This book was written as a team effort from day one, but here's a bit more about the two names on the cover.

James Wedding, P.E., spent nearly a decade in the Dallas/Fort Worth land development industry before partnering with Engineered Efficiency (EE) in February 2006. A graduate of Texas Tech with a BSCE in 1997, he worked as a design engineer focused on private development. His design experience includes small commercial to multiphase single-family and master planned communities. James has served as president of the Preston Trail Chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers and was selected their Young Engineer of the Year in 2003.

One of the earliest gunslingers for the Civil 3D product, James has worked extensively with the Autodesk product team to shape and guide the software's development. James is a highly-rated repeat presenter at Autodesk University and a presenter on the Friday Civil 3D webcasts.

Rick Graham has been a CAD Manager since 2004 for an engineering firm specializing in small to medium residential subdivisions, land developments, municipal projects, survey, and consulting work. He has been actively involved in Civil 3D since its inception and has been involved with the Civil 3D beta test team for the past few years. He has been using AutoCAD-based products, including AutoCAD, Land Desktop, Civil Design, Raster Design, and Civil 3D. Rick has been instrumental in getting his company up-to-speed and actively using Civil 3D through in-house staff training and master template creation along with styles and related standards development.

Rick is actively involved in the local AUGI© user group and has been a presenter for this venue. He participates in the Autodesk Civil 3D discussion groups and is an active part of the www.civil3d.com blogging team.