Necessary Roughness

two kingdoms, hundreds of thousands of miles

This entry is part 1 of 7 in the series EFO Fall 2008.Thursday was the first day of the Continuing Professional Development Conference put on by the Engineers Foundation of Ohio. The entire conference provides enough continuing education hours for me to keep my P.E. license another year. Some material I’ve heard before, but there [...]

EFO CPD Conference: Posters
Friday, November 14th, 2008

This entry is part 2 of 7 in the series EFO Fall 2008.The dry topic of employment posters was lightened a little bit by Lori Torriero, of Downes, Hurst & Fishel.
Failure to post is a 4th degree misdemeanor, though there are no records of someone going to jail because they didn’t post proper information regarding [...]

EFO CPD: Public Works Security
Friday, November 14th, 2008

This entry is part 3 of 7 in the series EFO Fall 2008.Angela Newland, PE, gave a presentation on the most interesting subject of the day, public works security. Since she is a VP at the Columbus Regional Airport Authority, her emphasis was in airport security.
Three times during the presentation we were asked to [...]

EFO CPD: Workplace Investigations
Friday, November 14th, 2008

This entry is part 4 of 7 in the series EFO Fall 2008.Lori Torriero returned in the afternoon Thursday to talk about investigations in the work place.
Whenever there is an accusation of wrongdoing, it is a mistake to rush off and confront the person. Unless there is a pressing need, such as theft or danger, [...]

EFO CPD: Fundamental Keys of Success
Friday, November 14th, 2008

This entry is part 5 of 7 in the series EFO Fall 2008.The last session of the first day, it didn’t help my interest level that there wasn’t as much new material in “The Fundamental Keys of Success for Every Engineering Firm” as in the other classes.  Brad Bennett, Esq., did his best. He talked [...]