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Now Facing a Bribery Trial, SNC-Lavalin Explores Business Options

June 5, 2019

Industry observers are watching how the Montreal design-build firm responds to calls for dramatic action to shore up results.

In Hot Water: New York Engineering Executives Charged in Pay-to-Play Scheme

The DA's office is also suing defendants for $177.6 million, alleging corruption related to waterworks construction contracts

Eydie Cubarrubia

April 25, 2018

Executives from HAKS, SIMCO, Haider and others, along with an ex-NYC DEP manager, are charged with bribery and corruption related to water system construction contracts.

Business Risks

When Is an Engineering Company Real?

A Florida company starts and then stops, leaving only a website and legal tangles

Scott Van Voorhis

January 10, 2018

Bleu Network is blown away by charges against principal.

Engineering Ethics

Clean Water Warrior Wins 2017 ENR Award of Excellence

How Marc Edwards used engineering skill to expose lead levels in Flint drinking water

Pam Radtke Russell

April 13, 2017

The inside story of how Virginia Tech Professor Marc Edwards helped propel the emergency of lead-tainted water in Flint, Michigan.

Engineering and Society

Why You Should Never Be an Ethical Bystander

The lessons of Flint

April 13, 2017

The opposite of a hero isn’t always a villain. The opposite of a hero can be a bystander.

Your Practice Is Your Ethics

Jon A. Schmidt

August 31, 2016

Engineers are rarely in the spotlight unless and until a prominent failure occurs.

Drinking Water

Flint Indictments Send Message on Engineering Ethics

Whether guilt or innocence is proved, the Flint drinking water crisis is a wake-up call on public safety

ENR Editors

May 17, 2016

The Michigan town's drinking water crisis is a wake-up call to not become desensitized to issues of public safety.

Engineering Risk Management

How Flint Compares with the Challenger Shuttle Disaster

An opportunity for engineers to reflect on the importance of what they do

April 6, 2016

The recent death of Robert Ebeling, the former Morton-Thiokol engineer who went public with some of the regrets he suffered in the 30 years since the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, presents all engineers with an opportunity to reflect on the importance of what they do.

Viewpoint: When Products Are Engineered To Deceive

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Robynn Andracsek, P.E.

March 11, 2016

The requirements and details of the Clean Air Act defy logic and understanding at times, even to someone like me who deals with them every day.

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