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PreparingtheNextGenerationofTransportationEngineers
JamesS.Bowling,PE,CityofKent
RuthA.Klee,PE,GPDGroup
RandallS.Over,PE,ODOTDistrict12
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AGENDA
TheCurrentandFutureNeedforTransportationEngineersfromaNationalandLocalPerspective
TeachingtheTechnicalSkillsofEngineering
ChallengesofPreparingtheNextGenerationofTransportationEngineers
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RandallS.Over,PE,ODOTDistrict12
TheCurrentandFutureNeedforTransportationEngineersfromaNationalandLocalPerspective
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ReportCardGradeD+
• ASCE’s “Failure to Act” reports
• Industry Projections
Funding Needs
Current FundingFunding Gap
Annual additionalinvestment needed to achieve a “B”
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ReportCardGradeD+
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Report CardFindings
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Report CardFindings
Highlights• The overall number of structurally deficient bridges continuing to trend downward. However, one in nine of the nation’s bridges are rated as structurally deficient; resulting in a grade improved to C+.
• In urban areas, which carry the most traffic, the number of deficient bridges is rising.• Over two hundred million trips are taken daily across deficient bridges in the nation’s 102 largest metropolitan regions.
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Report CardFindings
Highlights• Transit remained unchanged with a grade of D.• Americans who do have access, increased their ridership 9.1% in the past decade, and that trend is expected to continue. However, 45% of Americans still lack access to transit.
• Although investment in transit has also increased, deficient and deteriorating transit systems cost the U.S. economy $90 billion in 2010, as many transit agencies are struggling to maintain aging and obsolete fleets and facilities amid an economic downturn that has reduced their funding, forcing service cuts and fare increases.
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Report CardFindings
Highlights• Despite the recession, commercial flights were about 33 million higher in number in 2011 than in 2000, stretching the system’s ability to meet the needs of the nation’s economy.
• The estimated cost of airport congestion and delays was about $22 billion in 2012 according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
• Major projects like NextGen promise to modernize our airport system, but they require full funding and planning to meet both near and long term needs.
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ASCEMembers(Ages36‐50&>65)
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10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Membership Trends
Ages 36‐50
Over 65
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Enrollment&Programs
USBSCivilEngineeringDegrees(ASEE 2014)(Civil/Construction/Environmental/Architectural)9,703(2005)to14,833(2014)USABETAccreditedBSEngineeringPrograms240Civil67Environmental16Construction19Architectural
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SurveyofTransportationEngineers35&Younger
Baby‐Boomers‐ 1946‐1964 GenerationX‐ Early1960’stoEarly1980’s‐2015,thelargestat~80M‐‐‐‐‐ 35yearsandunder‐‐‐‐‐‐ Millennial‐ Early1980’stoEarly2000’s
…..Surveyaboutlookingforward,notcomparisonstopreviousgenerations…..
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SurveyStatsSurveyStats: SentAugusttoEarlySeptember2015 19questionsviaSurveyMonkey;someallowedformorethan1answerandopenended
265respondents
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CurrentEmployerSurveyquestion:Pleaseidentifyyourcurrentemployer.
60% StateofOhio,City,County,FHWA,orMPO
1% Construction
39% Consulting
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ReasonsforPlaceofEmployment
Surveyquestion:Whatarethemainreasonsyouchosetoworkatyourcurrentplaceofemployment(choose2)?28% Jobstability17% Location14% Salaryandbenefits
12% Flexibilityofworkhours
10% Challengingwork
8% Opportunityforadvancement
6% Employerreputation
5% Other(work/familybalance,firstjobofferafteryearsofsearching,environment,benefits,co‐opturnsintofulltime,provideservicetosociety,rewarding,friendsandcolleagues)
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CareerAspirations
Surveyquestion:Pleasechooseoneofthefollowingthatbestdescribesyourcurrentcareeraspirations?
46% Significantdepartmentalauthorityandmanagementofpersonnel21% Chiefdesign/constructionengineerw/limitedpersonnel
managementauthority12% Projectmanager/teamleaderwithnopersonnelmanagementauthority9% Design/constructionengineer8% Ownership/partner/CEOofacompany4% Other(research,technicalexpert,businessdevelopment,collegeprofessor)
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LeavingtheProfession?
Surveyquestion:Inthepastyear,haveyouseriouslyconsideredleavingtheTransportationEngineeringprofession?
21% Yes79% No
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ChangeProfessionto…..Surveyquestion:Ifyes,whatprofessionhaveyouconsidered?
• Oil/gas/petroleumindustry• Construction/constructionmanagement• Stayathomeparent• Teacher• Non‐engineering• Finance• Entrepreneur• Law• Screenwriter• Chef• Farming
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CareerMoveoutofOhio?
Surveyquestion:Inthepastyear,haveyouconsideredmakingacareermoveoutofOhio?
28% Yes72% No
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RuthA.Klee,PE,GPDGroup
TeachingtheTechnicalSkillsofEngineering
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NeedforTechnicalTraining
Whyistechnicaltrainingneeded?
Todesignandconstructastate‐of‐the‐arttransportationsystemintheStateofOhio.
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NeedforTechnicalTrainingReplaceretiringorupwardlymobileTransportationEngineers
TechnicalDesignExpertsProjectManagersConstructionManagers/SuperintendentsTransportationPlanners
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NeedforTechnicalTraining
Surveyquestion:Howwouldyoubestdescribethemajorityofyourworkassignments?6% MoreCADDdraftingtasksthanengineeringtasks
16% Basicengineeringtasksthatarenotverychallenging
40% Engineeringtasksthataremoderatelychallenging
38% Engineering/managementtasksthatareadvancedandIlovethechallenge
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TrainingandMentoringTeachbasicengineeringterminologyandacronyms
SWPPPSignal Preemption
MPOFEMA FIRM
SuperelevationESAL’s
Item MasterRFI
Semi‐IntegralHEC‐RAS
Combination Pole
PCMS
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TrainingandMentoringProvideawidevarietyofdesigntasksTakealongonsitevisitsServeonasurveycrew
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TrainingandMentoring Bigpicturedesign Engineeringjudgment
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TrainingandMentoring
Avoidusingtheterm“loophole”
Definition: Anambiguityorinadequacyinthelaworasetofrules.Synonyms: meansofevasion,meansofavoidance
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TrainingandMentoring
Paceofchangeinourindustry–canyoukeepupwithtechnology?
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TrainingandMentoring
Encouragestafftousecurrenttechnologyandcomputationaltools.
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TrainingandMentoringOver‐relianceofcomputationaltools
Whatshouldtheresultbe…approximately?
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TrainingandMentoringPromoteacultureofhealthycriticism
Millennialsareaccustomedtounbridledpraise. Criticismshouldnot bemean‐spirited orsarcastic. Fact‐basedconstructivecriticismismotivatedbyasincere desiretoachieveresults.
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TrainingandMentoring“Whydowedoitthatway?”
“BecauseIsaid so.Idon’thavetimetoexplain.”
“Becausethat’sthewaywe’vealwaysdoneit.”
“Let’ssitdownanddiscussthis.”
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TrainingandMentoringDiversityandInclusion
Great ideascomefrommultipleinputsfromateamwithvariedbackgroundsandlifeexperiences.
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TrainingandMentoringSurveyquestion:Whichbestdescribestheworkingrelationshipwithyourmentororsupervisor?75% He/sheisavailablemostofthetime.
17% He/sheisavailablesomeofthetime.
8% He/sheistypicallyunavailable,unapproachable,orIamexpectedtolearnonmyown.
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TrainingandMentoring
ServantLeadership
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JamesS.Bowling,PE,CityofKent
ChallengesofPreparingtheNextGenerationof
TransportationEngineers
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SoftSkills‐ Communication
AmericanManagementAssociationSurvey(4C’s)– CommunicationSkills(80.4%)– CriticalThinking(72.4%)– Collaboration(71.2%)– Creativity(57.3%)
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SoftSkills‐ Communication
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SoftSkills
Great Lawn
Kent State University
Downtown Kent
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Kent State University
Downtown Kent
Great Lawn?
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Kent State University
Downtown Kent
Great Lawn!
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SoftSkills‐ CommunicationSurveyquestion:Whatarethemostimportant“tools”thatyouthinkyouneedtobesuccessfulatyournext levelofleadership?
26% Generalcommunicationskills4% Publicpresentationexperience10% Constructionexperience13% Designexperience17% AssertivewiththoseIsuperviseandhowtomotivatestaff22% Relationshipswithclients,otheragencies,andotherconsultants8% Other
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SoftSkills‐ Communication
Surveyquestion:Pleaseselectallofthefollowingsocialmediaoutletsthatyoucurrentlyuse.39% Facebook15% Twitter24% LinkedIn13% Instagram8% None1% Other(Snapchat,Pinterest,Yelp,Yammer,Reddit)
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SoftSkills‐ Communication
Surveyquestion:WhatroledoyouthinksocialmediashouldplayintheTransportationEngineeringprofession?10% None
65% Publicinformationdissemination
0% Officecommunications
25% Networking
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Respect/ProfessionalismSurveyquestion:Whatarethemostimportant“tools”thatyouthinkyouneedtobesuccessfulatyournext levelofleadership?26% Generalcommunicationskills
4% Publicpresentationexperience
10% Constructionexperience
13% Designexperience
17% AssertivewiththoseIsuperviseandhowtomotivatestaff
22% Relationshipswithclients,otheragencies,andotherconsultants8% Other
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TeachingtheSoftSkills
•Mentoring– Mosteffectivemethod(AMA’sStudy)– Keepanopenmind– Maketime– Supportive– Modelit…
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TeachingtheSoftSkills•PracticeGoodCommunication
– Rightmethod?• Text‐ E‐mail‐ Phonecall‐ In‐person
– Meetings• Agenda(formal/informal)• Summarizethekeypoints• Clear/Concise
– Training• In‐HouseTraining• ASCE/ASHE• Technicalwriting• Others
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TeachingtheSoftSkills•BuildRelationshipswithclients,agenciesandconsultants
– Professionalsocietymeetings– Pre‐constructionmeetings
– Projectmeetings
– Conferences
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TeachingtheSoftSkills•Practice…Practice…Practice
– Integrateitintotheirjobnow…– Communicatewithclients,agencies&others– Attend….participate….runmeetings(orparts)– Assistinpreparingandgivingpresentations
• In‐house/ASCE/ASHE• Clients
– Letterwriting(e‐mails?)….portionsofreports….draftreports
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QUESTIONS?
JamesS.Bowling,PE,CityofKentbowlingj@kent‐ohio.org– 330‐678‐8106
RuthA.Klee,PE,[email protected]– 330‐572‐3607
RandallS.Over,PE,[email protected]– 216‐584‐2150
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Acknowledgments
• ThomasG.Powell,Lawhon&Associates,Inc.
• HollyStarr,GPDGroup
• MattYanda,GPDGroup
• DaveCoyle,ODOT
• EdSeigerst,PERetired
• Hunter,JamesC.(1998).TheServant:Asimplestoryaboutthetrueessenceofleadership.