My name is John Wimberly
and I am the President and CEO of I. C. Thomasson
We are a consulting engineering firm here in Nashville, TN
with offices throughout the Southeast
Many engineering students in college
do not know what consulting engineers are
or what they do
and therefore don't even think of it as a career option
Hi, my name is Curt Williams
I'm a principal, mechanical engineer
What is consulting engineering?
That's a great question
As consulting engineers
We see that our clients' visions for their buildings
become a reality
by providing functional and sustainable designs
for the building's infrastructure and systems
insuring safe and comfortable spaces
for the building's occupants
We are asked to help a lot of times
with a problem that a client has
or with a project that they have
and within every single project
there's always a list of avenues
that you have to kind of figure out how to venture through
In consulting, what you're doing is
you're helping guide
so you're guiding people through their problem
My name is Colin Roberson, and I am a graduate mechanical engineer
Consulting engineering to me
is providing a service to the space itself
to really make the space something you're comfortable to be in
I'm Kaiti Kirby, and I am a CADD technician in mechanical design
to me, it's collaboration with architect, owner
other designers, to give a product
It's design in way that's more personable
We marry the business aspects of projects
to the technical aspects of projects
and put that together to help
deliver successful projects
whether this is in a healthcare environment
the commercial/institutional
or our process and power group
and that's really what consulting engineering is
My name is Louis Amezquita, and I am a graduate electrical engineer at ICT
I like consulting engineering because
of all the different projects I get to work on
not every project is gonna be the same
so it allows you to learn different ways
On one occasion, you could be working on a dorm complex
on another occasion, you could be working on a federal building
on another occasion, you could be working on an airport
So you're really working on a lot of different venues
of what makes cities possible
I love working on a team
being able to work with people from other companies
as well, it just ties a project together
in a more real way
I like consulting engineering because every building has it's own problem to solve
and I think that's mostly why people become engineers
is to solve problems
My name is Olivia Byrd, and I am a graduate electrical engineer
I love consulting engineering because
it involves every facet
of a project
You're able to go to the location
plan out what you'll design
and speak with multiple people
so if you're very social and love to see different people
and talk to different people
it definitely helps a lot
and later getting to see something
that you've designed
and say, "hey, I worked on that project"
so my favorite part of consulting engineering is
the collaborative, teamwork efforts that are needed
to help solve these problems
that we deal with on a day-to-day basis
for our clients
Engineers are taught to solve problems
Business presents a series of problems everyday
Today, engineers are more relevant
in our society
than they've ever been in the 30 plus years that I've been practicing engineering
and that's going to be theme
going forward
so consulting engineering
is a great, relevant career choice
for you to make
