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A Career in Engineering, After the Military: Part 2 with Reliability Engineer, Kevin Kukla

A Career in Engineering, After the Military: Part 2 with Reliability Engineer, Kevin Kukla

We started our Fascinating Careers – From Military to Engineering series with Mike Picard , Project Engineer at Brindley Engineering. As a technical engineer in the military, Mike supported military construction projects such as roads, airfields, bases, and bridges...

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Case Studies - Construction Solutions
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Part 5: Rewarding Careers in Structural Engineering: Construction Engineering in Chemical Plant

Part 5: Rewarding Careers in Structural Engineering: Construction Engineering in Chemical Plant

In Part 1 of our series on rewarding structural engineering careers, we talked about the engineers, designers, and technicians who work in industrial processing facilities and turn ideas into new products that make advances in our modern world possible. In Part 2...

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Case Studies - Reliability Initiatives
8-cell cooling tower
Part 4: Rewarding Careers in Structural Engineering: Structural Assessment & Collapse Mitigation

Part 4: Rewarding Careers in Structural Engineering: Structural Assessment & Collapse Mitigation

In Part 1  of our series on rewarding structural engineering careers, we talked about the engineers, designers, and technicians who work in industrial processing facilities and turn ideas into new products that make advances in our modern world possible. In...

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Case Studies - Capital & Maintenance
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Part 3: Rewarding Careers in Structural Engineering – Designing Structures for 3MM lb. Impact Loads

Part 3: Rewarding Careers in Structural Engineering – Designing Structures for 3MM lb. Impact Loads

In Part 1 of our series on rewarding structural engineering careers, we talked about the engineers, designers, and technicians who work in industrial processing facilities and turn ideas into new products that make advances in our modern world possible. In Part...

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Case Studies - Capital & Maintenance
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Part 2: Rewarding Careers in Structural Engineering – Engineering Structures with 20MM lb. Cyclical Live Loads in Refineries

Part 2: Rewarding Careers in Structural Engineering – Engineering Structures with 20MM lb. Cyclical Live Loads in Refineries

Industrial facilities are full of interesting structural engineering challenges.  One of the most challenging structures are in refinery “Coker” units.  A coker unit converts what would otherwise be a refining waste stream into valuable fuels, leaving behind...

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Inside BE - Our Culture
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Part 1: Rewarding Careers in Structural Engineering – More than Buildings and Bridges!

Part 1: Rewarding Careers in Structural Engineering – More than Buildings and Bridges!

Most think structural engineers work on buildings or bridges – and nothing else. Have you ever seen an Industrial processing facility like the one pictured below? Have you ever wondered what these facilities produce? Industrial processing facilities have a variety...

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