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Episode 73 - Negotiating Your Career Jul 17, 2023

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This Episode is unique in its guest but relevant and valuable in content. This week we get the chance to talk with Dan Oblinger, a hostage negotiator, and business coach focusing on the engineering side of things. Zach has had Dan come to his firm and it was a fantastic experience, If you get the chance to have Dan come help your team, make sure to listen to the end of the show for a special deal on the coaching Dan provides for podcast listeners. A couple links I recommend checking out:

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Episode 72 - Building With The Future in Mind Jan 09, 2023

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This episode is with Ethan Fogle of HGA Architects and Engineers about some of his work and an itroduction for us regarding sustainability and embodied carbod as it relates to structural engineers. This is a theme that we've wanted to share for a long time so this episode goes a bit longer than usual but we think its valuable information to understand moving ahead in our careers and as an industry, enjoy!

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Episode 71 - Dampers, How to Shake it up and Slow it Down Dec 13, 2022

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This episode we're talking with Trevor Haskett of motioneering, motioneering is one of the worlds premier firms managing damping systems. If you've ever seen the picture of the large golden ball pendulum type structure in Taipei 101, motioneering would be the team behind it. Enjoy our conversation while we learn a little more about the practical terms of a damper, weight and volume requirements, and the many systems available to the designer.

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Episode 70 - School-Masters-Your First Job Nov 14, 2022

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This week we talk with David Wu, a new engineer recently completing his undergrad, and now finishing up a great internship before grad school. We talk with David about what new engineers can expect from the working world, and we ask about how his education prepared him for his first structural internship and why he chose a masters. If your either getting started in the working world yourself, or bringing on your first junior engineer, this will be a great episode for you.

If you have any questions, feel free to send us an email, and otherwise it's great to be back.

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Episode 69 - The Art of Mass Timber Nov 01, 2022

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This week we talk with Robert Malczyk, an experienced engineer on the forefront of mass timber design and the founding principle of Timber Engineering Based in Vancouver BC. We talk about what type of Architect/Engineer relationships we may want to aim for as our careers move forward, and the ones that have stood out to Robert throughout his career.

If you have any questions, feel free to send us an email, and otherwise it's great to be back.

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Episode 68 - Should you be a sales Engineer? Mar 15, 2022

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This week we talk with Jason Hoover, he's the senior director for structural solution with MITEK. After listening to the episode let us know if you would ever switch over to engineering sales or if you currently are in engineering sales let us know how you like it.

If you plan to be in Denver for this year’s Steel Conference on March 23rd through the 25th swing by booth 2203 and meet Jason in person.

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Episode 67 - Pultruded FRP Feb 08, 2022

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Zach and Max sit down with Jake Althouse, an FRP enthusiast, certainly an expert by my standards, and head of advanced materials at Frost Engineeeing. Jake gave us the run-down on all things FRP. If you've ever wondered when, how, and why to use FRP, this episode will pull(trude) you to your first succesful FRP project.

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Episode 66 - GC and SE walk into a bar... Feb 02, 2022

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This week we talk with Chris Whittle a project engineer at a construction company. It's taken some time but we got a contractor to join us on the show. Let us know what your thoughts are on the episode and any questions you might have!

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Episode 65 - Concrete for Christmas Dec 20, 2021

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In this episode Max gets stuck in the office wrapping up a concrete submittal before the holidays. Luckily Tyler Ley swings by to help save the day and teach us about the miracle of concrete. For more from Tyler, Check out the links below:

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Aggregate In Concrete

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There is so much more on Tyler's YouTube channel, so go check it out!

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Episode 64 - Shingle It Oct 28, 2021

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This week we are talking with Aaron and Wes, the Founders of a new platform for remote and flexible freelance structural work. That's probably not a combination of words you often come across. Shingle is looking to shake up how work is done in the engineering community, and I have a good feeling that they will. We hope you enjoy the episode, and check out their website below.

www.Shingleit.com

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