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In episode 068 of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I talk with Rick De La Guardia about how hurricanes may affect the future of the civil engineering industry.

Here are some of the questions I ask Rick:

Explain the work you do and how you became familiar with hurricanes?
What is a hurricane, and from an engineering perspective when should we really worry about a hurricane?
Why are we seeing more hurricanes and how will the frequency of hurricanes change the way civil engineers, design projects?
Can you do some kind of retrofitting to a building to protect it against the weather?
Do you foresee any kind of change or added educational requirements for civil engineers that want to work in hurricane-prone regions?

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Here are some key points discussed on how hurricanes may affect the future of civil engineering:

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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 book?
Who is the book geared to primarily?
What is the one key point you were trying to make when you wrote the book?
You use a lot of anecdotes in your book, why?
In the book you ask the readers to consider working for a small niche firm, can you explain why?
You write about investing and finances a lot, why is it so important?
Based on the three parts of your book, what is the best advice you could provide to each group: student, young engineer and aspiring entrepreneur?
Who is publishing your book and how can we get a copy?

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TCEP 068: How Hurricanes may Affect the Future of Civil Engineering

Here are some of the questions I ask Rick:

Here are some key points discussed on how hurricanes may affect the future of civil engineering:

TCEP 036: Engineer to Entrepreneur: Success Strategies to Manage Your Career and Start Your Own Civil Engineering Firm