Part 1 of a three-part series For the better part of my adult life, I have been going to the gym and working out. I’m in good shape, but for many years I have been stuck with this feeling of being comfortable with the results of the effort I was putting in the gym….
Green Engineering Jobs: Coming to an Ocean Near You?
By Carol A. Metzner President, The Metzner Group, LLC and Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com View Carol’s profile & connect with her on LinkedIn Picture this: the sun, beach, sand, waves, porpoises ….wind turbines? A variety of wind farms are being proposed, designed and constructed across the US. Cape Wind proposes the first offshore…
Are You High On Speed…Rail?
Matt Barcus President, Precision Executive Search, Inc Managing Partner, CivilEngineeringCentral.com View Matt’s profile & connect with him on LinkedIn It’s been quite some time since I have touched on this subject, so at the risk of “beating a dead horse,” here I go again! Have you ever known anyone who has traveled via high-speed rail? …
Questions Of The Month – Final Tallies Revealed
By Matt Barcus President, Precision Executive Search, Inc. Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC, home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com Each month at CivilEngineeringCentral.com we have a Question of the Month. This question is posted on our home page and is included in each issue of “The LinkedIngineer” as well as our monthly e-newsletter which is sent out to nearly 10,000 members…
Outgoing Bush "Midnight" Environmental Legislation
By Carol Metzner, President, The Metzner Group, LLC and Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com Tim Dickinson has written an excellent synopsis for Rolling Stone magazine on President Bush’s final legacy and good-bye gift to us for our future. The title is somewhat rough for some of you, so I won’t put it…
T. Boone Pickens Sells Engineering Firm Stocks
By Carol Metzner, President, The Metzner Group, LLC and Managing Partner of A/E/P Central, LLC home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com In case you aren’t familiar, T. Boone Pickens has developed the Pickens’ Plan. Specifically, the plan is designed to reduce the United States’ reliance on foreign oil from 70% (where it is currently) by maximizing the natural…