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Mr. Ron Zagrocki, P.E., M.ASCE


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Posted By Ron Zagrocki 07-26-2019 10:18 AM
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Natalya, You are definitely not alone. A large part of the problem is economics, both on the competitive end and on the staffing end. Keeping an extra employee through slow periods is expensive. We have been awarded several contracts with work to keep multiple entry level positions busy. We hired one ...
Posted By Ron Zagrocki 07-18-2019 10:23 AM
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The salesmen get all the media attention and they have something new and shiny every year. Smart cities are just an extension of what we have already done in treatment plants. Think of the real world applications more like an expansion of SCADA systems we already use into a wider application rather than ...
Posted By Ron Zagrocki 07-09-2019 01:11 PM
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Sort of going back to the original question, I think we have become too specialized. In the day of Wren and DaVinci, you hired the best person for the job. That person was expected to have all the needed skills. Now we are subdivided to an extent where no person is expected to have all the required skills ...
Posted By Ron Zagrocki 03-04-2019 09:58 AM
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There is much overlap between landscape architecture and civil and environmental engineering. Landscape architects can be very territorial when it comes to anything with plants and engineers are very territorial when it comes to paving and pipe systems. I specialize in stormwater and green stormwater ...
Posted By Ron Zagrocki 09-05-2018 12:00 PM
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​Alfred, GPA only matters in your initial employment after school, if at all. Once you have a work record, that is what employers focus on. In light of this, I would suggest looking at intern possibilities as the practical experience on a resume may be more important to potential employers even right ...