Increasing the Efficiency of Your Civil Engineering Firm’s Field Work
This is a guest blog by Nick Heim, P.E. Whether it be construction administration for a new design project or gathering information about existing conditions on a renovation project, some amount of field work is required on most civil engineering projects. From notes to photos, a large part of field work is data collection and […]
I’m Now Allowed to Sit For the Civil FE Exam
This is a guest post by Dr. Rae Taylor In 2011, I moved from England to the USA to take a postdoctoral research position at the University of California Berkeley. It was going to be a year full of world-class research, performed at a fantastic university, topped off with backpacking, hiking, biking, and trail running. […]
Three Tips to Drive Innovation in Your Civil Engineering Firm
This is a guest blog by Nick Heim, P.E. As technology continues to move forward at a breakneck pace, so do the speed of civil engineering projects. Clients are expecting their consultants to complete projects faster today AND provide more value for the fee being paid. One of the ways that civil engineering firms can […]
Accelerated Road Research Facilities – The Key to Improving Our Highways
This is a guest blog by Emil G. Bautista Highways as well as road research are an important part of the infrastructure of every country in the world. They provide the framework to move people and goods from one point to another, and this makes them an important piece to our economy and quality of […]
Instalaciones de Investigacion Acelerada de Carreteras – La Clave Para Mejorar Nuestras Carreteras
Las carreteras son una parte importante de la infraestructura de cualquier país del mundo. Estas proporcionan el marco para mover personas y bienes de un punto a otro, y esto las convierte en una pieza valiosa para nuestra economía y calidad de vida. Basado en datos de la Oficina de Estadística de Transporte de los […]
Understanding and Optimizing the Long Game That Is Your Engineering Career
This is a guest post by Jacob Valentien, PE As I reflect and think about the various blog topics that I could write about for the Civil Engineering Collective, I wanted to start off by summarizing one of the biggest concepts that I see young engineers struggle with in their first few years after graduating […]
How to Advance Your Career
How can I advance my career faster? How can I develop more influence and raise my importance within my company? How can I increase my salary? These are questions that I hear my engineering colleagues say all the time. Unfortunately, when it comes to career wisdom, there is an issue in America. Unless you read […]
Become a Feedback Superstar
This is a guest blog by Pamela A. Scott Remember when you were in school and you turned in a paper that you had worked hard on and were proud of? Then you got the paper back. Right at the top in bright red ink — or was it blood? — your teacher or professor […]
Working With Consulting Engineers From the Owner’s Perspective
This is a guest post by Jon Earle, PE, ENV SP Part 1 –Request for Qualifications and General Service Agreements This blog is the first of a five part series that discusses working with consulting engineers from the public sector perspective. This series will serve to give consulting engineers a look into the perspective of […]
The Value in Rephrasing a Problem
As engineers we constantly face problems, usually of the technical nature, but sometimes team or finance related challenges arise. As human beings, we constantly face all types of problems, career, financial, health, and others. The point I am making is, there probably isn’t a day that goes by that we aren’t trying to solve a […]
