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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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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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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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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I have some new initials behind my name. Erin L. Curry, P.E., R.S.P. I am now a certified Road Safety Professional (RSP). (To read what the P.E. means, check out this blog post). Charles Cochran in our Birmingham, AL office also obtained the certification. A few months ago the Transportation Professional Certification Board (TPCB) announced a new certification…
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The Senior Design program at the University of Alabama provides students with the opportunity to get realistic experience practicing engineering with area industries. Sain Associates has had the pleasure of working with the Senior Design Class every semester since the Fall of 2017. Each semester the class is given a different engineering project, and professionals aid…
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There have been a lot of exciting things happening for the American Council of Engineering Companies from a National and State perspective. It is an honor to serve as President for ACEC Alabama for the 2018/2019 fiscal year. It’s hard to believe that my term is halfway through. We have an extremely hard working Board made up…
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