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 [...]
Archive for the ‘Heavy Civil’ Category
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
Market Drivers in a “Cautious Economy”
Posted: June 14, 2011 by Brad Burke, PE in Earth/Water, Heavy CivilTags: Construction, Heavy Civil, water environmental
The merging of low property values, an ever available labor force, along with the real (and political) need to create jobs are the new market drivers for development and infrastructure projects as our “cautious economy” tries to find its way. Project and hiring activity in Infrastructure & Development is expected to increase in 2011 and [...]
Brad Burke P.E. Mgr: Earth/Water
Posted: May 12, 2011 by Skip Black CPC in Earth/Water, Heavy Civil, Industry News and CommentaryTags: Executive Search and Placement
Brad has joined our team and will be a frequent contributor to DEG blogs. He has over fifteen years (15) in professional environmental consulting. Count on Brad to help you search for and place those individuals of value. R. Skip Black CPC- Principal/CEO
Days are Getting Longer and Civil Engineering Opportunities are Increasing!
Posted: March 8, 2011 by paulwallick in Heavy CivilTags: Heavy Civil
Continuing to find activity in municipal, transportation, and airport engineering. Locations outside of the major cities are more active because their markets have not been as affected by the slowdown in residential and commercial development. How to Network – When You’re Shy http://blogs.wsj.com/in-charge/2011/02/23/how-to-network-%E2%80%93-when-youre-shy/ Fed Sees Recovery Picking Up: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704615504576172133517901722.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_news ADP: Private Sector Adds 217,000 Jobs: [...]
The Days are Getting Longer and Firms are Gearing Up For Spring!
Posted: March 2, 2011 by paulwallick in Heavy CivilTags: Construction, Heavy Civil
http://www.linkedin.com/share?viewLink=&sid=s270481574&url=http://lnkd.in/5j_9CJ&urlhash=hPWI&uid=5444357467213402112&trk=NUS_UNIU_SHARE-lnk http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704071304576160533619202912.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_6 A recent well-researched Wall Street Journal article indicated that the four largest job boards combined yielded only 2% of total hires, and most of that is not of the level or quality that would be of interest to you. Finding activity in site development. Firms getting inquiries about site development work and some [...]
The Temperatures and the Civil Job Market are Heating Up! What are you seeing??
Posted: February 18, 2011 by paulwallick in Heavy CivilTags: Heavy Civil
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704570104576124502975117950.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories Consultant in Wisconsin says they are getting some RFP’s and inquiries about subdivision work. New 12 lot single family subdivision in Inver Grove Heights with a few lots already sold. Activity in rail transportation, water transportation, truck transportation – logistics planning, feasibility studies. Civil engineering opportunities in North Dakota. Disciplines include municipal, water resources, [...]
Transportation High-Speed Rail USA
Posted: February 16, 2011 by Skip Black CPC in Heavy CivilTags: rail, transportation
Obama administration is proposing an additional $53 billion over next six years to continue developing high-speed passenger rail.
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 [...]