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DE Obtains Funding Assistance for Five Clients to Help Restore the Ecological Health of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin

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We strive to consistently go above and beyond just designing, constructing, and executing projects for our clients: we develop meaningful relationships with them and essentially become an extension of their staff. By becoming an extension of their staff, we are able to offer and achieve efficiency and continuity thus accomplishing our shared mission of improving the communities we live and work in.

Part of this relationship with our clients includes helping them to obtain funding assistance for projects within our communities. Last Thursday DE was proud to receive the news that grants we helped prepare for five of our clients were awarded by the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program (PRP) for Fiscal Year 2018.

The purpose of the PRP is to restore the ecological health of the Basin by developing and funding restoration projects and related scientific and public education projects. The funding we helped secure for our clients on Thursday will be used to address various needs throughout the Lake Pontchartrain Basin area.

 
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DE's Rob Delaune Serves as a Leadership Panelist for ASCE Younger Members

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On May 25th, ASCE Younger Members New Orleans Chapter hosted a member event that featured a leadership panel discussion and a question and answer session.

Several topics of discussion included the following: 

  • Career goals and challenges
  • Leadership and management
  • Business Development
  • Technical Development
  • Becoming a partner in a firm
  • Starting an engineering firm
  • Leadership in the public sector
  • Networking/client relations
  • Personal development and professionalism
  • Work/Life balance
  • Mentoring

The discussion provided insight to the attendees based on the leadership panel’s experiences.  Panelists were able to portray a message to the younger members regarding the next generation of engineering. Each panelist provided key takeaways for the upcoming generation and what emerging leaders should keep in mind as they gain experience (e.g., passing on of institutional knowledge) at the end of the session.

Panelists from left to right: Robert Delaune, P.E., Bob Mora, P.E., Kristi Mirambell, P.E., Chris Dunn, P.E., James Hance, P.E.

Panelists from left to right: Robert Delaune, P.E., Bob Mora, P.E., Kristi Mirambell, P.E., Chris Dunn, P.E., James Hance, P.E.