RANTS
Googling Isn’t Engineering
When is the last time that you used “Free Body Diagram” in a sentence? You smiled after you read that, right? You were immediately teleported back to a simpler time. Your high school Physics class, […]
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RE's TOOLBOX
Resident Engineer’s Toolbox – Initial Field Recon
In my last article, I started a series on looking at how a construction Resident Engineer gets a project started (CLICK HERE TO READ IT). We looked at the initial “winter work” kind of activities, […]
PROJECT STARTUP
Project Startup – Getting Things Moving
“This is YOUR time: Now go out there and take it! –Herb Brooks I’m surprised that it’s taken me 23 articles to invoke something hockey-related into the content! Shameful…. This week’s article is a full-frontal […]
RANTS
It’s About Service
Competitive Advantage. As I’ve embarked on this journey of chronicling numerous aspects of my professional work, I’ve been thinking about the trajectory of the content. Where is it going? Who is reading it? Is anyone […]
RE's TOOLBOX
Resident Engineer’s Toolbox – Tracking Schedules
When I was breaking into the construction industry, I thought one of the cooler jobs that the senior guys got to deal with was working with the construction schedule. Let’s face it: Scheduling is cool. […]