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Engineers Week / Industry News
Panel Addresses Bridging the Gender Gap in Engineering
In a preview to Engineers Week, which starts next week, Congressmen Dan Lipinski (D-IL) and Bruce Westerman (R-AR) joined students and other guests for a panel discussion on the future of women in engineering.
Industry News / Industry Statistics
Solar Employment Dropped in 2018; Companies Bullish for 2019
For the second straight year, employment in the solar industry fell in 2018. The number of jobs at solar firms fell 3.2 percent last year, on top of a 3.8 percent decline in 2017.
Education / Industry News
National Academies Report Looks at Improving Engineering Education
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have published a report exploring the characteristics and career choices of engineering graduates.
ACEC News / Awards
Engineering Excellence Awards Judges Select Top Projects of the Year; EEA Gala on May 7
Andy Ciancia, chair of the Engineering Excellence Awards Committee, addressing the panel of judges this weekend as they began the three-day process to winnow down the record 196 project entries to the best of the best, including the Grand Conceptor Award.
ACEC News / Advocacy
ACEC Urges Congress to Approve Tax Extenders
ACEC President/CEO Linda Bauer Darr sent a letter to Congress today urging extension of a variety of tax provisions that expired in 2017 and 2018.
Terracon is excited to announce its acquisition of Skelly and Loy (S&L), headquartered in Harrisburg, Pa. S&L is a privately held environmental consulting and engineering services company, with more than 50 years serving public- and private-sector clients in the Mid-Atlantic region.
AECOM announced today that it has been named to Fortune magazine’s list of the World’s Most Admired Companies for the sixth consecutive year.
As a San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's (SFPUC) social impact partner, Carollo Engineers is sponsoring two scholarships for college-bound high school seniors from the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) through the 2020 Maisin Scholar Award Program.
Indicators
Engineering Employment
1,532,800 (December)
1,529,700 (November)
Construction Spending
$1,324,100,000 (November)
$1,316,800,000 (October)
Dodge Momentum Index
156.2 (December)
153.9 (November)
Morrissey Goodale U.S. M&A Index
310 Deals--Up 4 percent year-over-year
AIA Billings Index
52.5 (December)
51.9 (November)
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