Welcome back to the Build+Revitalize Podcast. AEC professionals are swimming in data on projects like never before: soil profile information, subsurface test results, existing and proposed grade elevations, civil layouts, foundation designs, drone imagery, infrared scans, laser scans, LiDAR scans, remote vibration monitoring, pavement conditions, roofs, facades, and engineering inspections. It can be overwhelming. Expectations have evolved to increasingly rely on consultants to leverage newer...
Welcome back to the Build+Revitalize Podcast. AEC professionals are swimming in data on projects like never before: soil profile information, subsurface test results, existing and proposed grade elevations, civil layouts, foundation designs, drone imagery, infrared scans, laser scans, LiDAR scans, remote vibration monitoring, pavement conditions, roofs, facades, and engineering inspections. It can be overwhelming. Expectations have evolved to increasingly rely on consultants to leverage newer...
Welcome back to the Build+Revitalize Podcast. AEC professionals are swimming in data on projects like never before: soil profile information, subsurface test results, existing and proposed grade elevations, civil layouts, foundation designs, drone imagery, infrared scans, laser scans, LiDAR scans, remote vibration monitoring, pavement conditions, roofs, facades, and engineering inspections. It can be overwhelming. Expectations have evolved to increasingly rely on consultants to leverage newer...
Are you trying to figure out if civil or environmental engineering is for you? The best way to do that is hands-on, real-life experience. At SME, we offer college students the opportunity to start their career, and provide career clarity with our Civil and Environmental Engineering Internship and Co-Op Programs. Jon Camburn interviews SME Co-ops Abby Crocker and Lindsay Parker, who share their summer experiences with SME's Co-op and Internship program. What's the difference of a Co-op and I...
Are you trying to figure out if civil or environmental engineering is for you? The best way to do that is hands-on, real-life experience. At SME, we offer college students the opportunity to start their career, and provide career clarity with our Civil and Environmental Engineering Internship and Co-Op Programs. Jon Camburn interviews SME Co-ops Aidan Funk and Enock Rwigenza, who share their summer experiences with SME's Co-op and Internship program. What's the difference of a Co-op and In...
Wes Hemp, PE, PG, LEED AP (SME) and his old friend and client, Justin Ramirez, PE (Lochmueller Group), reminisce about the time they stumbled across steam coming out of the ground below a WWTP project, discovering what was below, and solutions to the problem. Listen, subscribe, and leave a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you stream. Follow @SMEUSA on LinkedIn and YouTube to never miss an episode. Visit www.sme-usa.com to learn how we can solve your problems and join o...
The past two episodes of the Build+Revitalize podcast have provided helpful insight on the importance of environmental due diligence. In our third episode, Jason Cheney, Dave Guevara and Bret Stuntz are back to tackle insurance recovery and alternative funding methods for brownfields projects. Listen, subscribe, and leave a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you stream. Follow @SMEUSA on LinkedIn and YouTube to never miss an episode. Visit www.sme-usa.com to learn h...
Jason Cheney, Bret Stuntz, Dave Guevara, and Arthur Siegal are back on the Build+Revitalize podcast series on the importance of environmental due diligence. In our last episode, they covered the basics - What is environmental liability? Where did it come from? And, why due diligence is important. They are picking up where they left off, with a conversation about the importance of due care and how to avoid the risks associated with property acquisition. Listen, subscribe, and leave a 5-star ra...
The Build+Revitalize podcast is back with a look at the importance of environmental due diligence prior to property transactions, and the value that experienced environmental and legal consultants bring to the process. We are happy to be joined by Dave Guevara and Arthur Siegal from Taft Law. Together with our host, Jason Cheney, CHMM, and Bret Stuntz, they have assisted numerous purchasers through the complex process of buying, cleaning up, and redeveloping contaminated sites. In this first ...
For this year's WIC Week 2023, we took the best moments from our Gender Inclusion in the AEC Industry podcast series and put them into one episode. Ali Frye returns as the host, outlining why gender inclusion is important in our industry. Listen, subscribe, and leave a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you stream. Follow @SMEUSA on LinkedIn and YouTube to never miss an episode. Visit www.sme-usa.com to learn how we can solve your problems and join our mission of Building...
This is the final episode of the building materials group careers series. Up to now you've heard more than one interesting story about what life is like in the building materials group sandbox. Today's guests have a whole new perspective. I'm happy to be joined by landscape architect and roofing consultant Lloyd Dubisky. And SMEs own architect, Daredevil and masonry expert, Amanda Cassidy. Listen, subscribe, and leave a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you stream. Follow ...
Project Engineer Nate Sexton returns to the podcast today, but this time as a guest. He's joined by lead technician Tyler Gendron. Nate and Tyler started their careers as co-ops at SME and after trying their hands at a few different services, they each decided the building materials group was the best fit for them. Listen, subscribe, and leave a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you stream. Follow @SMEUSA on LinkedIn and YouTube to never miss an episode. Visit www....
In the first episode of this series, Charley Ireland and Eric Murrell talked about their differing experiences as an engineer and an architect, beginning our second act as professional consultants. Today, Tom Bane and Jessica Thiebout join. Like Charley and Eric, Tom and Jessica are an engineer and an architect respectively. But that's where the similarities stop. Both Tom and Jessica are building enclosure consultants. And both are in the prime of their careers building their reputations in ...
In our newest series, "Consultants Aren't Born, They're Made", we welcome several members of SME's Building Materials Group to share their unique journeys as professionals, and what they found when discovering consulting as the destination . In the first episode, Nate Sexton, a Project Engineer, makes a special appearance as host and is joined by Eric Murrell, Principal Consultant and Group Leader and Charley Ireland, our Senior Structural Consultant and Team Leader emeritus. Charley and Eric...
We wrap up our series on the value of a Co-Op experience for students pursuing engineering careers with a conversation about the transition from Co-Op to a professional engineer. Alex Fischer, an Assistant Project Manager at The Christman Company, and Alex Frazier, PE, a civil engineer with Hurley & Stewart, are both former SME Co-Ops and tell us how their Co-Op experience has helped them excel in their careers. Listen, subscribe, and leave a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or...
In part two of our three-part series on the value of a Co-Op experience for students pursuing engineering careers, Aaron talks with Case Vanderheide and Danielle Rand. Both Case and Dani were Co-Ops at SME in 2021, and are back for the summer of 2022 as interns to pick up where they left off. Each of them has had unique Co-Op experiences and share how what they have is critical to their future careers. Listen, subscribe, and leave a 5-star rating on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you st...
Our three-part series on the value of a Co-Op experience for students pursuing engineering careers starts with Dr. Steven Sachs and Tyler Kimmel from the University of Pittsburgh. Steve is an Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Academic Coordinator in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Tyler is an Engineering and Professional Development Consultant. Tyler and Steven work together to help Co-Op students navigate the professional development portion of their college ex...
In part two of our Leaving a Legacy episode with SME CEO Mark Kramer and guest host Randy Wilburn, we hear how Mark led the company through the financial meltdowns of 2008 and 2009, and finally, to the 2010s, when the company started growing beyond the confines of Michigan, and picking up steam, not wanting to sit on the sidelines, Mark continued to develop himself professionally during this period, to keep up with the company's overall growth. Listen, subscribe, and leave a 5-...
Welcome to the Build+Revitalize podcast series Leaving a Legacy. Throughout the series, we will explore SME's past, present, and future. Through interviews with our CEO, veteran staff, and even some up and comers, we will share how our rich history has built a foundation that will carry SME through many more generations of success. We begin with a two part episode, featuring SME CEO Mark Kramer. From his vantage point as the son of Ken Kramer, one of the founders of the company, Mark d...
Our series on gender inclusion in the AEC industry wraps up with a conversation on how companies can implement inclusion initiatives in their own firms. Ali is joined by Tamara Chism, a project manager and SME’s construction materials testing group; Sara Bals, a project manager in SME’s Environmental Services Group, and Tiffany Vorhies, the group leader of SME's Steel, Coatings, and Non-destructive Testing Group. They are all founding members of SME’s Women's Resource Network, and share...