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ACEC News / Business Management
Update on IRS Rules for Meals and Entertainment
Beginning in 2018, no deduction was allowed for entertaining clients, employees or referral sources. Most business meals remain 50 percent deductible. One often overlooked exception is office-wide parties or picnics for employees, which are 100 percent deductible. Confused? Don't be. We asked Michael Baker of Moses Dent to break down the rules.
ACEC News / Infrastructure
Got an Infrastructure Question for the Democratic Candidates? Send it in by Thursday to be Included in ACEC-Hosted Forum
ACEC has partnered with a diverse group of industry stakeholders to host a first-of-its-kind presidential candidate forum focused solely on the issue of infrastructure. The forum will be moderated by reporters and editors at The Wall Street Journal who will ask questions collected by members of the host committee. This provides ACEC and our diverse membership a unique opportunity to have our industry's voice heard by the leading candidates for the presidency.
ACEC News / Infrastructure
Senator Amy Klobuchar and Mayor Pete Buttigieg Confirm Participation in Candidates’ Infrastructure Forum
Senator Amy Klobuchar and Mayor Pete Buttigieg have confirmed their participation in the Moving America Forward: A Presidential Candidate Forum on Infrastructure, Jobs, and Building a Better America. at the University of Las Vegas on Sunday, February 16. ACEC is part of the host committee for the forum.
Engineering / Member Firms
Smart Cities: What Really Makes Them Smart?
Recently, I had the pleasure of taking part in the Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress in Singapore, where leaders from around the world gathered to discuss the future of mobility. My presentation – Emerging Mobility Solutions and Smart Cities – was among many that explored vital mobility topics, from technology innovation to data management to sustainability to many others. But, by the conference’s end, one burning question had yet to be answered: What makes a smart city – smart?
ACEC News / Education
Register Now For the 2020 Coalition Winter Member Meeting, New Orleans, 2/27-2/28
The 2020 Coalition Winter Member Meeting will feature sessions on coordinating designs, project teams and specifications.
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As enterprises thoughtfully work to meet environmental objectives from regulators, shareholders and consumers, Black & Veatch announces the launch of a dedicated environmental business unit to support those objectives.
HDR is serving as owner’s engineer for Invenergy’s recently announced Samson Solar Energy Center, the largest solar project in U.S. history. Located in northeastern Texas, Samson Solar Energy Center is designed to produce 1,310 megawatts of power.
Bowman Consulting Group, Ltd. has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire KTA, an engineering firm with core expertise in mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering, commissioning, third party plan review, and lighting design.
Indicators
Engineering Employment
1,514,500 (December)
1,510,100 (November)
Construction Spending
$1,459.400,000 (November)
$1,446,900,000 (October)
Dodge Momentum Index
134.6 (December)
123.3 (November)
Morrissey Goodale U.S. M&A Index
295 Deals--Down 7 percent year-over-year
AIA Billings Index
46.3 (November)
47.5 (October)
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