Welcome to Podcast #4. Don’t forget:
- Our SUPER sponsor. Fuga Veloce – Italian for Fast Escape.
- Our competition. Imagine getting driven around Sydney like a movie star in a Ferrari 360 spider. Leave a review in iTunes within the first 10 episodes and you could be a winner! To be announced in Episode 11.
- Our drinking game. You can’t have a beer with an engineer without having a drinking game!! Anytime Dom says “ummm” drink up… and we can add “so” from Mel.
About Myke McQuaid
- Born in the United States, Myke started engineering in Texas, building landing gear. He moved to Australia in 2006 where he is currently the Senior Fire Services Engineer at EWFW.
- He is the creator of Dark Circus in Sydney and is into anything outdoors!
- Myke enjoys doing new things.
- He started out his engineering career by wanting to build hybrid-vehicles…. however, by the time he got out of university, due to legislation changes, there weren’t any jobs left in the field.
Hot Topic discussion
- Accreditation and who can stamp plans. There is no accreditation pathway.
- They’ve passed some legislation which has no real solutions in the market… e.g a client had been running a fire company for 20 years, but they aren’t allowed to sign off on drawings…
- There isn’t a ‘school’ for Fire Services. You either get into it via mechanical or electrical engineering studies.
- How hard it is to get good quality engineers. The amount of work doesn’t limit the engineering firms… it’s hard to grow a business without the right people.
During this podcast, you will reflect on:
- The difference between Fire Engineers and Passive Fire Design.
- The enjoyment when you receive technical, difficult engineering questions…. It can be very rewarding to find the solution that satisfies your client.
- Reflect back upon the fast engineers continue to under-value themselves.
- Automation is the key to the short-term future. Revit will be a large component.
- Google could be poised to write a viable competitor to Revit.
Want to WIN?
With thanks to our sponsor, Fuga Veloce – Italian for Fast Escape, we are able to give away a 60-min Joy Ride around Sydney in a Ferrari 360 spider.
How to win??
Within the first 10 episodes, go to iTunes and leave us a review. The best review will WIN. Winner announced in episode 11.
Want More
Myke doesn’t really have an engineer he admires – we mention that most engineers aren’t that good at self-promotion!
Dom talks briefly about the Llyods building in London. Learn about and celebrate its marvellous structure here.
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