As many of you are aware, I recently traveled to Bolivia to participate in a humanitarian mission with the University of Tulsa student chapter of…
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We’re excited to announce two new changes to kickoff 2021! As of January 1, Howell & Vancuren has joined Wallace Engineering, adding landscape architecture to the services we offer. Learn more about Howell & Vancuren here.
We’re also pleased to announce the addition of Jordan Rodich, PE, CFM, to our principal group. Meet Jordan here.
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Archive for the ‘Leadership’ Category
Let The Good Times Roll
If you are like me, you often hear the questions: “Is business good?” and “Are you staying busy?” Recently, unlike a few years ago, my…
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Time For A Ride
I recently read an article in Time magazine online about an entrepreneur who placed exercise as his highest priority, even over his 14-person company. While that may…
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Jump In With Both Feet
My first experience with marketing as a Professional Engineer is likened to jumping into a pool of water with both feet. You don’t know how…
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Fighting Our Giants
When we pray for help, I think we envision spiritual, relational, academic, parental or even economic success. Such requests are then entrusted to the favor…
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Land Use: It’s What We Do
There is a saying circulating around that makes Urban Planners chuckle… “I’m an Urban Planner. I solve problems you don’t know you have, in ways…
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…and a responsible engineer shall lead them.
I came to art at an early age. It has always been woven into my life. A friend gave me a word a few years…
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It’s Another Day in Paradise
Often when asked by friends, colleagues, coworkers or even strangers how I am doing or how my day is going, I greet them with, “It’s…
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The New Year always reminds me of everybody’s resolution to “get in shape”, as vague as that may be. About 10 years ago I belonged to…
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Smile When It Hurts
I recently had the great opportunity to serve as national president of the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS), an organization dedicated to marketing and…
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Team Unity
My youngest son plays soccer for a team that has had success both at the state level (two-time state champions) and at the regional level….
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A Scout Is…
For the past seven years I have had the privilege and the honor of leader and teaching boys through Boy Scouts of America. I have…
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Keeping the Craft
Let’s keep the craft in our work. We usually think of craftsmanship as being the skill and effort to create a physical object. But I…
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Simply Amazing
The news is full of pseudo celebrities getting attention for bad behavior and the trouble they get into. I would like to put more focus…
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The World is Right Again.
The world is right again. At least for the next four and a half months. I know it’s pretty minor in the grand scheme of…
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Quality Control
I recently gave a presentation on quality control policy. During preparation, it dawned on me that as engineers we often miss the boat as to…
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Do Something!
Last summer, my family was sitting around the house watching the news about the flash flooding in Manitou Springs, Colorado, which was the result of downpours on the…
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Freedom
I spent vacation last week at home and got the chance to visit with my oldest daughter and her husband. He is a Marine stationed…
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What A Difference Four Years Make
Do you ever stop to realize how much changes occur in a typical 4-year span? We just went through college graduation with our son. How…
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Give a Girl a Chance…
Not too long ago, I formed a new relationship with a client who was in the market for a consultant with national retail experience. I…
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Saferooms for Schools – One Year Later
It’s been nearly a year since my last blog post. At that time, South Oklahoma City and Moore were just really getting started with the…
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Stop and Smell the Roses
Stop and smell the roses…sure it’s an old cliché, but do we really stop and do it? As engineers and architects, we create structures that…
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“To boldly go where no engineer has gone before…”
Architectural Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of Wallace Engineering. Its thirty five-year mission: to explore strange new geometries, to seek out new…
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There’s More To It Than Money
There’s more to this working thing than money. We get fulfillment from forming bonds among our peers, having some nourishing accomplishments and contributing to our…
Read More It’s Not Always About The Numbers
As engineers, we tend to focus on the calculations and drawings and not on the other aspects of running a successful business. I think a…
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March Madness
When the month of March rolls around I think most everyone is aware of March Madness in college basketball. First, there are the conference tournaments,…
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All Things Happen For a Reason
I am a firm believer that all things happen for a reason, even if we will never know what that reason is. A couple years…
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The Next of a Thriving Breed
art·i·san (ärt’ə zən, -san) noun one that produces something in limited quantities often using traditional methods We’ve all grown up in an industrialized world. Literally everything…
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Focus On What Matters
It’s kind of a tradition. Not necessarily in a good sense, but a tradition nonetheless. Every year, our company hosts a big open house for…
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The Art of Engineering
At Wallace Engineering, we often talk about the “art of engineering”. But what does that mean? The American Engineers Council for Professional Development (ECPD), an…
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Be Aware of Your Surroundings
I have the privilege, together with my wife, of raising three daughters. They are usually eager to learn, and they also like to teach. Yes,…
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Fulfilling A Dream
Over 30 years ago, a man named Allen Sappington was called to be a missionary to the Kuna, a people indigenous to Panama and Colombia….
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It’s Vintage.
In a recent Origin post by Ron Jantz, he writes about his career of 25 years at Wallace Engineering. He recounts his progression in responsibilities,…
Read More What is a Lifer?
lif·er ˈlīfər/ noun informal noun: lifer; plural noun: lifers 1. a person serving a life sentence in prison. 2. a person who spends their life in…
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You Hit What You Look At
My best friend told me, “Just remember: you hit what you look at”…as he put me on a schizophrenic dirt bike that tried to kill…
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Planning Ahead for Your Children’s College Education
I am looking forward to December this year and not just because of the holidays, but this December will be the end to a decade…
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