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TWiCE 01: Welcome to This Week in Civil Engineering (TWiCE)

September 10, 2020 By EMI

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Welcome to This Week in Civil Engineering (TWiCE), the first weekly audio and video podcast covering weekly news stories and events related to civil engineering and its sub-disciplines. In this introduction episode of TWiCE, I explain how this show is going to work, introduce you to our four hosts for the show, and also provide you with a sample news story featuring some of the latest industry news and updates in the civil engineering industry. Our first complete episode will publish next week on 9/17 featuring Khamini H. Fennelly.

Everyone should be up to date with what is going on in your industry because it can really have a lot of implications on you, your career, and your company’s growth. With This Week in Civil Engineering, our goal is for you to be able to listen to this podcast, or watch the video version every week for 10-20 minutes and get updated on industry happenings.

The show will be hosted by four co-hosts, Khamini H. Fennelly, Geoff Smith, PE, LEED AP, Danny Luu MEng (Hons) CEng MICE, Luis Duque, EIT, A.M. ASCE, SEI.

We will dive into topics that will include, but are not limited to:

Meet Luis Duque, EIT, A.M. ASCE, SEI – Co-Host of This Week in Civil Engineering (TWiCE)

September 10, 2020 By EMI

The Engineering Management Institute is thrilled to announce that Luis Duque, EIT, A.M. ASCE, SEI, a Bridge Engineer at Foothills Bridge Co and host of the Engineering our Future Podcast, will serve as one of the co-hosts of EMI’s new podcast – This Week in Civil Engineering (TWiCE). TWiCE will be a short weekly show published to provide civil engineering professionals with the most important industry updates. The first episode will publish on 9/17 and Luis’s first episode will publish on 10/08.

Joined by his knowledgeable and experienced co-hosts, they will dive into topics that will include, but are not limited to:

• The latest news in the world of civil engineering, national and international,
• Information on government funding as it becomes available for civil related projects,
• Technical information related to new products that might improve project performance,
• Professional development tips for individuals and firms.

Luis believes that TWiCE will fill the need of having a dedicated space for civil engineering news that people can tune in weekly and listen to in a condensed format, allowing them to stay up to date on technical news in the field. He wanted to become the co-host of TWiCE as he enjoys podcasting and believes that the goal and mission of EMI aligns with what he is doing in his career and personal life.

TCEP 152: PMP Exam Prep Tips: How the PMP Can Benefit Your Civil Engineering Career

September 9, 2020 By EMI

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In this episode of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I talk to Jason Dunn PE, PMP, Vice President at BRPH, who serves as the VP of Project Management as well as Chief Risk Officer (CRO). Jason talks about everything you need to know about obtaining the PMP certification, and tells us how getting his Project Management Professional (PMP) certification has impacted his career.

Engineering Quotes:

Here Are Some of the Questions I Ask Jason Dunn:

What are your responsibilities as a Chief Risk Officer?
With all the risks in construction, construction litigation, and cybersecurity, is it correct to say that you have a lot on your plate as CRO?
With your previous experiences and what you can give to the company, it must be exciting as a professional?
What made you interested in acquiring a PMP certification?
Did you prepare for the PMP test before you did the four-day review course?
What is the actual PMP exam like and can you tell us more about it?
How has your PMP certification impacted you in your engineering career and how you approach things?
At what point in a firm’s timeline do you develop your project management guidelines?
What advice can you give to a civil engineer who is thinking of getting a PMP certification?

Here Are Some Key Points Discussed in This Episode About BRPH and How a PMP Certification Can Impact Your Career:

Remember Who You Work For

September 7, 2020 By EMI

This is a guest blog by Mickey Addison, MSCE, PMP

When someone asks a leader who they work for, the best answer is “I work for my team.” That’s obviously not a complete answer, but it speaks to a mindset. Leadership is service, and leaders who approach their roles with that mindset are more likely to be successful. It’s not the complete answer, of course, so to that end, let’s spend some time thinking about respect. Leaders must demonstrate respect, require it in the team, and be able to move our organizations forward in a rapidly changing world.

Everyone Deserves Respect

TSEC 33: Leading With Outcomes: Keys to Advancing Your Engineering Career

September 3, 2020 By EMI

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In this episode of The Structural Engineering Channel Podcast, we talk to Rens Hayes, Principal at H+O Structural Engineering, about strategic planning, organizational structure, leadership, management, and advancing your engineering career. Regardless of your current position and aspirations in your engineering career, if advancement is something you’d like to continue to pursue, this episode is full of big-picture insights that will help you see where opportunity for growth lies.

Engineering Quotes:

Here Are Some of the Questions We Ask Rens in This Episode:

Meet Danny Luu MEng (Hons) CEng MICE: Co-Host of This Week in Civil Engineering (TWiCE)

September 2, 2020 By EMI

The Engineering Management Institute is thrilled to announce that Danny Luu MEng (Hons) CEng MICE, a Chartered Civil Engineer from London and the founder of  Civil Engineering Mentor will serve as one of the co-hosts of our new show – This Week in Civil Engineering (TWiCE). TWiCE will be a short weekly show published to provide civil engineering professionals with the most important industry updates. The first episode will publish on 9/17 and Danny’s first episode will be publishing on 10/01.

Joined by his knowledgeable and experienced co-hosts, they will dive into topics that will include, but are not limited to:

Danny believes that it’s important to put your ego aside and work as a team, as teamwork makes the dream work, and that you should think positive and make good use of your time.

Which Engineering Course Is Right for You?

August 31, 2020 By EMI

This is a guest blog by John McGill

Engineering is a vast subject and has lots of types of courses to choose from; it may be tough to pick the course that suits you well. In order to decide, one should try and determine what one is passionate about. In some sense, it has to be established by means of different approaches to various engineering themes. Usually, it happens during the college years, when one is to gain basic knowledge about engineer branches and qualifications.

Also, it can happen that one, being involved in one engineering subject, is interested in another one that he or she doesn’t have in a curriculum. As follows, aspiring to gain knowledge in the latter one, a graduate might ask himself, “who will do my engineering homework while I will immerse in another engineering subject.” In order to make the process faster and make one sure that he or she take an appropriate course, the question of which engineering course is right is further to be analyzed.

Electrical Engineering Qualification

TGEP 005: Leading Through Challenges Featuring Karen (“KD-A”) Durham-Aguilera, Executive Director for the Army National Military Cemeteries

August 28, 2020 By EMI

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Photo Credit: Elizabeth Fraser, Arlington National Cemetery

In this episode of The Geotechnical Engineering Podcast, we talk to Karen Durham-Aguilera, more commonly known as KD-A, who is the Executive Director at the Army National Military Cemeteries. We talk about her career and her role at the Army National Military cemeteries. KD-A also talks about effective leadership and how you can break it down into the four C’s of leadership.

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Here Are Some of the Questions We Ask KD-A in This Episode:

TCEP 151: Everything Civil Engineers Talk About Doing, but Never Get To Do

August 26, 2020 By EMI

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In this episode of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I talk to Maysill Pascal, P.E., Regional Senior Engineer and Sales Manager at USW, a MENARD Group USA Company. We talk about her career journey and her traveling around the globe, and how that has helped her career, but also how she has dealt with it emotionally. She then also talks about the importance of pursuing your dreams by getting out there and doing what you always wanted to do.

Engineering Quotes:

Here Are Some of the Questions I Ask Maysill Pascal:

Meet Geoff Smith, PE, LEED AP: Co-Host of This Week in Civil Engineering (TWiCE)

August 25, 2020 By EMI

The Engineering Management Institute is thrilled to announce that Geoff Smith, PE, LEED AP, a practicing engineer and associate at Silman will serve as one of the co-hosts of our new show – This Week in Civil Engineering (TWiCE). TWiCE will be a short weekly show published to provide civil engineering professionals with the most important industry updates. The first episode will publish on 9/17 and Geoff will be the host of the episode publishing on 9/24.

Joined by his knowledgeable and experienced co-hosts, they will dive into topics that will include, but are not limited to:

Geoff believes that it is important to just be yourself, as being you is something that no-one else can do. In his own words, his goal as co-host of this show is that:

“TWiCE will help busy civil engineering professionals stay up to date with technical news in just 10-15 minutes each week.”

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We will dive into topics that will include, but are not limited to:

Engineering Quotes:

Here Are Some of the Questions I Ask Jason Dunn:

Here Are Some Key Points Discussed in This Episode About BRPH and How a PMP Certification Can Impact Your Career:

This is a guest blog by Mickey Addison, MSCE, PMP

Everyone Deserves Respect

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This is a guest blog by John McGill

Electrical Engineering Qualification

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