Sandra Carden, Technical Editor

Editing for Engineers and Scientists

Your company needs to communicate clearly. With corporate and freelance experience, Carden Works gets you the results you need—communication that’s clear and effective—and we do it within your budget and your deadline. Using your own corporate style guide or one of the standard references (such as The Chicago Manual of Style), we make sure that your corporate communications are consistent, clear, and of superior quality. We’re here to make you look good!

Founded by Sandra Carden, Carden Works is a small, woman-owned company with big capabilities. That means that we give your work the specialized, individual attention it deserves. And it means that communication is easy, response times are fast, and your project is treated as if it were our own.

Our services are especially valuable to engineering, government, and technology companies.

Carden Works offers a variety of services, including:

Technical editing

Developmental editing

Copy editing

Technical writing

Proofreading

Layout/formatting

Most of our experience is with technical documents:

Research and technical reports

Training resources

Quick reference guides

Conference proceedings

We are also experienced in marketing communications:

Brochures, flyers, and posters

Annual reports

Web content

Newsletters

Our recent work includes research and technical reports:

Assembling Threaded Connections

Chiller Performance Monitoring and Troubleshooting Guide

Computer-Based Training Prototype Effectiveness Evaluation: Engineering Fundamentals—Basic Atomic and Nuclear Physics

Correlating Cycle Duty with Cost at Fossil Fuel Power Plants

Emerging Maintenance Technology Assessment: An Assessment of Potential Predictive Maintenance Projects

Establishing an Effective Leakage Management Program

Investigation of Bonded Jacket Cable Insulation Failure Mechanisms

Investigation of Stress Intensification Factors and Directionality of Loading for Branch Connections

Materials Reliability Program (MRP): Recommended Improvements to ASME Section XI Appendix L (MRP-82)

Pressurized Water Reactor Steam Generator Examination Guidelines: Revision 6 Requirements

Reactor Feedwater Pump Turbine Controls and Oil System Maintenance Guide

Valve Packing Performance Improvement: Sealing Technology and Plant Leakage Reduction Series

Recent work also includes brochures, catalogs, conference and seminar proceedings, flyers, newsletters, and posters:

Mental Health Solutions, LLC (brochure)

Nondestructive Evaluation Center Mockup Catalog

9Cr Materials Seminar Proceedings

EPRI Nondestructive Evaluation Center Highlights newsletters

On-Line Monitoring newsletters