The 21st Annual NCSEA Conference will be held in Atlanta from September 18-21. In keeping with tradition, this conference caters to the practicing structural engineer: The goal is to provide an outstanding educational opportunity filled with practice ideas and techniques that you can apply when you return to your office. …
First, I would like to extend my condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of Doug Ashcraft who recently passed away after a battle with cancer. Doug was instrumental in developing many of the CASE Risk Management Tools and served for a time as CASE Chair. He was a tremendous person who was committed to the structural engineering profession. He will be missed by all of us. …
Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.
– Henry Ford
People often say that the whole is greater than sum of its parts, and that is the case when professional organizations collaborate to accomplish more than the sum of their individual efforts. …
The Mission Statement for the Structural Engineers Certification Board (SECB) is as follows:
I am sure you have seen a gaggle of geese flying in a “V” formation. The lead goose creates an “aerodynamic draft” for the other geese in the flight enabling them to fly farther. He expends his energy fighting headwinds to create the draft while the other geese in the flight honk, encouraging the lead goose along their journey. From time to time the lead goose will fall back into the “V” and honk to encourage another goose taking the lead position. …
Each year, the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) gives undergraduate engineering students the opportunity to apply what they’ve learned, and showcase their engineering skills, through the annual SEI Student Competition. I want to take this opportunity to recognize the top three teams from last year’s competition and to tout this program’s many benefits. …
Many superb opportunities are available to assist structural engineers in improving their skills, expanding their understanding, and increasing their efficiency and level of success. One problem our profession faces today is that too few engineers take advantage of these opportunities, and instead choose to languish in mediocrity. …
If the title of this editorial didn’t catch your eye, you must have skipped a few pages.
Truthfully, I wish for all structural engineering firms to have a Culture that exudes harmony and happiness for owners and staff, as well as their clients. Probably one of the most important traits of a firm’s culture is the way in which staff communicates with one another and with clients. …