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Decision Making for Technology Executives (Artech House Technology Management and Professional Development Library)
November 21st, 2010. Published under Construction Discussions. No Comments.
Decision Making for Technology Executives (Artech House Technology Management and Professional Development Library)
This text is designed to help readers break away from the constraints of the technologist’s “analytical/scientific” viewpoint and employ broader organizational and personal perspectives that strengthen their decision-making ability and leadership skills. The text shows the reader how to utilize this multiple perspective approach to problem-solving and systems development in real-world, outside the laboratory, situtations. Readers learn how this three-dimensional approach has been applied successfully to a wide spectrum of complex systems tasks, from system forecasting to technology assessment, from industrial catastrophes to facility sitting decisions, from corporate strategy to acquisition. Through case studies, the book explores improving technology and risk assessment, forecasting, and crisis management. It also looks at complex sociotechnical systems, technological risk management and planning.
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Restaurants That Work: Case Studies of the Best in the Industry
A complete rundown on how successful restaurateurs, teaming up with architects and designers, ply their craft. Martin E. Dorf presents 18 in-depth case studies of such successful restaurants as Scoozi, Union Square Cafe, and Chinois, along with personal interviews with their owners, chefs, architects, designers, kitchen planners, and consultants. 168 illustrations.
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Three Words Of Wisdom About Your Steel Building Construction
November 14th, 2010. Published under Construction Discussions. No Comments.
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Three Words Of Wisdom About Your Steel Building Construction
Before you go in for making all your final decisions on your steel building construction here are three things that you should keep in mind to help you out in the planning process. This is advice that you must consider for your steel building construction to help you out with your budget, the size and the other factors of your building.
The first thing to remember is that you should not rush in to buy a steel building or to go in for a steel building construction on the cheap prices alone. Remember that what you pay for is what you get, so the cheapest quality steel or the cheapest building is not always what is suitable. Instead you should first research about the quality of the steel and have long discussions with your builders. Only when you are completely convinced of the quality of the building should you finally agree.
If it is a small steel building that you wish to install then it probably is one of those “do it yourself” building projects and you can construct in on your own, but a bigger building might require a legal contractor for the erection of the building. So find out those legal details before you start constructing the building.
Thirdly, you must also be sure that the right zoning of your building has been done and the structural approval of your building has also been carried out in order to prevent any kind of legal hassles at a later stage.
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Construction Marketing Association Announces Marketing Planning for Construction Webcast October 15, 2010
November 14th, 2010. Published under Construction Discussions. No Comments.
Naperville, IL (PRWEB) October 8, 2010
The Construction Marketing Association (CMA) announces a Webcast: Marketing Planning Best Practices for Construction on Friday, October 15, 2010 at 12 pm CST.
The free webcast will discuss three (3) different types of marketing plans, how to establish marketing budgets, and share a comprehensive marketing planning checklist. In addition, the exciting results of the 2011 Marketing Outlook Survey will be presented by Neil M. Brown, Chairman of the Construction Marketing Association. The national survey to the construction market identified budget trends, top marketing priorities, and plans for key tactics for the coming year as a benchmarking tool for construction marketers.
“In this difficult construction economy, effective marketing planning and budgeting is more important than ever. Understanding and leveraging marketing trends can also support improved marketing results. This webcast begins to address what marketers in construction categories should be considering,” states Neil M. Brown.
To register for the Free Marketing Planning Webcast, link to: http://www.constructionmarketingassociation.org/CMI_Events.cfm.
ABOUT CMA
The Construction Marketing Association (CMA) provides professional development and training, resources and information, networking and recognition to marketers in the construction industry. Full information on the association is available on the website at www.ConstructionMarketingAssociation.org. The site links to the Construction Marketing Blog with marketing news, resources and related content, and the association’s Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn pages. Questions? Contact Neil Brown at 630-579-8383.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR
Neil M. Brown is Chairman of the Construction Marketing Association, and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Construction Marketing Advisors. Prior to these roles, Brown was CEO of numerous marketing consulting and creative agencies for the past 15 years, managing some of the biggest brands in the construction sector. Brown was a brand manager at electrical products marketing powerhouse IDEAL Industries, and later CMO of an architectural metals manufacturer. Neil earned an MBA from Northern Illinois University, and a BS-Marketing from Southern Illinois University. Neil is a frequent speaker, author and contributor to Advertising Age, BtoB magazine, Marketing News and many other publications.
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Nice Construction Engineer Discussions photos
October 31st, 2010. Published under Construction Discussions. No Comments.
A few nice construction engineer discussions images I found:
TED fellow Cesar Harada
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From pollution-eating robots to abstract animated films, TED Fellow Cesar Harada is involved in an ocean of projects. He was able to squeeze in this interview with TED, where he talks about architecture, his love of the sea and a special cartoon cat.
What are the most important things you’re working on right now?
The project I’m working on right now is called the "Energy Animal." I had the first iteration when I was working for the British government Renewable Energies Department at the University of Southampton in the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory.
I built a prototype that makes energy from the waves, the wind, and the sun simultaneously. It’s a device that can be working in any type of weather condition, anywhere. It doesn’t necessarily produce a lot of energy, but produces it steadily.
I’m still working very much on the World Environment Action. It’s in coordination with Ushahidi [another TED Fellows project]. Three weeks ago I was in Kenya working on this environmental monitoring software that I’m going to use in the next application.
Since two weeks ago I am a researcher at MIT SENSEable City Lab and I am working on the project I mentioned before called Energy Animal. We’re trying to build devices that make energy while collecting pollution — apprehending pollution as a resource. Originally I was commissioned by MIT to collect the North Pacific Garbage Patch, but I’ve been redirected to work on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, so now I am designing a machine to collect oil. It will use oil as a combustible, as a gasoline fuel to actually move around. The idea is to make autonomous robots that would swarm around and collect garbage or different types of pollution.
I’m designing not one specific device, but a floating open source design "framework" so it can generate many other boats for different applications. It can be used for the oil spill, or the North Pacific Garbage Patch or even for fresh water to purify, for example, the Laguna Venice, where the prototype will be presented for the International Architecture Biennale to represent the MIT SENSEable City Lab.
I am now pushing the lab staff to help me make this robot self-replicating: a robot that can fabricate its own children. Since we are collecting a lot of raw material, the best use we can make of that material is fabricating more robots to accelerate the cleaning. So that means that you make a robot, and if it accumulates energy and raw material, it can build, if you want, a baby -– the same of its own. So it’s very futuristic. That is also why we are not working at solving this precise problem but more for longer-term.
We have problems that are very big, like the North Pacific Garbage Patch, and we never have the money to actually build an entire fleet. So we’d rather build a fleet that builds itself!
How will one device feed off of completely different types of pollution?
What I was saying about "framework" — it’s very much like the evolutionary process. You can’t have a robot that does everything. The idea is that we build a framework, for example from a simple kind of boat, and you can swap organs. So say that you go for the oil spill — you will have some oil combustion chamber. In Venezia you will have some anaerobic digester so it will make energy from gas — methane, propane — from organic waste digestion, and also create fertilizer. And if it’s in the case of the North Pacific Gyre, it will collect the plastic, process some of it, and some will be reused to fabricate more raw materials. So the robots themselves will be made of plastic.
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You have different labs like the "Energy Animal" that make up your overarching project, Open_Sailing. Tell me more about this project.
The purpose of Open_Sailing is to build an International Ocean Station. That’s really the main target. Whatever the intermediary experiments we’re doing, the objective is the International Ocean Station. So if NASA has as a target to explore space, Open_Sailing’s would be to explore the ocean, and to do so, involving probably inventing this new generation of devices.
Open_Sailing has many different applications. For example the Instinctive Architecture could be inhabited human beings. For the Energy Animal, it’s autonomous drones. The Nomadic Ecosystem are moving farms. They are designed for a world even without humans.
ABOVE: Cesar and a Nomadic Ecosystem float prototype
You compare your project to the International Space Station. A lot of expertise, money and time were invested in that. You’ve said you expect to achieve something comparable with a fraction of the resources. Why are you convinced you can succeed?
The first reason is that many, many people have access to the sea, so the testing ground is near us. Secondly, I’d like to actually probably moderate what I said because I said this when I was quite early in the research. And a few days after I wrote these words for the first time, I went to meet Professor Masubuchi in the MIT Center for Ocean Engineering. He happens to also have been the chief welding engineer of NASA for the rocket that went on the moon.
We had a long discussion and I asked him why we don’t have already an International Ocean Station if we already have an International Space Station. And he told me that it’s because the International Ocean Station is much more complicated to make. And that is also why he himself was transferred from NASA to ocean engineering –- because the ocean is the next frontier.
Space is empty, cold, and the gravitational forces are very predictable, depending on where you are in space. You can deploy these very huge solar panels, like 100-meter long solar panels, with almost no support because there is little gravity. It’s mostly empty space, it’s cold and there’s no acidity.
But in the ocean you have the mechanical action of the waves, some of which impact can be tens of tons per square meter. You have salinity, UV, winds, strong currents all the time, and the conditions are changing very, very quickly. In other words the surface of the ocean is very, very difficult. And on the bottom you have extreme high pressures, darkness….
How did you move from architecture to designing ocean structures?
I’m not a qualified architect, I didn’t graduate from architecture. My family is in construction. Most of my uncles are structure engineers in Japan, which is subject to a lot of earthquakes, so since I’m a kid I’ve been building houses and participating in architectural plans for buildings. When I was in Kenya, again, I was construction manager, so I’m not an architect officially but I’m an architect in the fact. Also my father actually is a professor in an architecture school. These 2 last years I was assistant of the Architect Usman Haque, Angel Borrego Cubero and the biochemist Natalie Jeremijenko.
I’ve always been passionate about the ocean. Since I was a kid –- before I could walk — I was a very good baby swimmer [laughs]. Actually the first time I went to the hospital, it was because when I was four years old, I was left alone and I went smashing myself in the waves. I was found on the beach side, my lungs full of sand and my nose cavity full of pebbles. So I had to have my first operation to remove the pebbles out of my nose when I was four.
ABOVE: Cesar on his boat, Vela
And since I’m passionate about sailing and windsurfing … that is also why I’m in MIT, because a few minutes from the office I can sail. So 3 or 4 times a week I am windsurfing and sailing now. I’m really happy here.
Let’s talk about World Environment Action.
World Environment Action is a website that is crowdsourcing environmental data. The idea is that to be getting everybody to participate to create the most reliable and multi-platform service. We are using Ushahidi, which is a crisis reporting system, so people can use their mobile phones, they can send just a simple SMS, MMS, they can make a phone call, or they can go directly on the website w-e-a.org and report an environmental problem.
The idea is very simple. If you are passing in front of some environmental damage, you can just take a picture with your mobile phone and you upload it to the website, and almost in real time –- maybe just a couple of hours after because we have to moderate every post — then you will be able to see this environmental report, amongst a lot of others. So the idea is that everybody can become an environmental activist. You don’t have to be part of an NGO, or you don’t have to be part of a government, or claim that you belong to anybody, you can just actively report and take action against environmental problems.
Ushahidi was started by two TED Fellows. Can you tell us more about that partnership?
The whole TED experience instantly bounded a TED family that one can only be delighted to be part of. I was looking for partners in software development and environmental monitoring, I found Erik Hersman and the Ushahidi project. I was looking for good programmers, I found Jessica Colaco. Together Erik and Jessica are building the iHub in Nairobi, the Kenyan innovation incubator that will soon be the hottest place in mobile application development in East Africa.
ABOVE: Jessica Colaco, Erik Hersman and Cesar Harada: A TED Fellows Coalition
I brought them an ambitious project clearly answering the question TED asked: "What the World Needs Now." The answer: a powerful environmental governance. We are currently looking for partners and contributors for this world-changing project. We can make it happen, together.
Let’s talk about the films you’ve produced.
Films used to be my goal, but now I consider them only a way to share ideas. So I actually studied animation film until I was 23. I made a couple of things but now when I look back at them I feel they are very intimate and poetic.
Maybe three weeks ago I just republished a film that I re-masterized. One is called Arvo Part — it’s a remix of Arvo Pärt, one of my favorite composers, and it’s really abstract. The second is called disponible (available), a roadtrip I made in nature on a boat I fabricated for the purpose of the film.
What cartoon character are you most similar to?
I wish Doraemon! Doraemon is a mechanical cat. He’s such an important character. Basically he’s a big lazy cat and he’s really funny and ingenious. He has a big pocket in front of him like on his belly here, and he always pulls out the craziest gadgets from it. He’s the best product designer in history.
Anything else before we wrap up?
I have to stress that a lot of what I do is very propositional. The International Ocean Station is a very, very big endeavor, and the World Environment Action is the same –- it’s a very ambitious project. What MIT has asked me to solve are global-scale problems.
Look at me, I’m just a little guy, I do my best, I don’t sleep very much already, I don’t know how much I can do for the world, but I have lots of ideas and I try hard. I really consider myself a contributor. Even if in my lifetime none of the stuff that I’m talking about and working on everyday exists before I die, it’s ok. If I can contribute to the fact that it comes into existence one day, for me it’s a very big satisfaction.
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Ramallah Moments
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The engineer
…We take to a side street and come to what appears to be a construction project for a shopping mall – a piece of land enclosed by the kind of metallic fence that can be seen around any construction site, complete with several panels featuring an “artist’s rendering” of what the final building would look like. As we stand there examining this illustration, a man comes out of the office across the narrow street, and introduces himself as one the engineers in charge of the project.
After learning our respective nationalities, however, he isn’t as amused as the people we’ve talked to previously, to whom a Russian and an American traveling in Palestine together was the funniest of jokes. He proceeds to lecture us (but addressing Anna, who is American, specifically) on the failure of American foreign policy and its support of Israeli occupation of Palestine.
Amid his more than insightful analysis of the conflict, however, it becomes clear that he doesn’t blame the situation on Great Britain’s failure to properly resolve the disputes in its then-mandate in between World Wars, or even on the United States’ lust for oil and geopolitical domination. His main contention – and he is, after all, an educated person, an engineer – is that Western (and to a greater extent, American) governments and media are litterally in the hands of Jews, and are therefore pushing an uncompromising Zionist agenda, destined to restore Eretz Israel to its full biblical glory.
“Just look at the names of the editors of your major newspapers. And those of the influential people in your governments.”
The man goes on for a while. In a political discussion in the West Bank, it’s wiser to do more listening than talking, and this is precisely what we do, until he seems to realize that we’ve been standing outside for the whole time, and invites us into his office.
“Coffee, tea?”
We have delicious mint tea, with lots of sugar, the Arab way – and as I’m more and more convinced, the proper way. The man apologizes for his long-winded diatribe, and explains that while he feels passionate about the situation, he doesn’t have any ill will towards either the American or the Israeli people, only towards the leaders of both countries that he saw as responsible for the Palestinians’ plight. Assuming we’re journalists, he inquires about the subject of the story we’re working on, and is surprised to learn that our visit lacks focus and that we are basically just wandering around.
“Look around you”, he says. “There are so many stories, around us. Just take your pick. Find a subject.”
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Ramallah Moments:
The Engineer
The Souk
The People’s Party
Ammari
Kalandia
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President Obama announces construction of Mosque at Ground Zero
October 24th, 2010. Published under Construction Discussions. 1 Comment.
Special thanks to yusufzai.blogspot.com As a citizen, and as President, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country. And that includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in Lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances. And tonight, we are reminded that Ramadan is a celebration of a faith known for great diversity. And Ramadan is a reminder that Islam has always been a part of America. The first Muslim ambassador to the United States, from Tunisia, was hosted by President Jefferson, who arranged a sunset dinner for his guest because it was Ramadan —- making it the first known iftar at the White House, more than 200 years ago. Muslim American clerics have spoken out against terror and extremism, reaffirming that Islam teaches that one must save human life, not take it. “If you can build a church on that site, if you can build a synagogue on that site or a Hindu Temple on that site, then we can’t treat people of the Islamic faith differently, who are Americans — who are American citizens,” the US leader said.
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Madaxweyne Siilaanyo Oo Kormeer Ku Tagay Dhismaha Biriijka 2-Aad Ee Caasimada Hargaysa.
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Cool Construction Presidents Discussions images
October 10th, 2010. Published under Construction Discussions. No Comments.
Some cool construction presidents discussions images:
中正紀念堂 HDR
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On April, 1975, the entire nation mourned the passing of President Chiang Kai-shek. In June, in response to suggestions from all sectors, the funeral committee members decided to build the CKS Memorial Hall in Taipei, in order to commemorate the memory of our great leader. No sooner had this decision been made, than the CKS Memorial Hall Preparatory Committee was officially established. Messrs. Yu Kuo-hua, Lin Jin-sheng, Chiang Yen-shih, Kuo Kuei-yuan, Chao Chu-yu, Fei Hua, Lai Ming-tang, Hsieh Tung-min, Tsai Hung-wen, Chou Hung-tao, Chin Hsiao-yi, Chang Feng-hsu, Lin Ting-sheng, Ku Cheng-fu, Hsu You-hsiang, and Wang Yung-ching, were invited to serve as committee members, to ensure the construction of the Hall. Later, in October 1976, a CKS Memorial Hall Building, Preparatory Directing Committee was established. Messrs. Chang Chun, Ho Ying-ching, Chen Li-fu, Ni Wen-ya, Wang Yun-wu, Yu Bin, Chien Ssu-liang, Huang Shao-ku, Ku Cheng-kang, Huang Chie, Lin Bo-shou, Wu Ching-hsiung, Lien Chen-tung, Chen Chi-tien, Hsu Ching-chung, Chang Bao-shu, Hsieh Tung-min, Sun Ya-fu, Liu Kuo-tsai, Dai Yen-huei, Liu Ji-hung, Chou Bai-lien, Tsai Hung-wen, Lin Ting-sheng, and Lin Yang-kang, were invited to serve as committee directors to oversee construction of the Hall.
After careful consideration, on July 2, 1975, the Preparatory Committee chose a site west of HangJhou South Road, east of JhongShan South Road., north of AiGuo E. Road., and south of SinYi Road as the ideal location for the construction of the Hall. In addition, the Committee decided to build an underground passageway for LinSen S. Road to facilitate the overall construction plan. In August, the Committee requested architects from both at home and abroad to submit architectural designs. After a preliminary screening of the 43 submitted projects, a panel of experts short listed 5 drafts for final consideration. Upon request, these architects presented detailed blueprints and models to be adjudged by experts both at home and abroad. After examining models and consulting experts from various fields, the Committee chose the design submitted by Mr. Yang Cho-cheng. Construction details were then finalized after careful discussion. On October 31, 1976, the 90th birthday of the late President Chiang, a ground-breaking ceremony was held, marking official commencement of the construction, with the RSEA Engineering Corporation, and Veteran’s Affairs Commission contractors. The Hall was officially opened to the public on April 5.
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National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall,ADDRESS：No.21, Zhongshan S.Rd., Zhongzheng Dist.,Taipei City 10048, Taiwan (R.O.C)
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how come he is so skinny
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On April, 1975, the entire nation mourned the passing of President Chiang Kai-shek. In June, in response to suggestions from all sectors, the funeral committee members decided to build the CKS Memorial Hall in Taipei, in order to commemorate the memory of our great leader. No sooner had this decision been made, than the CKS Memorial Hall Preparatory Committee was officially established. Messrs. Yu Kuo-hua, Lin Jin-sheng, Chiang Yen-shih, Kuo Kuei-yuan, Chao Chu-yu, Fei Hua, Lai Ming-tang, Hsieh Tung-min, Tsai Hung-wen, Chou Hung-tao, Chin Hsiao-yi, Chang Feng-hsu, Lin Ting-sheng, Ku Cheng-fu, Hsu You-hsiang, and Wang Yung-ching, were invited to serve as committee members, to ensure the construction of the Hall. Later, in October 1976, a CKS Memorial Hall Building, Preparatory Directing Committee was established. Messrs. Chang Chun, Ho Ying-ching, Chen Li-fu, Ni Wen-ya, Wang Yun-wu, Yu Bin, Chien Ssu-liang, Huang Shao-ku, Ku Cheng-kang, Huang Chie, Lin Bo-shou, Wu Ching-hsiung, Lien Chen-tung, Chen Chi-tien, Hsu Ching-chung, Chang Bao-shu, Hsieh Tung-min, Sun Ya-fu, Liu Kuo-tsai, Dai Yen-huei, Liu Ji-hung, Chou Bai-lien, Tsai Hung-wen, Lin Ting-sheng, and Lin Yang-kang, were invited to serve as committee directors to oversee construction of the Hall. National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
After careful consideration, on July 2, 1975, the Preparatory Committee chose a site west of HangJhou South Road, east of JhongShan South Road., north of AiGuo E. Road., and south of SinYi Road as the ideal location for the construction of the Hall. In addition, the Committee decided to build an underground passageway for LinSen S. Road to facilitate the overall construction plan. In August, the Committee requested architects from both at home and abroad to submit architectural designs. After a preliminary screening of the 43 submitted projects, a panel of experts short listed 5 drafts for final consideration. Upon request, these architects presented detailed blueprints and models to be adjudged by experts both at home and abroad. After examining models and consulting experts from various fields, the Committee chose the design submitted by Mr. Yang Cho-cheng. Construction details were then finalized after careful discussion. On October 31, 1976, the 90th birthday of the late President Chiang, a ground-breaking ceremony was held, marking official commencement of the construction, with the RSEA Engineering Corporation, and Veteran’s Affairs Commission contractors. The Hall was officially opened to the public on April 5.
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WI: David Newby, WI AFL-CIO President
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Moderated the discussion.
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Partial Prestressing, From Theory to Practice:: Volume I – Survey Reports Volume II – Prepared Discussion (v. 1) Reviews
October 10th, 2010. Published under Construction Discussions. No Comments.
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Discussing the Civil Engineer Resume
September 25th, 2010. Published under Construction Discussions. No Comments.
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Discussing the Civil Engineer Resume
Introduction of the Job
Civil Engineers can work in a wide variety of subsidiary fields of engineering such as hydraulic, environmental, structural, sanitation and construction engineering. Working in these various sectors a civil engineer could be responsible for designing a variety of structures such as sewage systems, harbor and water flow systems as well as highways, tunnels, bridges and other transportation related systems. Most civil engineers choose to specialize in one sector of engineering in order to be successfully versed in all the aspects of that particular division.
Key Responsibilities
As mentioned, there is great variation in the roles and divisions of civil engineers and therefore key responsibilities of the position vary greatly as well. However, all civil engineers are generally responsible for designing and planning systems to benefit the populace of their working area. Some civil engineers work solely in the planning and developing sector of engineering while others also oversee the construction of such designed plans.
Level of Education Required
In order to become a civil engineer one must be proficient in the fields of mathematics as well as physical sciences. Knowledge in logical thinking and the ability to communicate well with others are also necessary requirements. One must typically hold a bachelor degree from a four-year institution in civil engineering. Specialized knowledge in such fields as stress analysis and thermodynamics as well as other areas of social science may also be required. On-site field training is also required and graduates in civil engineering from accredited institutions must typically gain four to five years of work experience before they can find employment as a civil engineer. Some areas further require that civil engineers hold a state license in civil engineering that can be obtained by passing a licensing examination.
Career Path
Once the initial years of obtaining education and experience working in the field have been acquired, there are many ways a civil engineer can advance within the field. Most large companies employ civil engineers at many levels within the hierarchy of the enterprise. They may employ a junior, assistant and associate engineer in various departments creating many opportunities to advance within a single enterprise. Furthermore, civil engineers can work to become increasingly specialized within their specific field of engineering and the more specializations one has the more valuable they are to an employer. The average salary for a civil engineer is around ,000 per year, but can be as high as 5,000 per year.
Summary
When discussing the Civil Engineer Resume, is a good career choice for those who enjoy both the logic of math and science, as well as the creativity of designing and finding new ways to organize environmental structures to better their community. Civil Engineering can be a very rewarding job as one can choose to specialize in the area that most interests them. While the career does have some amount of pressure when one must make crucial decisions and oversee operations, there is also a high degree of contentment and satisfaction associated with the job due to the fact that when all the hard work is done one can see the physical product of their design and how it is beneficial to those living in the area.
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Do you know use of “all but” construction?
September 24th, 2010. Published under Construction Discussions. No Comments.
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Question by crazynuts: Do you know use of “all but” construction?
Example:
1. Many flights are too expensive for all but rich people.
2. I’ve all but finished the book.
3. All but David is going to attend the party.
I profusely confuse “all but” construction. Let me know how to decipher context from “all but” construction. I appreciate if you provide grammar link containing detailed discussion on this construction. Thanks.
Best answer:
Answer by He of one braincell!
This construction appears to have a 2 or 3 slightly different meanings:-
1) ‘almost, nearly’
as in: the car all but ran her down
or: I’ve all but finished the book.
or : Many flights are nearly too expensive for rich people.
http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/ALLBUT
2) but here it is given the meaning ‘scarcely, not even’
without examples (which doesn’t help!)
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/All+but
3) & here it links slightly with 1), & is a bit more literal:
‘everything except / all except’
Everyone except David is going to the party.
you could expand your other examples to become:
I’ve read every other page, everything except finish the book.
Many flights are too expensive for everyone except rich people.
but the shortest does seem to be ‘nearly’
eg. the water’s all but (nearly) gone.
hope that helps
good luck
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IAPMO ETS: Panel Discussion 3: Conference Wrap-up – Part One
September 23rd, 2010. Published under Construction Discussions. 1 Comment.
Sign up at www.iapmoproducts.com for 12.0 AIA Continuing Education Credits by watching this entire program. Plan on attending the next Emerging Technology Symposium, May 11-12, 2010, in Ontario, Calif. For more details visit http Panel Discussion 3: Conference Wrap-up Bob Miodonski, PMEngineer Magazine Robert (Bob) Miodonski is a 32-year veteran of the publishing industry, working in both newspapers and magazines. He has won awards for his news reporting, feature writing and commentary. Bob is the publisher of PMEngineer, an award-winning national trade magazine read monthly by 26500 plumbing and mechanical engineers and related industry professionals. In addition, he is publisher of a new publication, Bath & Kitchen Pro, which reaches 55000 bath-and-kitchen professionals, including tile contractors, plumbing contractors, countertop fabricators, green building architects and showroom operators. He also is associate publisher of PM, the nations leading magazine for plumbing-and-mechanical contractors, and Supply House Times, a 50-year-old magazine for plumbing and heating wholesalers and distributors of industrial pipe, valves and fittings. Websites and electronic newsletters complement each of these magazines. Jeff Patchell, Connection Magazine, World Plumbing Review Having spent the past 20 years involved in the plumbing sector, Jeff Patchell launched the first global publication aimed at plumbing professionals. World Plumbing Review has been unique among magazine …
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As GOP and Some Top Dems Unite in Opposing NY Islamic Community Center, a Roundtable Discussion with Mother of 9/11 Victim, Rabbi, Muslim Lawmaker and Islamic Scholar We spend the hour on the controversy around the proposed construction of an Islamic community center in Lower Manhattan, which has turned into a national issue. Opposition to the center first started among fringe, right-wing blogs but has swept into the mainstream, with some Democrats, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, coming out against it. Republicans have vowed to make the controversy a campaign issue in the fall. We host a roundtable with four guests: Minnesota Representative Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress; Rabbi Irwin Kula of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership; Islamic scholar John Esposito of Georgetown University; and Talat Hamdani, whose son Salman died on 9/11 in the attacks on the World Trade Center.
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