As Engineers, we get requests from people, from time to time, to stamp a set of plans that they produced. “I’ve had architectural training” is a common mantra; “anyone can draw a set of plans;” they’re just plans; a few lines.” While a can-do attitude is most admirable, (this IS America), and saving money is…
The word ethics is, at times, poorly used. It is commonly equated with a set of laws or mores that must or should be followed by a professional, or for that matter, any individual. Ethics courses, at least those I’ve attended, have been largely a collection of “do be’s” and “don’t be’s” (if you know…
Most young folks (and other older ones too) believe that what happens at any given present time is a first. And that is a good thing in many ways. It can make for a “blazing the trail” attitude which adds excitement to our individual lives. Getting your license to drive, going to the prom, getting…
This is a subject about which I have grown passionate. Was on a very nice website the other day. It is owned by a national company that sells pre-drawn house plans. I want to comment upon many of their sales points: They cited 6 reasons why one should go with a pre-designed stock plan…