Feel free to e-mail him with your comments. This month s thoughts come from Dan Wolf, P.E. Dan oversees the Environmental Department. Probably doctors, lawyers, accountants, and engineers. It s not a stretch to say that most people have established a relationship with a doctor. Lawyers and accountants seem to retain clients after one successful encounter.
Businesses tend to have their lawyer and their accountant, or other professional, which makes sense.
Professionals become familiar with a company s goals, values, expectations, and concerns, and shape their service appropriately. Engineers provide services just like other professionals. However, they are asked to prove themselves over and over again a process that can be time consuming for those seeking the service. Developing a relationship takes time. Currently, time is spent developing projects, sending and receiving RFP s and letters of interest, comparing and contrasting the information, and making a decision.