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Intelligent Infrastructure, Interactive Buildings, & Smart Cities

Intelligent Infrastructure, Interactive Buildings, & Smart Cities: The Role of Engineering in the Age of Conscious Cities

Due to the uncanny timing and convergence of market conditions, technology innovation, social wants and government needs a Smart Cities market is emerging on a global scale that dwarfs any…

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Before signing a design services contract

Before You Sign the Design Services Contract

You’ve seen it before. Firm “X” is selected for a job that they’re more than qualified for. But somewhere between winning the project and signing the dotted the line, they…

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Insight vs. Relational Selling

Insight vs. Relational Selling – What Should You Be Doing?

For the last 7-8 years, “”insight selling”” has been at the heart of most new B2B selling and marketing thinking. As the story goes, cold calls are dead and most…

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Targeting you markets

Being “OK” at Marketing is NOT OK!

The consulting engineering industry is saturated with technically competent providers. Every day pressure builds on us to provide additional services and lower prices. We’re either competing on price, expertise, specializing…

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How Consulting Engineers Create Added Value

How Consulting Engineers Create Added Value

Ever wondered why engineering services are less valued than other professional services? Attorneys, accountants, management consultants, marketing experts—to name a few—all command a higher labor multiplier than engineers. Perhaps it’s…

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Best Practices for Highly Effective Boards

Best Practices for Highly Effective Boards

A competitive industry means you need every possible edge to succeed. And with companies of all sizes and ownership structures moving to a more dynamic, forward-looking governance model, turning the…

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How to Lead Without Authority

How to Lead Without Authority (Even When You’re the Boss)

There’s one in every firm. You know, that person who carries that title of “”boss”” or “”manager”” while falling short of actually leading anyone. That’s because leadership isn’t bestowed by…

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Big Data, Neural Meshes, & Probabilistic Forecasting: Are We Really Improving Decision Making

Big Data, Neural Meshes, & Probabilistic Forecasting: Are We Really Improving Decision Making?

Quality decision making requires meaningful, reliable information. But does “”big data”” always meet those requirements? Algorithms and software programs are designed to mine data into information gold, but questions about…

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ESOP life cycle

6 Effective Ways to Sell Stock to an ESOP

Did you know there are at least 6 different ways shares of stock can be exchanged with an Employee Stock Ownership Plan? Some companies sponsor 100% ESOPs while others own…

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10 Keys to Increasing Utilization in Your A/E Firm

10 Keys to Increasing Utilization in Your A/E Firm

Did you know that just a 1% increase in utilization can mean $200,000 or more to a typical A/E firm? Your employees are your firm’s primary asset, and optimizing their…

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