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Engineering Ethical Code - a Good Basis for Technical Decision Making

March 18, 2010 by Rod Adams
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<!--break--> Sometimes I pine for the days when America's decision making bodies included more engineers. If that is too far a stretch, perhaps we can at least get back to a situation where there are more people in decision making positions who have been exposed to some of the training associated with building and manufacturing high... [read more]

Overreaction to Outside Pressure Puts Vermont Yankee Safety Culture Into Question

February 26, 2010 by Rod Adams
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<!--break--> In an long delayed effort to prove to Vermont legislators that they are taking action to correct leakage of mildly radioactive water into the ground under the buildings that house Vermont Yankee, Energy as announced that they have disciplined 11 senior employees, five of whom have been removed from their positions and... [read more]

Engineering Rules

July 27, 2009 by Robert Rapier
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<!--break--> Average Starting Salaries for This Year's GraduatesFrom a CNN story this week, that graphic represents a landslide. To the person who asked in the recent Q&A (OK, the "A" is still pending) what they should study in school, might I suggest you put a lot of effort into your math classes, and consider engineering of... [read more]

CH2M Hill: Engineering big changes

May 29, 2009 by Marc Gunther
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<!--break--> You can tell by its name that CH2M Hill, an engineering, design and construction firm based outside of Denver, is not a company driven by marketing. Indeed, there’s not much that’s glamorous about CH2M Hill, except for the list of mega projects around the world that it is overseeing—the 2012 London Olympics, the expansion... [read more]