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Taking the pulse of the engineering industry

Taking the Pulse of the Engineering Industry – 2019 Mid-Year Discussion on Trends Shaping the Industry

At this stage in the economic cycle, market watchers keep looking for signs of impending doom. Yet, this prolonged economic recovery continues to defy expectations. The engineering market remains surprisingly…

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Tax Reform and its Effect on Your Company’s Value

Tax Reform and its Effect on Your Company’s Value

Many firm owners are contemplating ownership transition and a necessary element is reaching an agreed upon value. One emerging question is how changes to the U.S. tax code are affecting…

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Top Marketing Techniques for 2018

Top Marketing Techniques for 2018

This is a time of rapid change in the marketing and business development landscape for engineering firms. From the weakening of geographic boundaries to the rise of specialists, it’s more…

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Understanding Multimodal Clients & Opportunities

Understanding Multimodal Clients & Opportunities

Join ACEC’s September 13th webinar to learn about the latest multimodal market trends, what makes port, rail, and logistics companies unique clients, and how you can position for work within…

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The well building standard

Understanding the WELL Building Standard and its Accreditation Program

Green design used to just be about the buildings. Today, It’s about the people who work inside them, too. The WELL Building Standard program explores how design, operations, and behaviors…

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Unleashing the Power of LinkedIn

Unleashing the Power of LinkedIn

Too many A/E/C industry LinkedIn users simply go through the motions of extending and accepting invitations without sufficient thought to a well-designed strategy — from the image their profile conveys…

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Up, Up and Away M&A Trends, Tactics, and Outlook for Engineering Firms

Up, Up and Away – M&A Trends, Tactics, and Outlook for Engineering Firms

Fueled by a strengthening national economy and design climate as well as pent-up demand for industry ownership transition, engineering M&A activity has been off to a significant start this year.…

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What I Really Meant to Say

What I Really Meant to Say … Mastering the Art of Communication

Your ability to communicate effectively determines your potential influence more than any other skill you can develop — and you need to develop it. Because even though you’ve been talking…

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When the Buck Stops with You

When the Buck Stops with You – Risk Management Strategies for Designers of Alternative Project Delivery/Design-Build

As the market for design/build and alternative delivery systems grows, so does the list of risk management issues facing design professionals … Standard of care Scope of services Dispute resolution…

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Command & control vs responsible autonomy

Why Command and Control Doesn’t Work Anymore – But Responsible Autonomy Does

Are you guilty of stifling firm and staff growth? “”Command and Control”” is how business management used to work. It assumes people can’t manage themselves. What we know now is…

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