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ACEC News / Education
The Potential of Opportunity Zones for Your Firm’s Project Pipeline, April 10
Excitement is rising in both the commercial real estate and economic development communities as the first new national investment program in 15 years begins.
ACEC News
Tomorrow is the Deadline to Submit Your Firm’s Innovative Flood Mitigation Project to Engineering Inc.
The deadline for submitting your innovative flood mitigations projects to be highlighted in the July/August 2019 issue of Engineering Inc. is Wednesday, April 3.
ACEC News / President's Monthly Update
President's Monthly Update--April 2019
ACEC President/CEO welcomes in Spring at the Council and gears up for the upcoming ACEC Annual Convention in Washington, D.C., May 5-8, 2019.
Industry News / Infrastructure Funding
FEMA to Invest $400 to $600 Million Annually in Disaster Mitigation
States prone to hurricanes, floods, and other disasters will have access to between $400 and $600 million in grants annually through an expanded FEMA disaster mitigation program created by Congress last year. The funds will be available beginning in 2020.
ACEC News / Industry Statistics
Take Part in ACEC’s Professional Liability Insurance Survey of Member Firms
The 2019 ACEC Professional Liability Insurance Survey of Member Firms for Fiscal Year 2018 is taking place through Friday, April 12.
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
1,525,400 (October)
1,522,900 (September)
Construction Spending
$1,287,300,000 (August)
$1,285,600,000 (July)
ACEC Stock Index
41.44 (October 29)
41.22 (October 22)
Dodge Momentum Index
143.6 (September)
137.9 (August)
Morrissey Goodale U.S. M&A Index
288 Deals--Down 3 percent year-over-year
AIA Billings Index
49.7 (September)
47.2 (August)
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