PE Magazine

The Magazine for Professional Engineers

July 2009

Called to Order

Professional engineers use symbols to represent their commitment to the profession and duty to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public: a seal on design drawings and the initials "P.E."
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Featured Articles

Constructing an Ethical Culture

With competition in the workplace getting fiercer, employees may be tempted to relax the rules of ethics to get ahead, or even just to keep up. And with company eyes focused elsewhere, these attempts may even go unnoticed. Some businesses, however, are stressing the importance of maintaining an ethical environment and are actively taking steps to ensure that their reputation remains untarnished. >>

In Focus: Managing the Building Life Cycle

We've all heard about the growth of building information modeling and how it provides a new way of looking at design data. Now, a new kind of software application for business data can be integrated with BIM and create efficiencies for companies that manage the plan-build-operate life cycle of facilities. >>