Hesitation kills opportunity. Some say patience is a virtue, but only if you know exactly what you are waiting for. Do not confuse the virtue of patience with the bad trait of hesitation. If you don’t know what you are waiting for, or are stuck in a rut, and you are presented with a new [...]
Archive for the ‘Heavy Civil’ Category
Hesitation Kills Opportunity / Careers – by Brad Burke, PE
Posted: December 20, 2011 by Brad Burke, PE in Construction, Current Employment Commentary, Earth/Water, Heavy Civil, Industry News and Commentary, Power & EnergyTags: employment news, Executive Search and Placement
HEAVY CIVIL UPDATE/PAUL WALLICK, P.E./AUGUST 25, 2011
Posted: September 15, 2011 by paulwallick in Current Employment Commentary, Heavy Civil, Industry News and CommentaryTags: employment news
August 25, 2011 Heavy Civil Update Paul Wallick, P.E. I am finding action for municipal, transportation, and land development engineers in smaller communities. Also a need for designers with CAD, Microstation, and Civil 3D experience. Larger metropolitan areas were more affected by the recession because new development projects stalled. Smaller communities were not as dependent [...]
Engineers, 9-11 & Emergency Responder Legislation
Posted: September 15, 2011 by Skip Black CPC in Architecture, Heavy Civil, Industry News and Commentary, StructuresTags: architecture structural international, water environmental
In the aftermath of the Twin Towers disaster, on November 19, 2010 Judge Alvin Hellerstein announced that over 95% of the Plaintiffs in the World Trade Center site litigation had opted in, accepting the settlement proposal to end the lawsuits against New York City. These law suits were filled not just against the City, but [...]
Heavy Civil Update/Paul Wallick
Posted: August 18, 2011 by paulwallick in Heavy Civil, Industry News and CommentaryTags: Construction, employment news, Heavy Civil
Finding activity in development including multi-family housing. Mining companies seeing record profits. Northwest North Dakota oil patch creating civil engineer positions in may disciplines.
Heavy Civil Update/Paul Wallick, P.E.
Posted: August 11, 2011 by paulwallick in Heavy Civil, Industry News and CommentaryTags: employment news, Executive Search and Placement
Oil patch of western North Dakota creating a demand for civil engineers. Need for transportation, municipal, land development, water/wastewater, water resources. The sky rocketing prices of precious metals has created a demand for mining engineers in locations throughout the world. If you are open to career opportunities keep your LinkedIn profile up to date and [...]
Back and Excited!
Posted: August 11, 2011 by paulwallick in Double Eagle News, Heavy CivilTags: employment news, Heavy Civil
Heavy Civil Update Paul Wallick I am excited to be back and being in a profession where I can help other people get what they want. I get to help a hiring official enhance their career by hiring the best possible talent and help talent improve their lives by being with a company where they [...]
Double Eagle News July 2011
Posted: July 25, 2011 by Skip Black CPC in Current Employment Commentary, Double Eagle News, Earth/Water, Heavy Civil, Industry News and Commentary, Power & EnergyTags: architecture, Construction, employment news, Heavy Civil
Industry News 25Jul11 International markets are active as general construction, civic buildings, and major infrastructure projects come online. Hospitality continues to find resonance in Vietnam, Hong Kong, and UAE. Domestically we are having increased RFPs in the Mid-Atlantic for AEC and MEP work. Our Heavy Civil team is spiking in mining inquiries. Earth/Water has several [...]
Innovation and the NEW American Dream
Posted: July 21, 2011 by Brad Burke, PE in Construction, Current Employment Commentary, Double Eagle News, Earth/Water, Heavy Civil, Industry News and CommentaryTags: architecture, employment news, Heavy Civil, waste water, water environmental
There has recently been a lot of talk about innovation, and how innovation will be one of the major keys for pulling the United States out of this global recession. CNN’s Fareed Zakaria devoted a whole program on how Technological Innovation will help restore the “American Dream”, and how both private enterprise and federal government [...]
Wanted: PROBLEM SOLVERS !!!
Posted: June 30, 2011 by Brad Burke, PE in Construction, Earth/Water, Heavy Civil, Industry News and CommentaryTags: Construction, Heavy Civil, waste water, water environmental
A professor of mine once said “If you want to ‘understand’ a problem ask a scientist, but if you want to actually SOLVE a problem, ask an engineer.” Both have their place, both are necessary – but in our current economic and political climate, tight budgets will be allocated more towards DOING, and less towards [...]
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 [...]