COVID-19 RESPONSE ACEC MEMBER FIRMS STEP UP TO ASSIST THEIR COMMUNITIES, CLIENTS, AND THE COUNTRY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ©2020 WSP USA ESSENTIAL SERVICES E " Right: WSP USA workers are disinfected during a recent facility decontamination cleaning event in Virginia. Left: Langan engineers provided environmental permitting and management of dredging operations to help make it possible for the USNS Comfort to dock in Manhattan. 18 ENGINEERING INC. SPRING 2020 ngineering firms provide essential services to essential services," says Jay Patil, executive vice president at Brown and Caldwell. "In the COVID-19 pandemic, I like to think we did our part and made a difference." ACEC Member Firms throughout the nation have contributed during the pandemic, serving their clients in health care, transportation, water, and other essential services in a difficult time and sometimes dangerous conditions. Here are five of their stories.