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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.
Industry News
New York Passes "Most Aggressive Climate Change Program in the United States of America, Period"
New York passed last week legislation to cut its planet-warming emissions 85 percent below 1990 levels by 2050 and offset the remaining 15 percent through carbon-dioxide removal measures.
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing & Urban Development approved an annual funding bill that increases investment levels for most federal transportation infrastructure programs for the coming fiscal year.
The bill fulfills FAST Act funding levels for highway programs at $46.4 billion from the Highway Trust Fund and adds an additional $2.7 billion from the General Fund for surface transportation block grants, railway-highway crossing safety improvement, and bridge repairs.
Seven innovative technology startups – focused on sustainability solutions that range from artificial intelligence and next-generation analytics to autonomous heavy equipment and electric vehicle energy management – have been selected to join Black & Veatch’s IgniteX Cleantech Accelerator.
Montreal-based WSP Global Inc., says it intends to grow its U.S. presence further with a planned $65-million acquisition of environmental consultant Lancaster, N.Y.-based Ecology and Environment Inc.
Indicators
Engineering Employment
1,521,200 (August)
1,520,200 (July)
Construction Spending
$1,287,300,000 (August)
$1,285,600,000 (July)
ACEC Stock Index
39.16 (October 7)
40.25 (September 9)
Dodge Momentum Index
143.6 (September)
137.9 (August)
Morrissey Goodale M&A Index
285 Deals--Down 2 percent year-over-year
AIA Billings Index
47.2 (August)
50.1 (July)
Engineering Career Opportunities
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