Engineer to Entrepreneur: Success Strategies to Manage Your Career and Start Your Own Civil Engineering Firm – Ep 036
In episode 036 of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I interview Rick DeLaGuardia about entrepreneurship in civil engineering. We will focus on his newest book called Engineer to Entrepreneur: Success Strategies to Manage Your Career and Start Your Own Firm. Here are some of the questions I ask Rick: What made you decide to write the […]
The Benefits of Looking at an Infrastructure Project in 3D – Ep 035
In episode 35 of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I interview Sam Lytle of Civil FX about the benefits of looking at civil engineering projects in 3D and how doing so can benefit you as a civil engineer. In the interview we talked a lot about how a quality 3D rendering of a civil project can […]
Protecting the Environment Through Security: What Civil Engineers Should Know – Ep 034
In episode 034 of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I interview my co host, Christian Knutson on protecting the environment through security and we also talk about how civil engineers can make a difference to it. Here are some of the questions I ask Chris: What is environmental security? What is included within this framework? Can […]
Civil Engineering Interviews from the Society of American Military Engineers 2016 JETC – Ep 033
Episode 33 of The Civil Engineering Podcast was recorded in Phoenix, Arizona, where I interviewed successful individuals at the Society of American Military Engineers (aka SAME) Joint Engineer Training Conference & Expo (JETC). Here are some of the key points I discussed with ask Adam Hughes during JETC: Adam is a Civil Engineer in the […]
Marketing for Civil Engineering Firms – Ep 032
In episode 32 of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I interview Alexi Lambert, who has leadership and management experience as a U.S. Naval Officer, about Marketing for Civil Engineering Firms. She was enlisted in the Navy as an E5 (2010) as a university student and commissioned as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy (2013) and promoted to Lieutenant Junior […]
How to Use LinkedIn Effectively as a Civil Engineer – Ep 031
In episode 031 of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I interview Richard Poulin, a resume writer and marketing professional with 12 years experience, as well as extensive skills in using LinkedIn for professional networking. Quotes to think about: Here are some tips on How to Build a Complete LinkedIn® Profile:
Dan McNichol ‘s Journey Across the Nation Spotlights America’s Old Infrastructure – Ep 030
In episode 030 of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I interview Dan McNichol, a number one best-selling author and an award-winning journalist who recently created and completed a year long national media tour in a 1949 Hudson that advocated for the rebuilding of the nation’s vital civic systems with the tag: “America’s infrastructure is as old, rusty and […]
What is BIM and how to Maximize Its Potential as a Civil Engineer – Ep 029
BIM stands for Building Information Modeling. In episode 029 of The Civil Engineering Podcast, my co-host Christian Knutson, PE interviews Ronan Collins who is an experienced Building Information Modeling Project Manager specializing in the production of detailed and accurate BIM models for the purpose of design and construction coordination. Here are some of the questions […]
Becoming a Sustainability Professional to Further Your Civil Engineering Career – Ep 028
In episode 028 of The Civil Engineering Podcast, Christion Knutson, PE interviews Denise Nelson,PE – Vice President for Public Education at the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure and she discusses what the Envision Sustainability Professional certification is and how it compares and supplements the LEED certification. Here are some of the questions Knutson asks Nelson: What is the […]
The 5 Stages to Becoming a Seller-Doer as a Civil Engineer – Ep 027
In episode 027 of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I interview Jim Rogers, author of Win More Work: How to Write Winning AEC Proposals. We define what a seller-doer is and also talk about the five stages on how to become a seller-doer as a civil engineer. Here are the key points from this episode: We define […]