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Noble Causes 8 Minuteman Fund provides critical financial assistance for Member Organizations’ legislative Cover Feature and judicial battles. Engineering America’s Recovery 24 2010 Engineering Excellence Awards 12 Highlights from the 2010 ACEC Convention and Honoring the year’s top engineering achievements. Legislative Summit in Washington, D.C.

Departments From ACEC to You 2 Members in the News 28 Getting America back to work. Parsons Brinckerhoff celebrates its 125th anniversary; Donald E. Stone News & Notes 4 named CEO of Dewberry; Gannett Degenkolb learns from earthquake Fleming announces acquisition of damage; engineers called essential to VANUS, Inc. solving world’s problems. Business Insights 32 Market Watch 5 Sourcebook offers help Needed: private investment in global water with management and infrastructure. risk decisions; the future of BIM; new profes- Legislative Action 6 sional development Major ACEC win on project labor requirements. agreements protects firm interests; nine percent deduction is “real money” for members; bipartisan climate change bill 4 hits stumbling block.

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etting America back to work through infrastructure funding and AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES unleashing the power of the private sector were the overriding themes CHAIRMAN Gerald Stump of the recent ACEC 2010 Annual Convention and Legislative Summit PRESIDENT & CEO David A. Raymond VICE PRESIDENT, Mary Ann Emely in Washington, D.C. OPERATIONS Every aspect of the Convention—from a massive lobbying effort on VICE PRESIDENT, Steven Hall GCapitol Hill to targeted business management sessions—focused on how the engi- GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS neering industry can help lead the nation toward a sustained economic recovery. VICE PRESIDENT, Jeffrey L. Beard INSTITUTE FOR BUSINESS Hundreds of ACEC’s “citizen lobbyists” filled congressional offices to advocate for MANAGEMENT vital legislative issues, such as: DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS Alan D. Crockett • Infrastructure-based “jobs” bill: The need for senators to follow the House lead and MEDIA STAFF EDITOR Andrea Keeney and pass legislation that includes robust spending on infrastructure, energy and [email protected] vertical construction projects. 202-682-4347 • Multiyear water infrastructure program: Calling on senators to pass legislation SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS Gerry Donohue to provide nearly $40 billion for water and wastewater projects over five years. WRITER • Six-year surface transportation program: Securing a long-term jobs bill to ACEC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND replace SAFETEA-LU and help states launch major transportation projects. EDITORIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Convention highlights included a panel discussion featuring leaders of three of CHAIRMAN Cynthia K. Allen the nation’s largest engineering firms—MWH Global; Black & Veatch; and Par- TMG sons Brinckerhoff—who offered insights on current industry challenges. A Bentley MANAGING EDITOR Corey Murray Systems-sponsored CIO panel discussed critical IT issues for Member Firms featur- ART DIRECTORS Jeff Kibler, Melissa Miller Hamid ing officers from WSP Flack + Kurtz; Jacobs Engineering Group; AECOM; and PROJECT MANAGER Mary Mieszczanski Malcolm Pirnie (now part of ARCADIS). Be sure to read about two major Council victories for Member Firms: the exclusion ADVERTISING SALES Nina Goldman of engineering services from federal Project Labor Agreements, and a new rule that Director, Sales and M.O. Services makes retainage on federal contracts optional (page 6). ACEC Congratulations to HDR for winning the Grand Conceptor Award for an inno- 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20005-2605 vative waste-to-energy system fueled by onions. More than 500 attended this year’s 202-682-4325 Engineering Excellence Awards Gala to celebrate 163 exceptional Member Firm [email protected] engineering achievements. For more on this year’s award winners, see page 12. Engineering Inc., Volume 21, Number 3 (ISSN 1539-2694), is published Don’t forget to mark your calendars for the upcoming ACEC Fall Conference at bi-monthly by the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), the beautiful El Conquistador Resort & Spa in Puerto Rico, Oct. 17–20. 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.

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oon after the eighth- of Concepción. “It appears strongest recorded that the ground motions of Searthquake struck Chile the earthquake got more in in February, officials from resonance with those types of Degenkolb Engineers, a San structures,” he says. “On many Francisco–based structural 10-story structures, there are engineering firm, headed to no indications of damage, the region to conduct research. even at the epicenter; we saw “Degenkolb has a long tra- lots of one- and two-story dition of sending people all buildings with almost no dam- over the world wherever earth- age at all.” quakes occur so we can learn Bartoletti refers to earth- from the destruction,” says quake zones as “giant labora- Stacy Bartoletti, president and tories,” adding, “Earthquakes COO of Degenkolb. “We’ve find the weak spots in build- had nine people in the com- ings, so they really bring into pany down there and back.” clarity what we need to do to Degenkolb also dispatched improve.” a four-person team to Haiti, Though business opportu- which suffered a devastating nities exist for many firms in From left: Degenkolb’s Kent Yu, Stacy Bartoletti, Mike Braund and Daniel earthquake in January. In Chile as part of the rebuild- Zepeda stand in front of the Alto Rio Building in Concepción, which collapsed recent years, the firm has sent ing effort, Bartoletti says all during the earthquake. teams to survey earthquake firms can benefit from exper- damage in Indonesia and Italy. tise gleaned throughout the building code similar to one “By improving and updat- In Chile, Bartoletti says, region, whether they conduct used in the United States in ing our knowledge and our the most significant dam- business there or not. the mid-1990s—but they codes, we will help to improve age occurred among newly Chilean builders, for don’t always incorporate the seismic strengthening prac- constructed buildings more example, use a lot of concrete detailing standards used in tices around the world,” says than 15 stories high in the city construction. They follow a American construction. Bartoletti.

Author Says Engineering More Essential Than Science in Solving World’s Problems hile scientists and engineers are needed to solve many change, alternative energies, resource distribution and health, of the world’s problems, engineers are more impor- Petroski writes, “There will be cooperation among engineers, sci- Wtant, writes Henry Petroski, noted engineering writer entists and medical doctors, but in meeting the grand challenges and professor of civil engineering and history at Duke the participants will in effect all be doing engineering.” University. To support his point, Petroski takes readers through Petroski is author of more than a dozen books on 200 years of technological development: steamships, design engineering. In his new book, The Essential airplanes, the atomic bomb, the space program, the Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global information revolution. He argues that while many of Problems, he argues that in order to make research and these achievements are considered scientific advances, development partnerships work, scientists and engi- they actually were engineering breakthroughs. neers are essential. Of the two, he says engineers are “The Apollo program, like the Manhattan Project, more valuable. was ultimately much more about engineering than “Science is a never-ending quest to uncover the a scientific endeavor,” he writes. “Indeed, airplanes mysteries of the universe,” Petroski writes. “Engineering is the would be flying for decades before there was a full physical and never-ending pursuit of a better system, including how the nuts mathematical explanation of why wings worked.” and bolts will interface with the dollars and cents and the supply To purchase The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone and demand.” Will Not Solve Our Global Problems, go to the ACEC Bookstore When looking at numerous global problems, such as climate at www.acec.org/publications.

4 ENGINEERING INC. MAY / JUNE 2010 BY JOE SALIMANDO MarketWatch Needed: Private Investment in Global Water Infrastructure

cross the globe, long payback periods and low Figure 1 water—the most rates of return have led many World Water Use by Sector, 2000–50 abundant natural investors to perceive a weak resource—is becom- environment for private-sector 7,000 Aing a hot commodity. participation in water and sani- Though water consumes tation infrastructure. 6,000 nearly 70 percent of the Earth’s Investor interest, however, Manufacturing 5,000 surface, researchers say nearly may have evinced itself in 1 billion people still lack access at least one place in 2009, 4,000 Electricity to the kind of clean, safe water going by the nearly 47 percent necessary to sustain life. appreciation of the Power- 3,000 Domestic The effects of global warm- Shares Water Resources fund Water Use (km3) ing, coupled with a soaring (traded on the New York Stock 2,000 population, are motivating Exchange). The fund had $1.25 Agriculture firms and investors alike to take billion in net assets as of mid- 1,000 a closer look at new opportuni- March. ties in water infrastructure and, 0 thus, increasing opportunities 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050 Not Getting Better Years for engineers. At least one fact is indisputable: Source: OECD Environmental Outlook Baseline Just how much opportunity The planet’s supply of fresh is out there? water will continue to diminish Figure 2 A recent report from the in coming years. Consider: U.S. Water Supply Construction Organization for Economic • World population is pro- (dollars in millions) Co-operation and Develop- jected to grow from 6.5 25,000 ment (OECD) recommended billion to 9 billion by 2050. doubling the annual worldwide New residents will need 20,000 investment in water infrastruc- water to survive. ture development from $15 bil- • Upward mobility in China, lion to $30 billion, a move that India and elsewhere is mov- 15,000 would no doubt increase the ing millions out of poverty amount of clean water available and into an economic class to disadvantaged populations. with an increased appetite for 10,000 Despite the need, however, animal protein, hence a need new investments aren’t exactly to grow more grain and addi- 5,000 flooding in—yet. tional supplies of clean water. According to OECD’s Without a significant infu- recently released Private Sector sion of funds, investment firm 0 Participation in Water Infrastruc- Credit Suisse estimates that “by 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Years ture: OECD Checklist for Public 2020, more than 37 percent of Source: FMI Corp. 1999–08 are actual numbers, 2009 an estimate; 2010–13 are forecasts. Action report, high capital the global population will face From Construction Outlook, Q4 2009. intensity, large initial outlays, severe water stress.” California Aqueduct and the E-Side Canal Raise the Price? uses. Figure 2 illustrates pro- How might supplies be jected increases in water supply augmented (and better dis- construction through 2013. tributed)? OECD suggested With numbers such as these, recently that, for developed water represents a rising tide of nations, increasing the price of opportunity that will be hard water might work. for firms to ignore. Figure 1 provides OECD projections to 2050 for water Joe Salimando writes on use by sector, illustrating huge construction at www.electrical increases in domestic, electrical, construction.com. Reach him at agricultural and manufacturing [email protected].

MAY / JUNE 2010 ENGINEERING INC. 5 Legislative Action

House Armed Services Panel Endorses ACEC Call for 3% Repeal A recently released report from the House Armed Services Commit- tee provided a critical boost to ACEC’s effort to repeal the 3 percent withholding mandate on contracts with federal and state agencies. After a review of defense acquisition systems and policies, the House Committee’s Defense Acquisition Reform Panel released a comprehensive set of recommendations, including the repeal of the 3 percent withholding mandate, which is scheduled to take effect in 2012. The panel noted that Congress created “a new obstacle to federal agencies accessing the commercial marketplace” when it adopted the withholding requirement, adding that the amendment will “substantially discourage commercial firms that are tax compliant” from competing on defense contracts. The Department of Defense previously estimated that implementing the 3 percent withholding provision would cost the department more than $17 billion in the first five years.

Education Effort Focuses Major ACEC Win On New Health Care Law ACEC hosted an online seminar in April to give members On Project Labor a comprehensive review of the newly passed health care reform law, which was signed by President Obama in March. Agreements Protects Major provisions of the new law include a requirement Firms’ Interests that individuals purchase health insurance; fines for some employers that do not provide n a victory for the engineering industry, the Council suc- qualified, affordable health cessfully secured the exclusion of engineering services insurance; the creation of a from the final rule implementing President Obama’s health insurance exchange executive order mandating that Project Labor Agreements where individuals and (PLAs) be used on major construction projects involving small businesses can Ifederal funds. shop for coverage; and “This is a significant step forward that will protect the inde- insurance reforms. A pendence of engineers, surveyors and engineering professionals 40 percent excise tax on construction sites,” said Bob Fogle of HNTB Corp. on high-cost health ACEC raised concerns that the proposed rule implementing plans will take effect the president’s PLA policy did not distinguish between those in 2018. In addition, performing direct construction work onsite and those performing higher-income individu- other services. ACEC said applying such a requirement could cre- als and families will pay ate conflicts of interest for engineering firms that perform critical increased taxes on both their oversight and quality-assurance roles at construction sites. earned and unearned income The final PLA rule specifically acknowledges the concerns beginning in 2013. raised by the Council, stating, “This change makes clear that ACEC raised concerns throughout the health care debate employers who do not perform construction work need not sign that more needs to be done to control the costs to firms the project labor agreement.” that already provide health insurance to their employees. “This victory for ACEC is on par with a number of previous Further information on the various provisions of the new Council accomplishments, such as FSLA reforms, 9 percent tax law can be found in the Health Care Reform Resource Cen- deduction and shutting off FAR ‘opt-out,’ ” said ACEC President ter on the ACEC website at www.acec.org. Dave Raymond.

6 ENGINEERING INC. May / June 2010 businesses.” for ensuring satisfactory completion that are less damaging to our dent Dave Raymond. “The government has many other remedies like toseethispracticeeliminated altogether,”saidACECPresi age asanunnecessaryburdenon cashflowandoverhead. and Reforminitiativein2008,callingfortheeliminationofretain included in the Small Business Administration’s Regulatory Review significantly reducethetimefirmsmustwaitforfullpayment. successful completion of the design contract; this will in many cases officer determines that the work performed by the firm is satisfactory. officer. (up to 10 percent) and at the discretion of the federal contracting adopted in April, retainage is no longer mandatory, but optional payments. requirement thatA/Econtractsincludearetainageof10percent ACEC has won a substantial change in the longstanding federal ACEC SaysEliminateIt In Federal A/E Contracts; ‘Retainage’ NowOptional “While the new rule is a step in the right direction, we would “While thenewruleisastepin therightdirection,wewould The new policy stems from an ACEC-backed recommendation Additionally, withheldpaymentsforA/Esaretobepaidatthe The newrulestatesthatnoretainageisrequiredifthecontracting Under the revised Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) policy neering andconstruction.” delighted by thefinal regulations asthey applyto engi dent of tax for CH2M HILLinEnglewood, Colo. “Iwas of compliance,” said JohnBauer-Martinez, vice presi tion 199tax deduction,even after considering thecosts them aswell,” said Hill. the credit, because itmay beof significant benefit to bottom line. Allengineeringfirms shouldtake alookat percent inqualifying years. “T said thecredit hasreduced hisfirm’s tax liability by 7 even after ourdues.” efforts of ACEC, we are netting more cash for ourfirms, compared to ourACEC dues,” hesaid. “T Lawson inWilkes-Barre, Pa. program,” said Christopher Borton, president of Borton- deduction asa‘real money’ winfrom theACEC national tant legislative victories onbehalfof its membership. in 2010. Itrepresents oneof theCouncil’s most impor over several years, from 3percent in2005 to 9percent United States. a 9percent tax deductionfor projects performed inthe A/E tax deductionthatallows engineeringfirms to take ACEC members continue to make gooduse of aspecial ‘Real Money’ forMembers ACEC 9% Tax DeductionIs “CH2M HILLuses andbenefits greatly from theSec K.C. Hill,CFO of Morrison-Maierle inHelena,Mont., “T “A few years ago, Itouted the3percent A/Etax Enacted in2004, thedeductionhasbeenphased in he full9percent deductionthisyear ishugeas his hasreally helpedour hrough the

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protracted economic downturn has created all sorts of potential pitfalls Takeaways for Member Firms. Among the >> The Minuteman Fund has helped achieve most talked about are increased positive outcomes in recent legal and competition for fewer contracts, legislative disputes in Virginia, Nevada thinner project backlogs and and Wisconsin. tighter balance sheets. But another factor plays prominently when weighing risk versus >> The Fund has successfully defended A a steady stream of challenges to reward in the shadow of a down market: blame. contracting out in California and other As financial strains mount, private owners and public states since 2000. agencies alike often are quick to point the finger at design professionals when a project goes off track. >> The Fund has assisted 37 states over “With the downturn in the economy, the pressure several decades. to exact judgments against design professionals has

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MAY / JUNE 2010 ENGINEERING INC. 9 the legal avenues of attack,” says Charles once and for all the power every single lawsuit since the Kim, ACEC general counsel. of state agencies to hire pri- passage of Prop 35, includ- To protect their rights, a growing num- vate engineering firms rather ing two unanimous Califor- ber of ACEC Member Organizations have than giving jobs exclusively to nia Supreme Court rulings tapped into ACEC’s Minuteman Fund, members of the Professional upholding the amendment.” the Council’s primary means for provid- Engineers in California Gov- But winning has come at ing Member Organizations with funding ernment (PECG), California’s a significant cost. ACEC/ for critical legal and legislative initiatives. public engineers union. California has amassed legal Dating back to its roots nearly 30 years Much had been riding on bills totaling more than ago, the Fund’s pooled contributions have Prop 35 for local A/E firms “...You’ve got to $500,000 since the Prop 35 awarded more than $800,000 in matching hoping to enter bids without have the means vote. The Minuteman Fund grants to 37 State Organizations for issues the threat of legal challenges. helped soften the blow with involving everything from Qualifications- Engineers nationwide eagerly to respond grants that partially covered Based Selection (QBS) and tort reform to awaited the vote, given Cali- precisely where the legal fees. professional liability insurance and con- fornia’s status as a bellwether challenges start What’s more, Meyer says, a tractual limitations on liability. state. happening.” resource such as the Minute- “Federal law is one thing, but given the Proponents of the amend- man Fund does more than hugh “Mac” Cannon pressures from local jurisdictions and state ment were encouraged when help offset the cost of a dis- ACEC/metro D.C. agencies, you’ve got to have the means to grassroots support for Prop pute. “When you pick your respond precisely where challenges start 35 netted more than $14 million in dona- battles, you have to make sure you have the happening,” says Hugh “Mac” Cannon, tions. “We never dreamed we could raise means to see them through to the end.” executive director of ACEC/Metropolitan that kind of money. We had more than For the past decade, that strategy has Washington, D.C. “That wouldn’t be pos- 10,000 different donors to the campaign,” helped uphold fairness in the California sible without the Minuteman Fund.” says Paul Meyer, executive director of A/E procurement process. While a great many legal and legisla- ACEC/California. tive issues begin as state disputes, they The celebration, unfortunately, was Legal Confusion frequently take on national importance as short-lived. Prop 35 supporters soon found A/E firms in the mid-Atlantic discovered other states use them as precedents. themselves defending against a steady that financial threats can come in the form stream of PECG-initiated legislative and of legal confusion created by local courts. A Ongoing Battles court challenges to the law. “If a bill goes Virginia judge’s footnote in a case in 2008, In 2000, California engineers thought they through the legislature that we believe vio- for example, questioned the enforceability had won a hard-fought victory when vot- lates Prop 35, we go to court to get an of a limitation of liability clause, which ers decisively approved Proposition 35. injunction,” Meyer says. So far, the efforts shields an A/E firm from damages beyond The ballot initiative seemed to uphold have been uniformly successful. “We won the dollar amount permitted in its contract. “Up until that point, we felt the law was clear, but there was concern that it might How to Qualify for Minuteman Funding be open to interpretation,” says Nancy Israel, executive director of ACEC/Vir- Requests for Minuteman funding must be made by a Member Organization. ginia. “This wasn’t something we felt we The criteria for funding are as follows: could ignore.” >> The issue(s) for which funding is requested must potentially affect a large segment Instead, Israel and ACEC/Virginia of the membership or otherwise have major precedent-setting implications. joined forces with ACEC/Metro Washing- >> The M.O. must demonstrate its own financial and political commitment to the effort. ton members in northern Virginia, the Dis- >> The M.O. request is no greater than the amount that the M.O. itself has committed trict of Columbia, and Maryland. Together, they mustered support for a bill that would to the issue initiative (e.g., an M.O. that commits $4,000 from its own resources may go to the Virginia General Assembly and seek up to an additional $4,000 in support from the Minuteman Fund). Funding in help clear up any vagueness in the existing excess of a dollar-for-dollar match may be granted on the grounds of extraordinary statute. Legal expenses were partially paid need and urgency. Funding of $50,000 or more requires the approval of the ACEC for by Minuteman funds. Board of Directors. As part of a joint effort, the two ACEC >> The M.O. includes a voluntary check-off on its Member Firms’ dues invoices for con- State Organizations developed a simple yet effective strategy: The proposed bill would tributions to the Minuteman Fund, or in some other equally systematic and regular merely reaffirm the intent of the existing way encourages Member Firms to contribute to the Fund. liability statute that had been on the books >> The M.O. has a record of reasonable contributions to the Minuteman Fund. for decades. “If you look at the language >> The funding request must be submitted prior to the legal or legislative action taken that we used in the bill, you’ll see it’s only by the M.O. for which Minuteman funds are solicited. about a dozen words,” Israel says. The organizers found a state senator

10 ENGINEERING INC. MAY / JUNE 2010 and a Virginia House delegate willing to question in a footnote to his ruling. Minuteman Impact introduce two versions of the same bill. “I felt very strongly and argued this Before the bills came up for a vote, the for years that the Nevada Supreme Court organizations asked their members to wage could not have meant architects and engi- $97,807 a letter-writing campaign intended to give neers” in that footnote, says Jean Weil, $95,328 the issue more visibility among their repre- founder and principal at Weil & Drage,

sentatives. The plan succeeded, and both APC, the law firm representing the struc- 10 chambers of the Virginia legislature passed tual and architectural firms in the case. the bill with little opposition. It’s set to In a series of briefs, Weil made her case: 6 become law in July 2010. “We talked about public-policy issues, we “Having Minuteman funds available talked about what was equitable, we talked 2008 2009 made it much easier to go to bat on the about the balance of risk and reward. If Number of funding requests received limitation of liability issue, particularly you allow parties to also sue in tort, you’ve and granted in tough economic times,” Israel says. “It essentially nullified the contract that the Total funds distributed helped pay our legal counsel to do research parties had entered into,” she explains. Top recent causes addressed by the funds: and spend the summer and fall talking To bolster the case, ACEC/Nevada and • Advancing Qualifications-Based Selection to legislators. By the time we got to the other design professional organizations • Limitation of liability clauses • Economic Loss Doctrine General Assembly, legislators were aware cosponsored and filed an amicus curiae of the issue, so when the trial lawyers came “friend of the court” brief that outlined Source: ACEC to knock on their door, we already had the larger ramifications if the doctrine was the legislators on our side. Being proactive found not to protect engineers. marshaled the resources of a transportation made a huge difference.” The Nevada Supreme Court clarified task force composed of its board members, its position in March of 2009, ruling that senior executives at Member Firms and Clear Definition engineers are covered by the doctrine. ACEC National, as well as Minuteman Nevada A/E firms faced a similar threat funds to help pay the organization’s legal after problems surfaced during the con- Crunch Time fees. struction of a new hotel and casino in Las Legislative challenges aren’t the only The strategy was twofold: First, reaffirm Vegas. After the owner, Mandalay Resort threats facing Member Firms. Budget con- a continued desire to work collaboratively Group, discovered the structure had sunk straints, particularly within state agencies, with WDOT; second, ask officials from the 19 inches into the underlying soil, it sued also threaten the rights of engineers and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) the project’s geotechnical engineering firm, designers. That reality hit home last sum- to weigh in on whether unilateral cuts were which in turn sued the structural engineer- mer in Wisconsin when the Wisconsin acceptable for projects subject to Federal ing firm and architectural Department of Transporta- Acquisition Regulations (FAR). firms in the case. At issue was tion (WDOT) announced Federal involvement was pivotal. FHWA whether the state’s Economic unilateral 3.28 percent cuts affirmed that contract reductions without Loss Doctrine, which had for scores of highway con- scope reductions violated FAR, which in been Nevada law for decades, tracts without a commensu- turn jeopardized federal funds earmarked would extend to design pro- rate reduction in scope. for Wisconsin. FHWA subsequently issued fessionals so as to limit dam- An ACEC/Wisconsin a letter requesting that WDOT negotiate ages to terms specified in survey of Member Firms in good faith with affected A/E firms. the contract. Mandalay Bay revealed how widespread WDOT officials responded with a argued for civil claims under the reductions were: Ninety- letter to local engineering firms stating tort law amounting to more “Having three percent of survey the agency’s willingness to negotiate cost than $60 million. Minuteman respondents said they’d been reductions. When Godiksen surveyed As in Virginia, Nevada funds available notified of the cuts. Adding her members later, she was encouraged engineers had hoped the teeth to the threat, WDOT to learn WDOT was renegotiating and existing doctrine would made it much cited a clause in its agree- allowing for scope changes for a majority clearly limit additional dam- easier to go ments that gave it the right of the affected contracts. “The issue, at ages, but the question of tort to bat on the to terminate any contract this point, has been resolved,” she says. claims remained murky after limitation of in its entirety for any rea- Godiksen credits fast access to Minute- a Nevada Supreme Court son. “The entire industry man Fund resources with helping resolve justice in an earlier case liability issue, was looking at the outcome the standoff. “The ability of ACEC/Wis- pointed out that Nevada particularly in in Wisconsin,” says Carol consin and the national organization to courts had not historically tough economic Godiksen, executive director work together on an issue so critical as this extended the doctrine to times.” for ACEC/Wisconsin. was very important,” she says. n “professionals.” Were engi- Nancy Israel Rather than sit and wait, neers covered by the doc- ACEC/Virginia ACEC/Wisconsin launched Alan Joch is a business writer based in trine? The judge raised the a five-month offensive that Francestown, N.H.

MAY / JUNE 2010 ENGINEERING INC. 11 2010Award WInners Designs of Excellence

The 2010 Engineering Excellence Awards Gala—known as the “Academy Awards” of the engineering industry— recognized 163 National Finalists and 24 top award winners, including Honor, Grand and one Grand Conceptor Award for the top overall engineering triumph. A panel of 28 judges representing a variety of built environment disciplines across the nation selected award recipients based on criteria such as uniqueness and originality, technical complexity, social and economic value and public awareness. Emmy Award–winning comedian Ross Shafer once again hosted the Gala, which was attended by more than 500 members and guests. >>

12 ENGINEERING INC. MAY / JUNE 2010 ACEC 2010 Engineering Excellence Awards GRANDConceptorAward WInners Designs of Excellence

Gills Onions Advanced Energy Recovery System, Oxnard, Calif. >> HDR Engineering, Inc.—Irvine, Calif. An extraordinary combination of agricultural innovation and tamination. HDR led the design of the AERS, which extracts engineering excellence culminated in a groundbreaking waste-to- 30,000 gallons of onion juice from the waste daily and trans- energy system fueled solely by onions. forms it into energy through an anaerobic digestion reactor, Gills Onions, the world’s largest processor of fresh-cut onions, where microorganisms convert the juice into biogas that feeds the worked with HDR Engineering to develop the Advanced Energy fuel cells. The remaining waste becomes cattle feed. Recovery System (AERS), which converts 200,000 pounds of The AERS accounts for 60 percent of Gills Onions’ annual daily onion waste (peels, stems and tops) into biogas that powers power needs, reducing yearly energy costs by $1.1 million. It also 300-kilowatt fuel cells to supply plant operations. fulfills the company’s goal of becoming a zero-waste facility and The company sought an alternative to its traditional practice promises to revolutionize the disposal of food-processing waste of disposing of onion waste in agriculture fields, a problematic in the future. option because of odor, soil acidification and ground water con-

MAY / JUNE 2010 ENGINEERING INC. 13 ACEC 2010 Engineering Excellence Awards GRANDAwards

Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas >> Walter P Moore—Houston, Texas

The gleaming new home of the National Football League’s Dallas Cowboys is also home to several pinnacles of structural engineering excellence. The 80,000-seat complex features the world’s longest single-span roof structure, the world’s largest operable glass doors and the world’s largest center-hung high-definition video display. Innovative steel-arch box trusses that span a world-record 1,222 feet—the length of the stadium—highlight a pioneering Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement roof-support system and hold aloft the 25,000-square-foot, 1.2-million-pound Project, Horseshoe Bay to Whistler, >> video board. Two translucent retractable roof panels showcase the first North British Columbia American application of a rack-and-pinion roof-drive mechanism. Hatch Mott MacDonald—Millburn, N.J.

A major expansion of Canada’s Sea-to-Sky Highway across exceptionally mountainous terrain was completed just in time for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, providing a vital link to major Olympic sites. Rehabilitating one of the most picturesque yet challenging highways in North America involved 10 miles of new roads, 40 miles of highway realignment and widening, 40 bridge structures, 110 retaining walls, new drainage systems and rock slope stabilization. The four-year project also improved safety and capacity and reduced travel time, collisions and motor vehicle fatalities along the route.

Littleton/Englewood TMI Steam Generator Transport Project, >> Wastewater Treatment Plant, >> Middletown, Pa. Englewood, Colo. Michael Baker Jr., Inc.—Harrisburg, Pa. Brown and Caldwell—Golden, Colo. Thousands witnessed the awe-inspiring problem solving of engineers State-of-the-art upgrades to this Denver-area wastewater during the 1- to 4-mph, 15-day journey that transported two massive, 825- treatment plant include a first-of-its-kind and patented ton generators across parts of Maryland and Pennsylvania to Three Mile “denitrification” process that simultaneously removes nitrate Island. The 75-mile trek required innovative design and reconstruction of and filters water; the practice reduces downstream chemical overpasses, bridges and infrastructure. Continuous load-bearing solutions costs and energy use while improving water quality beyond were critical to protect public infrastructure from the heaviest haul ever on regulatory requirements. The facility also features increased either state’s highway system. Structural bracings such as temporary bridge treatment capacity and an advanced control system to diagnose bypasses, portable over-bridges and steel plates were constructed ahead of operational problems and saves operating costs for ratepayers. the convoy and removed after the generators were delivered.

14 ENGINEERING INC. MAY / JUNE 2010 GRANDAwards >> Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge, Omaha, Neb. HNTB Corp.—Kansas City, Mo.

A unique 1,012-foot-long curvilinear cable- stayed bridge rises 200 feet above the Missouri River and is one of the longest pedestrian spans in the world; it’s also the showpiece of a $2 billion downtown and riverfront development.

>> Connecting Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa, the distinctive curved bridge symbolizes the flowing river below and is supported by single pylons near each bank; two planes of cables suspend the structure. Landings at each end descend to open public green spaces and connect to a regional trail system previously inaccessible to pedestrians and cyclists.

Sound Transit’s Light Rail Beacon Hill

Station and Tunnels, Seattle, Wash. >> Hatch Mott MacDonald/Jacobs (Joint Venture)— Pleasanton, Calif.

Groundbreaking engineering resulted in the design and construction of the deep-mined underground transit Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, Dallas, Texas station. The structure features twin mile-long transit Magnusson Klemencic Associates—Seattle, Wash. >> tunnels built to withstand soft, unstable conditions 200 feet below the Earth’s surface. Running tunnels The 12-story performing arts facility, a product of pioneering vertical were excavated via earth-pressure balance boring and design, provides an unmatched level of transformational flexibility. The lined with precast concrete fitted with gaskets to ensure facility incorporates a one-of-a-kind 3D global frame structural system, watertightness. Supported by steel fiber-reinforced including a three-story structural steel-belt truss augmented by small interior concrete and slurry walls reinforced with fiberglass, trusses to support a puzzle-piece assemblage of spaces that interlock, with the massive tunnels are built to withstand conditions only one contiguous floor. The design allows the stage, floor platforms, at depths and dimensions far exceeding anything seating wagons, balcony units, even walls to move—up, down, in, out or previously attempted in soft ground in the United around—to create an endless variety of performance configurations. States.

MAY / JUNE 2010 ENGINEERING INC. 15 ACEC 2010 Engineering Excellence Awards honorAwards

King & King Office Building,

Syracuse, N.Y. >> IBC Engineering—Rochester, N.Y. Housatonic River Museum, Pittsfield, Mass. Dagher Engineering—New York, N.Y. >> A dilapidated 1930s-era warehouse in downtown Syracuse was transformed into a high-tech office Imaginative engineering laid the foundation for a 12,000-square-foot complex that is a modern marvel of sustainable river museum that, upon completion, will have a net-zero environmental design. The 30,000-square-foot facility incorporates impact and establish a practical, cost-effective model for future net-zero several state-of-the-art green building advances, construction. The design features a vast array of advances in green and including high-efficiency boilers and chillers that energy-efficient building, including a radiant floor system for year-round use 50 percent less energy, low-velocity displacement climate control, high-efficiency solar panels that generate 100 percent of the ventilation, solar panels that generate 12 kilowatts base building’s annual power, extensive use of natural light and low-energy of energy for building systems and vegetation, and LED lights, a rooftop wind tower for ventilation and a rainwater catchment reflective rooftop materials to reduce rainwater runoff and reuse system. and lower building temperature.

David Kreitzer Lake Hodges Bicycle

Pedestrian Bridge, San Diego, Calif. >> Harmon Shop Replacement,

T.Y. Lin International—San Francisco, Calif. Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. >> Jacobs/Parsons Brinckerhoff (Joint Venture)—Morristown, N.J. Cutting-edge technology and Context-Sensitive Design produced the world’s longest stress-ribbon bridge connecting portions of The 200,000-square-foot, $282 million state-of-the-art the 55-mile Coast to Crest Trail in California’s San Diequito maintenance facility for Metro-North Railroad’s locomotive and River Park. The 1,000-foot-long thin concrete bridge—one of coach fleets includes several major innovations. Among them, six such bridges nationwide—features 87 precast concrete panels specialized hoist mechanisms lift and move rail vehicles; crankcase positioned on bearing cables pulled over piers and anchored oil is reused for winter heating; and diesel fuel is distributed to abutments. The practice reduces the number of necessary through an overhead trestle to eliminate the potential for soil supports jutting into the lake to just two, greatly reducing the contamination from underground pipe leaks. The project also environmental impact of the bridge on the natural waterway, features stormwater treatment enhancements and contemporary surrounding lands and threatened species. office space for 300 employees.

16 ENGINEERING INC. MAY / JUNE 2010 honorAwards >> Marquette Interchange Reconstruction, Milwaukee, Wis. Milwaukee Transportation Partners—Milwaukee, Wis.

One of Wisconsin’s most hazardous freeway interchanges recently was transformed into a five-level model of highway safety and efficiency—all while maintaining its primary arterial 300,000- vehicle-a-day capability. Major interchange improvements include a new bridge over the Menomonee Valley, moving all exit and entrance ramps, increased weaving distances and clear zones, and revamped local street access routes. The project also involved Nebraska City 2 Power Plant, Nebraska City, Neb. construction of more than five miles of retaining walls and HDR Engineering, Inc.—Omaha, Neb. >> development of a new stormwater management system. A new 682-megawatt coal-fired power plant, featuring state-of-the- art emission control systems, doubles the output of its 1970s-era predecessor and is one of the most efficient coal-fired plants in the world. HDR and the Omaha Public Power District collaborated on a unique engineer, procure and construct contract that allowed the plant to be built at an industry-leading low capital cost of $950 per kilowatt, compared with more than $1,800 per kilowatt for similar plants. High-tech controls reduce nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide, mercury and particulate matter to 70 percent of the emission levels of the original plant.

Portal 31 Exhibition Mine, Lynch, Ky. >> Engineering Consulting Services, Inc.—Lexington, Ky.

What once was an abandoned underground coal mine is now a high-tech interactive museum—Kentucky’s only open-to-the- public exhibition mine showcasing the state’s rich coal-mining heritage. After a thorough analysis of the deactivated mine, the project team integrated multiple roof-support methods, including a high-strength fiber mesh/resin roof bolting system and an experimental high-tensile sealant for wall stabilization. A new Relocated I-195 & New Providence River Bridge, pump and drainage system, ventilation and safety plans, and new Providence, R.I. >> mine seals were also incorporated. Portal 31 is now a valuable Maguire Group, Inc.—Foxborough, Mass. public education tool for future engineering, surveying and mining students. The most ambitious surface transportation project in Rhode Island history includes the relocation of the I-195/I-95 interchange in Providence and construction of 16 new bridges—highlighted by a new Providence River Bridge. Completed within a restrictive urban setting, the interstate relocation eliminates the previous elevated I-195/I-95 highway through downtown that separated neighborhoods from each other and the river. The project’s centerpiece—the 1,300-foot-long Providence River Bridge—is the first network arch structure in the United States. In addition to adding 16,000 feet of new linear walls, the project improves traffic flow and provides 30 new acres for parks and redevelopment.

MAY / JUNE 2010 ENGINEERING INC. 17 ACEC 2010 Engineering Excellence Awards honorAwards

O-14, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Ysrael A. Seinuk, P.C.—New York, N.Y. >>

The 22-story, newest addition to Dubai’s expanding Business Bay area radically advances traditional tower design with a distinctive concrete perforated shell that North Avenue Bridge Reconstruction, Chicago, Ill. serves as an aesthetic feature and primary structural

HNTB Corp.—Chicago, Ill. >> component. The concrete external skeleton features more than 1,300 strategically sized and arranged A synergistic blend of a cable-stayed bridge and suspension bridge is an openings intended to channel both gravity and lateral aesthetically pleasing and efficient new structure—replacing an inoperable loads down to the base of the building. The design bascule bridge. To meet an aggressive two-year deadline, the bridge’s 850-ton produces a “chimney effect” cooling system that pulls precast center span was built on falsework, and then lifted into place with air into the openings and up through a 3-foot gap hydraulic jacks to avoid disrupting Chicago River marine traffic. The new between the glass window walls and exoskeleton, wider bridge improves safety, relieves congestion and generates economic reducing the 300,000-square-foot building’s cooling advantages along a critical Chicago transportation artery. costs by 30 percent.

Levee Certification Using Geospatial >> Technologies, Wichita, Kan. Merrick & Company—Aurora, Colo.

With 97 miles of levees and a history of significant floods, the city of Wichita needed a more accurate analysis of its flood-control systems—to abide by a post-Katrina federal levee recertification mandate and to avoid future loss of lives and property. The project team incorporated light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology along with color digital aerial photography to capture high-fidelity geospatial data, including area topography, slopes, drainage flows and vulnerable flooding zones. The project is now a model for other levee recertification efforts nationwide.

TKTS Booth, Times Square, New York, N.Y. Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners—New York, N.Y. >>

Times Square’s newest tourist attraction is the largest publicly accessible all-glass facility in the world and a testament to structural glass engineering. The redesigned TKTS ticket booth, which processes more than $300,000 in daily theater ticket sales, features laminated glass load-bearing walls supporting structural glass beams with spliced glass fins and a glass roof. The structure is topped with a cascade of 27 ruby-red translucent glass steps rising 16 feet above the sidewalk, giving way to a unique public space and seating area.

18 ENGINEERING INC. MAY / JUNE 2010 honorAwards >> Lake Delton and STH A Restoration, Lake Delton, Wis. Mead & Hunt, Inc./MSA Professional Services, Inc. (Joint Venture)—Madison, Wis.

Unprecedented rains in June 2008 caused Lake Delton—a 267- acre man-made lake and popular Midwest tourist destination—to breach its embankment, drain into the nearby Wisconsin River, >> and destroy State Trunk Highway A in the process. Within only six months, the lake had been refilled, the highway was rebuilt and tourists were again pouring in. The project team upgraded the embankment to prevent further overtopping, added an Port of Long Beach Cold Ironing Project, 80-foot-long emergency spillway channel to double a nearby Long Beach, Calif. >> dam’s capacity, and rebuilt the vital transportation link—all in AECOM Technology Corp.—Orange, Calif. time for the 2009 tourist season. Feats of engineering design provide shoreside electrical power, or “cold ironing,” to ships at berth in the Port of Long Beach; such advances allow vessels to shut off their auxiliary engines, reducing diesel emissions that cause air pollution. Design innovations include a deep-water platform on 54-inch-diameter steel piles, a pioneering cable management system to safely speed up shore-to-ship connections and state-of-the-art integrated electrical controls. The system is the first in the world for marine oil tankers.

Union Station Bicycle Transit Center, >> Washington, D.C. Parsons—Washington, D.C.

An imaginative glass facility in the shape of a bicycle helmet represents a new multimodal safe haven for bicycles outside Washington, D.C.’s commuter-crowded Union Station. Designed to ease congestion from buses, cars, taxis, pedestrians and cyclists sharing the same road space, the 1,700-square-foot “Bikestation” Wetland Treatment of Glycol Impaired Runoff, houses 150 bicycle racks, personal lockers, and repair and retail Cheektowaga, N.Y. >> shops. The glass exterior is braced by steel pipe-tied arches. Its Urban Engineers of New York, P.C./Jacques Whitford Stantec eco-friendly design includes solar heating, passive airflow cooling LTD—Buffalo, N.Y. and bio-retentive treatment of runoff waters. Innovative wetlands design gives the Buffalo Niagara International Airport an environmentally friendly approach to treating propylene glycol runoff from aircraft deicing. To ensure compliance with federal limits, the wetlands system uses microorganisms to break down the glycol after deicing runoff is collected in aerated gravel beds (the size of football fields) lined with high-density polyethylene and topped with mulch and plants. The system represents one of the first U.S. applications of on-site wetlands treatment of deicing fluids.

MAY / JUNE 2010 ENGINEERING INC. 19 2010 EEA NATIONAL FINALISTS Firm Name Project Name Firm Name Project Name

ACEC/ALABAMA ACEC/FLORIDA LBYD U.S. Space and Rocket Center, CDM Biosolids Pelletization Facility Davidson Center for Space McKim & Creed Lake Manatee WTP Pilot Study Exploration MWH Global Peace River Reservoir No. 2 Reynolds, Smith and Hills I-595 Shared-Use Drainage ACEC/ARIZONA URS Corporation United Verde Mine Project ACEC/GEORGIA Brown and Caldwell Johns Creek Environmental ACEC/CALIFORNIA Campus AECOM Technology Corporation City of Fillmore Water Recycling Willmer Engineering AmericasMart Expansion & Project Redevelopment Project AECOM Technology Corporation Port of Long Beach Cold Ironing Project ACEC/HAWAII Association of AGS and Gannett Muni Metro East Light Rail Yogi Kwong Engineers Beachwalk Emergency Bypass Fleming Force Main CDM Sand City Brackish Desalination Facility ACEC/IDAHO CH2M HILL/URS (Joint Venture) Folsom Lake Crossing CH2M HILL East ParkCenter River Crossing David Evans and Associates South Line Mobile Laser Scanning McMillen Yale Dam Bull Trout Entrainment Hatch Mott MacDonald Arrowhead Tunnels-Inland Feeder Reduction DB HDR Engineering Gills Onions Advanced Energy Recovery System ACEC/ILLINOIS RBF Consulting P-971 A&C CAMOUT Phases I Burns & McDonnell Engineering Goodman Energy Center and II Company T.Y. Lin International David Kreitzer Lake Hodges Farnsworth Group Kickapoo Creek Stream Restoration Bicycle Pedestrian Bridge Greeley and Hansen Water Purification Plant Chlorine Building ACEC/COLORADO Hanson Professional Services Sustainability Paves Way for Brown and Caldwell Littleton/Englewood Wastewater Runway 2-20 Treatment Plant HDR Engineering Wild Rose State Fish Hatchery CH2M HILL Austin Bluffs Interchange at Renovation Union Boulevard HNTB Corporation North Avenue Bridge E M C Engineers Revitalizing a Community Reconstruction Landmark Huff & Huff/HDR/Inter-fluve Watershed Analysis—DuPage River Felsburg Holt & Ullevig C-470/Alameda Parkway & Salt Creek Interchange MWH Delta (Joint Venture) Runway 10C-28C East Mass Malcolm Pirnie Colorado Radionuclide Abatement Grading Project and Disposal Strategy Wight & Company Hidden Oaks Nature Center Merrick & Company Levee Certification Using Geospatial Technologies ACEC/INDIANA Richard P. Arber Associates Crystal Clear Future Alamosa American Structurepoint Keystone Parkway/106th & 126th Arsenic Street Interchanges URS Corporation Groundwater Cleanup at Spill Site American Structurepoint Whiting Lakefront Redevelopment Warren AFB Plan DLZ Indiana Main Street Underpass at Grand ACEC/CONNECTICUT Trunk Western Railroad URS Corporation AES New Haven Harbor’s Twin 48" Force Main Crossing ACEC/IOWA FOX Engineering Associates Membrane Bioreactor Wastewater Escala, a luxury, high- Treatment Plant rise residential condo HDR Engineering 24th Street Bridge in downtown Seattle, HDR Engineering Cedar Rapids WPCF Flood was designed by 2010 Protection Improvements Study EEA National Finalist Cary Kopczynski & ACEC/KANSAS Company, Inc., of BG Consultants Innovative Crash-worthy Bridge Bellevue, Wash. Rail for FRP Decks Black & Veatch Rock Creek Watershed Planning Burns & McDonnell Engineering Ineeda Cleaners GAC Company Remediation System DLR Group Oak Ridge High School Additions & Renovations HNTB Corporation Antioch/I-435 Interchange Professional Engineering Groundwater Remediation and Consultants RO Water Treatment Center TranSystems Wichita Central Corridor URS Corporation Horsethief Reservoir URS Corporation Turkey Creek Tunnel Improvements 2010 EEA NATIONAL FINALISTS Firm Name Project Name Firm Name Project Name

ACEC/KENTUCKY CDP Engineers Georgetown Fire Station Parking Lot Engineering Consulting Services Portal 31 Exhibition Mine Gresham, Smith and Partners Rivers Landing Condominiums Kenvirons City of Jamestown Water Treatment Plant The Meadowlands Rail & Roadway Improvement Project in East Rutherford, Stanley Consultants Spurlock Station Generating Unit 4 N.J., designed by 2010 EEA National Finalist Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., of Morristown, N.J., includes a new train station, two train station platforms ACEC/MAINE and a covered pedestrian walkway. Stantec Consulting Services FirstEnergy/W.H. Sammis Selective Catalytic Reduction System ACEC/NEBRASKA CH2M HILL association with Omaha Long Term Control Plan ACEC/MARYLAND HDR Engineering and Lamp, A. Morton Thomas and Associates NPDES Carrington Watershed— Rynearson & Associates Charles County, Md. HDR Engineering Nebraska City 2 Power Plant Whitman Requardt & Associates Grade Separation of MD 450 at HNTB Corporation Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge CSXT Railroad ACEC/NEVADA ACEC/MASSACHUSETTS The Louis Berger Group Las Vegas Wash Upper Diversion Maguire Group Relocated I-195 & New Weir Providence River Bridge The Louis Berger Group Narragansett Bay Commission STV Incorporated Greenbush Line Rail Restoration CSO Program Tetra Tech U.S. Forces—Iraq Operations Facility ACEC/NEW HAMPSHIRE Parsons Brinckerhoff Mount Washington Hotel and ACEC/METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON Resort Improvements CH2M HILL 11th Street Bridges Interchange Justification Report ACEC/NEW JERSEY Parsons Union Station Bicycle Transit Arora and Associates Route 70 over Manasquan River Center Bridge Robert Silman Associates Eastern Market Rehabilitation Gannett Fleming Route U.S. 1 & 9: Rahway River Schnabel Engineering GW Memorial Parkway Rock Bridge and Sections Slope Stabilization Hatch Mott MacDonald Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement Syska Hennessy Group Dulles Airport Tier 1 East/West DBFO Project Domestic Jacobs Engineering Group N.J. Meadowlands Rail & Roadway Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Route 50 Traffic Calming Improvement Project Improvements Project Langan Engineering & 77 Hudson/70 Greene Environmental Services ACEC/MICHIGAN McCormick Taylor N.J. Route 49 over Cape May Bergmann Associates Farm Lane Branch Bridge Michael Baker Jr. Route 52 Causeway Replacement ACEC/MINNESOTA Contract A Emmons & Olivier Resources Arlington-Pascal Stormwater PB Americas Hillery Street Bridge Replacement Improvements Taylor Wiseman & Taylor RT 17/Essex Street Interchange HDR Engineering Cost Risk Assessment and Value Reconstruction Engineering Workshops The Louis Berger Group Design and Construction Services Short Elliott Hendrickson Burnsville Surface Water of the SRS/SCAT Gun Treatment Plant SRF Consulting Group Stormwater Management: ACEC/NEW MEXICO Univ. of Minn. TCF Bank Stadium CH2M HILL San Juan-Chama Drinking Water Treatment Plant ACEC/MISSOURI HNTB Corporation Rail Runner Express Phase II Crawford, Murphy & Tilly Saline Creek Regional WWTF— Phase II ACEC/NEW YORK HNTB Corporation Amtrak Thames River Bridge AECOM Hudson River PCBs—Potable Jacobs Engineering Group Seismic Retrofit Study of the Water Supplies I-155 Bridge AECOM Long Island Replacement Cable SCI Engineering Patients First Health Center Project Additions Arup Juilliard School/Alice Tully Hall Expansion ACEC/MONTANA Bechtel/SELLS/URS (Joint Venture) Gowanus Expressway Viaduct-BQE HDR Engineering Bonner Pedestrian Bridge Connector C&S Engineers Midler City Industrial Park Brownfield Remediation Dagher Engineering Housatonic River Museum, A Net-Zero Building

MAY / JUNE 2010 ENGINEERING INC. 21 2010 EEA NATIONAL FINALISTS Firm Name Project Name Firm Name Project Name

Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners TKTS Booth, Times Square, ACEC/SOUTH DAKOTA New York HDR Engineering 57th Street Reconstruction Ecology and Environment GIS/GPS Mapping for Interstate Engineering Ruby Pipeline Siting ACEC/TENNESSEE Hazen and Sawyer UCONN Water Reuse Gresham, Smith and Partners New Orleans Temporary Pumping HDR Engineering Green Remediation Revitalizes Station Expansion Bronx Waterfront HDR Engineering Tappan Zee Bridge Partial Deck ACEC/UTAH Replacement Parsons Brinckerhoff Mountain View Corridor EIS IBC Engineering King & King Office Building Jacobs/Parsons Brinckerhoff Harmon Shop Replacement ACEC/VIRGINIA Design (Joint Venture) Design-Build Hankins and Anderson Magnetic Levitation Chillers in Jaros, Baum & Bolles RBS Americas Headquarters Geneva Mueser Rutledge Consulting Pier 64 at Hudson River Park Malcolm Pirnie Proctors Creek Reuse Water Pump Engineers Station Parsons Brinckerhoff I-84/I-87 Interchange Reconstruction ACEC/WASHINGTON Robert Silman Associates Schermerhorn House Cary Kopczynski & Company Escala Severud Associates Bank of America Tower at Hatch Mott MacDonald/Jacobs Central Link Section 710, Beacon One Bryant Park (Joint Venture) Hill Station and Tunnels Stantec Consulting Services Brooklyn-Queens Expressway— HWA GeoSciences Brightwater Marine Outfall 61st Street to Broadway Magnusson Klemencic Associates Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre Urban Engineers of New York/ Wetland Treatment of Glycol Magnusson Klemencic Associates Magnuson Park Wetlands and Jacques Whitford/Stantec Limited Impaired Runoff Athletic Fields Weidlinger Associates Metrorrey Light Rail Viaduct Parametrix Hood Canal Bridge Program (Line 2) Management Ysrael A. Seinuk, P.C. O-14 Wood Harbinger ShoWare Center

ACEC/NORTH CAROLINA ACEC/WISCONSIN HDR Engineering Blue Heron UV Stormwater AECOM Back River Wastewater Treatment Treatment System Plant—Cogeneration Project HDR Engineering Elizabeth Avenue Business Corridor CH2M HILL Well 10 Radium Removal McKim & Creed Mobile Scanning Projects Mead & Hunt/MSA Professional Lake Delton and STH A Services Restoration ACEC/OHIO Milwaukee Transportation Partners Marquette Interchange Gannett Fleming Engineers and I-80 Widening at Meander Reconstruction Architects Reservoir Malcolm Pirnie Marysville Water Reclamation CEC/TEXAS Facility Brown & Gay Engineers Engineer Navigates River Authority to GIS Solution ACEC/OREGON Freese and Nichols VTSH Self-Cleaning Trench Type KPFF Consulting Engineers Renovation of Paradise Inn Wetwell Design PAE Consulting Engineers Portland State University HDR Engineering San Antonio River Improvements Shattuck Hall Project HDR Engineering Tessman Road Landfill Solar Energy ACEC/PENNSYLVANIA Cover Gannett Fleming Exelon’s Renewable Energy URS Corporation AT&T Performing Arts Center Education Center URS Corporation Spur 601/Inner Loop Herbert, Rowland & Grubic The ATC Route 944 A.T. Walter P Moore Cowboys Stadium Underpass Herbert, Rowland & Grubic The Harrisburg Authority Act 537 Plan Update Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson I-279/SR 28 Connector Ramp Michael Baker Jr. TMI Steam Generator Transport New York City–based Arup was a 2010 EEA National Finalist for the Project expansion, renovation and acoustic upgrade of Lincoln Center’s Juilliard Sucevic, Piccolomini & Kuchar Meadville Interchange Drainage School and Alice Tully Hall in New York City. Engineering & Aesthetics Design The Louis Berger Group Trenton-Morrisville Toll Bridge

ACEC/SOUTH CAROLINA DWG, Inc., Consulting Engineers 3 West Rehabilitation, Roper Hospital HDR Engineering Dave Lyle Boulevard Pedestrian Access Improvements STV Fantasy Harbour Bridge Triplett-King & Associates I-520 Palmetto Parkway, Phase II Design-Build Wilbur Smith Associates Robert Edge Sr. Parkway

22 ENGINEERING INC. MAY / JUNE 2010 2010 EEA JUDGES 2010 EEA committee ACEC thanks the 2010 Engineering Excellence Awards Judges and EEA Committee for their time and dedication to this year’s competition. Christopher M. Gordon David Haley Mark Premo Herbert Berg Dennis M. Kamber Chief Judge State Chief Architect Anchorage Water & Chairman ARCADIS Harvard University Madison, Wis. Wastewater Utilities HBK Engineering, LLC Rockville, Md. Cambridge, Mass. Anchorage, Alaska Chicago Larry Koshire Dennis B. Micko Sharon Black Rochester Public Utilities David V. Shuter Jon M. Beekman Banner Associates Harvard Business School Rochester, Minn. Los Angeles World Airport Kleinfelder Engineers Brookings, S.D. Boston Los Angeles Framingham, Mass. P. Patrick Leahy Stuart D. Monical Linda Bridwell American Geological Institute Julie Skallman Fredric S. Berger MKK Consulting Engineers Kentucky American Water Alexandria, Va. Minnesota DOT The Louis Berger Group Greenwood Village, Colo. Lexington, Ky. St. Paul, Minn. Washington, D.C. Lewis E. Link Patricia Mosher Mike G. Chapman University of Maryland Steven L. Stockton George Binder HNTB Corporation Naval Facilities Engineering Middletown, Md. U.S. Army Corps of ACEC/Kentucky Kansas City, Mo. Command Engineers Frankfort, Ky. Washington, D.C. Ronnie A. May Alexandria, Va. Gayle A. Roberts DTE Energy Andrew J. Ciancia Stanley Consultants Rina Cutler Detroit Robert Stubbe Langan Engineering & Muscatine, Iowa City of Philadelphia City of Omaha Environmental Services Karl Miller Omaha, Neb. New York, N.Y. Donald G. Sherman Arthur B. deWit Kenny Construction MWH Global, Inc. Baete-Forseth HVAC Company Stephen K. Swinson Edwin K. Dedeaux Chandler, Ariz. Pierre, S.D. Chicago Thermal Energy Corporation Allen & Hoshall Houston Ridgeland, Miss. Daisy P. Nappier King W. Gee Glen R. Mowery ACEC Federal Highway University of Iowa Maj. Gen. Merdith (Bo) Carol Godiksen Washington, D.C. Administration Iowa City, Iowa Temple ACEC/Wisconsin Washington, D.C. DCG-CEO Headquarters, Madison, Wis. Mark C. Nelson USACE Mark F. Giesfeldt Commonwealth of Washington, D.C. Judy L. Hricak Wisconsin Department of Massachusetts Gannett Fleming Natural Resources Boston Tim J. Ward Harrisburg, Pa. Madison, Wis. Manhattan College Anne Papageorge Riverdale, N.Y. Gary L. Graham University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Turnpike Philadelphia Peter Zipf Commission The Port Authority of NY Middletown, Pa. Tom Powers & NJ City of Chicago, DOT New York City Samuel W. Grossman Chevron Danville, Calif. 2010 EEA Sponsors ACEC thanks the following companies for their sponsorship of the EEA Gala:

Gold HOST DONOR HDR Engineering, Inc. ACEC Retirement Trust IBC Engineering, P.C. HNTB Corp. American Society of Civil Maguire Group, Inc. Michael Baker Jr., Inc. Engineers TMG Custom Media Hankins and Anderson Victor O. Schinnerer ThankConsulting Engineers Wilbur Smith & Associates Patron Mead and Hunt AREVA NP, Inc. MWH Global Hatch Mott MacDonald Parsons T.Y. Lin International Urban Engineers, Inc. Walter P Moore Ysrael A.You Seinuk, P.C.

MAY / JUNE 2010 ENGINEERING INC. 23 Engineering RecoveryAmerica’s 1,000-Plus Embrace Convention’s Legislative Activism, Bottom-Line Focus

allying to the theme of engineering the nation’s economic recovery, more than 1,000 members attended the recently concluded ACEC 2010 Annual Convention in Washington, D.C., to promote important industry legislative initiatives and learn critical bottom-line business insights. “The business focus of the Convention is outstanding,” said James Stewart of PSA Consulting Engineers in Oklahoma City. “There is a tremendous pool of resources, and I always find important items to take back to my firm.” R “It was a nice mix of technical sessions, interesting speakers and meetings on Capitol Hill,” said Jason Matson of Kimley-Horn in West Palm Beach, Fla. “It’s a very efficient use of time and a real chance to get things done.” “I really liked the CEO Panel. It was very high- level strategic stuff. They got into some really good, thought-provoking topics,” said William Hoffmann of CTL/Thompson Inc. in Colorado Springs, Colo. “Coming to these events reminds you of all the things that the Council does for you.” Convention attendees also included delegations from China, India, Canada, Australia, Korea and Nigeria; 70 first-time attendees; and representatives of colleague associations, including ASCE, ARTBA, U.S. Engineers Key to FIDIC and NCEES. Global Marketplace The Convention’s comprehensive Legislative Sum- Greg Ip, U.S. economics editor mit was highlighted by the participation of more than 400 for The Economist magazine, ACEC “citizen lobbyists” who took to Capitol Hill to told attendees opportunities urge their elected representatives to boost the for the engineering industry national economy through new multiyear abound despite a slow economic bills for water, aviation and sur- recovery. face transportation. Citizen “The United States is the lobbyists also raised concerns world’s largest exporter of ser- about pending initiatives that vices,” he said. “There is a need threaten contracting out and for the expertise that you folks advocated repeal of the 3 per- have, which still far exceeds Economist Editor Greg cent withholding mandate. what other countries can do.” Ip updates attendees on the state of the global marketplace.24 ENGINEERING INC. MAY / JUNE 2010 Recovery

HDR Engineering, Inc. Project Manager Juan Josse (left) and Gills Onions Co-Owner Steve Gill (right) celebrate winning at the EEA Gala, while HDR CEO Richard Bell (third from the left) is congratulated by ACEC Chairman Tim Psomas and ACEC President Dave Raymond. The HDR-designed Advanced Energy Recovery System at Gills Onions in Oxnard, Calif., was named winner of the ACEC Grand Conceptor Award for the year’s most outstanding engineering achievement.

Ip’s optimistic presentation Buchanan and Clift also pointed to improvements Conduct Spirited MSNBC’s Pat Buchanan makes a passionate political point in the U.S. trade gap, business Debate as Newsweek’s Eleanor Clift prepares to respond during the Keynote Luncheon debate. investment and state budgets. Nationally recognized “We are getting back to an econ- pundits Eleanor Clift and omy that produces more stuff Patrick Buchanan lightened instead of one that just moves the mood during a spirited things around,” Ip said. “One of debate across the political the great things about the Ameri- spectrum—differing on can economy is that people go in almost every issue they dis- search of the opportunities.” cussed, from the success of Ip noted that although the the stimulus package to the economy is growing again, “it likely results of the 2010 will be a long struggle back.” midterm election.

MAY / JUNE 2010 ENGINEERING INC. 25 CEO Panel Provides High- Level Perspective on Industry Issues Leaders of three of the nation’s largest engineering firms offered compelling views on near- and long-term challenges and opportunities facing the industry. Robert Uhler, chairman and CEO of MWH Global, said three “megatrends”— commoditization of engineering services, consolidation of midsized engineering firms, and growth among firms offering both engineering and construction services—have led him to guide his firm toward being an intellectual property ACEC President Dave Raymond introduces members of the CEO Panel at the Annual Convention. From left: Robert provider. Uhler, chairman and CEO of MWH Global; Len Rodman, chairman, president and CEO of Black and Veatch; and George “We are creating a repeatable Pierson, CEO of Parsons Brinckerhoff. platform business, packaging solutions on a global scale,” United States. “We spend one Gerald Stump Assumes he said. of the lowest percentages of ACEC Chairmanship George Pierson, CEO GDP on infrastructure among Gerald Stump, COO and of Parsons Brinckerhoff, all the nations on earth,” he executive vice president of addressed the lack of infra- said. “Failing to invest in Wilbur Smith Associates, suc- structure investment in the infrastructure can create a self- ceeded Tim Psomas, chairman propelling spiral downward.” of Psomas, as ACEC chairman Len Rodman, chairman, for 2010–11. president and CEO of Black New mem- and Veatch, said, “Focusing bers on the short-term makes it difficult 2010–11 to build a good national infra- Executive Com- structure. We need to convince mittee (ExCom) Incoming ACEC Chairman Gerald policymakers about the value are: Sergio Stump greets members and guests of long-term infrastructure “Satch” Pecori, at the Convention’s Opening Dinner. planning.” president/CEO of Hanson Professional P.W. Grosser; Miller “M.L.” Services; Paul Love, vice president of Collins Grosser, presi- Engineers; and Robert Paulsen, dent/CEO of chairman of The PBSJ Corpo- ration. ACEC/South Carolina Executive Director Joe Jones III is the new NAECE representative. Returning ExCom mem- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chief Lt. bers are chairman-elect Terry Gen. Robert Van Antwerp offered a brief Neimeyer, chairman and CEO but animated discussion of industry issues. He later signed a joint partnering of KCI Technologies; Bart Pat- agreement with Council leaders. ton, senior vice president of Kleinfelder; Ken Wightman, CEO of David Evans and Associates; and Robin Green- leaf, president of Architectural Engineers. < ACEC/Wisconsin Thomasson Associates’ leaders met with Wimberly Wins $10K in Senator Russ Feingold ACEC/PAC Sweepstakes (D-Wis.) during the ACEC/PAC enjoyed strong Convention’s Capitol fundraising success at the 2010 Hill visits. From left: ACEC Annual Convention Ted Richards and Matt with more than $125,000 Richards, both from raised to support the Council’s Strand Associates, political program. Winners of Inc.; ACEC/Wisconsin the ACEC/PAC Sweepstakes Executive Director drawing included: Carol Godiksen; James Owen, MSA • John Wimberly, I.C. Thom- Professional Services; asson Associates, Tennessee: Senator Feingold; $10,000 ACEC/Wisconsin • Roy Abe, HDR, Hawaii: President Stan $5,000 Sudgen; Phil Budde, • David Harrell, Vaughn & Strand Associates; Melton Consulting Engi- and David Murphy, neers, Tennessee: $2,000 MSA Professional • Dennis P. Coffey, HNTB, Services. Massachusetts: $1,000

< Gregs Thomopulos (left), CEO of Stanley Consultants and chairman of the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC), greets Mayen Adetiba, vice president of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, and Enrico Vink, FIDIC managing director. Delegations from Australia, Canada, China, India and Korea also attended the Convention.

John Marinello (left), chief information officer, WSP Flack + Kurtz, discusses critical IT issues facing Member Firms during the Bentley Systems–sponsored CIO Panel. Also pictured, from left: Cora Carmody, senior vice president, information technology, Jacobs Engineering Group; James T. Walsh, chief technology officer, AECOM; Janerie Wheeler, vice president and director, information services and technology, Malcolm Pirnie; and session moderator

< ACEC/Indiana leadership meets with Congressman Dan Burton (R-Ind.) at his Cort Kane of designDATA. Capitol Hill office. From left: Ross Snider, USI Consultants, Inc., Indianapolis; ACEC/Indiana President Abe Swidan, Janssen & Spaans Engineering, Inc., Indianapolis; Susie Grynol, Association of Consulting Engineering Companies, Ottawa, Canada; Congressman Burton; and Mak Knowles, American Thank You Structurepoint Inc., Indianapolis. Convention Sponsors ACEC/PAC Events

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Anniversary

ew York City–based Parsons Brinck- t. Paul, Minn.–based Toltz, King, erhoff (PB), a leader in developing Duvall, Anderson and Associates, Nand operating infrastructure, SInc. (TKDA), an employee-owned celebrates its 125th anniversary in 2010. engineering, architecture and planning firm, William Barclay Parsons established a con- celebrates its centennial in 2010. sulting engineering practice in Manhattan Founded in 1910 by Maximilian Toltz as in 1885; today the firm has nearly 14,000 Toltz Engineering Company, the firm became employees in 150 offices on six continents. Toltz, King, Duvall, Anderson and Associates, In January 2010, the firm welcomed new Inc., in 1956. Chief Executive Officer George J. Pierson and George J. Pierson “We are very proud of our longevity and William E. Deitner began its first full year of operation as a wholly our culture, which is illustrated by our 80 per- owned subsidiary of Balfour Beatty plc, a London-based engineer- cent repeat client base and also the fact that many of our ing, construction, professional services and investment firm. employees have spent their entire careers at TKDA,” said William During its 125-year history, PB has participated in the develop- E. Deitner, CEO of TKDA. ment of the first mass transit systems for New York City, San Fran- With its nearly 200 employees, TKDA has played a role in many cisco, Atlanta, Taipei and Singapore; the advancement of immersed- Twin Cities’ landmarks: Cathedral of Saint Paul, Como Park Conser- tube tunnel technology; and various innovations in the design and vatory, Union Depot in Saint Paul, Space Tower on Minnesota State construction of bridges. Fair Grounds, Robert Street Bridge and Wabasha Street Bridge.

On The Move

help in the transitions for Stone Raymond DeStephen presi- and Pleasant and will continue dent of Schnabel Engineering on the Dewberry board. Consultants, Inc., and Pres- ton Frey president of Schnabel Parsons appointed Jeffrey Dam Engineering, Inc. DeSte- F. Squires president, Parsons phen, who joined Schnabel in MENA (Middle East and North 1975, has served as executive Africa), where he will provide vice president since 2002. Frey overall leadership, manage busi- joined Schnabel in 1981 and ness development and promote has been branch manager of Parsons’ strategic objectives in the firm’s Roswell and Gaines- From left: Ronald L. Ewing, Donald E. Stone Jr. and Dan M. Pleasant the region. Squires, who joined ville, Ga., office since 2002. Parsons in 2005, most recently Donald E. Stone Jr. has been previously served as COO. served as vice president, trans- Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & appointed CEO at Dewberry. Dan M. Pleasant, president of portation program development. Huber, Inc. (FTC&H), elected Stone will succeed Ronald L. Dewberry’s southeast division, James A. Susan president, Ewing, who has been with has been appointed COO. Schnabel Engineering, Inc., succeeding James D. Town- Dewberry since 2002. Stone Ewing, who plans to retire, will in Glen Allen, Va., appointed ley, who was elected chairman.

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tlanta-based Geosyntec Consul- tants, Inc., acquired the assets A of Rainwater Recovery, Inc., a Waltham, Mass., consulting firm focused on the design of rainwater harvesting and integrated stormwater management systems. The acquisition expands Geosyntec’s service offerings in the water and natural resources sector. Geosyntec, founded in 1983, provides Philip Reidy consulting engineering and science services and has more than 45 offices in the United States and select international locations. Philip Reidy, who founded Rainwater Recovery six years ago, joins Geosyntec’s Brookline, Mass., office. Rainwater Recovery’s staff joins Geosyntec’s team of specialists in water resources management nationwide.

Susan joined FTC&H in 1992 and wastewater services; and and becomes only the fifth Smith will manage the devel- president in the firm’s 54 years. opment and natural resources business unit. Tim Baldwin, Tim Cawood, Street Lee and Mark Smith Howard H. Roberts Jr. has have been promoted to senior joined Sam Schwartz Engi- vice president at McKim & neering (SSE) as senior vice Creed, an engineering, sur- president, transit and rail ser- veying and planning firm vices, and will focus on grow- with offices throughout the ing SSE’s transit and rail opera- Southeast. Baldwin will over- tions in the United States and see business development abroad. Roberts also will be in the water and wastewater general manager of the com- industry; Cawood will oversee pany’s Philadelphia office, to FIND the firm’s geomatics (survey- open later this year. Previously, ing and mapping) services; Roberts served as president of YOUR NEXT ENGINEER Lee will be in charge of water New York City Transit. on ACEC’s Job Board . . . where today’s engineering job seekers go to ﬁ nd their next jobs.

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Sourcebook Helps Engineers Make projects into bottom-line success stories and learn marketing advan- Management and Risk Decisions tages to “up their BIM game.” Have you ever been confronted with a client contract that you Key perspectives and sample topics include: really didn’t want to sign? How about a take-it-or-leave-it contract • Assessing your IT investments and moving forward, adding or purchase order that required an unfair value without breaking budgets; liability burden on your firm, including • Implementing a more efficient bidding process for construction, indemnifying the client and paying their plus how reduced RFIs can create fee savings; legal fees? • Hearing from clients: expectations and realities; You have to make a business decision. • Taking a BIM model from design to construction to maintenance; ACEC’s new “Blue Sourcebook” can software M/E/P tips and tricks; help. • Learning risk issues: contracts and data licensing agreements; and The Blue Sourcebook: Business Prac- • Staying engaged in projects through their lifecycle by assisting tices and Risk Management for Engi- owners in the management of their facilities through the firm’s neering Firms is a real-world guidebook BIM model. that belongs in the library of every engi- For full course agenda highlights and faculty and to register, visit neering firm. The sourcebook presents a www.acec.org/education. variety of challenging everyday—and less usual—risk management situations in which a firm might find itself, with advice and/or alter- Professional Development Hours natives on what to do next. This one-of-a-kind guide deals with the business side of engineering and includes best practices of engineer- Needed to Maintain PE License ing firms of all sizes from throughout the United States. Thirty-five states have established continuing professional compe- Featuring more than 200 scenarios, solutions, tips, advice and tency or continuing education requirements for licensed engineers alternatives previously attempted and implemented by engineering to maintain licensure, which often requires licensed professionals to firms, the sourcebook is the ideal go-to reference to help you react manage continuing education requirements in several jurisdictions. quickly to business situations and take preventive measures to avoid Tracking the Professional Development Hours (PDHs) needed to trouble before it occurs. renew a state license can be cumbersome and time-consuming. ACEC made the process easier when it collaborated with the Building Information Modeling: National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) to develop the Registered Continuing Education The Future Is Here Program (RCEP), a nationwide portal for education that connects There’s no denying that the practice of Building Information Mod- NCEES-approved education providers with engineers, surveyors and eling (BIM) is becoming more prevalent in the A/E/C world; it has related industry professionals. proved to streamline the design and construction process, reduce At RCEP.net, professionals can maintain a log of the hours they’ve risk and increase efficiency. earned by self-reporting PDHs or participating in offerings adver- Does your firm have what it needs tised on RCEP’s searchable Master Calendar. Engineers also can find and what it takes to compete? ACEC’s licensure requirements in any state by using the RCEP.net system. new 2010 BIM course—Realizing Firms benefit by subscribing their employees to RCEP.net; BIM Potential for A/E Firms: by encouraging employee progress in meeting licensure requirements; Leveraging the Building Informa- and by recognizing employees for their educational achievements. tion Modeling Process for Increased VisitV www.rcep.net or contact ACEC’s Maria Buscemi at mbus- ROI, June 21–22 in Orlando—is a [email protected] for more information. ■ focused, next-level exploration of the BIM process, presented by experienced The ACEC Institute for Business Management provides practitioners, software experts and A/E comprehensive and accessible business management education industry innovators. for engineering company principals and their staffs. Of interest to A/E company principals, project managers, COOs, IT managers and business develop- Visit ACEC’s online educational events calendar at ment professionals of firms already using or familiar with BIM, www.acec.org/calendar/index.cfm or bookstore at the agenda features a strategic look at where and how to achieve its www.acec.org/publications, or call 202-347-7474, ext. 338, potential and maximize bottom-line benefits. Attendees will hear for further information. from industry innovators who are successfully transforming BIM

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