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Job Board Package Discounts End August 31!
Plan ahead for your fall staffing needs and enjoy 15 percent savings when you purchase a 3-pack or 10-pack of postings on the ACEC Job Board.
Just use the promo code PACK15 at the checkout! 3-packs include 6 months of resume database access and 10-packs include a full year of access!
With over 375 posted A/E/C industry jobs and more than 17,400 candidate resumes, the ACEC Job Board’s advanced search features produce effective, specific results for both job seekers and employers.
Reach your target audience quickly and effectively with the ACEC Job Board.
For more information, contact Nina Goldman at 202-682-4325 or write ngoldman@acec.org.
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Over 375 Searchable Jobs Posted
Over 17,400 Searchable Resumes Posted
Over 2,000 Registered Employers |
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Last Five "Help Wanted" Open Positions:
Geotechnical Engineer—Fort Worth, TX
Structural Waterfront Project Engineer—Houston, TX
Billing Specialist—Buffalo, NY
Civil Engineer—Buffalo, NY
Traffic Engineer—Bismarck, ND
A Sampling of Posted Resumes:
Geotechnical Engineerss—1,208
Water Resources/Wastewater Engineerss—1,749
Transportations—1,502
Civil Engineerss—2,397
Structural Engineerss—1,634
Environmental Engineerss—1,578
View These and Other Resumes and Jobs on ACEC's Job Board
www.acec.org/jobbank |
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New to BIM? Find the latest BIM Resources at the ACEC Bookstore |
BIM Handbook
A Guide to Building Information Modeling for Owners, Managers,
Designers, Engineers and Contractors
Chuck Eastman, Paul Teicholz, Rafael Sacks, Kathleen Liston
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Green BIM
Successful Sustainable Design with Building Information Modeling
Eddy Krygiel & Bradley Nies
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Big BIM little bim
The Practical Approach to Building Information Modeling
Finith Jernigan
Click here to order.
Browse and buy from our full catalog of publications at the ACEC Store.
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Online Seminars Explore Vital Topics From Flu Preparedness to Improving Profits
ACEC's fall 2009 calendar of online seminars will offer a wide variety of A/E business management topics, with an emphasis on strategies to weather our changing economic environment.
Attendance at our online seminars has continued to grow as participants embrace the convenient and cost-effective way to gain new knowledge and earn PDHs.
Register now for the fall programs listed below. Watch Last Word and the Institute for Business Management education calendar as new topics are added. If you register early, we will send you a reminder with log-in information just prior to the event.
September
1—Elevating a Project Manager to a Business Manager for Improved Efficiency by June Jewell, Jewell & Associates
2—Anticipating and Responding to Pandemic (Swine Flu) Outbreaks and Their Effects on Your Operations and Employees by Dr. Daniel J. Barnett, Asst. Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
8—Making Construction Administration a Risk Management Tool by Mark Blankenship and Dan Buelow, HRH Architects & Engineers
15—Creating a High-Performing Board by Doug Thompson, Thompson Strategy Consulting, Inc.
16—How to Add to Your Bottom Line by Tom Gramza, Bromin Solutions, Inc.
22—Streamlining the Organization Toward Profit and Efficiency by Robert vanArsdall, XL Design Professional
29—Winning With Millennials: How to Attract, Retain and Empower the Latest Generation and Why It Matters Now by J. Tim Griffin, RMF Engineering, Inc.
October
6—Profitable Sustainability by Jerry Yudelson, Yudelson Associates
13—Developing Future Leaders: Best Practices and Lessons Learned for Growing 20-35 Year-Olds in Leaner Times by Mike Baker, David Evans and Associates, and Geordie Aitken, Aitken Leadership Group
20—Lessons Learned in Implementing BIM and IPD in a 900-Person Multidisciplinary Firm by Sean B. Smith, Gresham, Smith and Partners
November
10—Risk Management Report Card: Would Your Firm Earn A, F or Incomplete? panel led by Erin Austin and Jack Beemer, David Evans and Associates
12—Follow Up! The (Misunderstood) Heart of Business Development and Positioning by Lynne Waymon, Contacts Count
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Inspire Future Engineers With Career Information
Aimed at middle- and high-school students, ACEC’s full-color, 32-page booklet describes the challenges and rewards of choosing a career in engineering.
Back-to-school is the best time to order these teen-friendly brochures which can be used to supply your local schools’ career guidance office, in addition to science fairs and career days.
Click here to view the booklet online and to order. Quantity discounts are available.
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Insider Online Seminars You Missed Available On-Demand
For online “insider” seminars available for purchase as on-demand downloadable events—including Navigating Wetlands Work: Engineering During a Time of Transition—click here.
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ATTENTION: ACEC MEMBERS WHO
CONTRACT WITH STATE DOT CLIENTS
New Audit, Compensation Rules For State DOTs To Be Previewed At Fall Conference
Updated compensation and audit guidelines for use by state DOTs will be previewed at the upcoming ACEC Fall Conference, October 7-10, in Palm Springs, Calif.
The new rules are included in the latest version of AASHTO’s Uniform Audit and Accounting Guide, which was developed after many months of extensive collaboration with ACEC and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
ACEC members will be briefed on the new rules at a workshop featuring state DOT and FHWA officials and industry representatives. The workshop will review specifics of the new guide, including critical changes in compensation and minimum audit requirements. Presenters will also discuss how the guide alters the landscape for every firm with DOT clients and when you can expect your DOT to implement the new procedures.
The workshop will also feature a special segment on Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) compliance—helping every member understand the critical elements of the FAR Cost Principles that govern their work with state transportation agencies.
This is the first major unveiling and explanation of the new guidelines and a MUST ATTEND event for firms that contract with state DOTs.
Click here for more Fall Conference information and to take advantage of Early Bird and multiple employee registration discounts.
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| ACEC/Hawaii, ACEC/Oregon Host Fundraisers For Key Lawmakers
Tad Ono, left, of Parsons Brinckerhoff, greets Hawaii Senator Daniel Inouye and wife Irene at the ACEC/PAC fundraiser. |
ACEC members in both Hawaii and Oregon showed support for key congressional leaders during August fundraisers.
ACEC/Hawaii’s August 12 event was attended by 350 to support the re-election campaign of Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI). Senator Inouye, who is seeking his ninth term, is chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and also serves on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee.
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At the fundraiser from the left: Congressman Kurt Schrader; ACEC Vice Chairman Kenneth Wightman; and ACEC/Oregon Executive Director Alison Davis. |
ACEC/Oregon hosted an early August event at David Evans and Associates, Inc. in Portland for Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-OR)—a member of the House Budget and Small Business Committees. Schrader voiced his support for a six-year highway transportation reauthorization and for the repeal of the 3 percent withholding mandate. He also answered questions concerning the current debate on health care reform.
If you would like to help organize and host a congressional fundraising event for an ACEC/PAC-supported Member of Congress, please contact Greg Knopp, executive director, political affairs at gknopp@acec.org.
For more information on ACEC/PAC fundraising, contact ACEC/PAC Director Elizabeth Coit at ecoit@acec.org.
To see the progress of each state in achieving its ACEC/PAC goal for 2009 and information on the PAC Champion(s) leading the state fundraising effort, click here.
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| House/Senate F.Y. 2010 Spending Bills Include Big Water Funding Increase
Legislation cleared by the House and working its way through the Senate includes significant funding increases for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs) that provide capitalization grants to states to operate loan programs for municipal water and wastewater projects.
For the Clean Water SRF, both the House and Senate bills boost the funding to over $2 billion for F.Y. 2010, more than double the 2009 funding level. The Safe Drinking Water SRF would receive $1.4 billion under both chambers’ versions, a $571 million increase above last year.
Other water infrastructure loan and grant programs are included in the Agriculture Department’s budget, which was provided $546 million by the House, and $568 million in the Senate Appropriations Committee’s recommendations. The Superfund program would receive approximately $1.3 billion in both bills, just slightly above last year.
Both the House and Senate have acted on the budget for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of Energy. The Corps’ civil works programs would receive $5.5 billion under the House bill and $5.4 billion under the Senate bill, essentially flat funding from the current year.
The Department of Energy would see increases in the Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy program, which funds the energy block grants and State Energy Office programs, with $2.3 billion provided by the House and $2.2 billion by the Senate, both amounts significantly higher than last year’s budget.
The Agriculture Department budget for renewable energy loans and grants, which was funded at $5 million this year but is a major Obama administration priority, would see increases to $20 million under the House bill, and $68.1 million under the Senate Appropriations Committee version.
Final numbers on all the budgets will need to be worked out in a conference committee when the Senate completes its work on the remaining bills which are scheduled to receive a floor vote in September.
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| Federal Government Opens Website to Report Use of Stimulus Funds
A new federal government website has been opened to assist contractors receiving economic stimulus funds to report on the use of those funds.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) requires federal contractors that receive awards—or modifications to existing awards—funded, in whole or in part, by the Recovery Act to report quarterly. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.204-11 implements this requirement through the website www.federalreporting.gov.
Registration on the website began on August 17—contractors should click on the tab marked “For Recipients” for complete registration instructions. To register, contractors will need an e-mail address, a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Information on DUNS and CCR is available on the website. ARRA funding recipients are recommended to register within 10 business days of receiving an award or ARRA-funded modification.
The reporting tool will be available on October 1, 2009. Reports, which are due October 10, 2009, can only be submitted after registration is complete.
For more information on the website or the reporting requirement, contact Mark Steiner, ACEC senior policy director, at 202-347-7474 or msteiner@acec.org.
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Protect Your Business in Flu Pandemic;
Public Health MD Tells How Online Sept. 2
Anticipating and Responding to Pandemic Swine Flu Outbreaks: Effects on Operations and Employees
September 2, 1:30-3 p.m.
The lead front page headline in USA Today read: “Flu could infect half of USA.” You may have also heard how schools will deal with pandemic flu and how the vaccine is being fast-tracked for use during the upcoming season.
But what about your business and your employees?
Dr. Daniel J. Barnett, assistant professor, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, will address the new form of H1N1 influenza—known as swine flu—pandemic and related operational issues for businesses concerned with maintaining work flow under the unique stresses of widespread flu outbreaks.
Dr. Barnett will also describe specific advance contingency planning actions your firm can implement including establishing policies, allocating resources, communication and coordination.
To register for this seminar, click here.
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Learn Vital Courtroom Skills, Add Legal Services With Oct. Expert Witness Course
Applying Expertise as an Engineering Expert Witness
October 29-30, Dearborn, MI
Adding new services such as expert witness capabilities to your firm’s portfolio is a shrewd business strategy, particularly as an extension of existing skills and expertise. However well-qualified your key staff may be, only the court-savvy engineer should take on potentially lucrative assignments as an expert witness in legal proceedings.
Applying Expertise as an Engineering Expert Witness, ACEC’s unique 1-1/2 day course to qualify engineers, architects and surveyors for recognition as expert witnesses, will be presented Oct. 29-30 in Dearborn, MI. Participants earn a certificate of course completion equipping them for legal service.
For details and course agenda, click here.
For an in-depth look at engineers in the expert witness role, read Holding Court in the current issue of ACEC’s Engineering Inc. magazine.
In completing this course, attendees take an important first step towards qualifying for the professional designation of Engineer Expert Witness (EXW). For information on the EXW designation program, e-mail ebajer@acec.org.
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Oct. 29-30 Course is Case Study of BIM Technology, Risks, Competitive Advantage
Building Information Modeling (BIM): The Promise and the Reality for A/E/C Firms
October 29-30, Seattle, WA
As headlines point to the growing importance of the Building Information Modeling (BIM) process to private and public sector clients (See Wisconsin First State to Require BIM on Public Projects in Aug. 6 Last Word and the Texas Facilities Commission website), ACEC presents a first-hand examination of the challenging interdisciplinary process.
Set for Oct. 29-30 in Seattle, WA, this fast-paced 1½-day course is an informative and timely look into the many components of the BIM project delivery system by faculty practitioners and early-adopters. Agenda highlights include: reasons for change, exploring the technology and interoperability, implementation strategies and IT case study, risk management and insurance updates for "BIM-ready" firms, plus the latest views of BIM from the M/E/P perspective.
The course is ideal for firm principals planning, considering or launching BIM. For details, the full course brochure, and to register at the lowest advance price, click here.
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Business of Design Consulting Updates Survival Skills for Changing Marketplace
The Business of Design Consulting: Managing for Success in a Climate of Change
October 21-24, St. Louis, MO
ACEC’s Business of Design Consulting: Managing for Success in a Climate of Change is a unique and comprehensive update of the elements and functions of the successful A/E business... in the context of a challenging business environment.
Content covers the eight key areas of business management, finance, marketing, risk management, contracts, leadership, human resources, and information technology—plus real-world technical examples presented by leading practitioners in the A/E workplace.
Created for owners, principals, executives, and managers of A/E firms, this state-of-the-art look at the key components of your operation is a cost-effective investment for succeeding in a more competitive than ever environment.
For details and to register at the early bird price, click here.
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Networking, Problem-Solving Highlight Sept. Specialty Forum Meetings
Information Technology Forum
September 28, Chicago, IL
ACEC’s popular Forum for IT professions convenes in Chicago, Sept. 28, to discuss emerging technology trends, share best-practices and address problem-solving and communications in our increasingly technology-driven industry.
For details on agenda topics and to register at advance best-price, click here.
Finance Forum
September 14-15, Chicago, IL
A/E industry finance professionals meet in Chicago Sept. 14-15 for peer networking and best-practices exchange. Topics expected to top the discussion list include the state of the economy, the stimulus package, cash flow, ESOPs and more.
For details and to register, click here.
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