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What do we mean by Critical Thinking? The National Council for Excellence in Critical Thinking defines critical thinking as the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action.1
As engineering professionals, environmental professionals and consultants we embrace this concept in the delivery of our services to our clients. Certain services rely heavily on this approach including:
- Pre-bid engineering
- Peer Review
- Constructibility Review
- Value Engineering
- Alternate Design Development
- Integration of geotechnical, environmental and construction services
- Forensic Engineering
- Expert Witness
- Emergency Response
- Risk Analysis
1A statement by Michael Scriven & Richard Paul, presented at the 8th Annual International Conference on Critical Thinking and Education Reform, Summer 1987.