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Rising Stars in Multidisciplinary Engineering – Melanie Cleavelin, PE

Civil + Structural Engineer

Public Works/Transportation Team Lead Halff Richardson, TX Servant leader, excellent communicator, proactive, responsive, transparent–these are just a few of the words that describe Melanie Cleavelin. In her 16 years at Halff, Cleavelin has climbed the ranks from EIT to Public Works/Transportation team leader.

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Building your own GPT

Civil + Structural Engineer

You can find the link to the online seminar here. GPTs are designed to understand, respond, and interact in ways that mimic human communication. The examples I showed during the seminar included several GPTs that I have built for myself: Marketing Framework Wizard (This GPT is in the public GPT Store and can be found here.

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Chris Tippery and Brandon Koltz Will Represent Central States Water Environment Association and Wisconsin Wastewater Interests at Water Week 2023

Civil + Structural Engineer

Tippery and Koltz were chosen to represent CSWEA at Water Week 2023 based on their involvement with the government affairs committee and government affairs seminar as well as their professional backgrounds as wastewater engineers.

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Rachel DeSombre Receives 2024 Women in Construction (Engineer of the Year) Award

Civil + Structural Engineer

These awards are given to groundbreaking women who support building projects through construction, marketing, law, communications, engineering, architecture, executive roles, and other professional services. . — Rachel DeSombre, P.E.,

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GRAITEC Unveils New Range of Revit Reinforced Concrete Extensions

BIM & Beam

Autodesk University is the ideal event to experience inspirational seminars on everything related to design and engineering. Despite the integration of structural analysis software with BIM, a large amount of code-based design decisions are still communicated through sketches or marked up drawings.

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Cultivating Unicorns

Civil + Structural Engineer

When we ask survey respondents to identify the greatest needs for project managers, firms and individuals reply with leadership, personnel management, people management, and communication skills, among others. Communication. Four key areas of focus include: 1. This course will help take the guesswork out of leading a project team.

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Ruby+ Associates Founder David Ruby Retires After 60+ Year Career 

Civil + Structural Engineer

for Modern Steel Construction magazine, communicating to readers, particularly young engineers, that models aren’t infallible but require the application of sound judgement and experience to reach their full potential as powerful tools for designing structures. Ruby is a sought-after expert in steel construction.