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ASK MEMBERS What has been your most difficult engineering challenge, and
how did you meet it? In 2001, a fully leased, As CEO of a 200-person con-
four-story office build- sulting firm, my biggest chal- ing in Florida was
to lenge has been time manage- be evacuated by the ment. Juggling client
city's fire marshal due demands, project demands, to the formation of
personnel issues, as well as two sinkholes, one of family, is a constant
struggle. which was under the In overcoming this challenge I building.
During their continual cover- found success by taking the following key
steps: A reoccurring challenge age, the local media broadcast that the 1
set priorities family, staff, clients; 2 pay throughout my career has
building was failing and sinking. I attention to upfront planning, which
results in been the perception by was anointed the spokesperson by the
major time savings on the back side; 3 delegate, my peers that Construc-
city and building owner representative which will not always lead to
perfection, but tion Management CM since the local property management
most people don't expect perfection it's impor- is not a pure engineer-
company was ill-equipped to address the tant to surround yourself with
good people ; 4 ing profession. I spend a serious technical issues
concerning the be decisive make informed, quick decisions; lot of time
justifying my building's safety. I held multiple press and 5 enjoy life.
If you're happy at what you do, profession and the need conferences and
media interviews while you tend to be more efficient. to be a registered
PE as directing the sinkhole remediation. Dur- David Pond well as a
certified CM. I ing this process, the media became an W.K. Dickson & Co.,
Inc. found that the key to asset instead of a liability in restoring the
Charlotte, N.C. overcoming the percep- tenant's and public's confidence in
the tion is educating my peers building's safety. It was shortly repaired
in the various disciplines and reoccupied. within CM and proving Ernest A.
Cox, III to them the value the CM Ardaman & Associates, Inc. One of my
biggest challenges brings to the design team. Orlando, Fla. is finding a
balance between Christopher J. Griffith regulatory requirements and KCI
Technologies, Inc. scientific data. As engineers Hunt Valley, Md. and
scientists, we tend to NEXT ISSUE require sufficient data to sup- port any
regulatory action, Ask Members Question: particularly when compliance could
cost the public a fair amount of money. Yet many techni- What do you
believe is the cal issues will not be resolved without large engineering
industry's most investments in research, so we must decide using important
role in society? a blend of engineering judgment and a gut To be eligible
to have your opinion feeling for the best regulatory option to protect
appear in the next issue of public health. As ongoing participants in the
Engineering Inc., please submit your process, continual balancing of real
knowledge response 75 words maximum against presumed benefits is essential
to crafting along with a high-resolution, electronic responsible
regulations. color head shot to: Staff Editor Sarah Clark Andrea Keeney at
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005
Table of Contents
From ACEC To You
Ask Members
News & Notes
Market Watch
Legislative Action
COVER STORY: A Perfect Legal Storm
Interview With F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
Is There an Engineer in the House
The ABCs Of ESOPS
ACEC/PAC Donations Break All-Time Record
ACEC Roundtable
Members In the News
One on One
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - Cover1
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - Cover2
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - Table of Contents
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - From ACEC To You
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - Ask Members
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - News & Notes
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - Market Watch
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - 6
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - 7
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - Legislative Action
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - 9
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - COVER STORY: A Perfect Legal Storm
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - 11
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - Interview With F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - 13
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - Is There an Engineer in the House
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - 15
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - 16
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - 17
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - The ABCs Of ESOPS
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - 19
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - 20
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - 21
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - ACEC/PAC Donations Break All-Time Record
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Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - ACEC Roundtable
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Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - 31
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - Members In the News
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - 33
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - 34
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - 35
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - One on One
Engineering Inc. - March/April 2005 - Cover3
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