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Are You Really Who You Say You Are?

March 22, 2017 by Matt Barcus 2 Comments

Over the past couple years I have noticed an interesting trend and I am curious to read your thoughts.  This trend is: The haphazard awarding of titles to those who do not have the responsibilities to match. Once-upon-a-time a young civil engineer, somewhere, with just a few years of engineering experience, was given the title of… 

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Filed Under: Career Development, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Issues, Civil Engineering Jobs, Employee Retention, Human Resources, Recruiting, The U.S. Economy & Civil Engineering, The Workplace Tagged With: Advice for the Young Engineer, ASCE, career advancement, career advice, Career Development, Career Path, Civil Engineer, Civil Engineer Jobs, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Companies, civil engineering job search, Civil Engineering Jobs, civil engineering recruiter, CivilEngineeringCentral.com, Human Resources, human resources issues, Recruiting

Will Our Infrastructure Ever Make Honor Roll?

March 11, 2009 by Matt Barcus 4 Comments

By Matt Barcus President, Precision Executive Search Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC, home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com   I did a little bit of investigating (well, not that much…about 1 minutes worth!)  in regards to the American Society of Civil Engineering’s (ASCE) report card that we have all come to love so much.   Since it’s inception in 1988,… 

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Filed Under: Civil Engineering Issues, Failing US Infrastructure, Politics and the Environmenta, Uncategorized, US Infrastructure Tagged With: ASCE, Civil Engineering, CivilEngineeringCentral.com, Deteriorating Infrastructure., Failing US Infrastructure, US Infrastructure

$1,500,000,000,000…Does This Get Your Attention?

May 21, 2008 by Carol Metzner Leave a Comment

By Carol A. Metzner, President, The Metzner Group, LLC and Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, CivilEngineeringCentral.com Last week the CBS Early Show aired a segment concerning the deteriorating U.S. Infrastructure.    ASCE President David Mongan and outspoken NY Engineer “Gridlock Sam” Schwartz contributed to the discussion. You can see the short video report here: Yes, you are hearing correctly on… 

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Filed Under: Civil Engineering Issues, Failing US Infrastructure, Uncategorized, US Infrastructure Tagged With: ASCE, Failing US Infrastructure, US Infrastructure

ASCE Scandal?

April 3, 2008 by Civil Engineering 3 Comments

Last week it was reported that the American Society of Civil Engineers is being accused of a cover up. The claim states that the ASCE is covering up errors and brushing aside stricter building standards in order to protect engineers and governmental agencies from lawsuits.  These accusations stem from the recent disasters like 9/11 and… 

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Filed Under: Civil Engineering Issues, Uncategorized, US Infrastructure Tagged With: 9/11, ASCE, Civil Engineering, Hurricane Katrina, NSF, Scandal

Why the Shortage of Civil Engineers?????

February 5, 2008 by Matt Barcus 10 Comments

By Matt Barcus President, Precision Executive Search, Inc. Managing Partner, www.CivilEngineeringCentral.com I was recently interviewed for an upcoming addition of Water & Wastewater Digest Magazine regarding the topic of the shortage of civil engineering professionals in the current market. Take a look at the discussion: Q1. Recent industry surveys show that there is a lack… 

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Filed Under: Civil Engineering Shortage, Uncategorized Tagged With: AICP, ASCE, AWRA, AWWA, Bridge Engineering Jobs, Civil Engineer, Civil Engineer Jobs, Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering Jobs, Environmental Engineering Job, Environmental Engineering Jobs, Environmental Jobs, Geotechnical Jobs, Highway Engineering Jobs, Land Development Jobs, Land Planning Jobs, Land Survey Job, Land Surveying Jobs, Landscape Architecture Jobs, Shortage of Civil Engineers, Solutions, Transportation Engineer Job, Transportation Engineering Jobs, Wastewater Jobs, Water Jobs

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