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Engineering Business Sentiment Survey: Strong Firm Confidence Holds as Policy, Tariff, and Funding Uncertainty Intensify The Q1 2026 Engineering Business Sentiment Survey, produced by the ACEC Research Institute, captures a…
→ Get the full report Executive Summary – Engineering Business Sentiment 2025 Q4 Engineering Business Sentiment Survey The 2025 Q4 Engineering Business Sentiment survey, produced by the ACEC Research Institute,…
Mike Carragher Receives ACEC Distinguished Service Award The ACEC Research Institute congratulates Mike Carragher, Chair & CEO of VHB and Past Chair of the ACEC Research Institute, on receiving ACEC’s…
Executive Summary – 2025 Economic Assessment & Forecast of the Engineering and Design Services Industry The 2025 Economic Assessment & Forecast, produced by the ACEC Research Institute and conducted by…
A mid-quarter update to the Engineering Business Sentiment
These quarterly reports detail the sentiment of more than 600 engineering firm owners and executives surveyed for their outlook on their firms’ finances, their optimism for the engineering and design…
Engineering Leaders Report Strong Current Business Conditions, Heightened Concerns for the Future Despite continued strength in the fundamentals of their own businesses, engineering firm executives are expressing growing concern about…
From Insight to Action: New Study Reveals Why Progressive Design-Build is Reshaping Infrastructure WASHINGTON, D.C. – The ACEC Research Institute has released a landmark report, “Progressive Design-Build: Practice, Perception, and…
When the ACEC Research Institute last surveyed engineering firms in April 2025 about their business outlook, the results painted an ominous picture of the economy in general which bled over…
A mid-quarter update to the Engineering Business Sentiment