College Degrees for In-Demand Climate Careers

Students in college today have an opportunity to pursue degrees that prepare them for combating the effects of climate change. Degrees in environmental science aren’t the only path, either. Many programs incorporate sustainability, so students can follow their passions and have a positive impact at the same time. You...

Is a Career as a Drafter the Green Job for You?

As sustainability becomes a priority for infrastructure in the US and globally, drafters will play an important role in the transition to clean energy and a circular economy. Unlike some jobs that require a four-year degree, drafters can start their careers with an associate degree or even self-taught skills....

How Our Sustainable Infrastructure Development & Advisory Company Pivoted During the Pandemic

With tech-forward founders, Nexus PMG has been heavily tech-focused and cloud-based from day one. Even before the pandemic, we used drones, 3d laser scanning, and cloud and mobile technology to improve safety, quality, and execution on our sustainable infrastructure projects.  Being set up for remote work was a huge...

Understanding the EPC Contract: Project Schedule Levels

Project schedule levels are part of the art and science of developing the project plan.  Project Schedule Risk Assessing the risk in a project schedule is driven by the amount of detail available when developing the schedule along with the participation of all the stakeholders. At the point of...

Finding Comfort in the Discomfort of ESG Innovation

I’ve always been a huge baseball fan. I started playing baseball when I was five years old and continued into college. My team of choice is the Atlanta Braves, and my favorite player was and has always been Chipper Jones. I used to dream about becoming the next Chipper...

Understanding EPC Performance Guarantees

A performance guarantee (a performance bond) protects downside risk by holding the EPC accountable for ensuring all the equipment works as expected when connected for operation. In its simplest form, an EPC performance wrap is an engineering design guarantee. Each respective process technology package typically comes with a performance...

Employee Spotlight – Adrian Galvez

Adrian Galvez is the director of operations and performance improvement at Nexus PMG with 40 years of experience in developing and scaling up new technology, engineering design, and operations management of large-scale industrial facilities. In addition to leading multiple successful commercial developments of innovative process technologies, he has also...

Taking Cues from Nature for Sustainable Housing

It seems everything we create these days goes against the laws of nature. We make products from toxic and non-biodegradable materials. If something breaks, we buy a new one instead of attempting to fix it. We tear through environments so we can erect miles of buildings. But what if...

What You Need To Know Before You Buy an EV

If you are curious about buying an electric vehicle but do not know how to think about the cost of the vehicle and charging versus your current car, here’s a quick primer: The hot new Tesla Model Y base model costs $50,490. Tesla isn’t currently eligible for a federal...

Understanding the EPC Contract: Contingency Basics & Beyond

A cost contingency budget exists to cover uncertainty during project development. To be clear, there will always be uncertainty and execution risk no matter the contract structure. The key is to use best practice techniques to capture and quantify that uncertainty to establish the appropriate contingency budget. There are...

Employee Spotlight – Michael Wahba

Michael Wahba joined Nexus PMG as a senior project engineer in 2018 after spending 13 years at Jacobs Engineering and Flour Corporation. After growing up in Simpsonville, SC, Michael graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. There he met his wife. They now have two daughters and...

How to Prevent ESG Debt for Your Startup

ESG (environmental, social, and governance) ratings are increasingly considered in investment risk. Trillions of dollars are being poured into technologies and systems that will help the US reach 100% renewable energy by 2050. Other countries are leagues ahead of the US on their just as ambitious climate goals. Even...