Policy I B:11.25 in Public Achievements ACEC Chairman John Hennessy (left) and ACEC President Dave Raymond (center) meet with Congressman Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.), who is taking a lead role in repealing an onerous 3 percent withholding mandate, one of the Council’s critical legislative priorities. n 1918, the American Institute of Consulting Engineers—a predecessor of ACEC—delivered a resolution to President Woodrow Wilson and to the secretaries of Treasury, War, Interior, Navy and Agriculture that “deplored” government efforts to contract engineering work only through the Army, while barring private engineers from participating. It marked the beginning of a fight against government competition that ACEC continues to wage to this day. Other prominent advocacy efforts on behalf of the industry have included the advancement of Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS); increased investments in water, energy and transportation infrastructure; and tax, liability and procurement reforms. ACEC Turns 100 march / april 2009 ENGiNEEriNG iNc. 35 Gary landsman T:10.875 in S:10.5 in s