ENGINEERINGINC.
MAY/JUNE 2016
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Vol. 28, No. 3
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Features
2016 CONVENTION WRAP-UP
Attendees updated on critical industry legislation,
best practices and emerging markets.
THE WINNER'S CIRCLE
Former top Engineering Excellence Award winners
discuss what national recognition for excellence
means for their firms.
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SETTING THE
STANDARD
A look at the efforts
to create national
spatial standards for
3D mapping of
transportation assets.
Cover Feature
ACEC 2016 ENGINEERING
EXCELLENCE AWARDS
A celebration of the industry's most outstanding
engineering achievements.
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40
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44
Departments
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FROM ACEC TO YOU
Council's "Citizen Lobbyists"
Score Big in April.
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MARKET WATCH
Manufacturing/Industrial prospects
fluctuate along with growth.
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate passes ACEC supported energy
bill; Legislation introduced requiring
changes to overtime rules.
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MERGERS AND
ACQUISITIONS
Stantec, Pennoni active
amid slowed M&A.
MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
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BUSINESS INSIGHTS
New guidelines for business
development plan assessment
and benchmarking.
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Stump named president and COO
of Volkert, Inc.; Rabe named president
and CEO of Schnabel Engineering, Inc.;
Coltharp named president and CEO
of Freese and Nichols, Inc.
COVER PHOTO: GARY LANDSMAN
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