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e May, Flatiron hosted a three-day conference designed to provide engineers with Flatiron for 5 years or less with an overview of the company, our core values and strategy. 35 participants from Flatiron\u2019s four divisions gathered in San Jose, California, to meet Flatiron leadership, learn about topics from formwork to finance, and network with their peers.<\/p>\n
A highlight of the event was a tour of the nearby Calaveras Dam project, led by project manager Shawn Golden and his team. For Civil Division field engineer Evan Slater, one highlight was a session by Allan Brayley on Steel Girder and Concrete Segmental Erection.<\/p>\n
\u201cI enjoy technical operations stuff,\u201d said Evan. \u201cAllan also talked about lessons learned, gave examples of where things went wrong and advised us on how to prevent them.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was one of 13 sessions led by 18 experts\u2014mostly Flatiron staff, as well as a few guest speakers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe seminars opened my eyes to all the different career opportunities that are possible with Flatiron,\u201d said Canadian Division field engineer Tiffany Kirk, who works on the Interior to Lower Mainland Transmission Line project. \u201cWe touched on everything from the importance of prework, to estimating and formwork. It was really well done.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe speakers were enthusiastic and genuinely seemed to like what they do, which is encouraging\u201d, said Western Region field engineer Daniel Benevento. \u201cThey\u2019ve been in this business for 20 or 30 years, and they\u2019re encouraging people to stick with it, continue their education and focus their expertise.\u201d<\/p>\n
The forum went beyond the technical side of the job, and also touched on topics like finance and leadership.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I haven\u2019t been in the field yet, I hadn\u2019t been exposed to the financial side of our business,\u201d said Evan. \u201cLearning about finance and subjects like cashflow from Mike Cornelius was quite enlightening.\u201d<\/p>\n
CEO John DiCiurcio and COO Javier Sevilla hosted the first session of the forum, and also attended a dinner with participants.<\/p>\n
\u201cI appreciated the fact that upper management acknowledged the work of this group of junior field engineers,\u201d said Tiffany. \u201cThey included us in the business culture and let us know they\u2019re here to support us.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDinner with the executives was my favorite part,\u201d said Daniel, who is working on three projects in the Los Angeles\/Orange County District. \u201cThey came up the same path that we\u2019re on now. It\u2019s great to get to know the people you\u2019re working for\u2014they\u2019re fun; they have a sense of humor. It makes it a lot harder to walk away from a company if you\u2019re a person\u2014not just a number.”<\/p>\n
The forum also provided an opportunity for engineers to meet their peers from other parts of Flatiron.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was fun to put names with faces and meet some of the people you\u2019ve been working with,\u201d said Evan.<\/p>\n
\u201cI liked meeting people from Alberta and Edmonton and hear what\u2019s happening on other projects, like Northeast Anthony Henday,\u201d said Tiffany.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn my district, there are very few of us that work directly together,\u201d said Daniel. \u201cThis was an opportunity to meet with a bunch of engineers that all are around the same age, have a similar level of experience and love what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Flatiron will continue to host the Engineers Forum (which was previously called the Young Engineers Forum) in the years ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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