Resources
COPS Baseline 1-1: Creating an Effective Mission Statement COPS Business Practices Committee Available for immediate download. Hard copy not available. Publication one of seven related to the Seven Baselines of…
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COPS Manpower Management Spreadsheet COPS The purpose of this spreadsheet is to forecast your month ahead and allocate your resources to meet those needs. It will clearly show you any…
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COPS Job Estimating Spreadsheet COPS Job estimating spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format to help with your proposals. Available for immediate download. Hard copy not available.
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Do you and your associates find it daunting to keep on top of ever-changing contract clauses that you are asked to review and accept? Do you feel that contract clauses…
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In the structural design profession, engineers learn project management in an ad-hoc manner as they advance from purely technical tasks to situations that require management skills. Often self-learning combined with…
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CASE Tool 7-1: Client Evaluation CASE Do you know who your best clients are? Do you know where you should be focusing your marketing and sales efforts to maximize…
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CASE Tool 8-1: Contract Review CASE Do you (or your legal counsel) review every contract to find onerous clauses? Do you know what they are? Do you always find…
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CASE Tool 5-4: Negotiation Talking Points provides an outline of items for your consideration when you are in a situation in which you are pressured to agree to lower fees.…
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CASE Tool 9-1: A Guideline Addressing Coordination and Completeness of Structural Construction Documents Inadequate and/or incomplete design drawings often result in inaccurate competitive bids; delays in schedule; a multiplicity…
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The purpose of Tool 6-2, Scope of Work for Engaging Subconsultants, is to provide structural engineers with sample scopes of work that cover the key scope issues to consider when…
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