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RE: Is DE&I non-essential?
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05-31-2023 07:59 AM
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It isn't that DEI does or doesn't involve discriminatory practices, it's a tool to make certain skills are accessible to people willing to put in the effort. Cool. It's when HR tries to put themselves above critique and even exact penalties on staff or managers that voice opposition to their policies ...
RE: Is DE&I non-essential?
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05-22-2023 06:32 PM
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Are they in fact "drying up" compared to availability of positions being filled? Are they not open positions as much as a pledged "DE&I position"? What I am seeing is firms utilizing overseas operations as a cost cutting measure and claiming it boosts diversity. My sense is filling positions has ...
RE: What's the one tool you can't live without when doing your day-to-day job?
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04-03-2023 11:15 AM
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One software tool I use extensively is Blue Beam (Revu). It allows multiple users to mark-up and review documents and whole projects, you can view who made what comments when, and who hasn't made any yet. An impressive set of mark-up tools and .pdf handling. Second one is the ability to utilize laser ...
RE: Structural Engineering Mentor
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10-10-2022 10:58 AM
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Alex, The Area of steel for your design is 1570.8mm2 versus the 1206.3mm2 for the roof of the first floor. About 23%. It may have more to do with the concrete mix and how fast it is curing, maybe without being kept wet for the first 7 days or no curing compound applied. If the cracks are not getting ...
RE: Buckminster Fuller's Engineering Contributions
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08-08-2022 11:54 AM
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He had the motivation of a body of general knowledge and the daring, just lacked an engineering staff. The car Buckminster designed and built was representative of a lot of his work. A taildragger, like most of the general aviation at the time, the Dymaxion car, had the low speed ground maneuverability ...
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