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ACEC News / Convention
2019 EEA Gala Red Carpet Interviews Online, Ready for Download
One of the highlights of the 2019 Engineering Awards Gala was the Red Carpet interviews. More than 50 Grand, Honor, and National Recognition Award winners stepped onto the red carpet to talk about their projects and the night’s festivities with D.C. TV Personality Michelle Wardlaw.
ACEC News / Awards
2020 National EEA Awards Submission Guidelines Available Online
The national 2020 Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) submission guidelines are now available online. Click here to access the Call for Entries brochure, EEA submission changes, EEA checklist, and other program materials.
ACEC News / Governance
State Organization Leaders Focus on Member Services at Orientation Session at National HQ
ACEC Chair Mitch Simpler, Chair-Elect Charles Gozdziewski, and President/CEO Linda Bauer Darr hosted leaders from 21 Member Organizations at national headquarters today for the second of two 2019 Leadership Orientation sessions.
Industry News / Market Forecast
AIA's Billings Index Dips to 50.2; Billings Decreased or Flat for Past Four Months
The AIA's Architectural Billings Index (ABI) for May dropped slightly to 50.2, from 50.5 in April.
Industry News / Infrastructure
Corps of Engineers to Evaluate Four Potential P3 Projects
In its effort to reduce its nearly $100 billion backlog of authorized but unfunded projects, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will consider four major civil-works projects for its new public-private partnership (P3) pilot program.
Boxwood Merger Corp. (Nasdaq: BWMC, BWMCU and BWMCW) (“Boxwood”), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, and Atlas Intermediate Holdings LLC (“Atlas”) (combined together with Boxwood, the “Company”), a leading provider of professional testing, inspection, engineering and consulting services, announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby Atlas will become a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Boxwood. Immediately following the proposed transaction, Boxwood intends to change its name to Atlas Technical Consultants, Inc. (“Atlas Technical”) and its shares of Class A common stock are expected to continue to be listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker symbol “ATCX.”
The joint venture of Gannett Fleming and Dewberry announced that it was awarded one of four five-year engineering/architecture indefinite delivery, indefinitely quantity (IDIQ) contracts issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District.
WEST was awarded a 5-year Indefinite Delivery Architect-Engineer Contract worth up to $4.5 million from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Los Angeles District for AE Hydrologic and Hydraulic Services for Civil Works Projects.
Indicators
ACEC Engineering Business Index (EBI)
62.6 (2Q, 2019)
62.2 (1Q, 2019)
Engineering Employment
1,521,800 (July)
1,517,500 (June)
Construction Spending
$1,286,997,000 (June)
$1,303,427,000 (May)
ACEC Stock Index
38.16 (August 5)
41.90 (July 29)
Dodge Momentum Index
138.9 (July)
145.6 (June)
Morrissey Goodale M&A Index
297 Deals year-over-year (August)
312 Deals year-over-year (July)
AIA Billings Index
49.1 (June)
50.2 (May)
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