep 121
As a manager, you have to understand what the goals of a project are, consistently reinforce obtaining those goals, and achieve success through reinforcement of the vision of the projects, goals and successes.
How to Build Genuine Inclusion into Your Corporate Culture
As engineers, we like hard lines and definition in our daily lives and things we can easily see and measure. While these characteristics support effective work products, they are often the traits that inhibit us from excelling. Thus, the need to break out of our comfort zones and dig into diversity and genuine inclusion.
Here’s Why Base Isolation is Rarely Used in the United States — It Doesn’t Sell Units – Ep 003
We have the opportunity to see what resilience is and what the structural engineering profession means, not just for a building, but for the entire community which that building serves. It is important that the engineering profession as a whole take advantage of this opportunity and promote the value that engineers provide.
Starting a New Job: How to Succeed Faster in the First 90 Days of Employment – Ep 205
Constant communication on the things that you can improve on is very important in your career journey, and especially within the first 90 days at your firm. The first 90 days when starting a new job is like an extension of your job interview. Your managers will want to make sure that you are a good fit for the company and that they make a good hiring decision.
The Four Types of Problems Engineers Must Solve
In your work, problems engineers must solve will occur under four basic categories. Every engineer should have one Category 4 problem they have identified, defined and are committed to solving over the course of their careers.
The State of the Structural Engineering Industry from the ASCE SEI Structures Congress Part 2 – Ep 120
In episode 120 of The Civil Engineering Podcast, you are going to hear interviews from my recent visit to the ASCE SEI Structural Engineering Institute Congress. We will talk about technical topics for structural engineering as well as personal development and effective communication skills for engineers
Career Management – What Engineering Professionals Should Know
Embracing your career management can be frustrating. You may feel you have made progress, but still feel somewhat stagnant and frustrated. Career development is no longer always about climbing the corporate ladder. Career development is a personal pursuit.
The State of the Structural Engineering Industry from the ASCE SEI Structures Congress Part 1 – Ep 002
What excites me about structural engineers is the fact that we are bringing our professional associations closer together, and coming up with a common vision that that there are some challenges for the future.
Introduction to The Structural Engineering Channel – Ep 001
In this first episode of The Structural Engineering Podcast, we would like to introduce the show, the hosts and our goals for making this podcast extremely useful to you and bring you information that could help you succeed in work and life.