Engineering consulting

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Engineering consulting is the practice of performing engineering as a consulting engineer. It assists individuals, public and private companies with process management, idea organization, product design, fabrication, maintenance, repair and operations (MRO), servicing, tech advice, tech specifications, tech estimating, costing, budgeting, valuation, branding, and marketing.{{Cite web|url=https://gradireland.com/careers-advice/job-descriptions/consulting-engineer|title=Consulting engineer job description|first=Ruairi|last=Kavanagh|date=2015-01-16|website=GradIreland|language=en|access-date=2019-02-06 }} Engineering consulting involves an end to end product life cycle(PLM) process, Prouct development management(PDM) tools and other development processing.

Engineering consulting firms may involve civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, environmental, chemical, industrial, and agricultural, electronics and telecom, computer and network, instrumentation and control, information technology, manufacturing and production, aerospace, marine, fire and safety, etc.{{Cite web|url=https://www.acei.ie//resources/what-is-consulting-engineering|title=ACEI|website=House of Tiles|language=en|access-date=2019-02-06}}{{cite journal |last1=Jaafar |first1=Mastura |last2=Aziz |first2=Abdul Rashid Abdul |last3=Wai |first3=Andy Lian Shin |title=Marketing Practices of Professional Engineering Consulting Firms:Implement or Not to Implement?|journal=Journal of Civil Engineering and Management |date=30 September 2008 |volume=14 |issue=3 |pages=199–206 |doi=10.3846/1392-3730.2008.14.17|doi-access=free }}