CASE 962-H – National Practice Guideline on Project and Business Risk Management
This guideline is intended to assist structural engineering companies in the management of risk associated with projects and to provide commentary regarding the management of risk associated with business practices. The guideline is organized into two sections that correspond with these two areas of risk, Project Risk Management and Business Practices Risk Management. The goal of the guideline is to educate and inform structural engineers about risk issues so that the risks they face in their practices can be effectively mitigated, thus making structural engineering firms more successful.
Structural Engineer’s Guide to Fire Protection
This publication is intended for structural engineers with no prior experience or training in fire protection engineering. It is a comprehensive and concise treatment of prescriptive and performance-based methods for designing structural fire protection systems in an easy-to-understand format.
CASE 504 – Proposal Preparation Spreadsheet
The CASE Proposal Preparation Spreadsheet was developed to assist project managers and administrators in developing cost proposals for a project. The spreadsheet may be easily customized for any organization or project type. It also may be used as a checklist to see that all phases of a project are adequately staffed.
CASE 976-A – Commentary on Value-Based Compensation for Structural Engineers
Value Based Compensation is a means to step out of the ordinary and establish your value to the team. Value Based Compensation is based on the concept that there are specific services, which may vary from project to project, that provide valuable information to the client and whose impact on the success of the project is far in excess of the prevailing hourly rates. Value Based Compensation is based on the increased value or savings these innovative structural services will contribute to the project. As a result, the primary beneficiary of an innovative design or a concept is the owner, but the innovative engineer is adequately compensated for his knowledge and expertise in lieu of his time.
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