Abstract: Consulting engineering is performed in a highly competitive marketplace. A conflict emerges that pits the responsibility to profit as businesses against the responsibility to maintain quality in service. This article focuses ...

Abstract: The writer believes that profitability is essential to professional success in consulting engineering, and that professional staff should understand that fundamental. So believing, it follows that management is responsible ...

Abstract: The National Society of Professional Engineers has initiated a dialogue on political contributions and their relationships to engineers' contracts with governmental agencies. Triggered by newspaper headlines and stories ...