Working With Consulting Engineers (GSC) From the Owner’s Perspective – Part 5
This is a guest post by Jon Earle, PE, ENV SP Part 5: Maintaining Relationships With Consultants In the fifth and final part of this blog series, I will be discussing the importance of maintaining relationships with engineering consultants while working in the public sector. Previously, I walked through the project life cycle and the […]
Working With Consulting Engineers (GSC) From the Owner’s Perspective – Part 3
This is a guest post by Jon Earle, PE, ENV SP Part 3 – Developing and Executing Projects with GSCs In Part 3 of the 5-part blog series, I will be discussing the development of specific project scopes of work once a general services consultant (GSC) has been selected. In my experience, having a GSC […]
Working With Consulting Engineers From the Owner’s Perspective – Part 2
This is a guest post by Jon Earle, PE, ENV SP Part 2 – Proposal Review and Selection Process In Part 2 of this 5-part blog series, I will be discussing the proposal review and selection process. In my opinion, the most important aspects in proposal review and selection are having the key stakeholders on […]
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 […]
What Does Hostage Negotiation Have to Do With Consulting Engineers? – Ep 146
In this episode of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I talk to Dan Oblinger about hostage negotiation. Dan explains how hostage negotiation fits into consulting engineering and also provides five specific ways that engineering firms should look at to evaluate their negotiation and communication abilities. Engineering Quotes: Here Are Some of the Questions I Ask Dan: […]
