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Simple Changes to Roadway Signs Can Reduce Wind-induced Vibrations
Trailer trucks with rear extensions to reduce wind drag have become increasingly common on the highway. With the success of these truck-trailer tails, engineers wondered if the concept could help solve the problem of wind-induced vibrations of road signs as well....
Wooden Skyscrapers Could Transform Construction by Trapping Carbon Emissions
All over the world, architects and engineers are crafting cutting-edge skyscrapers from one of the most renewable and sustainable materials available to humanity — wood. For the time being, the tallest wooden building in the world is the Mjøstårnet, an 18-storey...
4 Things to Know Before Taking on an Infrastructure Project
These days, contractors in the infrastructure space might consider themselves lucky as the coronavirus crisis ravages other industries. Roads, bridges, tunnels and similar projects that end up serving a public need often push forward despite economic or social turmoil...
How to Navigate Sensitive Conversations on Difficult Lopics
In the last several weeks, several leaders have reached out and asked me how to hold conversations about racial relations that will deepen understanding without creating offense. These types of queries are important to consider given the current tensions many are...
Tired of Filling out a Never-ending List of Job Applications? Try This Strategy to Set You Apart
Recently, I was browsing a tech forum when I came across this comment from a struggling job hunter: “I’ve sent dozens of applications and still haven’t gotten any interviews.” Job hunting and securing that desired interview are always difficult; it becomes even more...
Simply 805: Three Important Criteria for Managing Time
I love this phrase from Patrick Lencioni (one of my most fave business authors). There is something about it that is so concise, so precise, so to-the-point. It addresses our obsession with multitasking and speaks to everything — from our inboxes to our life values....
Performance Management: Making Midyear Check-ins More Meaningful
If you are coaching others in the workplace, you probably have some sort of performance management process. While these typically culminate in the annual meeting, many suggest or require at least a midyear check-in too. Even if your process doesn’t suggest that, I...
Modular Monitor: The benefits of value engineering
Value engineering, the process of evaluating a project for potential changes that could save money without compromising on performance, typically happens for a few reasons in the realm of traditional construction. The project could be over budget, or the general...
How to Run an Effective Virtual Meeting: Stop Blaming Zoom!
Long before COVID-19 entered the scene, requiring a significant portion of work and work-related communication to go virtual, meetings were an all-too-frequent feature of the business landscape. Our pre-pandemic research found that 77% of employees reported spending...