An item’s value depends on the viewpoint of the appraiser. In the movie Moneyball, the Oakland Athletics decided to think differently about the value they placed on baseball players; one …
Keep Learning
In an age of ever-developing technology and continuous competition, we need to keep learning. Sometimes we can learn by surrounding ourselves and working with talented people. Sometimes we learn from …
Bannerman Consultants Addresses Spam
In Canada, new anti-spam legislation only came into effect on July 1, 2014. However, from the very first Bannerman Consultants electronic newsletter published in July 2009 our policy…
Innovation and Innovators
Innovation is a key mechanical engineering aptitude and it is constructive to deliberately develop this skill. With this aim, it is generally profitable to take a look around at successful …
Milltown Marina Boat Lift in Full Operation
Bannerman Consultants has completed the mechanical design and integrity analysis of a new boat lift that has been installed at Milltown Marina in the Marpole neighbourhood of Vancouver, Canada. The lift is believed…
Questions to Consider
Starting with their headlines, two articles pose questions to their readers. The idea, of course, is to make you think about your own situation. The other articles describe two engineering …
Martin Fandrich Elected as Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
The IMechE has elected Martin Fandrich to its highest grade of membership, that of fellow. While indicative of senior responsibility and an established reputation …
Bannerman Consultants Achieves OQM Certification
APEGBC Organizational Quality Management (OQM) certification has been earned by Bannerman Consultants. The program of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists…
Developing New Technology
This set of articles considers aspects of new technology development. At the start of a project, creativity and innovation are especially critical. They can be kindled by a collaborative environment …
Risk-Based Design in Professional Development Seminar
A full-day course on probabilistic methods entitled Predicting Reliability in Mechanical Design will be taught by Martin Fandrich, PhD, PEng, for the third consecutive year. The seminar, developed by Bannerman Consultants as…
Specialists
These articles present different approaches to sharing an engineering specialisation. Some specialists consult into complementary fields of application and some circulate their techniques more widely via templates. In wider society, …
The Scientific Method Applied Elsewhere
Those of us with scientific and engineering backgrounds often take certain things for granted, including the benefits of the scientific method and the fact that we can incrementally improve most …