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From ACEC to You Council Achieving Industry ‘Wins’ Despite Congressional Gridlock engineering CHaIRMaN PRESIDENT & CEO VICE PRESIDENT, OPERaTIONS VICE PRESIDENT, GOVERNMENT aFFaIRS VICE PRESIDENT, INSTITuTE FOR buSINESS MaNaGEMENT DIRECTOR, COMMuNICaTIONS and MEDIa STaFF EDITOR inc. THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES Terry Neimeyer David A. Raymond Mary Ann Emely Steven Hall Jeffrey L. Beard Alan D. Crockett Andrea Keeney akeeney@acec.org 202-682-4347 Gerry Donohue A s we look ahead this new year—a presidential election year—the political obstacles to achieving our legislative agenda appear daunting but not insurmountable. Unprecedented congressional gridlock has stymied almost every effort to mount an effective recovery agenda. And now, neither party wants to give the other any advantage in November. This just means we will have to work harder, and we are. Despite this difficult environment, the Council has already scored several noteworthy “wins” for our industry—including repeal of the 3 percent withholding mandate, repeal of the onerous IRS 1099 filing mandate, and extension of current federal highway, airport and transit funding levels. We continue to aggressively promote actions that matter most to our members—a long-term, fully funded surface transportation bill; multiyear funding for water and wastewater infrastructure; a comprehensive energy bill; and regulatory reforms for greater outsourcing, expedited service to clients, and more efficient procurement and development procedures for project delivery. In this issue of Engineering Inc., congressional leaders and government relations experts from our Member Firms offer insights for meeting our industry’s legislative goals in this difficult political environment. (See page 8.) This issue also explores opportunities in the burgeoning natural gas market. (See page 12.) And our upcoming Annual Convention in Washington, D.C. (April 15–18), is shaping up as another “can’t miss” advocacy and business development event with major political and industry speakers. (See page 24.) SENIOR COMMuNICaTIONS WRITER ACEC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND EDITORIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHaIRMaN Jackie Fox TMG Corey Murray Jeff Kibler PROJECT MaNaGER Katie Mason MaNaGING EDITOR aRT DIRECTOR ADVERTISING SALES Nina Goldman Director, Sales and M.O. Services ACEC 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20005-2605 202-682-4325 ngoldman@acec.org Engineering Inc., Volume 23, Number 1 (ISSN 1539-2694), is published bi-monthly by the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005-2605. Periodicals postage paid at Washington, D.C., and at additional mailing offices. Annual subscriptions are $24 for members (included in dues as a non-deductible amount); $45 for U.S. non-members; $65 for institutional subscriptions. Back issues are $15. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Engineering Inc., c/o ACEC, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005-2605. © 2012 American Council of Engineering Companies. All rights reserved. This publication may be copied, downloaded from the ACEC website, stored in electronic or hard-copy format, and disseminated to third parties for educational and information purposes. ACEC expressly disclaims any liability for damages of any kind in connection with such copying, downloading, storage, and/or dissemination. By copying, downloading, storing and/or disseminating this publication, the recipient of this publication expressly agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold ACEC, its officers, directors, employees, volunteers and agents harmless from and against any and all losses, damages, claims, causes of action and liabilities, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, arising out of or resulting from the recipient’s use of this publication. Notwithstanding the above, no part of this publication may be altered, resold, licensed, or used for any other commercial purposes without the prior written permission of ACEC. Recipients may opt out of receiving the electronic version of this publication from ACEC by sending an e-mail with the subject line “Unsubscribe” to ACEC at magazine@acec.org. Engineering Inc. subscribers: If you have a mailing address correction or need to add or remove an employee from the Engineering Inc. mailing list, please contact the ACEC Membership Department at memberservice@acec.org or call 202-347-7474 and ask for Member Records. Terry Neimeyer ACEC Chairman David A. Raymond ACEC President & CEO WWW.aC EC .ORG 2 ENGINEERING INC. JaNuaRy / FEbRuaRy 2012 http://WWW.ACEC.ORG

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Engineering Inc - January/February 2012

Engineering Inc. - January/February 2012
Contents
From ACEC to You
News and Notes
Legislative Action
A Capitol Investment
A Brighter Light
Professional Liability Insurance Survey of Carriers
2012 Annual Convention Preview
Business Insights
Risk Management
Members in the News
Mergers and Acquisitions

Engineering Inc - January/February 2012