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ACEC News / Education
Due to Popular Demand: ACEC Offers Second Diversity & Inclusion Online Class, January 28
Following up on the recent, successful Diversity, Inclusion, & Dividends 101 online class (click here for download information), ACEC will offer Inclusion, Culture, & Belonging 102 on January 28.
ACEC News / Advocacy
Ways and Means Committee Approves SALT Cap Relief
The House Ways and Means Committee passed legislation to provide relief from the $10,000 cap on the deductibility of state and local taxes (SALT) that was established in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
ACEC News / Advocacy
ACEC Hosts Congressional Members at Holiday Reception
At the Council's holiday reception for members of Congress at the ACEC townhouse on Capitol Hill last night, (left to right) Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-AR); Ed Mortimer, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; ACEC Senior Vice President of Advocacy and External Affairs Steve Hall; ACEC President/CEO Linda Bauer Darr; ACEC COO Laura O’Neill Kaumo; and T&I Committee Chair Peter DeFazio (D-OR).
Education / Industry News
Research Highlights Reasons Why Young Women Choose to Remain in Engineering
Rather than looking at reasons why young women leave engineering, a new study by DiscoverE and the Concord Evaluation Group examines why women choose to stay.
ACEC News / Education
Build Project Management Expertise Week by Week with ACEC’s Project Management Courses
Designed to help new project managers gain skills and confidence to fit your firm's unique workflow specifications, ACEC’s Project Management Training offers online, schedule-friendly training in the field of project management. The first course, Project Management 101: Laying the Foundation for Superior Project Managers, begins on January 13 and ends in March.
Semco Maritime and ISC Consulting Engineers, based in Denmark, along with WSP USA based in the U.S. have announced a partnership that will combine Semco Maritime and ISC’s offshore wind farm and substation engineering and construction experience with WSP’s expertise in U.S. offshore wind permitting and engineering.
Terracon is excited to announce its acquisition of Skelly and Loy (S&L), headquartered in Harrisburg, Pa. S&L is a privately held environmental consulting and engineering services company, with more than 50 years serving public- and private-sector clients in the Mid-Atlantic region.
AECOM announced today that it has been named to Fortune magazine’s list of the World’s Most Admired Companies for the sixth consecutive year.
Indicators
Engineering Employment
1,532,800 (December)
1,529,700 (November)
Construction Spending
$1,324,100,000 (November)
$1,316,800,000 (October)
Dodge Momentum Index
156.2 (December)
153.9 (November)
Morrissey Goodale U.S. M&A Index
310 Deals--Up 4 percent year-over-year
AIA Billings Index
52.5 (December)
51.9 (November)
Engineering Career Opportunities
