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ACEC Leaders to Represent America’s Engineers on Official Trade Mission to Asia
ACEC Chair Mitch Simpler and Former Chair Manish Kothari will accompany Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on a business development mission to Southeast Asia next week, meeting with heads of state, ministry officials, and industry leaders during the week-long tour (November 3-8) of Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
ACEC News / Advocacy
Listen to the Latest Engineering Influence Podcast with U.S. Representative Bruce Westerman
On the latest Latest Engineering Influence podcast, Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-AR) discusses opportunities in mass timber, WRDA, ports and harbor deepening, and the current political situation in Congress.
ACEC News / Advocacy
Senate Passes FY2020 Transportation Spending Bill
ACEC Senior Director of Transportation Programs Matt Reiffer discusses today's passage by the U.S. Senate of their version of the annual spending bill for transportation programs for Fiscal Year 2020.
ACEC News / Advocacy
ACEC/MD Supports Senator Van Hollen; Urges Action on Infrastructure Funding
Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) (left) and EBA Engineering Rizwan Siddiqi discussed infrastructure funding at a fundraiser last night. Van Hollen, said Siddiqi, “assured his support but expressed his concern that although both parties agree on the policy there is no agreement on how to fund.”
Advocacy / Member Organizations
ACEC Indiana Leaders Talk Infrastructure Funding, H1B Visas with Senator Young
In discussions this week with Senator Todd Young (R-IN), ACEC Indiana leaders focused on FAST Act Reauthorization, State Revolving Fund funding, and the need for H1B visas to help fill critical positions in the engineering workforce. Pictured left to right: Cash Canfield, American Structurepoint, Inc.; Rick Olson, Terracon (Earth Exploration); Michael Rowe, United Consulting; Senator Young; Chris Gale, HNTB; Tim Miller, HNTB; and Drew Bender, VS Engineering, Inc.
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
