Choosing the Right Engineer for Your ProjectCounseling an applicant on a reasonable approach for selecting a project engineer is an important part of RUS service. The owner's selection of an engineer is one of the first steps to a successful infrastructure improvement project. The May 2003 issue of the Pacific Mountain Network News provides tips to aid an owner in selecting a project engineer. A recent Question of the Month in the Opflow publication by the American Water Works Association has good information on this very subject. Although, we do not encourage giving engineers a bonus for cost savings as suggested in the last paragraph, it has some very helpful guidance. The article is available at www.awwa.org/Science/sun/index.cfm. Another excellent article on this topic was printed in the Pipeline, Winter 1997 (Volume 8, No. 1), "Choose the Right Consultant for Your Wastewater Project." This is a publication by the National Small Flows Clearinghouse. You can contact the clearinghouse by phone at 1-800-624-8301 or via the Internet at www.nsfc.wvu.edu. |
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