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Sustainable Highways, Transportation & GREENROADS?

August 15, 2012 by Carol Metzner Leave a Comment

The CivilEngineeringCentral.com blogs have often discussed the need for sustainable transportation in the US. Whether we discussed transit, high speed rail, the SCHWEEB or SkyTran, we are fascinated with the concept of finding a way to be better to our planet while getting where we need to go when we want to get there. One… 

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Filed Under: Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Issues, Environmental Issues, Failing US Infrastructure, High Speed Rail, Highway Engineering, Infrastructure, Sustainability, Sustainable Civil Engineering, Transit, Uncategorized, US Infrastructure Tagged With: civil engineering projects, GREENROADS, GREENROADS rating, Sustainability, sustainable infrastructure

How to Prevent Infrastructure Disaster?

June 23, 2010 by Carol Metzner Leave a Comment

By Carol A. Metzner President, The Metzner Group, LLC and Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com This August will be the 3rd anniversary of the I-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis and the 5th anniversary of the New Orleans levee system failure. July brings with it the 19th year mark of the Kansas City Hyatt… 

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Filed Under: Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Companies, Civil Engineering Issues, Civil Engineering Jobs, Failing US Infrastructure, The U.S. Economy & Civil Engineering, The Workplace, Uncategorized, US Infrastructure Tagged With: civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Companies, civil engineering projects, Failing US Infrastructure

World's Tallest Building Opens -How Tall Is Too Tall?

January 4, 2010 by Carol Metzner 7 Comments

By Carol A. Metzner President, The Metzner Group, LLC and Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com The Burj Dubai – Arabic for Dubai Tower – opens today, January 4, at a supposed height of 2,717 feet. Construction began on September 21, 2004, with the exterior of the structure completed on October 1, 2009…. 

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Filed Under: Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Issues, Project Management, Uncategorized Tagged With: civil engineering blog, civil engineering projects

Are You Doing The Heavy Lifting?

November 4, 2009 by Civil Engineering 2 Comments

Babette Burdick Sales Aerobics for Engineers Internet Business Development Strategies for Manufacturers, Distributors and Service Companies www.salesaerobicsforengineers.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/babetteburdick http://blog.salesaerobicsforengineers.com Featured Guest Blogger: Babette Burdick Sales Aerobics for Engineers Internet Business Development Strategies for Manufacturers, Distributors and Service Companies Connect With Babette On Linkedin Read The Sales Aerobics For Engineers Blog At the 2008 Pack Expo,… 

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Filed Under: Career Development, Civil Engineering, civil engineering blog, Civil Engineering Issues, Human Resources, Project Management, Uncategorized Tagged With: Advice for the Young Engineer, Career Development, Civil Engineering, civil engineering projects, Project Management

When “It’s Not My Problem” Becomes Your Problem

September 30, 2009 by Civil Engineering 2 Comments

Babette Burdick Sales Aerobics for Engineers Internet Business Development Strategies for Manufacturers, Distributors and Service Companies www.salesaerobicsforengineers.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/babetteburdick http://blog.salesaerobicsforengineers.com Featured Guest Blogger: Babette Burdick Sales Aerobics for Engineers Internet Business Development Strategies for Manufacturers, Distributors and Service Companies Connect With Babette On Linkedin Read The Sales Aerobics For Engineers Blog Siloed approaches to participation on… 

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Filed Under: Civil Engineering Issues, Human Resources, Marketing, Project Management, The Workplace, Uncategorized Tagged With: Civil Engineering, civil engineering projects

Significant Civil Engineering Achievements

March 3, 2008 by Civil Engineering Leave a Comment

Alright….so if you checked out our home page you will see that we have a new survey question for the month of March.  The question inquires as to which of the four listed projects you believe to have the most significance to the civil engineering industry.  The four options that we have listed are: The… 

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Filed Under: Civil Engineering Issues, Uncategorized, US Infrastructure Tagged With: Civil Engineering, civil engineering achievements, civil engineering history, civil engineering projects

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