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Member Spotlight: Brad Perkins — Professional Engineer, Educator, Industry Advocate 10/24/2019 In Membership

Meet Brad Perkins, professional engineer and senior lecturer for Iowa State University’s Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering (ISU CCEE) — an undergraduate program that was recently recognized as 12th in the nation among public universities and 16th in the nation overall by U.S. News & World Report’s Best College Rankings.

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Plan Ahead: Why Succession Planning for Safety is a Must 09/26/2019 In Industry Information

Are you prepared for the possibility of your company’s senior safety supervisor resigning from their position? According to Safety+Health magazine, in 2017, 75 percent of subscribers said their employers didn’t have a succession plan for their organization’s safety and health function. To many, this number may seem frighteningly high, yet it’s not unusual. As businesses have grown more safety conscious over the years, the overall number of annual incidents has declined, leading to the downsizing of many safety departments. Companies allocate employee resources to areas that need the most attention, and safety doesn’t warrant the resources it once did.

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