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ACEC News / Education
Engineering Influence Podcast Unveils New ACEC Online Course on Project Management
In the latest Engineering Influence podcast, ACEC Senior Marketing and Education Manager Maureen Brown speaks with Howard Birnberg, executive director of the Association for Project Managers, about ACEC's newest online course: Advanced Skills for Superior Project Managers.
ACEC News / Fall Conference
Industry Economist Anirban Basu to Provide In-Depth Market Forecast at ACEC Fall Conference
Get the latest forecast for the U.S. economy and the A/E/C market from leading economist Anirban Basu at the 2019 ACEC Fall Conference in Chicago, October 13-16.
Industry News / Infrastructure
Study Finds U.S. Water Infrastructure to be Inadequate for Increasingly Severe Weather
Current design standards for U.S. hydrologic infrastructure are not adequate for addressing the increased frequency and severity of extreme rainstorms, according to a report published last month in Geophysical Research Letters.
Industry News
Former Energy Secretary Moniz Offers Framework for Deeply Decarbonized Economy
Former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz unveiled the Green Real Deal (GRD) last week, calling it a practical plan to tackle the climate crisis.
ACEC News / Industry News
Engineering Update Podcast Focuses on Rapid Growth of Public-Private Partnership Projects
In the latest Engineering Update podcast, ACEC Senior Director of Private Market Resources Erin McLaughlin delves into the latest issue of ACEC Private Industry Brief, which focuses on Public-Private Partnerships.
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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