ENGINEERS ENJOY 'BUSINESS UPTICK'

Tue, Oct 18th 2011, 11:00 PM

By NEIL HARTNELL

Tribune Business Editor

BAHAMIAN engineers have seen "an uptick in employment" compared to two years ago, their society's president told Tribune Business yesterday, although much remains to be done to ensure they are not used as mere "rubber stamps" by developers.

Robert Reiss, head of the Bahamas Society of Engineers (BSE), said member requests for help in finding work had dropped in "volume and quantity" compared to 2009, although more developer education was required to ensure Bahamians were "truly involved" on all projects as 'the engineer of record'.

"There's been an uptick in employment of our members," Mr Reiss ...

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