Learning Engineering Practice | Balkema Reference Books

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This book explains engineering practice what engineers actually do in their work. The first part explains how to find paid engineering work and prepare for an engineering career. The second part explains the fundamentals of engineering practice including how to gain access to technical knowledge how to gain the willing collaboration of other people to make things happen and how to work safely in hazardous environments. Other chapters explain engineering aspects of project management missed in most courses how to create commercial value from engineering work and estimate costs and how to navigate cultural complexities successfully. Later chapters provide guidance on sustainability time manag…