Sites of Structural Engineering Service?
Sites of Structural Engineering Service?
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Hello to all,
Does anyone know a good place (website,forum,blog etc.),where is possible to post a classified ads in area of Structural Engineering Design Services, and Finite Element Analysis (FEA).
Thanks in advance.
Does anyone know a good place (website,forum,blog etc.),where is possible to post a classified ads in area of Structural Engineering Design Services, and Finite Element Analysis (FEA).
Thanks in advance.





RE: Sites of Structural Engineering Service?
RE: Sites of Structural Engineering Service?
In many other cases, the successful self employed engineers first worked for companies where they met the clients and developed reputations "out there". Once on their own, many a job came their way because of past contacts. I can say that my success was mainly by that route. I never advertised or sent out brochures. Early on I did a seminar for many that I had contact with in the early stages of computer use and that also helped. Giving programs in professional groups as to jobs of local interest also may have helped. Word of Mouth from happy clients is hard to evaluate, but it can't hurt.
RE: Sites of Structural Engineering Service?
If you are good at what you do, you will have plenty of work. If you have to resort to bidding and publicly espousing your qualifications, you have a problem.
As oldestguy stated, get out and let the other professionals know what you can do. We are not mechanics...we are not paraprofessionals...we are professional engineers. State who you are, what you do and let them know your qualifications. If it goes beyond that...you shouldn't want the job.
RE: Sites of Structural Engineering Service?
RE: Sites of Structural Engineering Service?
RE: Sites of Structural Engineering Service?
There is nothing wrong with touting your qualifications; however, to do so in an unsolicited, uncontrolled manner is not in the best interest of the image of our profession. There has been a decline of the image of professional engineers for many years...much of which has been caused by bidding, blatant overstatement of qualifications and other non-professional activities that engineers have resorted to for the sake of profit.
If you want to be a salesman...talk about it. If you want to be an engineer...show it.
RE: Sites of Structural Engineering Service?
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RE: Sites of Structural Engineering Service?
RE: Sites of Structural Engineering Service?
RE: Sites of Structural Engineering Service?
Dan - Owner
http://www.Hi-TecDesigns.com
RE: Sites of Structural Engineering Service?
What you do once you get the job/project is where the engineering decisions manifest.
If the engineer is unemployed, he markets himself to as many areas as he can - it is called networking. If he gets an interview for a job because his barber has a sister whose cousin is the head of engineering at a company - how is that different than if he is a friend of the head of the local engineer's association.
He will get the job based upon his engineering ability and experience.
I think to look down on engineers who advertise is possibly another example of the thinking of "that's just not how it should be done" or "that's not how we did it in the past".
RE: Sites of Structural Engineering Service?
- Steve
RE: Sites of Structural Engineering Service?
As currently part of a design firm, of which, I have very little contact with the actual client, my future plans of going out on my own are always in my mind developing. My current situation involves clients which are looking for a complete architectural, MEPS and civil engineering fee package. While its great impressing my in house project architects and contractors, I'm not developing much in future work relationships.
If we aren't suppose to "steal clients" from our previous employers, and also shouldn't be "advertising" our services, I'd be curious as to how I go about obtaining future work.
RE: Sites of Structural Engineering Service?
I knew a guy in school, a journeymen plumber; he became a mechanical. Though we graduated in a bit of an economic slump, we were all grinding for a job, he was picking and choosing, and scored a (relatively) high salary to boot.
As we were getting our P.eng's, he hung his own shingle right away, and it seems he came into quick success. He had that deep hands-on background in plumbing, J-man credentials, along with tons of contacts in the industry even before he started engineering. It's not hard for him to get the first job with a client, and once he has it, clients don't want to go anywhere else. He knows how to work with contractors, talk their language, when to be the bad guy and when to let things slide. It doesn't hurt either that the guy is about as personable as they come.
Some other guys I know, who have done nothing but worked in engineering offices, out there, hanging there own shingle, tell me its a real grind. If there is nothing special about you, and you don't even have grey hair to show, there is only category you can compete in: price. From what I've heard, that market is a race to the bottom.
The point of my story is that unless you have a real niche field to exploit, you're just another engineer in the yellow pages. Find your niche and you'll be turning away work.