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CASE Tool 2-3: Employee Evaluations is intended to assist the structural engineering office in the task of evaluating employee performance. The evaluations provide a method to assess employee performance and…

A risk is defined as an event or condition that, if it occurs, has a negative effect on a project’s objectives. Risk is inherent to any project, and project managers…

CASE Tool 2-1: A Risk Evaluation Checklist CASE    This tool provides one way for you to act in both a preventative and proactive way prior to starting a project…

An employee handbook is a document that contains a company’s operating procedure and is used to establish important policies and to protect the rights of the employers and employees. Done…

CASE Tool 10-2: Construction Administration Log    The CASE Tool 10-2 Construction Administration Log includes the following key features.  The Log is developed in Microsoft Excel to allow individual firms…

CASE Tool 3-2: Staffing and Revenue Projection Tool Firm and project planning are crucial to reducing your firm’s risk and avoiding claims. One major facet of firm planning is predicting…

CASE Structural Engineer’s Guide to Fire Protection  CASE Fire Protection Committee   In recent years there has been a growing awareness that structural engineers need to become more involved in…

CASE 976-A: Commentary on Value-Based Compensation for Structural Engineers CASE National Guidelines Committee    This document investigates and evaluates the applicability of Value-Based Compensation to the practice of structural engineering.…

Site visits are crucial in the construction phase of any project and help clarify and interpret the design for the contractor. CASE Guideline 962-E details how to identify construction errors,…

Commentary on the 2020 Code of Standard Practice for Steel Joists and Joist Girders Created: 2015 Updated: 2024 The Steel Joist Institute (SJI) Code of Standard Practice (Code or COSP)…