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Quick Fire Survey
In the coming year, what percentage of change in overall staffing do you expect at your firm?
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Holiday Shopping Made Easy At The ACEC Bookstore
We've added many new items that are great to give as gifts or keep for yourself. Appeal to the inner child with an "Executive Sand Box—Construction Zone" or the "Master Builder: Bridges" kit. Find the perfect gifts—big or small—for family, friends and colleagues and relax by knowing you didn't have to fight for a parking spot at the mall.
Shop www.acec.org/publications between now and December 15 and not only choose from a great lineup of gifts, but also free ground shipping or free gift wrapping. |
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The ACEC Job Board: Recruit For 2009
Let the Job Board work for you as you recruit new employees. As a niche job site, the ACEC Job Board gives you direct access to this focused group of qualified engineering talent specific to your needs. We are a member of the Engineering & Science Career Network, so your job posting appears on 20 industry job sites, at NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE. Your firm will have exposure to thousands more job seekers and access to our resume database with over 13,000 searchable candidate resumes.
Purchase any Job Board posting that we offer, singles or packages in December, and use the promotional code DECBLOWOUT for a 15 percent discount. Don't miss this unique opportunity to save money and be seen by an exclusive audience of the industry's best and brightest. Promotion ends December 31, so start saving today.
The ACEC Job Board is your source for new employees. For more information, please contact Nina Goldman at 202-682-4325 or write ngoldman@acec.org.
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Over 650 Searchable Jobs Posted
Over 13,750 Searchable Resumes Posted
Over 1,975 Registered Employers |
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Last Five "Help Wanted" Open Positions:
Project Engineer—Clinton, MS
Structural Engineers—Des Moines, IA
Highway Field Operations Manager—Bisbee, AZ
Sr. Mechanical Engineer—Southern United States
Sr. Transportation Project Manager—Minneapolis, MN
A Sampling of Posted Resumes:
Geotechnical Engineers—1,011
Water Resources/Wastewater Engineers—1,639
Transportation—1,402
Civil Engineers—2,289
Structural Engineers—1,638
Environmental Engineers—1,460
View These and Other Resumes and Jobs on ACEC's Job Board
www.acec.org/jobbank |
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Surveys On Sale At The ACEC Bookstore
Future Leaders Focus 2007 is now priced at $175.00 a savings of more than 40 percent.
Click here to view product details and to place an order. |
The 2008-2009 Design & Construction Industry Trends Survey is now available in printed or electronic formats. |
| Previous Industry Trends Surveys are now on sale for $59.00. |
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2007-2008 Design & Construction Industry Trends Survey
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electronic formats. |
2006-2007 Design & Construction Industry Trends Survey
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Click here to see all surveys available from the ACEC Bookstore.
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Is ACEC SEI for You? Limited Registration Available For Class 15
Since its inception in 1995, ACEC's highly acclaimed Senior Executives Institute (SEI) has challenged A/E leaders to "try new ways of thinking." More than ever, leadership agility in meeting the challenges to success in our business environment is crucial. As the first executive leadership course ever designed specifically for engineers and architects, SEI has helped identify and fine tune the powerful leadership and personal mastery skills of more than 300 executives.
With Class 15 beginning in September 2009—and meeting in five separate sessions at various locations through 2011—firms have a new opportunity to reap the benefits of SEI by enrolling up-and-coming and current executives in the 2009 class. Session topics are Your Vision and the World, Personal Mastery, Situational Leadership, Strategy and Systems Thinking, Organizational Leadership Issues, and Putting it All Together.
For more information on SEI and to register, click here.
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| ACEC Presents Infrastructure Priorities To Obama Transition Team
ACEC President Dave Raymond met with President-elect Barack Obama's senior transition team at the Department of Transportation last week to offer the Council's recommendations on an infrastructure-based economic stimulus package and related highway and airport funding issues.
Raymond, who was part of a select group invited by the transition team, urged substantial infrastructure funding not only in a near-term stimulus bill, but also for reauthorization of the surface transportation bill (which expires in 2009), and in various other transportation measures.
Raymond also urged the new Administration to give states the flexibility to use stimulus funding for both ready-to-go construction projects as well as engineering for the next wave of priorities, ensuring that economic growth is sustained. In addition, he underscored the need for stimulus funding to be invested in the private sector and not be used to expand the size of government.
Click here for a summary of ACEC's transportation recommendations.
"An expanded public works effort will give the economy a quick boost at a time when we truly need it," said Raymond. "Equally important, these investments will pay dividends for years to come, ensuring that we have the infrastructure to support a growing and competitive 21st century economy." |
| ACEC Minuteman Fund Continues Support For Wisconsin QBS Effort
Carol Godiksen, ACEC/Wisconsin Executive Director |
The ACEC Minuteman Fund has awarded a grant to ACEC/Wisconsin to help pass a Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS) statute.
"This QBS legislation is our number one priority," said ACEC/Wisconsin Executive Director Carol Godiksen. "We have committed a great deal of volunteer, staff, and lobbyist time to this initiative, and we greatly appreciate the assistance of the Minuteman Fund."
The Minuteman Fund is ACEC's most powerful resource for helping Member Organizations pursue legislative and legal initiatives of national importance. All Member Firms are encouraged to contribute to the Fund.
Click here for more information on how to make a donation.
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| Highlight Your Firm As Part Of ACEC's 100th Anniversary Celebration
ACEC will celebrate 100 years of service to its Member Firms and the engineering industry beginning this January.
A highlight of the year-long observance will be a commemorative March/April issue of Engineering Inc., featuring a decade-by-decade chronology of Council contributions, along with Member Firm achievements over the past 100 years.
Don't miss this opportunity to be a part of a historic industry issue. Special advertising space in Engineering Inc. is now available to:
- Congratulate ACEC for its 100 years of service;
- Celebrate your own firm's contribution's to ACEC and the industry;
- Commemorate the important role of engineering in the nation's progress.
To join the 100th year celebration and assure your firm's prominence in this historic publication, contact Nina Goldman at ngoldman@acec.org or 202-682-4325.
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| States Make Final ACEC/PAC Fundraising Push To Meet 2008 Goals
Wayne Horlacher, ACEC/PAC Champion in Nevada says, "We'll make it." |
ACEC State Member Organizations are kicking their fundraising drives into high gear this month as they race to meet their respective goals before the end of 2008.
Fifteen states have already met their fundraising goals, and many more are closing in.
"We're making calls and pushing hard," said Wayne Horlacher, ACEC/PAC Champion in Nevada. "Most people we reach out to understand the importance of what we're trying to do, which is encouraging. I think we'll make it by December 31."
ACEC/New York has reached 99 percent of its goal and should cross the finish line next week.
Newly-elected and re-elected House and Senate members are calling on ACEC in greater numbers for financial support before the end of the year. Many have debt from the 2008 campaign, while others are already preparing for the 2010 election cycle.
"Even though Election Day has passed, the political process never ends," said ACEC Chairman John Hennessy. "Given the opportunities, and real uncertainty that we face in 2009, it's critical that we build up our political war chest. That's why we need every state organization focused on meeting their PAC goals."
State organizations are asked to forward all ACEC/PAC contributions to the ACEC office in Washington, D.C. by the morning of Thursday, December 31, 2008.
To check on the status of your state's ACEC/PAC fundraising effort, click here or on the interactive map below. For more information on the ACEC/PAC, please contact Gregory Knopp, ACEC's executive director of political affairs, gknopp@acec.org, or Elizabeth Coit, ACEC/PAC director, ecoit@acec.org, at 202-347-7474.
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Click here or above to view an interactive map of the progress of each state in achieving its 2008 ACEC/PAC goal. |
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Popular ACEC/CSU Certificate Course Explores Opportunities in Sustainable Development
Green Infrastructure and Sustainable Communities
February 9-12, Portland, Oregon
ACEC, in partnership with Colorado State University presents Green Infrastructure and Sustainable Communities, a certificate course. Attendees will examine sustainable engineering from a business context, utilizing audits, assessments and other design tools and techniques. The course will focus on sustainable design specifically for the transportation, buildings and urban water management engineering markets.
Engineers and planners looking for a course that concentrates on civil infrastructure projects and town/regional planning approaches to sustainable design and construction will particularly benefit from the unique program. Well-known author Bill Wallace, Wallace Futures Group, will lead the faculty of practitioners, academics and other experts.
For details and to register, click here.
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Course On Expert Witness Service Is Path To Professional Growth, New Firm Service
Applying Expertise as Engineering Expert Witness
March 19-20, Kansas City, MO
Engineers are often qualified to serve as expert witnesses in legal proceedings, but only the court-savvy, prepared and prudent engineer takes on these potentially lucrative assignments. This unique new one-and-a-half-day course prepares engineering professionals for legal service. Participants in the March 19-20 course, being presented in Kansas City, MO, will earn recognition and designation as an Engineering Expert Witness.
Expert faculty will review courtroom demeanor, how to maintain credibility, the differences between a fact witness and an expert witness, deposition behavior, permissible out-of-court statements, ethics, pre-courtroom testimony preparation, visual aids and more.
Designed for professional engineers, architects and surveyors interested in earning credentials for legal service engagements, the course will be presented by recognized experts Alan B. Croft, Esq., partner, Baach Robinson & Lewis, PLLC, an experienced litigator and trial attorney; Fred Schoenlaub, Esq., Feldhausen & Schoenlaub, PC, a former judge and veteran international construction attorney; and Guy Vaillancourt, PE, President, Woodard & Curran, who has served clients as a testifying expert for the past 15 years.
For details and to register, click here.
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| December Online Seminars Focus On Future Leaders Study, PR, Employee Coaching
ACEC's online seminars offer a constantly changing mix of timely topics and new approaches to the business basics presented in tightly packed 1-1/2 hour sessions. With one registration fee payable per Internet connection, a roomful of staff can participate at no additional cost—and everyone earns the PDHs. Register in advance, and you'll receive an e-mail reminder to log-on. Scheduled for next week:
Tapping into the Power of the Press
December 9, 1:30-3 p.m.
Improve (or begin!) your firm's publicity program and reap the competitive benefits of image-building along with positive ripple effects in your recruiting, employee morale, and leadership transition initiatives. Jerry Guerra, the JAGG Group, presents an online seminar and step-by-step road map for breaking into even the most challenging print media to generate some "positive press" for your company. Guerra will help participants reach the right media in the right markets with the right story angle, and outline how to avoid potential pitfalls of publicity.
For details and to register, click here.
Future Leaders Focus: A Study of the Needs and Priorities of Young Design Professionals
December 10, 1:30-3 p.m.
What attracts young engineers to a company? What keeps them loyal? How do they view their careers compared to those of older generations? In this valuable online seminar Future Leaders Focus: A Study of the Needs and Priorities of Young Design Professionals Barbara Irwin, HR Advisors and Cara Bobchek, Management Consultant, describe the motivations and mindset of young engineers. Results of responses to an original 2007 survey in over 50 firms nationwide provide insights on a firm's younger staff as well as ideas, direction, and guidance to firms focusing on overall retention and development of the workforce of today and tomorrow.
For details and to register, click here.
Are You Fighting Fires Instead of Managing Your Employees?
December 11, 1:30-3 p.m.
Gary Bates, Roenker Bates Group, presents an online seminar that invites participants to examine their personal management style and leads their transition to more effective methods. Important strategies for better results include:
- Understanding why managers are firefighters
- What your firefighting does to employee motivation
- The two highest priority responsibilities of any manager
- Coaching vs. firefighting
- Delegation—the best alternative to firefighting
For details and to register, click here.
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Phone: 202-347-7474 - Fax: 202-898-0068
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