List of Contributions

Great topic! I wholeheartedly agree with John Bolger, PE. After graduating with a B.Engr., I sought a position as a treatment plant operator as a way to better understand water and wastewater operations, in which I'm still currently certified, and apply my hands-on experiences towards designing ...

I think we're all saying the same thing.... After careful review of bids, with necessary due diligence on reviewers' part, an inexperienced or understaffed contractor would not be deemed to be "responsive and responsible", and therefore wouldn't be considered for selection, regardless of their bid ...

Bid documents are a window into the organization producing them, and how a successful bid may be administered. So, I'm a strong advocate for producing the most complete and accurate set of bid and construction documents possible before advertisement. As such, all selection factors to be considered, including ...

Great topic and feedback! Having served on both sides of municipal owner-engineer aisle, I've found that no amount of legislation, formality (e.g. MOAs/MOUs) or transparency will be enough to serve the best interests of all parties, unless the relationships are built on a foundation of mutual trust ...

The safety article was an interesting read. The article acknowledges early on that practitioners aren't taking the problem seriously enough. According to the ASCE ILC Roundtable moderator, the small and mid-sized companies that employ the majority of engineers "are less likely to promote and support ...