This month will mark 23 years since I first started teaching AESAC’s ESA training courses; which got me thinking about some of the news-worthy events from that long-ago time of 2002 …. Environmental events: The Canadian government enacted the Species at Risk Act and launched the
Last month I discussed the topic of selling your consulting business, specifically the various stages of saleability, and the options and potential buyers that may be available for each of these stages of business. This month I will review some of the methods you can increase the value of your
Last month I discussed the topic of selling your consulting business, specifically how a value can be calculated using your EBITDA - short for earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization - as a measure of corporate profitability. EBITDA along with a sale multiplier negotiated
Over the last couple of years, myself and several colleagues of my generation (i.e. older but certainly not ancient) have been discussing and contemplating retirement. For those working in government and some larger companies; it’s fairly simple – reach a certain age or years of service
AESAC is pleased to present a series of guest blogs, reprinted with the courtesy of one of my colleagues, exploring the interesting topic of witching and dowsing. The Witching Hour By: Colin Kelly, P. Geo., QPESA When there are no clues around, witching for underground utilities (or anything else,
AESAC is pleased to present a series of guest blogs, reprinted with the courtesy of one of our colleagues, exploring the interesting topic of witching and dowsing: The Witching Hour By: Colin Kelly, P. Geo., QPESA So, the ideomotor response is the mechanism that causes the witching sticks to
AESAC is pleased to present a series of guest blogs, reprinted with the courtesy of one of our colleagues, exploring the interesting topic of witching and dowsing: The Witching Hour By: Colin Kelly, P. Geo., QPESA As a groundwater expert, I occasionally get asked if “witching”
I recently had a potential client request a quote for an “Environmental Review” for a property purchase that was due to close in a few days. They didn’t know exactly what they needed, and only just realized that they needed to satisfy a condition of their purchase agreement that
Following up on my last couple of blogs about ‘hard’ (technical) versus ‘soft’ (people) skills for junior and intermediate-level job seekers in environmental consulting, I found out some interesting things in my survey of a few senior colleagues. Hopefully, these findings and
Last month I reviewed some of the technical skills most sought by employers in the environmental consulting field, specifically for environmental site assessment and remediation. Based on my discussions with colleagues in ownership and senior management positions there were some common
