Engineering Inc - March/April 2018 - 16

Raymond's "State of the
Council" addresses are
highlights of Council board
meetings. Here is the 2017
Fall Board meeting.

Those outcomes include membership growth, improved relations with state organizations, major legislative and regulatory
wins, and one of the country's largest political action committees, as well as world-class communications, educational programming and conferences.
"When Dave arrived, we were an organization that offered
education programs to its members, and we did a reasonably
good job at that, but we were not very effective as a lobbying entity," says Terry Neimeyer, CEO at the Marylandheadquartered KCI Technologies, and chairman of ACEC from
2011 to 2012. "You go to Washington, D.C., and talk to any of
the folks in power, and they know who ACEC is. That, to me,
has been Dave's biggest legacy."
"I've seen a move to excellence on almost every level," says
Mary Ann Emely, ACEC's vice president and COO, who joined
the staff in 2001. "Over the years, we've replaced every staffer
who left with a higher-qualified person. We've built a top-level
team. Everything is being done at a much higher level than it
was 15 or 20 years ago, and
our members recognize that.
Dave wanted to build a top-tier
organization, and we've accomplished that."

ACEC now
represents
almost
90 percent
of the ENR 500
and more
than 600,000
employees

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BIGGER AND STRONGER

While there's no single metric
for judging the strength of an
industry association, membership levels and staff quality are
good places to start. In both
cases, Raymond and ACEC set
new standards.
Over the past 20 years, the

MARCH / APRIL 2018

At the 2012 news conference announcing the launch of the Institute for
Sustainable Infrastructure, of which ACEC is a co-founder.

portion of eligible ENR Top 500 Design Firms that are ACEC
members increased from 70 percent to a current 87 percent
(including 90 percent of the ENR Top 100). ACEC now has
more than 5,000 Member Firms, representing more than
600,000 A/E professionals.
Membership growth has reflected ACEC's ability to demonstrate the enhanced value of the organization. "They have found
us to be a hard-hitting organization working on behalf of their
interests," Raymond says.
To improve quality of staff, Raymond says he not only pushed
for more competitive compensation, but also made a point of



Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Engineering Inc - March/April 2018

Engineering Inc - March/april 2018
Contents
From Acec to You
Market Watch
Legislative Action
The Dave Raymond Legacy
Second Time Around
Worldwide Innovation
Far Compliance Strategies
Across the Federation
Mergers and Acquisitions
Members in the News
Business Insights
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Engineering Inc - March/April 2018 - Engineering Inc - March/april 2018
Engineering Inc - March/April 2018 - Cover2
Engineering Inc - March/April 2018 - 1
Engineering Inc - March/April 2018 - 2
Engineering Inc - March/April 2018 - Contents
Engineering Inc - March/April 2018 - From Acec to You
Engineering Inc - March/April 2018 - 5
Engineering Inc - March/April 2018 - Market Watch
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Engineering Inc - March/April 2018 - Legislative Action
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Engineering Inc - March/April 2018 - Across the Federation
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