Water, Water, Everywhere (Available in Geoenvironmental special issue only)
The discovery of extensive contamination just prior to construction of an underground library storage facility prompted engineers from the Minneapolis-based firms CNA Consulting Engineers...
Big-Firm Marketing Ideas That Can Work For You
Access to a large advertising and marketing budget may make it easier to attract clients, but bringing in new business doesn't have to be expensive. Marketing professionals...
Newsletters That Deliver
A newsletter consultant and business manager for a small engineering firm explains how to create an effective newsletter for new and potential clients. Among the necessary steps are establishing...
Consulting Engineering
A Guide for the Engagement of Engineering Services
A Merger Manual
Mergers and acquisition business deals continue to proliferate in the consulting engineer and construction industry. There are many important issues on both sides of the table, and the...
A Stockholder's Story
A former partner in an engineering consulting firm tells about what happens when a firm goes public. His view is that while it benefitted financially, the firm changed for the worse. The...
Out of Sight, Out of Time
A 10-year grace period for complying with an EPA regulation mandating that all underground storage tanks have spill, overfill and corrosion protection runs out on December 22, 1998. Hundreds...
Seismic Guidelines for Ports
Pulling Ahead
Instead of waiting for RFPs, the most aggressive design firms pursue business by getting to know potential clients ahead of time. Proactive consulting firms decide whom they want as clients,...
The New Environment for Consolidation
Environmental consulting firms are planning more acquisitions�and to acquire more companies each time they do�in 1998 than in previous years. This finding, from an exclusive survey by...
How to Succeed in Business...
As civil engineering continues to evolve as a profession, consulting engineers must continually re-invent their businesses and their practices. In this article, consulting engineers talk...
Discovering Your Niche
Small consulting engineering firms often find themselves working on multiple projects and heading in no clear direction, and eventually quality begins to suffer. The solution is to concentrate...
Thai Water Mark
Thailand's economy has taken off and with new industry and population growth, water quality problems are increasing. The nation has a 20-year initiative to address these problems,...
Re-engineering Cowboy Heaven (Available only in
On a wooded hill overlooking the north end of Oklahoma City sits one of the foremost repositories of this country's Western heritage, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. Contained...
Environmental Site Investigation Guidance Manual
This manual,
Bridge Over the River Karnali
Just as topping Nepal's Mount Everest requires great stamina from mountain climbers, building the Karnali River Bridge in a remote region of western Nepal required six years...
Pavement Management Pays Off
Pavement Management Systems are paying off at various agencies from municipal to state levels. Its PMS consultant enabled the city of Oakland, Calif. to convince FEMA to pay for indirect...
Big Business
Prior to the 1990s, there were few mergers in the environmental engineering consulting industry. Growth and profitability were generally sufficient to compensate owners and employees and...
Hyogo-Ken Nanbu Earthquake of January 17, 1995
A Post-Earthquake Reconnaissance of Port Facilities
Prepared by the Committee on Ports and Harbors Lifelines of the Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering of ASCE.
Let the Buyer (and Seller) Beware
A merger or acquisition shouldn't be a gamble, but many firms depend too much on good luck and good will. For long-term success, the best bet is a checklist for professional...
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