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A Transatlantic Crossing with the Queen Mary 2
Day One
Driving up to the Port of Southampton’s Mayflower Terminal and catching first glimpse of the white-and-black hulled Queen Mary 2, the largest, longest, tallest, heaviest, and most expensive ship ever built, evoked considerable excitement and awe. Docked to port at a 50-degree, 54.25’ north latitude and 001-degree, 25.70’ west longitude and facing a 116.4-degree compass heading, the 17-decked leviathan, with a 1,132-foot length and 148-foot width, featured a gross weight of 151,400 tons and towered above the buildings with its balcony-lined façade, eclipsing it with its 236.2-foot height. Its draft extended 33.10 feet beneath the water line. The floating metropolis, complete with its staterooms, restaurants, shopping arcades, libraries, theaters, and planetariums, would bridge, in six days, the European and North American continents, the equivalent in hours to the duration of the aerial crossing by 747-400, itself then the world’s largest commercial airliner. But the oceanic crossing would yield civility, refinement, rejuvenation, emotional repair, and return to the slower, but more elegant era of steam ship travel—a journey, I would soon find out, would lead to a search for the maritime history of the past which had created the technology of the present.
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Information and Guide on Engineers
Without engineers, everything in the world would not operate as smoothly as it does. Engineers are responsible for creating clever solutions to man different problems, simply by applying an arsenal of precise knowledge coupled with mathematics and scientific methods. In fact the word “engineer” has Latin roots meaning “cleverness.” Since we live in a technologically advanced world that changes more and more every day, engineers will never be out of a job because they are the ones helping the world advance further and further from where it was previously. Without the aid of engineers, we would not have all the absolutely amazing machines that we do today.
A Continual Improvement Approach: Closing the Loop in an EPCM environment
Introduction
In his Quality Handbook Juran predicted that “The 20th century will be remembered as the Century of Productivity, whereas the 21st century will come to be known as the Century of Quality”(Juran, 1999). Maybe the world needs another decade for his prediction to come true.
Engineering companies in the Oil and Gas industry have an enormous challenge ahead, in their effort to achieve the desired client success in a dynamic and competitive environment.
Coneco Engineers, Scientists and Surveyors hires Kevin McHugh for civil engineering division
BRIDGEWATER, MA and LOWELL, MA…
Bridgewater, Mass.-based Coneco Engineers and Scientists, Inc. recently announced the hiring of Kevin McHugh as senior civil engineer for its civil engineering division. Working out of Coneco’s Lowell, Massachusetts office, McHugh will lead civil engineering and survey projects and continue to expand Coneco’s share in the municipal and energy markets.
“Kevin has been a great hire for our organization and we’re positively delighted to have someone with his expertise as one of our senior engineers,” said Rick Lincoln, president of Coneco.