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FACILITATION • ASSET MANAGEMENT
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT • ENVIRONMENTAL

How Young Professionals Can Build a Facilitation Team and Empower Their Careers

Young professionals bring the knowledge and insights needed for any organization to succeed. By 2025, half of the global workforce will...

My Top 5 Tips for Facilitating Large Groups versus Small Groups

Facilitating large groups can be intimidating. As always, successful facilitation starts with doing the basics well. Special attention in...

Great Facilitation Agendas: What Little League Baseball Taught Me

Baseball coaches and facilitators often share the common problem of developing an agenda. And if one meaning of facilitation is to make...

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ASSET MANAGEMENT

Eight Solutions for Effectively Communicating Asset Management to Senior Management

Eight key elements came to mind as I prepare for an upcoming speaking engagement. Two of my passions, asset management and communicating...

How to Keep Your Asset Management Program Strong During Leadership Changes

Asset management programs are unique within the larger sphere of management systems. Like all management systems, asset management...

Why Consider Asset Obsolescence Before Field Condition Assessments

Obsolescence is a driving force behind the decisions to renew or replace assets. However, most asset management programs wait until after...

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

How a Project Manager Can Leverage AI in 2023

As a project manager in 2023, harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) can greatly enhance productivity and efficiency within...

Too Many Variations? How to Know the Right Design-Build or EPC Firms

One of the biggest decisions an owner will make is choosing the right construction project delivery method. The decision is complicated...

Safe Water Project Funding Is Impacted by New Cyber Mandates

USEPA’s recently released memorandum interprets existing regulations requiring state oversight of public water systems' cybersecurity...

ENVIRONMENTAL

Will The Recent Sackett v. EPA Wetlands Ruling Hurt Landowners?

The May 25, 2023, Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruling in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency adds clarity for...

Why Diversifying Water Sources Provides Benefits and Challenges

Diversifying the number of sources in a public drinking water system has positives and negatives. According to one source, approximately...

Ten Questions to Help You Understand the Proposed USEPA PFAS Regulations

1. What is PFAS? PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, are fluorinated carbon-chain compounds. PFAS has been used in...