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Water
House Measure Would Limit EPA's Clean Water Powers
The Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to establish clean-water standards would be limited by legislation recently passed in the House... click here for more.
Transportation
State DOTs Start Planning for Steep Federal Funding Cuts
Public agencies are preparing for the possibility of a 30 percent drop in federal transportation funding... click here for more.
Other
Obama Pushes for Infrastructure Bank Proposal after Debt Deal
Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) proposed the creation of the American Infrastructure Financing Authority to provide loans and loan guarantees for large infrastructure projects at an initial cost of $10 billion... click here for more.
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Social Media Resources at the ACEC Bookstore
Social Media Marketing
An Hour a Day
Dave Evans
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Social Media 101
Tactics and Tips to Develop Your Business Online
Chris Brogan
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301 Ways to Use Social Media to Boost Your Marketing
Catherine Parker
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Don’t Forget These Deals at the ACEC Bookstore
Save 20% on Value Pricing for A/E and A/E/CM Firms through July 22
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Save 15 percent on The Blue Sourcebook through July 31.
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Big Summer Savings on the ACEC Job Board
If you haven't already noticed, summer is here. Post your job openings on the ACEC Job Board and get sizzling summer savings of 25 percent on any job posting or package. Just use the promo code SUN25 at checkout.
Now you can save money and reach thousands of candidates. The Job Board is a member of the Engineering & Science Career Network. Your job positing will appear on ACEC's Job Board and 37 other industry job sites, all for one low price.
With over 500 posted A/E/C industry jobs and more than 29,000 candidate resumes, the ACEC Job Board's advanced search features produce effective, specific results for both job seekers and employers.
For more information, contact Nina Goldman at 202-682-4325 or write ngoldman@acec.org.
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Over 500 Searchable Jobs Posted
Over 29,000 Searchable Resumes Posted
Over 2,300 Registered Employers
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Last Five "Help Wanted" Open Positions:
Lead Structural Engineer—Wisconsin
Project Manager—Allendale, NJ or Philadelphia
Electrical Engineer—North Central FL
Engineering Technicians (Materials Testing)—
North Dakota
Resident Engineer—AZ, UT or NV
A Sampling of Posted Resumes:
Mechanical/Electrical—7,900
Transportation—1,608
Environmental Engineers—1,591
Civil Engineers—5,258
Structural Engineers—1,864
Water/Wastewater—747
View These and Other Resumes and Jobs
on ACEC's Job Board
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GSA Building Program, Best Practices in Online Seminars
ACEC online seminars provide critical business information for Member Firms navigating current market challenges and seeking new business opportunities.
July
21—An Inside Look at $2 Billion GSA Federal Buildings Program, by Bose Thomas, Office of Design and Construction Programs, GSA, and Mark Steiner, ACEC
The overview from the inside of GSA’s Capital Construction Program—from balancing diminishing budgets to practical procurement methods.
27—Accelerate Out of Recession: Six Best-Practices for A/E Firms, by Mike Phillips, DesignFacilitator
Proven strategies for reinvigorating ongoing procedures to jumpstart your business.
August
10—3 Beneficial Tax Provisions: What Engineering Firms Should Know, by Dean Zerbe, alliantgroup, LP
Maximize your bottom line—understand tax provisions and how they can affect and apply to your operations.
September
12-13—Information Technology Forum, Chicago
12-13—Finance Forum 2011, Chicago
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Senate Transportation Bill Gains Bipartisan Support
Leaders of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee have agreed on a two-year surface transportation program that maintains current funding levels (in contrast to the House bill which would significantly cut funds).
The Committee proposal consolidates many existing programs, expands the federal TIFIA program to leverage more private investment, and includes reforms to reduce project delivery time. Click here for more information.
"The Senate bill is a good starting point," said ACEC President Dave Raymond, "and a robust six-year bill is really what we need and what we’re working for."
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Rep. Rahall Decries House Funding Cuts in Meeting with ACEC
Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) (center) met with (left to right) Cathy Connor of Parsons Brinckerhoff, Matt Chiller of CH2M HILL, ACEC President Dave Raymond and Ann Avila of ARCADIS.
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Congressman Nick Rahall (D-WV), senior Democratic member on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, lambasted House transportation and water cuts in a meeting with ACEC members last week.
Referring to the draft House transportation bill, Rahall said that it "takes our nation in the wrong direction, backwards instead of forwards."
ACEC is working with Rahall to bring pressure in the House to increase funding levels. |
House Support for 3 Percent Repeal Surges Past 200 Co-sponsors
More than 200 members of the House of Representatives are now co-sponsors of legislation to repeal the 3 percent withholding mandate.
The surge in support comes on the heels of a multi-faceted lobbying effort led by ACEC and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In the Senate, 28 Senators are now on record supporting one of the repeal bills (S. 89 and S. 164).
ACEC encourages members to contact their Congressional delegations in support of 3 percent repeal. Click here to access the Council’s action alert. To see if your Member of Congress has already co-sponsored the legislation, click here. |
House Cuts 2012 Funding for Army Corps and Dept. of Energy
The House of Representatives cut $90 million from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ budget in the F.Y.12 appropriations bill, although the construction budget was maintained at $1.6 billion.
The Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy programs were cut to $1.3 billion, down from last year’s $1.8 billion; the State Energy Program formula grants were reduced by $25 million; and the nuclear weapon production site cleanup program was cut by $42 million to $4.9 billion.
ACEC and its allies are working to restore funding in the Senate bills. |
Review and Rate New Sustainable Infrastructure Rating Tool
ACEC encourages members to review and comment on the new envision™ rating tool drafted by the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI). Click here to see the new rating system, which is designed to evaluate and score the sustainability of a wide variety of public and private infrastructure.
Key features of the envision™ system as well as nine other sustainable project rating systems will be highlighted during ACEC's Green Infrastructure and Sustainable Communities program in Baltimore, September 7–10.
For further information about the Baltimore seminar, click here. For more information about ISI, click here.
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Submit Your Unique Engineering Projects to Engineering Inc. by 7/26
ACEC will highlight out-of-the-ordinary engineering projects from four Member Firms in the November/December 2011 issue of Engineering Inc.
If your firm is involved in a rare or unusual project that showcases exemplary engineering achievement, and you think it would be of interest to Engineering Inc. readers, ACEC would like to hear from you. The project can be on-going or recently completed.
To submit a project for consideration, please e-mail the project name and location, a brief overview, and contact information to Andrea Keeney, at akeeney@acec.org, by Tuesday, July 26, 2011.
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Get An Inside Look at GSA's Federal Buildings Projects, Forecasts
July 21, 1:30-3 p.m.
The exclusive ACEC online seminar, An Inside Look at $2 Billion GSA Federal Buildings Program, July 21, 1:30-3:00 p.m., will provide the latest information on engineering services work with the Public Building Service, which owns or leases nearly 9,000 buildings for the federal government.
Bose M. Thomas, Public Building Service Office of Design and Construction Programs, General Services Administration, and Mark Steiner, ACEC Federal Programs Policy Director, will describe specific projects, give forecasts by building type, and discuss key issues, such as how to balance diminishing budgets with the increasing demand for services.
Click here for details and to register.
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Reinvigorate Your A/E Business: Six Steps That Work
July 27, 1:30-3 p.m.
Accelerate Out of Recession: Six Best-Practices for A/E Firms, a practical webinar by Mike Phillips, DesignFacilitator, identifies the keys to reigniting your business, based on feedback gathered from thousands of A/E firms.
Participants will learn strategies that are practical, straightforward, and specific to the industry’s current economic climate, with particular focus on pricing, client management, firm positioning, staff performance and retention.
Click here for details and to register.
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Sustainable Infrastructure for A/Es: Be Part of Green Growth Market
September 7-10, Baltimore, MD
Participants in ACEC’s 2011 Green Infrastructure and Sustainable Communities course will get an up-close look at emerging opportunities in sustainable development including the legislation, regulations and standards that are driving this growing market. The 3½-day course will examine the new ISI infrastructure rating tool, analyze key sustainable design issues and processes, feature sessions on profit opportunities in sustainable development, and showcase the growing applications of “green” engineering by today’s top practitioners.
Just announced: A special field trip to the nearby Smithsonian Environmental Research Center will give participants a guided tour of the facility’s ongoing research, including a wetlands area that is the subject of one of the world's longest-running studies of climate change.
Click here for agenda, faculty details and to register.
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Register at Early Bird Best-Price for Fall IT, Finance Forums in Chicago
In ACEC’s specialty Forums, non-engineer professionals in the A/E industry participate in workshops structured for networking and information-sharing with peers.
Agenda topics for the September 12-13 Finance Forum meeting include general accounting issues, organizational issues, disaster recovery programs, AASHTO Guide and FAR, update on mobile workforce and techno tools, and 401(k) and incentive compensation. Click here to register.
Agenda topics for the September 12-13 IT Forum include WAN latest approaches, Citrix & VDI, LAN technologies, AutoCAD 2012 and Office 2010, unified communications, SharePoint, machine/user issues, management/application updates, and system optimizing—built-in (Microsoft) vs. third party software and hardware. Click here to register.
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Limited Slots Open in 2011 Senior Executives Institute—Register Now
Participants in ACEC’s Senior Executives Institute (SEI) acquire new tools and insights to prosper in the increasingly competitive A/E business environment. Current and up-and-coming executives with a minimum five years’ experience managing professional design programs/businesses are invited to register for this highly regarded leadership-building opportunity.
Next available is Class 17, which begins in September 2011. Click here for a complete SEI description and to register. For more information, contact Deirdre McKenna at 202-682-4328.
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