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TEQC 18: Quality Assurance vs Quality Control: What’s the Difference?

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quality assuranceIn this episode, I talk about the differences between Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) and how management and expectations play their role in defining these terms at your firm.

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TECC 268: How Engineers Can Manage Complexity in Their Organizations

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Manage ComplexityIn this episode, we talk to Jeff Doolittle, a software architect and transformational leader with more than 20 years of experience designing and architecting software systems about the importance of complexity in engineering, and how engineers and engineering leaders can manage complexity in their organizations.

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Manage Complexity

Manage Complexity

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TCEP 163: An Exclusive Look Into the Largest Construction Project in Virginia’s History

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In this episode, I talk to Douglas Frost, P.E., a Senior Vice President at Dewberry. Douglas currently serves as the Quality Assurance Manager for the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion, and in this episode I talk to him about this project, which is the largest construction project in Virginia’s history. He also talks about Dewberry’s involvement in the project and discusses some interesting aspects around the project.  He even offers an amazing piece of career advice that was given to him by Mr. Sidney Dewberry!

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Largest Construction Project

Largest Construction Project

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