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ADR: Alternative Dispute Resolution For The Construction Industry $40.00 A 134-page guide discussing more than 25 alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures and providing detailed contract language and/or implementation instructions in 18 appendices. Options discussed include informal spontaneous negotiation, voluntary prehearing negotiation, mandatory pretrial negotiation, settlement masters, mini-trial, summary jury trial, and private litigation. Provides a variety of "overview information," such as comparison of litigation to ADR. Addresses the question "Litigation and lawyers: Are they needed?" View Guidebook Table of Contents (PDF) [ ]
Applied Ethics In Professional Practice By Richard H. McCuen This program prepares future professional for "real-world" engineering situations: encouraging frequent communications about ethics and business practices; providing opportunities to consider professional issues in a "safe" learning environment; and integrating "real-world" experiences into the formal education process. The modular format of the material permits consulting firms to cover a specific issue during a "brown bag" seminar, facilitates practitioner visits to classrooms to validate ethical concerns for students, and allows university faculty to develop a full semester course on professional ethics. The versatility of this material is the key to its success. Curriculum Guidebook, $150.00 The Guidebook provides objectives, reading assignments and hundreds of study questions on topics such as: Morals and Ethics; Resume Padding; Human and Societal Values; Selfishness vs. Selflessness; Professionalism; Code of Ethics; Conflicts of Interest; Gratuities/Gifts; Fraud in Research; Bid-rigging; Sexual Harassment; Whistleblowing; and Risk. Each section of the Guidebook contains a complete bibliography. 1999, first edition, 194 pages. (comes with one copy of the Essays and access to the Transparencies via the Internet) View Guidebook Table of Contents (PDF) Essays, $40.00 The Essays student reader contains real-world case studies and example essays organized along the topic areas in the Guidebook. Each chapter includes study questions for personal reflection and group discussion, and a bibliography. 1999, first edition, 96 pages. View the Essays - Table of Contents (PDF) [ ]
Derailed by Dispute - Project Management Lessons Learned the Hard Way $325.00 A CD ROM of 76 case histories of project management lessons learned the hard way. The case histories can be searched by more than 35 factors such as project size, type of project, type of client, trigger, or vulnerability. Users can also search by keyword, and can either insert their own or choose from a drop-down list of more than 200. Each case history identifies the client, project, and role of the ASFE Member Firm, and provides detailed background information and a description of the problems and outcomes. Each case also discusses the specific lessons learned and, in most cases, steps that could have been taken to have prevented the problem from happening. [ ]
Expert: A Guide to Service as a Forensic Professional and Expert Witness $40.00 This comprehensive "how-to" guide discusses procedures for formal dispute resolution, provides a comprehensive summary of civil litigation procedures, and details numerous forensic engineering services, issues to resolve before trial, attitude and demeanor in court and at deposition, cross-examination, the engagement, and post-engagement follow-up. It includes a copy of Recommended Practices for Design Professionals Engaged as Experts in the Resolution of Construction Industry Disputes, endorsed by ASCE, NSPE, ACEC, ASFE, AIA, and 30 others. Contains case histories and exhibits, including: a format for the expert's final report, attorney's deposition and forensic services check list, legal evidence control form, professional curriculum vitae, and short form agreement for preliminary purposes. ($40.00 per copy. 64 pages, 8 1/2" x 11", softbound) [ ]
How To Work Effectively With Consulting Engineers: Getting The Best Project At The Right Price $29.00 How to Work Effectively with Consulting Engineers: Getting the Best Project at the Right Price for Your Public Constituents (ASCE Manual No. 45) addresses the procurement of engineering services for a quality project. This guide outlines the functions of the consulting engineer in serving a client, the types of services usually offered, the various methods of determining compensation for engineering services, and the general ranges of remuneration that competent consulting engineers receive for their services. A recommended procedure for interviewing and selecting a consulting engineer and guidance on contracts for engineering services is also provided. The manual is designed to serve the best interests of the client and the consulting engineer and to foster better understanding between them. The data presented for engineering charges, percentage fees, factors on payrolls, etc., are provided as general guides to be used or not used, at the sole discretion of each user, to assist in evaluating compensation negotiated between clients and consulting engineers. The data is based on the experience of many consulting engineers as obtained in a recent national survey.
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Incident at Morales: An Engineering Ethics Story $250 This recently released NIEE video, study guide and powerpoint slideshow presents a study of ethical responsibilities and choices similar to many encountered in engineering practice. The video shows that good and well meaning people can unintentionally get into situations that may result in unethical and unfortunate consequences. The video is designed to help viewers become more aware that:
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Jump-Starting Your Career as a Professional Engineer This PowerPoint presentation of the results of a survey conducted by the Engineers’ Leadership Foundation (ELF). The survey looked specifically into courses and activities that a group of almost 200 senior engineering managers and leaders engaged in, or wished that had engaged in, while in college, to advance their careers. While few would disagree that engineering knowledge has been essential to their careers, almost all agreed that they would have achieved leadership positions much faster had they engaged in what most would categorize as “nonengineering activities,” such as management, public speaking, and association involvement. ELF developed this program to help engineering students become more involved in those activities and courses that will help them advance more quickly in their careers. Members of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Department Heads Council suggested that presentation of the survey report by practitioners would comprise an excellent student experience. Most of the senior managers and leaders who responded to the survey have agreed to present the findings. The PowerPoint material should not be presented as a report. Instead, the practitioners who present the survey's findings are expected to also talk about what they did themselves, or wished they would have done, and what the impact was or could have been. Personal experiences and anecdotes are what will make the presentation come alive for most students. Questions are to be encouraged. We are most hopeful that engineering faculty will contact area practitioners and that area practitioners will contact engineering faculty in order to schedule presentations. We are most hopeful, too, that a number of the senior managers and leaders will develop additional opportunities for engineering students, through internships or cooperative programs, tours of sites, and, possibly, through special assignments of one type or another. ASFE, an organization that helped sponsor this endeavor, has said that Member Firms may make its materials and programs available to students, to facilitate the formation of lasting relationships and to expose students to the nontechnical aspects of an engineering career. The presentation is also available in PDF FORMAT. Note that you must have the plug-in to view PDF files. Please CLICK HERE to view the list of volunteer speakers. Those who wish to volunteer to become a listed speaker should contact Walt Marlowe at the Foundation for Professional Practice by telephone (703-295-6410) or e-mail (fppnet@asce.org). [ ]
Project Management Fundamentals Audio Education Series This phenomenally effective audio education program takes a page right out of old-time radio to create a mind's-eye movie relying on audio alone. Each topic is taught by allowing listeners to "overhear" dramatized situations supplemented by sound effects and male/female voice-over narration (used sparingly to avoid a lecture). Each topic is something listeners need to be aware of if they are to be effective project managers for consulting civil engineering firms. (Perfectly suited for those who already are PMs or those who want to become one. Others in a firm will derive value, too.) Every script is professionally written, professionally directed, professionally acted, professionally recorded, and professionally edited, to involve listeners. Six topics per volume; about 15 minutes per topic. Ideal for use supplementing in-house education programs (e.g., brown bag seminars), or for listening during the AM or PM commute, or to or from job sites, or while jogging or working out. Project Management Fundamentals, Volume 1, $95.00 Covers personal liability, standard of care, what clients really want, contracts and contract formation, expectations management, and preventing budget overruns. Project Management Fundamentals, Volume 2, $95.00 Covers limitation of liability, documentation, electronic communication, subcontract management, occupational safety and health, and ethics. Project Management Fundamentals, Volumes 1 and 2, $175.00 [ ]
Testing Water . . . And Ethics Video Tape and Workbook, $150.00 A young engineer confronts his first professional dilemma and designs an engineering solution to an ethical problem. 1998, 28 mins. Each video comes with a Workbook that includes: Suggestions for using the video; Instructor notes; An analysis of ethical issues (Telling the truth; Protecting the public; Loyal employee; Obligation and sacrifice); Details of the FPP Method; Suggestions for small group discussions and written assignments; Worksheets; Additional case studies; NSPE Code of Ethics; Site plan map; and a complete video script. [ ] |