Upcoming Coalition Events

The Current Landscape and What's on the Horizon: Challenges and Opportunities for Land Development Firms

ACEC's Land Development Coalition presents a three-part online series highlighting crucial issues and trends to land development engineers. Free for members of the Land Development Coalition! 

Recording | Available On-Demand

The Rising Tides: Upgrading our Coastal Infrastructure - Now available On-Demand

Recording | Available On-Demand

The Electrifying Truth: The Impacts of Vehicle Electrification

March 28, 2023 | Online Course

An Economic Outlook and Development Update

Trends in Decarbonization hosted by the Coalition of American Mechanical and Electrical Engineers (CAMEE)

March 21, 2023 | Online Course

Join us for a broad look at decarbonization beyond specific systems and equipment, as we consider buildings holistically. We will evaluate design choices across the entire building, as well as the importance of building operations. Attendees of this session will gain insight into industry trends and their implications for buildings, the greening of the grid, regulations, and what is practical over the next 15 years.

The Secrets to Small Firm Success: How to Lead Your Firm Forward in this New Era

April 3 - May 15, 2023 | Online Course

Like most large-scale systemic events, March 2020 gave ‘official birth’ to a new era of work and life – one with new rules, new ways of thinking, and lots of big change. The changes we continue to see and experience in the workplace, marketplace, and recruiting space are both fundamental and generational. Our biggest opportunities for new and continued growth and success are dependent on our ability to understand, navigate, and leverage this change.

Although this is true for all firms, the opportunity is especially great for smaller firms. Time is of the essence, however, if you’d like to take advantage of the differences only you as a small firm can offer.

Learn the steps, strategies, skills, and mindset needed to understand and leverage the fact that 'bigger isn't always better', better is better.

Learn more here.

Geoprofessional Coalition Webinar: Featuring an Update from Bentley on the gINT/OpenGround Migration

Recording | Available On-Demand

On 16 November 2022, guest speakers from Bentley provided attendees with an update on the migration from gINT to OpenGround. Check out the recording now. 

Roundtable Discussion on Section 174 R&D Amortization

Recording | Available On-Demand

As part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Congress changes how taxpayers write off R&D expenses. Starting on January 1, 2022, firms could no longer write off R&D expenses in the year they were incurred and now must amortize those expenses over five years in most cases.

There has been much confusion on how these provisions interact with the R&D Tax Credit. The Amortization and Credit provisions are governed by different sections of the Internal Revenue Code and as such, even those firms that have not taken advantage of the R&D Tax Credit will be subject to these rules. In fact, use of the R&D Tax Credit is a recommended strategy to partially mitigate the impact of the Amortization rules.

Hear from Katharine Mottley, ACEC VP of Tax and Workforce Policy, and Thomas Moul, CPA, Stambaugh Ness, about the issue, ACEC's efforts to repeal the policy, and what you can do to urge Congress to take action.

Check out the recording now.

A Professional Surveyor's Guide to Scanning the Horizon: Reality Capture, get to the Point

Recording | Available On-Demand

Any project goes through many changes and modifications from the beginning to completion, no matter how minor these modifications are, reality capture visualizes the changes being made and how it will affect the remainder of the project. From LiDAR scanners, to drones, to 360 cameras. This session will walk through capturing existing conditions all the way to handover to the client.

Managing Small Projects Successfully: How to Prevent Small Projects from Becoming Big Problems 

Happening Again Soon | Online Course

For engineering firm project managers and firm principals, smaller projects can be a core revenue driver. But, smaller projects still have the potential to carry big risk that can be a drag on resources, profitability, and client satisfaction. The good news is that, with the right set of skills in your toolbox, you can ensure that even the smallest projects deliver maximum profits. 

Register now for Managing Small Projects Successfully: How to Prevent Small Projects from Becoming Big Problems and learn the skills, hacks, secrets, formulas, trouble-shooters and problem-solvers that make engineering firm executives and clients delighted with small project progress and outcomes. 

From planning, scheduling and budgeting to risk control and crisis management, this live online program packs everything you need into just 8 hours of instruction, broken into two-hour sessions to work with your busy schedule. Even better, it is packed with proven insight from the engineering project management experts at PSMJ Resources, Inc.

Coalition Meetings will be posted here as they are scheduled. Check back on a regular basis to see when/where the next meeting will be held.

For more information, please contact Michelle Kroeger