January 2012 As we welcome in a new year, the prevailing mood is cautiously optimistic. Double Eagle Group will continue to grow internally as we are to add two more professionals to our staff in the 1st Q. Energy, water resources, heavy civil construction and mission critical all reflect a strong base. Architecture and construction [...]
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2012-A view from my desk
Posted: January 5, 2012 by Skip Black CPC in Current Employment Commentary, Double Eagle News, Industry News and CommentaryTags: architecture structural international, employment news, Executive Search and Placement, Heavy Civil, Power
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
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 [...]
2011 a year to remember or a year to forget? R. Skip Black CPC.
Posted: December 20, 2011 by Skip Black CPC in Double Eagle News, Industry News and CommentaryTags: employment news, Executive Search and Placement
2011 a year to remember or a year to forget? R. Skip Black CPC. After crunching numbers, checking my historical s and laughing at the optimism we saw in the first Quarter this year, I am of the mind to call 2011 a Draw. A 50/50 year. In respect to consistent business cycle it was [...]
Star Quality Staff at Double Eagle Group, Inc.
Posted: September 20, 2011 by Skip Black CPC in Double Eagle News, Industry News and CommentaryTags: Executive Search and Placement
KEY STAFF R. Skip Black, CPC – Founder / CEO: Architecture, Structures, Construction Management, MEP, MCF Mr. Black has built a significant career in the AEC search & placement industry building teams domestically as well as internationally for over twenty years. His industry knowledge is sought out by trade journals and on-line publications for editorial [...]
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 [...]
Economic Recovery…..Is in Our Own Hands
Posted: September 9, 2011 by nedlyons in Double Eagle News, Industry News and Commentary, Power & EnergyTags: Power
The economy is improving. Despite what the media is trying to make us believe, yes, the economy is improving. My company, Double Eagle Group, works in multiple disciplines, in multiple markets around the country and around the world. The economy is improving. I recently was on a extended weekend with a large group of business [...]
Civil markets activety growing
Posted: August 25, 2011 by Skip Black CPC in Double Eagle News, Industry News and CommentaryTags: Executive Search and Placement
Our team has recently responded to several RFP’s regarding infrastructure consulting firms in the Mid-West, Mid-Atlantic and Rocky Mountains. Double Eagle Group (DEG) has grown as a trusted third (3rd) party search and placement team with direct and collateral advantages for companies in the fifty to five-hundred in size. Professional Engineers and market veterans bring a time-tested [...]
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 [...]