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BUSINESS NEWS MONROE ENVIRONMENTAL OPENS TEXAS OFFICE Monroe Environmental Corp. has officially opened its new office location in Houston. The office will serve as the company’s hub in the Gulf Coast region, providing engineering, sales, and service support to Monroe’s many customers both existing and new. The office address is 110 Cypress Station Drive, Suite 135, Houston, TX 77090. Monroe has many successful installations in Texas, Louisiana, and the surrounding area including ExxonMobil, Marathon Petroleum, Shell, Flint Hills Resources, Haldor Topsoe, Firestone Polymers, Caterpillar, Akzo Nobel, Albemarle, Whitmore’s, Blue Knight Energy, Swiftwater Energy Services, Enterprise Products, Westlake/Axiall, Frito- Lay, Nalco/Ecolab, Jacobs Engineering, AECOM, AMEC, S&B Engineers, and many others. “We are very excited to be firmly established in Texas so that we can further support our existing customers and continue to provide the highest quality environmental systems for the many plants in the region,” says Gary Pashaian, president of Monroe Environmental. Pashaian is leading the effort to expand the company’s presence in Texas, and works out of the new office. “It’s an exciting time for our company as we continue to grow. We have a lot to offer with our decades of experience and the expertise of our engineering staff. Our goal is to have many satisfied customers who see us as a reliable partner for their environmental projects.” Monroe Environmental has been in business for over 45 years, engineering and manufacturing air pollution control and water and wastewater treatment equipment for many of the largest plants in the world. Throughout their history, they have helped provide clean water and clean air for factories, workers, and communities along

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the Gulf Coast, throughout North America, and around the globe. ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS JOINS OPEN SOURCE WOOD Metsä Wood is announced that London- based Zaha Hadid Architects has joined the Open Source Wood initiative – the pioneering open innovation project aimed at facilitating knowledge sharing and growth in modular wood construction. The collaboration kicked off in the early part of 2018 and includes a design proposal for a multi- story residential structure using wood elements from the Open Source Wood web library as the primary building material. “We’ve been engaged in our own research projects on prefabrication and modularity in building design and specifically around the use of timber. We believe in a collective, multi- disciplinary approach to problem-solving and welcome the collaborative possibilities of the Open Source Wood initiative,” says Henry Louth of Zaha Hadid Architects. Open Source Wood is a continuation of Metsä Wood’s project Plan B, launched in 2015 as an ambitious blueprint to explore the possibilities of using wood in urban construction. Since its inception in June of 2017 Open Source Wood has attracted the attention of professionals and media around the globe. “We’re excited to have a world renowned architectural firm such as Zaha Hadid architects participating in Open Source Wood. They bring unprecedented design excellence and knowledge to the project and we value the inspired point of view they bring regarding the possibilities of modular wood construction. We look forward to the outcome of their design work,” says Mikko Saavalainen, SVP Business Development Metsä Wood.

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make a decision when you have limited information and an uncertain future is one of the most critical skills a leader can have. You cannot be paralyzed by a lack of informa- tion. There will always be incomplete information. Engineers are the worst about this, which is part of the reason so many struggle in management/leadership roles. One way to combat this tendency is to have “pre-made” decisions through better stra- tegic planning (and personal planning). The other way is to have good mentors you can bounce things off of to get a quick reaction. Both are necessary tactics to employ. But in any case, everyone is looking to the leader for decisions to be made. And they have to make them quickly! ❚ ❚ Leaders have to be able to pick their successors. Without being able to do that there will be no continuity and no sustained success. Not everyone is good at it. Some people pick others in their own image. That rarely works. You need someone who can respect the heritage but also strike out in new directions. That “new” is as important as the old. So there’s a lot to it. More than “Level 5.” Where do you stand? Are you going to be sustainably successful? If not – change before it’s too late! MARK ZWEIG is Zweig Group’s chairman and founder. Contact him at mzweig@zweiggroup.com.

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