ACEC NEWS

A Critical R&D Win; Meet ACEC’s Incoming Executive Committee

Late Wednesday evening, the House passed H.R. 7024, the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, which includes language that will provide our member firms relief from…

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A Game-Changing Project for the Bluegrass State

Our Engineering and Public Works Roadshow made another stop on Monday, joining Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, State Transportation Cabinet Secretary Jim Gray, and Transportation Committee Chair Rep. John Blanton in Frankfort…

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Trump and Haley on Infrastructure, Immigration, and Innovation

Donald Trump comfortably won last night’s New Hampshire primary against Nikki Haley, his second big win after a historic victory in last week’s Iowa caucus. Trump carried New Hampshire in…

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Capitol Hill progress: Budget and R&D breakthroughs

We’re heading into the weekend with good news on two fronts from Capitol Hill. Following up on our report from earlier this week, the House and Senate cleared legislation yesterday to avert…

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New Optimism on Tax and Budget Deal

Listen to this update here: To the ACEC Community, We start the week with encouraging news on a couple of fronts.  First, an agreement was announced this morning by House…

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ACEC Advocacy Wins, Expectations, and Challenges Focus of New Podcast

ACEC Advocacy Wins, Expectations, and Challenges Focus of New Podcast ACEC Executive Vice President Steve Hall and Communications and Marketing SVP Jeff Urbanchuk recently sat down for a discussion about…

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Firm Leaders Speak Out on R&D Tax

Bob Scaer is the CEO of ACEC member firm Gannett Fleming, a civil engineering firm headquartered in Pennsylvania.  Today, Penn Live published his editorial on the R&D amortization issue, titled…

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📐 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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Engineering Fee Hike and GOP Caucus Insights

To the ACEC Community, This first full week of 2024 brings good news. First, right before the holidays, President Biden signed into law the FY’24 National Defense Authorization Act, including…

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ACEC Market Insights: What’s Driving the Industry

Listen to this update: Recently, the US Census released the results of its monthly Value of Construction Put in Place Survey. The survey provides estimates of the total dollar value…

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