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Mr. Yance Valentin Marti, P.E.

City of Milwaukee

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Mr. Yance Marti, P.E.


City of Milwaukee

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RE: What is your experience of the current shift of returning to the office

Posted By Yance Marti 03-12-2025 10:24 AM
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Haven't worked from home in over four years. I still have some staff work from home two days a week. We've capped it at that for some time now. There are a lot of hidden costs in wfh; utility costs, and creating functional work space. I have a nice desktop setup at work but using a work laptop at home ...

RE: The Masculinity Trap: Rethinking engineering culture

Posted By Yance Marti 11-13-2024 10:09 AM
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Definitely family first and obviously that doesn't mean people without kids are left out. Everyone has family and everyone benefits where those commitments are accommodated. This should be across the board for men and women. Focusing on inclusion and diversity may not be necessary if the policies ...

RE: If You Ran the Zoo: What Would You Change about Engineering Education?

Posted By Yance Marti 11-04-2024 11:02 AM
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The thing that separates degreed engineers from tech college engineers is the breadth of their education. Humanities courses help engineers function in the real world. You will need to give presentations, write articles and reports, work with architects, urban planners, and politicians. To do these things ...

RE: Time to print all of my emails?

Posted By Yance Marti 11-04-2024 11:02 AM
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Government emails have to follow a certain retention policy. These are usually defined in state statutes. If you are working on local or state projects your company probably should follow those retention schedules. Check with your point of contact at the agency. I sometimes print out important ...

RE: What does the American construction market expect from the Engineer who has recently arrived in the country?

Posted By Yance Marti 05-22-2024 06:16 AM
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I tend to hire quite a few immigrants with varied backgrounds for engineering technician work. One of the more recent hires was from Brazil. The advice I have would be the same for many of those immigrants. Get an understanding of the technical terminology, abbreviations, acronyms, etc in the location ...

RE: "Forum to discuss the "soft skills" engineers encounter throughout their career. "

Posted By Yance Marti 06-22-2023 10:11 AM
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Definitely this. Especially in government work, engineers will be interacting with the public. At Public Information Meetings, construction project management, or fielding calls from property owners, an engineer must drop the technical jargon and explain in basic english. Its rare that the average public ...

RE: EIT Positions Requiring Experience

Posted By Yance Marti 04-25-2023 10:25 AM
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I think this highlights the need for students not only to do good in their education but also to get work experience before they graduate. There are opportunities available for students to work during their summer break or on internships during the school year. I worked inspection jobs and a surveyor's ...

RE: Balancing Cybersecurity and Workflow: What Are the Trade-Offs?

Posted By Yance Marti 02-15-2023 10:38 AM
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Cybersecurity always comes first. A major breach can shut down a company or agency and losing all of your data would make minor inconveniences seem like nothing. Ransomware can cost a company or agency millions of dollars. Get to know your IT staff - there are easy workarounds for your needs. Planning ...

RE: Should ASCE Maintain a More Neutral Political Tone?

Posted By Yance Marti 05-23-2022 11:04 AM
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I do believe it is the other way around - see James Hansen, ex NASA scientist: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/science/james-e-hansen-retiring-from-nasa-to-fight-global-warming.html I agree with you on the corruption involved in the climate change debate. It is a pretty well known fact that ...

RE: Should ASCE Maintain a More Neutral Political Tone?

Posted By Yance Marti 05-12-2022 07:25 PM
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While Stacey has a point, for at least 17 years, scientists have studied this and come to the conclusion that there is significant and growing climate change and that CO2 has a large part to play in that change. When every respected scientific organization is making this prediction based on their study ...

RE: Should ASCE Maintain a More Neutral Political Tone?

Posted By Yance Marti 05-06-2022 09:33 AM
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I remember when the ASCE report was released on the collapse of the World Trade Center. By then, there already was an established conspiracy theory that "jet fuel doesn't melt steel beams." There were even people that referred to themselves as Structural Engineers saying that the only way the towers ...

RE: What to do when you and your employer have opposing views on the world outlook?

Posted By Yance Marti 04-27-2022 10:05 AM
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The great part of living in a true democracy is that you can have opposing viewpoints and be able to respect them. The beauty of America is being exposed to different ideas, religions, philosophies, etc. The majority opinion still needs to respect the minority opinion and vice versa. In times of crisis, ...

RE: factors that employers are looking for in any early career graduate jobs interviews

Posted By Yance Marti 04-19-2022 10:22 AM
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I can't speak for the UK as it might be different there than the States. Here, you would not get to the interview stage unless you seemed like you had a good resume. Failing seven interviews is not the end of the world but there must be something that is a deal breaker. Check the following link to see ...

RE: Equality and Equity in Engineering

Posted By Yance Marti 01-03-2022 03:06 PM
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The City of Milwaukee has taken the lead in developing a program for equity and inclusion. This ensures that all citizens are provided opportunities. https://city.milwaukee.gov/Equity-and-Inclusion/Racial-Equity ------------------------------ Yance Marti P.E., M.ASCE Civil Engineer IV City of ...

RE: Equality and Equity in Engineering

Posted By Yance Marti 01-03-2022 11:31 AM
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It is worth noting that Kathryn Little's post includes a simple illustration and not a thesis. Analyzing it to the extent of skin color, age, etc is well beyond the point it was meant to convey. I fail to see the connection you make to Marxism or any other -ism. Equity in itself is a simple concept and ...

RE: Equality and Equity in Engineering

Posted By Yance Marti 12-27-2021 10:35 AM
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The assumption that the children are not paying is a very strange take on the illustration. I am not sure why you make that assumption but perhaps assume that they are paying customers if that will help you understand? ------------------------------ Yance Marti P.E., M.ASCE Civil Engineer IV City ...

RE: Licensure - evidence of effectiveness

Posted By Yance Marti 09-22-2021 08:07 AM
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It is worth pointing out that the linked article is discussing licensure for landscape architecture and that the quote itself is from an e-book by the Institute for Justice. The e-book argues about licensure for low-income professions and definitely does not talk about Engineering. I am surprised by ...

RE: Q. Might there be problems with "One-Size-Fits-All" Universal Licensing?

Posted By Yance Marti 05-14-2021 09:02 AM
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You can always choose a way to frame a question to make something look bad. "One Size Fits All" has very cheap and negative connotations and probably isn't an accurate description of the way licensing is or the way it should be. I have always seen licensing as "Minimum Qualifications" for practicing ...

RE: Tips for working in or leading multicultural teams?

Posted By Yance Marti 04-15-2021 09:18 AM
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My staff is currently made up of several recent immigrants but I have had many pass through the office on a regular basis. Quite a few from Africa and the Middle East and I have had a couple from Mexico. All are exceptionally well educated and motivated so tend to move up the ladder within a few years. ...

RE: Speaking to the Media

Posted By Yance Marti 04-07-2021 09:57 AM
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The Infrastructure Report Card can be a lightning bolt so answering questions about it is 99% of the time going to be confronting controversy. Why is infrastructure failing? As an engineer answering the reporter's question - don't go there. Seriously, you will be wrong. It might be best to just give ...