Abstract: Advancement in the technical or managerial side of the engineering business can be enhanced for the young engineer by a well though out and positively structured plan, a so‐called “corporate game plan”: A series of actions ...

Abstract: To stay in business, engineering firms have to become active in the preparation and execution of external marketing plans. Have the employees been left behind? The preparation of an internal marketing plan, an organized ...

Abstract: Is civil engineering a professional career or just a pretty good job? The golden era of civil engineering stretched roughly from the 1850s to the 1950s, when civil engineers were credited with many large public works ...

Abstract: Internal ownership transfer is a subject that is receiving increased attention from professional services firms. No longer are founders content to transfer their work in progress to an associate and close the doors on a ...

Abstract: Most practicing civil engineers are licensed to practice their profession in at least one licensing jurisdiction. Licensees tend to take the licensing requirement for granted because the requirement has been with us since ...

Abstract: The response of axisymmetric shells to internal localized impulsive loadings that produce large deformations and material nonlinearities is analyzed. Also, simplified methods for the prediction of the strain ductility of ...

Abstract: One of many studies by the Systems Development Office of the National Weather Service in support of the Automation of Field operations and Services (AFOS) Program is the External User Study. This study is directed at the ...