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ACSI’s
formula for writing consistently
accurate and easy-to-read engineering
reports works. This is proven by a
successful support business to
consulting engineers and an extensive
client list.
We’ve
written reports for….
Army
Corps of Engineers
City of Seattle
Dept. of the Navy
Dept. of the Army
Environmental Protection Agency
GTE Government Information Services,
Inc.
Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle
National Park Service
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Sand Point Naval Air Station
Seattle City Light
State of Washington
University of Washington
U.S. Postal Service
Washington Natural Gas
The
following are a few of our consulting
engineering clients.
RW
Beck
Abacus Consultants, P.S.
ABAM Engineers
AMTEC Engineering
Bouillon, Christofferson, Schairer
Engineers
Brown and Coldwell
Building & Design 2000
Echo Bay Exploration
Entranco Engineers
Facility Support, Inc.
General Building Services
HDR Engineering, Inc.
HB Engineers
Harding Lawson Associates
Notkins Engineering
Ott Engineering
Paratransit Systems International,
Inc.
PBR & Associates
PRC Engineering
Roy F. Weston, Inc.
Security Consultants, Inc.
Sparling & Associates
Sitts & Hill Engineers
Wood Harbinger, Inc.
This System
Benefits the Project Manager, the
Engineer, the Sub-Consultant, and
the Client.
“How to
Write an Engineering Report…a
Proven Approach for Engineers”
has provided a standardized
methodology proven to help meet
clients’ needs through:
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Reduced costs
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Speeded up the project
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Improved reliability
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Satisfied customers
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Increased customer loyalty for
ongoing project design work
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Increased customer loyalty for
additional feasibility study work
Believe
me you will get “positive”
comments back from your clients.
There
is one negative that we did
consistently experience over the
years. Our clients’ review team
became very picky about grammar and
spelling. They had to find something
wrong; it was their job. And, for the
simple reason that the presentation
style was clear and easy for them to
use, most of what they found to do
was to nit-pick about spelling and
grammar. This is a consequence of
good writing that most engineers
would enjoy.
Colleen
Brady, President, ACSI
Your Own Company Benefits Too.
“How to
Write an Engineering Report…a
Proven Approach for Engineers”
not only helps you help your clients.
It also helps you in-house to
stabilize the work environment,
through:
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A focused training and employee
development tool
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A streamlined tool that focuses on
the critical aspects of managing the
writing process so you can handle the
engineering
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A methodology that meets the quality
needs of today’s engineering
project manager
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A tool to help your staff understand
the fundamental process, apply a
proven methodology, and get the
outcome you want
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A methodology for managing from
fundamentals to get the job of
writing done, no matter how many subs
are involved, so you deliver results
to your clients
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A methodology for creating reliable
reports that your clients can easily
understand and use to make informed
decisions
Write
usable and effective reports time
and time again. Use this proven
system to protect the project from
the “human factor” style
changes that come with multiple
people under your lead.
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Engineers at All Levels
and in Any Career Stage have
Benefited from “How to Write an
Engineering Report…a Proven
Approach for Engineers”
Our engineering
clients have used our methodology as
part of their marketing approach.
They even include some of the
benefits described above in their
proposals and shortlist interviews.
It is also good for marketing and
negotiating to get a personal job or
get a raise. Use “How to
Write an Engineering Report…a
Proven Approach for Engineers”
to help you in so many areas, like:
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Making a higher salary
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Getting promoted or getting a better
job
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Getting recognition and approval
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Sleeping better at night; no more
worrying
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Bringing projects in on time and
within budget
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Consistently write more accurate and
clearer reports with less pressure
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No more agonizing over how to write
the report or worse yet how to get
someone else to write it clearly, on
time, and within their budgeted hours
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No more late nights at the end of the
project
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No more making support staff mad
because of rushing at the last minute
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No more confused clients on the other
end of the phone line
Is writing important in
engineering fields?
It
absolutely is! According to an
article in the Seattle Times (2003): “Writing
skills are a career-maker or
breaker”.
When
I was in graduate school studying
marine oceanography, my major
professor, John Pequegaunt, said,
“Oceanographers are a
dime-a-dozen; if you want to get a
job, learn how to write.” I
think this also applies to consulting
engineers.
Colleen Brady, President, ACSI
Here are a few
excerpts from help-wanted ads in July
2003.
Entry-Level
Opportunity for Engineers: Bachelor
of Science degree in Chemical
Engineering or Mechanical Engineering
or Food Engineering …Strong
communication skills (oral and
written)…Available to
begin full-time employment in 2003 or
2004
Civil
Engineering Manager: This
position will offer the successful
candidate an opportunity to manage
and further develop the civil
engineering practice. …and exceptional
communication skills are imperative.
Sr.
Transportation Planner/Manager: Responsibilities
include Sr. PM duties for large
projects, preparing technical
docs/analyses, working with
agencies and multidisciplinary teams,
corridor studies, transit planning
and non motorized planning.
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looking for the right things at the
right time.
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advantage. Order today before
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Here’s to
your success!
Colleen
Colleen Brady,
MA, MS
President
Applied Communication Strategies,
Inc. (ACSI)
8425 Tillicum Rd SW Suite 210,
Seattle, WA 98136
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What others say about our teaching
& information presentation
ability
We
were particularly struck this time by
the realistic model you gave of the
communications system involving your
firm; its client, an engineering
consulting firm; and your
client’s client, a navy
installation. Indeed, this model
demonstrates so well some problems
faced in establishing communications
systems that we discussed it at some
length with our students in the next
class session.
James
W. Souther, Professor Emeritus
M.L. White, Professor Emeritus
College
of Engineering, University of
Washington
As
for your capabilities booklet [How to
Write an Engineering Report], I am
very much impressed by its content
and appearance. It’s a
beautifully done book. Its very
simplicity is impressive. I feel that
you’re on to an excellent
service…
Sylvia
Cuttler
Assistant
to the Director
Professional
Practices
American
Association of Consulting Engineers
As
a group, we had little or no
experience in technical writing
skills. The class [your company
designed and taught] met all our
expectations. The instruction was
very good…it gave me a good
foundation for developing my writing
and documentation skills.
Davey
L Schmidt
Customer
Service Training Supervisor
Washington
Natural Gas (Puget Sound Energy)
The
Seattle Fire Department has started a
PCB training program using your video
and booklet. They think it is great!
Chris
Luboff, Associate Environmental
Analyst
Environmental
Affairs Division
Seattle
City Light
Thank
you for the outstanding job you all
did in coordinating and presenting
the Effective Technical Writing
Workshop. We appreciate your efforts
in customizing the workshop to our
facility and needs. The feedback from
the class has been very positive and
we look forward to working with you
again in the future.
Sandy
Gardner
Cindy Davis
ARCO
Product Company
Cherry
Point Refinery
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Some thoughts from other
technical documentation clients
This
is a very solid submittal of this
large, complex O&M manual and
initial reactions from City staff
have been very positive. The success
of this document is the result of
personal efforts of individuals from
three different firms and the City
staff…This was a big job and a
job well done.
John
P. Thielemann, PE
HDR
Engineering, Inc. Bellevue, WA
From
the Consulting Project Manager:
ACSI [formerly TCCI] developed a
needs analysis and proposal that
outlined the documents to be
produced, including their purpose,
audience, and content. This document
also served as a management tool
during the implementation phases of
the project. Based on this project
work, Digital and ACSI [formerly
TCCI] entered into a Single Order
Agreement to accommodate Washington
State Ferries documentation
needs… ACSI [formerly TCCI] has
done an exceptional job on this
project.
Dan
Fowler
Senior Consulting Manager
Digital
Equipment Corporation
From
the consultant’s client:
Although this project is only
two-thirds completed, [your]
documentation is already proving to
be useful supporting material for the
new Digital Point of Sale system. I
anticipate your clear and concise
documentation will help ease our
employees through this transition
period…Your staff has been
professional and helpful. I have been
most impressed with their ability to
understand complex systems and then
to produce useful and comprehensible
explanatory material. Your portion of
this project has progressed on
schedule and on budget.
Jeanne
Seger
Information
Technology Manager
Washington
State Ferries
One
more comment about our staff and
projects
All
the professionals that worked in my
office over the years were
exceedingly talented individuals.
They were able to grasp information
quick and present it in a fashion
that was project-requirement-driven
rather than personality-driven. This
was, in combination with their skills
and abilities, directly attributable
to the system that is presented in
this special report, ”How to
Write an Engineering Report…a
Proven Approach for Engineers.”
I sold my technical writing company
several years ago, now it is time to
release the formula for writing
consistently high-quality, easily
readable, project-responsive
documentation.
Colleen
Brady,
Founder and President
Applied Communication Strategies,
Inc. (ACSI)
Founder and former President
Technical Communication Consultants,
Inc. (TCCI)
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