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ACEC News / Advocacy
ACEC President/CEO Linda Bauer Darr's Statement Supporting Multi-Year Surface Transportation Legislation
“ACEC’s member firms that work with state DOTs understand the importance of long-term certainty in infrastructure funding and policy. Without it, state and local agencies and their private sector partners cannot effectively develop and implement long-range improvement plans that help reduce congestion, enhance mobility, and improve safety."
ACEC News / Advocacy
ACEC Supports Tax Extenders
In a statement submitted to the House Ways and Means Committee, ACEC called for the multi-year extension of the Section 179D energy-efficient commercial buildings tax deduction and the production tax credit for certain renewable resources such as biomass and geothermal.
Advocacy / Member Organizations
Alabama Passes Gas Tax Increase to Fund Infrastructure Investment
On Tuesday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a landmark transportation funding law, increasing the state gas tax by 10 cents per gallon over the next three years. All the proceeds will fund road and bridge construction.
ACEC News / Advocacy
ACEC Supports Suspension of Health Insurance Tax
ACEC and a coalition of business allies have written to the House and Senate leadership, asking Congress to suspend a tax on health insurance plans offered by small firms.
ACEC News / Education
How Much is Your Firm Worth?
In the March 20 online class How to Value Your Engineering Company, Matt Fultz and Scott Ahearn of Matheson Financial Advisors will examine three generally accepted valuation methods--the asset approach, market approach, and income approach--and discuss how they're applied to engineering firms.
TTWiiN Investment Partners, the innovation investment arm of Thornton Tomasetti, a global leader in the design and optimization of structures and systems, announces investment in XtreeE, a Paris-based technology company focusing on large-scale 3D-printing solutions for the architecture, engineering and construction industry.
Black & Veatch's New Strategic Directions Report reflects critical role of data and planning in water infrastructure system. Smarter infrastructure, with data at its core, will play a crucial role in overcoming varied threats to our water supply.
Woolpert Chief Scientist Qassim Abdullah was invited to help evaluate whether unmanned aircraft systems can accurately and efficiently measure stream stage, velocity, bathymetry and discharge.
Indicators
ACEC Engineering Business Index (EBI)
62.2 (1Q, 2019)
58.5 (4Q, 2018)
Engineering Employment
1,516,200 (May)
1,512,600 (Apr)
Construction Spending
$1,298,500,000 (Apr)
$1,299,200,000 (Mar)
ACEC Stock Index
38.42 (June 7)
37.35 (May 31)
Dodge Momentum Index
144.3 (Apr)
145.1 (Mar)
Morrissey Goodale M&A Index
312 Deals year-over-year (Jun)
294 Deals year-over-year (May)
AIA Billings Index
50.5 (Apr)
47.8 (Mar)
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