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Facilitation

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Partnering Helps Ensure Project Success

Download[/column][column col=”2/3″]Whether you are a planner, designer, or contractor, it is likely you have been exposed to the term “partnering.” It is just as likely that you have heard some of the disparate opinions on the topic.[/column]


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Facilitating Your Way Out Of The Meeting Mire

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Have you ever. . .

  • Attended meetings that had no focus and no end point?
  • Tried to participate in meetings where the same people always monopolize the time?

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Strategic Planning That Produces Positive Results

Download[/column][column col=”2/3″]Our approach focuses on producing a plan for measurable and effective actions that advance an organization toward its goals.[/column]

Myers Briggs


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Myers-Briggs Type And Temperament Preferences

Download[/column][column col=”2/3″]The authors have administered the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI®)1 Form M to 740 engineers from 13 consulting engineering firms. This paper presents the resulting information on Myers-Briggs Type preferences and on the related temperaments.[/column]


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Understanding Psychological Type To Improve Project Team Performance

Download[/column][column col=”2/3″]Do any of these project situations seem familiar?

  • Work has to be redone because it did not meet the client’s expectations.
  • Some team members resist working with others who they stereotype as rigid, flaky, wishywashy, or controlling.
  • Some team members go off on tangents (scope creep) because ideas and directions are not thoroughly discussed.

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Management


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Alternative Project Delivery Methods

Download[/column][column col=”2/3″]Are there alternative methods for delivering water and wastewater treatment projects that can save time and money without sacrificing project quality?[/column]


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Motivation: What Works, What Doesn’t

Download[/column][column col=”2/3″]Many firms look to incentive pay or bonus plans to motivate their staff. Such plans may provide shortterm, superficial incentives but will fail to provide true motivation.[/column]

Technical


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Lessons learned operating Membrane Bioreactors (MBR) in the treatment of municipal wastewater treatment

Download[/column][column col=”2/3″]When compared to a conventional wastewater treatment system that produces a high quality filtered effluent, a membrane bioreactor (MBR) system eliminates the need for a secondary clarifier and effluent filter and, in some cases, effluent disinfection (See Figure One).[/column]