Are you an old school engineer? Has a work colleague told you you’re “old school”? One of the great ironies with the construction industry is that it’s always at the...
ARE ENGINEERS BECOMING TOO CONSERVATIVE? It’s the most common question asked of every engineer when he or she gets to site: The moment the steel fixer believes the slab has...
Are you feeling the strains of workplace fatigue? Has it been a long year for you? Much of the content here on The Working Engineer is intended for an international...
Engineering job titles in the workplace are a bit like the Bee Gees: There used to be three of them, but it’s not cool to talk about them anymore. Where...
Structural and civil engineering is a lot like Sudoku. Or, depending on which pursuit you got involved with first, Sudoku is just like engineering. Sound a bit far-fetched? The two...
Engineers generally fall into one of three categories: (i) Those old enough to have experienced The Beatles in their playing/recording days, (ii) Those who grew up after The Beatles’ broke...
Looking for some engineering humour? It’s often said that engineers never retire, they simply slow down. Or they enter the “Expert Witness” phase of their life. But the reality is...
If you’re in the construction industry then, at some point or in some form, you’re going to encounter a structural engineer. Architects, builders, project managers, tradies, specifiers, designers, draftees, fabricators,...
So what does make a good engineer? Well, first of all, let’s get the term engineer right. In this instance, we’re talking chiefly about a structural engineer. (Although much of what’s discussed here will apply equally to civil, mechanical, hydraulic,...