Pipe runs, diameter, Delta-T. This is just a small sampling of the language of our industry. It is a language that makes sense to us. Eventually, we have to turn that language around so the rest of the world can understand what we are talking about.
I have been thinking a lot about language during a busy October of work travel. First, I was able to visit a state I had never been before — Utah. As soon as I sat down with Provo-headquartered Mark Makin, P.E., of Royal Engineering and pme’s 2017 Mechanical Engineer of the Year, he mentioned to me how during a religious mission he learned to speak three — including Tagalog — of the more than 100 dialects used in the Philippines.