ACEC Research Institute’s Firm of the Future Wins Global FIDIC Award

The ACEC Research Institute’s Firm of the Future initiative has won a FIDIC Member Association Excellence Award. FIDIC is the global representative body for national associations of consulting engineers.

The win came for the Institute’s original research on the Firm of the Future, a strategic research effort aimed at equipping engineering firms with the foresight, tools, and competencies that they need to thrive by the year 2035. The American Council of Engineering Companies and its ACEC Research Institute’s Firm of the Future initiative was praised by the judges as a very good initiative for the survival and growth of firms.

“Preparing for the future is key and this is an excellent initiative utilizing innovative ways to approach strategic challenges across the engineering sector,” they said. “The member association involved is also very open to sharing their research globally to uplift the global sector, highlighting their underlying values of collaboration and philanthropy and raising the tide for all,” said the judging panel.

The award was presented on September 23 in Cape Town, South Africa, during the 2025 FIDIC Global Infrastructure Awards Gala Dinner.