List of Contributions

RE: Data you need but can't get?

Posted By Christopher Seigel 08-03-2026 03:18 PM
Found In Egroup: Environment, Coasts, Oceans, & Infrastructure \ view thread

Hey Bill, One thing I would like to see in a "fun but unrealistic scenario" would be even better rainfall records. For fun, lets say a rain gage every square foot. One of the clients I support already has a fairly large number of rain gages scattered around their city, and at times the return intervals ...

RE: Leadership Legacy: Lessons from Tirza

Posted By Christopher Seigel 07-29-2026 03:12 PM
Found In Egroup: Professional and Career Topics \ view thread

I completely agree Heidi - many people find themselves to be well-connected, and many people are "people-people". But to be both and willingly make the effort to remember so much about so many, so that you can link them together is a skill that seems like it has to be rooted in a desire to help others. ...

RE: Leadership Legacy: Lessons from Tirza

Posted By Christopher Seigel 07-29-2026 03:12 PM
Found In Egroup: Professional and Career Topics \ view thread

Thanks for sharing your thoughts Dilip, and I am sorry that it was this thread which provided you with the news. If you'd like, you can review the blog post that ASCE shared about Tirza here: https://collaborate.asce.org/blogs/tabitha-costello/2026/07/06/in-memory-of-tirza-austin#ItemCommentPanel ...

Leadership Legacy: Lessons from Tirza

Posted By Christopher Seigel 07-22-2026 04:01 PM
Found In Egroup: Professional and Career Topics \ view thread

Many of us are here today because Tirza personally invited us to join these forums. She had a remarkable gift for connecting people, fostering relationships, and building a community where professionals could learn from and support one another. As we reflect on her passing, it seems fitting that our ...

RE: "I Promise This Storm Drain Photo Is Interesting"

Posted By Christopher Seigel 06-24-2026 10:09 AM
Found In Egroup: Professional and Career Topics \ view thread

This is definitely worthy of being in a frame. ------------------------------ Christopher Seigel P.E., M.ASCE Civil Engineer ------------------------------

"I Promise This Storm Drain Photo Is Interesting"

Posted By Christopher Seigel 06-07-2026 02:17 PM
Found In Egroup: Professional and Career Topics \ view thread

A lot of us in this forum are likely guilty of stopping to take photos of things that our friends would walk right past. I personally have multiple videos of rainfall entering storm inlets near my house. To me, it's interesting to watch how runoff behaves during different storms, or witness what ...

"I Promise This Storm Drain Photo Is Interesting"

Posted By Christopher Seigel 06-05-2026 05:25 PM
Found In Library: Professional and Career Topics

RE: How do you get the most of of meeting minutes?

Posted By Christopher Seigel 05-21-2026 02:18 PM
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For meetings I participate in where it seems like nobody has officially been nominated to take meeting minutes, I tend to open a blank Word file (or a previously saved one if this meeting is related to a particular ongoing task or project). Like Bill suggested, I try to capture the action items, decisions, ...

When 'Entry Level Jobs' Meet 2026 Housing Prices

Posted By Christopher Seigel 05-13-2026 09:59 AM
Found In Egroup: Professional and Career Topics \ view thread

I recently noted to a friend that someone who bought a house 6 years ago could afford the same mortgage payment today plus a monthly flight to China, while someone buying that exact same house today is spending all of that money just on the mortgage. This led me to wonder if there's a growing disconnect ...

RE: Scratching the Itch to Leave your Company?

Posted By Christopher Seigel 05-07-2026 04:09 PM
Found In Egroup: Career By Design \ view thread

A few personal thoughts, in no particular order: Technical Skills - Is your job giving you progressive work over a few years, or treating you like a production machine on a limited scope of work? Do you like or care about this work? Career Growth - Is there room for advancement in title, salary, ...

PE License Holders Who Don't Stamp Work - What Path Did You Take?

Posted By Christopher Seigel 04-13-2026 12:45 PM
Found In Egroup: Professional and Career Topics \ view thread

I'm curious to hear from those who have earned their PE license but are not actively using it to sign and seal design documents in their current role. There's often a strong emphasis early in our careers on obtaining licensure, but less discussion about how it's actually used (or not used) over the long ...

RE: Workplace Culture Key to Growing Your Firm?

Posted By Christopher Seigel 03-13-2026 11:25 AM
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I work in an environment that is comprised of two consulting firms and a public sector client. Before covid, we all worked out of the client office, and as of recently, that is true again for a certain number of days a week. Before Microsoft released Teams and we needed a non-company-specific location ...

Six Years After COVID: What Has Changed (or Changed Back) in Your Engineering Workplace?

Posted By Christopher Seigel 03-13-2026 11:25 AM
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It's hard to believe that it has been six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and the sudden changes it brought to how many of us worked. In early 2020, engineering organizations across the country rapidly shifted to remote work, virtual meetings, and new approaches to collaboration. For ...