Engineering Inc - May/June 2018 - 4

ENGINEERINGINC.

FROMACECTOYOU

THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES

Citizen Lobbyists Making
Their Voices Heard

mong the nearly 1,500 ACEC Annual Convention attendees at
the end of April were the more than 350 members who lobbied on
Capitol Hill for infrastructure funding and regulatory reforms.
Their activities produced remarkable results: Only a few days after
the Convention, the House acted on a key Council priority in passing the FAA
reauthorization bill that included an expansion of Qualifications-Based Selection
(QBS), provisions to facilitate additional commercial uses of unmanned aircraft
systems and $1 billion in new annual airport infrastructure grants.
With Congress soon expected to take up the Water Resources Development
Act (WRDA), ACEC members also advocated for critical water
infrastructure priorities including more funding for the State Revolving Fund
(SRF) program for drinking water projects, and reauthorization and expansion
of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) to aid
communities in financing water projects.
The Council's citizen lobbyists present a powerful united voice on these
important policy issues-and will continue to be a major factor in achieving our
legislative agenda.
Highlights of our Convention and the Engineering Excellence Awards begin
on page 10.
Congratulations to all 2018 winners, especially to the team of HDR and WSP
USA for the year's most outstanding engineering achievement for their Bayonne
Bridge Raise the Roadway project.
This issue also includes a report on engineers taking the lead in the smart cities
and smart neighborhoods market (see page 50) and how clear, concise messaging
is essential in the art of persuasive business communications (see page 56).

Manish D. Kothari
ACEC Chairman

David A. Raymond
ACEC President & CEO

AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES
CHAIRMAN

Manish D. Kothari

PRESIDENT & CEO

David A. Raymond

VICE PRESIDENT,
OPERATIONS

Mary Ann Emely

VICE PRESIDENT,
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

Steven Hall

VICE PRESIDENT,
BUSINESS RESOURCES
AND EDUCATION

Marie Ternieden

DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS
AND MEDIA

Alan D. Crockett

STAFF EDITOR

Andrea Keeney
akeeney@acec.org
202-682-4347

SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS
WRITER

Gerry Donohue

ACEC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND
EDITORIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN

Mary Stiff

IMAGINATION

Tim Gregorski
Jeff Kibler
PROJECT DIRECTOR Amy Stephenson Fabbri
MANAGING EDITOR

ART DIRECTOR

ADVERTISING SALES

Leo Hoch
ACEC
1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20005-2605
202-682-4341
lhoch@acec.org

Engineering Inc., Volume 29, Number 3 (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.
© 2018 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 202347-7474 and ask for Member Records.

WWW.ACEC.ORG

http://WWW.ACEC.ORG

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Engineering Inc - May/June 2018