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What’s Driving Your Firm’s Valuation? What Matters and Why It Matters

What’s Driving Your Firm’s Valuation? What Matters and Why It Matters

All engineering firm owners know that keeping an eye on operating profit and working capital is essential to increasing cash flow available to shareholders, and that increased cash flow raises…

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M&A: Culture, Clients, and Staff - Reduce Flight Risks and Protect Revenue

M&A: Culture, Clients, and Staff – Reduce Flight Risks and Protect Revenue

Faced with a merger or acquisition, stakeholders – clients, staff, shareholders – often assess what OTHER changes they might make. This means firms are at peak risk for client and…

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High-Skilled Visa Enforcement Changes 2019: How Employers are Affected

High-Skilled Visa Enforcement Changes 2019: How Employers are Affected

The Trump Administration has made significant changes to its review of H-1B visas, which engineering firms use to hire foreign nationals when qualified Americans are not available. These changes include:…

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The Unspoken Truth of Proposal Strategy

The Unspoken Truth of Proposal Strategy

How much of a factor is price? What are owners really asking for in the RFP? How do owners review responses to a solicitation? Is best value really best value? No…

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Now That You're A Project Manager: Responsibilities and Challenges

Now That You’re A Project Manager: Responsibilities and Challenges

Everyone has their own reasons for becoming an engineer, but very rarely do engineers set out early in their careers to become a project manager. In fact, many project managers…

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Worth It! Five Strategies to Get the Price You Deserve

Worth It! Five Strategies to Get the Price You Deserve

Do your clients fully appreciate the solutions (and value) you deliver through your expertise? Do you work with only the best customers, for the best teams, and on the best…

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Contracting for Professional Services Part 1: Contract Review Checklist

Contracting for Professional Services Part 1: Contract Review Checklist

Professional services contracts come with their own unique challenges and strategies. Which is why we’re presenting a special three-part series specifically focused on the bottom-line of engineering professional services contracts. …

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Contracting for Professional Services Part 2: Insurance Requirements

Contracting for Professional Services Part 2: Insurance Requirements

Professional services contracts come with their own unique challenges and strategies. Which is why we’re presenting a special three-part series specifically focused on the bottom-line of engineering professional services contracts. …

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Steel Tariffs and Marketplace Conditions

Tariffs and Trade Issues: Managing Design Impacts

With clients and staff troubled about the impact of tariffs and international trade—particularly regarding steel—it’s critical that project teams and designers are able to distinguish what’s true and what’s not.…

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Getting (Out) While the Getting’s Good: Valuation and Ownership Transition in Good Times

Getting (Out) While the Getting’s Good: Valuation and Ownership Transition in Good Times

When considering ownership transition, understanding the market in the context of your firm’s specific situation is crucial to helping you decide on the best path forward, whether that’s an internal…

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