ASCE will be sunsetting the Civil Engineering Database (CEDB) in the coming months. We encourage you to start using the ASCE Library to perform content searches. In the ASCE Library, you can save your search results as well as receive email content alerts when new content relevant to your area of interest is published. Try it out today at https://ascelibrary.org.

 

Minority Consulting Engineers Speak Out

by Virginia Fairweather, Editor; ASCE News, New York, N.Y.,


Serial Information: Civil Engineering—ASCE, 1978, Vol. 48, Issue 7, Pg. 54-57


Document Type: Feature article

Abstract:

A sampling of opinion from the point of view of black consulting engineers. Quota systems are discussed as are financial problems, attitudes of banks, joint-ventures, abuse of minority-participation programs and the fact that most blacks consider that private sector work is completely unavailable to them. A rundown on current federal government minority participation guidelines is included.

Subject Headings: Consulting services | Federal government | Private sector | Joint ventures | High-rise buildings | Financial management

Services: Buy this book/Buy this article

 

Return to search