August 31st, 2011
ExxonMobil Exploration Argentina SRL and a unit of Americas Petrogas Inc., Calgary, will explore and possibly exploit the Canadian company’s 163,500-acre Los Toldos blocks in the western Neuquen basin of Argentina for oil and gas in shales.
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August 31st, 2011

Environmental Science & Technology
DOI: 10.1021/es2018187
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August 31st, 2011
Horizontal directional drilling and restrained-joint PVC pipe help streamline massive northeast Indiana project.
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August 31st, 2011
Hydraulic analysis and modeling reveal a viable solution to pressure surges at subdivision pumping station.
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August 31st, 2011
With the recent downturn in the economy and the resulting decline of cash flow, civil engineering firms that are lacking rigorous collection policies and process are seeing an amplification of financial pressure, which is creating enormous pressures for operating capital.
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August 31st, 2011
Getting paid is so important, you would think civil engineering firms would do something meaningful about it, but few do. They send out standard invoices at the standard time of month and then hope for the best. When the best
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August 31st, 2011
For many reasons, many firms the in the architectural, engineering, and environmental consulting space use a "valuation formula" to price stock. However, a formulaic approach to determine the value of a firm's stock does not constitute fair market value as
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August 31st, 2011
Many civil engineering firms, coming out of the worst of the economic downturn, have gone from peak earnings to losses and back to a modest profit. Such volatility in profitability can be a challenge from a valuation perspective, especially during
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August 31st, 2011
A good friend and business associate, Kit Miyamoto, CEO of Miyamoto International, a structural engineering firm based in California, recently sent me a reference to a one-minute video by John Maxwell (http://johnmaxwellteam.com/leading) in which Maxwell makes the case for thinking
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August 31st, 2011
This industry is really big on teams, isn't it? We have internal project teams, subconsultant teams, and even proposal teams. There is also the larger team that includes the client and stakeholders we work with on projects, and everyone always
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