Earlier this month, we announced the formation of a company ownership program designed to expand company ownership opportunities to three key levels: associate, principal, and senior principal. With the new program, Sain added three new associates – Nathan Currie, P.E., Paul Gilliam, P.E., PTOE, and Jeff Stephenson, P.E., PTOE. Over the next couple of months,…
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This week’s blog, written by HR Coordinator Caroline Young, was recently featured in The Zweig Letter, a unique management newsletter for the AEC community. Every issue is packed with news you can use, analysis of important trends, management tips and best practices, important events and resources, plus an inside look at how real people in…
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We have big news to share! Sain Associates is excited to announce the formation of a company ownership program designed to expand company ownership opportunities to three key levels: associate, principal, and senior principal. With this new program, we added three new associates — Nathan Currie, Paul Gilliam, and Jeff Stephenson. Nathan Currie, P.E., is…
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A whirlwind of uncertainty landed on us in 2020, and we quickly learned how to adapt and be flexible. Although 2020 included a lot of the unknown, our team encountered several milestones throughout the year. The most important highlight was adding a full-service branch office in Huntsville, Alabama. During 2020, our team attended award events…
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The 2020 Annual Alabama Society of Professional Engineers Ethics Day is Friday, November 6. I’m honored to teach an ethics training this Friday for all our Sain Associates staff, including our 23 registered professional engineers and three registered professional land surveyors. Many states, including Alabama, require annual ethics training as part of the license renewal…
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This week’s blog, written by Joe Meads, P.E., was recently featured in The Zweig Letter, a unique management newsletter for the AEC community. Every issue is packed with news you can use, analysis of important trends, management tips and best practices, important events and resources, plus an inside look at how real people in real…
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Happy International Women in Engineering Day (INWED)! Created in 2014 by the Women’s Engineering Society, INWED is a global campaign dedicated to promoting the education and employment of females in the engineering industry. Women (and men) worldwide can help raise the profile of women engineers and encourage more people to consider engineering as a profession.Each…
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Recently Becky White, Darren Hamrick, and Joe Meads represented Sain Associates at a lunch hosted by Brenda Phillips, President/COO of Sain Engineering Associates (SEA), and other key staff. We affectionately call this a “Sain Summit.” Sain Associates was founded in 1972 by Charles Sain, and Steve Sain founded Sain Engineering in 1988. Our founders were…
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My career started at Sain Associates way back in 1998. In 2002, my wife Jamie and I decided to move to Pelham after living in Tuscaloosa and Hoover for several years. We’ve been living there ever since and have become fairly active within the community. In 2016-2017, I was inspired by Jennifer Brown, a co-worker…
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One of my favorite quotes from Jim Meads is “I’m not up in the stands; I’m on the playing field with you.” When you are in charge of managing a design project, it’s always helpful to know “who is on the playing field” with you. An easy way to describe how we staff a design project…
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