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The Learning Environment
It’s great to be back with you for Episode #27. Being a college instructor, learning is a front-and-center part of my life. As much as I hope the students are learning under my tutelage, I […]
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Pile Driving Refusal
If you’ve been involved in driving piles, then you certainly know what happens when you are getting into your bearing strata: The piston starts popping out of the cylinder, the lower-muffled “bangs” on the pile […]
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2021 National Work Zone Awareness Week
The statistics are daunting: In 2019, 135 construction workers lost their lives in construction work zones. I work in work zones. My co-workers work in work zones. Our clients and the contractors we work with […]
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Interviewing Tips for Construction Engineers
A question was recently asked in a forum that I like to participate in: Do you have any advice for a job interview I’m going on next week? I presumed the individual has an interview […]
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Episode 16 – Critical Thinking
Critical thinking is one of those skills that, for myself, I probably take for granted. My mind works very practically. I like to work with my hands. I don’t like asking for help. I like […]