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April 7, 2023
Volume 36, Number 14
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Charlotte Wylie Joins Criterium Engineers
Please join us in welcoming our new Project Assistant, Charlotte Wylie, to the headquarters Client Success Team!
Charlotte's professional background includes new home building project assistance through the entire life cycle of a project, from the initial building plans to the final walkthrough.
With us, Charlotte will be working closely with Client Success Managers and will assist with items such as work orders, change orders, and invoicing.
Charlotte lives with her three young sons (11, 9, and 4) on Little Sebago Lake in Gray, Maine, and when she's not busy with work, they ensure she stays very occupied and entertained.
Welcome, Charlotte!
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"I am looking forward to expanding my construction knowledge and learning about the engineering side of the build process [with Criterium]." | | | |
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During a recent inspection performed by Dave Taylor, E.I. (Criterium-Kessler Engineers) in Las Vegas, he came across evidence of geese nesting activity on the roof. Suggestions to the client included discussing with the current homeowners any problems in the past, determining appropriate extermination treatment, and noting that the removal of the nest may require special permission from local wildlife authorities.
The reviewing engineer, Alan Mooney, P.E., commented that in the tens of thousands of inspections photos he has seen, he has never seen one quite like this. You never know what you'll run into at an inspection!
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🎉 Celebrating 50 years! 🎉
Community Associations Institute (CAI) Annual Conference & Expo
May 17-20, 2023 - Dallas, Texas
Next month, CAI will host its annual conference and exposition at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas. Several members of the headquarters team will be in attendance and David Dotson, P.E. and Sebastian Martinez (Criterium-Dotson Engineers) will be participating with them in the exhibit booth.
This event brings together thousands of association managers, homeowner board members, and business partners to provide education sessions on operations, leadership, innovative business practices, and new products and technologies related to the HOA market. If you will also be in attendance, please stop by our booth and say hi! Following the event, we will share insights and information we gathered in a future issue of PULSE.
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BUILDING SCIENCE WEBINAR
Practical Guide to Inspections of Fire-Rated Assemblies, Part II
Monday, April 10 at 11am EST
Presenters: Scott Forbes, Rebecca Rand Costigan, P.E., & Allan Stewart
April's Building Science Webinar will be a continuation of last month's topic and will include an open discussion based on field observations of fire-rated assemblies that will be shared during the session. All Building Science webinars use this Zoom link.
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⚠️ ALERT ⚠️
National Maintenance and Build Out Company (NMBOC)
Warminster, PA
We recently heard from an affiliate about non-payment from this company. John Folz is President/CEO and Joe Kornsey and Bill McCabe are Sr. Project Managers. (Click here to see their website.)
Unfortunately, in our attempts to learn more about this company we find their Google review rating is 2.3. If you read the reviews, you will see numerous situations where vendors are not paid for their services and they don’t respond to emails. Beware of working with this company. You might consider requiring payment up front or declining to do work with them if contacted.
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Mentoring the Next Generation
of Engineers
In this recent article published in Canadian Consulting Engineer, veteran building engineer David Clark provides some advice for mentors, which includes emotional intelligence, critical thinking, and soft skills. He proposes that mentoring engineers can teach these skills that are often not taught through higher education yet are skills our industry will need.
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Soft Skills for Engineers
In the video above, Pamela Scott, an executive coach to CEOs and business owners, is interviewed by The Engineering Career Coach podcast, and outlines specific actions engineers can take to grow and advance their careers.
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