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Perhaps it is helpful to begin with distinguishing the two ways of receiving information through the ear sensor. Listening is a voluntary effort of making conscious efforts to make sense of the received sound/information. Hearing, on the other hand is an involuntary process. In both the cases, the processes ...

A du jour topic – wouldn't you say, Bill. Not so much on Engineering & Construction per se – but on various aspect of AI – Chatbot, ChatGPT, in particular. But, all these have huge implications on civil engineering projects. For example, in the way some communications are getting affected – in the way ...

There are many general and regional guidelines – authored by different federal and state agencies, and others. But, blanket adoption of such guidelines – may either prove too conservative or inadequate. This is because the hydraulics of a certain project location may not often align with what are suggested ...

The article is a great pick from the ASCE-Source Claim Reduction monthly series. Most industrial policy and management documents – have some sort of guidelines on many such issues. One thing that occurs to me – is that most often we do not give enough importance to mentioning, discussing ...

The art of effective communication? Let us brood over this question for a while in simple terms – with the hope that it would help us to realize different kind of clarity. I am posting this as a rejoinder to my earlier post. Communication is to relate ourselves with others – in actions and ...