ACEC NEWS / ADVOCACY

📐 ACEC Secures Design Fee Increase in Defense Bill

The big picture: The National Defense Authorization Act includes ACEC-backed language that increases the longstanding six percent cap on design fees to ten percent for work performed for the Corps…

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Council Secures Engineering Exemption in New PLA Rule

ACEC was successful in securing an exemption for A/E services subject to Brooks Act procurement rules from a final Biden Administration rule requiring the use of Project Labor Agreements (PLA)…

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ACEC R&D Amortization Update 

The American Council of Engineering Companies continues to advocate for an urgent fix to the R&D tax to preserve American innovation and our competitiveness in the global marketplace.  Here’s what…

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ACEC’s Dave Bender Named Top PAC Professional of the Year

Today, the National Institute of Lobbying Ethics (NILE) announced that ACEC’s Dave Bender was named one of just two Top PAC Professionals of the Year. This award recognizes excellence in…

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ACEC Joins Business Groups on R&D Letter

ACEC and a coalition of business allies urged Congress to take immediate action to support innovation and fix the R&D amortization requirement. Starting in 2022, engineering firms and other innovators…

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Our R&D Advocacy Goes National

James Buchanan, our nation’s 15th president, spoke of his love for what he termed “the noise of democracy” – the voices of the people who consent to be governed speaking…

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Preparing for a Government Shutdown

We are rapidly approaching the end of the federal fiscal year and the prospects for a government shutdown on October 1 appear increasingly likely. The House Speaker is still trying…

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Engineering and Public Works Roadshow to Visit Dallas’ Able Pump Station

Making its third stop since announcing its nationwide plan to highlight impactful infrastructure projects and the need for a larger workforce to make more of these projects a reality, the…

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Jacobs Employee to Testify Before Senate EPW Committee

On Wednesday, September 13, at 10 a.m., the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will hold a hearing on “Examining the Effects of Extreme Heat and Weather on Transportation.”  Testifying…

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Update on R&D Amortization and FLSA

ACEC thanks its members who have been working with us to build support for the bipartisan legislation to repeal the R&D amortization requirement (H.R. 2673/S. 866). Those efforts are bearing…

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