I wake up one morning and read/hear about 9% unemployment here in the United States and the Greek debt crisis in Europe and how it will have a Lehman Brothers effect on the EU and then cascade to the American financial firms, already under pressure. The following day I read/hear that the Central EU banks, [...]
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Our small voice amid the din
Posted: October 6, 2011 by Skip Black CPC in Current Employment Commentary, Flying the Flag, Industry News and CommentaryTags: employment news
1 World Trade Center update
Posted: September 7, 2011 by Skip Black CPC in Architecture, Construction, Flying the FlagTags: architecture, architecture structural international, Construction
Out With the Old ‘Ground Zero’ – In With a New World Trade Center 09/06/2011 The New York Post Text size: AABy JOSH MARGOLIN Deep in the bowels of the most closely watched construction site in the nation there is a phrase that is forbidden: Ground Zero. Those words describe a lifeless pit filled with [...]
American Capitalism at its Finest
Posted: August 1, 2011 by nedlyons in Flying the Flag, Power & EnergyTags: Power
The annual Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis S.D. is just around the corner. Bikers have been visiting the area for over a week now. Vendors are fully set up in preparation of the “official” opening day on Monday August 8th. Last year attendance was estimated to be over 600,000. Rally officials estimate that the average attendee [...]
Professionalism & High Standards Breeds Teamwork
Posted: January 13, 2012 by Brad Burke, PE in Construction, Double Eagle News, Earth/Water, Flying the Flag, Heavy Civil, Industry News and Commentary, UncategorizedTags: employment news
As Professional Engineers, we are mandated by statute to maintain certain professional standards and ethics to protect the integrity of our profession and the common welfare. The same can be said for Registered Geologists, Land Surveyors, Certified Hazardous Material Managers, or whatever professional registration you have. That same sense of professional integrity and ethics is [...]