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  • 1.  Are Your Engineering Solutions Sufficient?

    Posted 12-28-2023 04:15 PM

    How is engineering work reviewed/checked in your organization? Who reviews it?

    Are you satisfied wither process and outcomes? If not, how could it be improved?



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    William McAnally Ph.D., P.E., BC.CE, BC.NE, F.ASCE
    ENGINEER
    Columbus MS
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  • 2.  RE: Are Your Engineering Solutions Sufficient?

    Posted 01-02-2024 10:10 AM

    Thanks for this Bill!

    Re: " If not, how could it be improved?"

    • Based on the criticality of the work's eventual outcome:

    a. Member's of the project group do the verification; or,

    b. Member's of colleagues in the firm not involved in the work do that; or,

    c. Independent outside reviewers not connected to the firm do that work.

    And one expects that this and more is discussed, and decided within the start of the project.

    Implementing "Phase Gate Reviews" every 3 weeks is another prudent solution.

    Cheers,

    Bill



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    William M. Hayden Jr., Ph.D., P.E., CMQ/OE, F.ASCE
    Buffalo, N.Y.

    "It is never too late to be what you might have been." -- George Eliot 1819 - 1880
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