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From ACEC to You Progress on Capitol Hill, ACEC/PAC Heads to Strong Finish C ongress is set to pass a major surface transportation bill by Thanksgiving-a significant bipartisan accomplishment that ACEC has championed for some time. The bill will help address America's infrastructure deficit, advance many needed reforms, and provide greater certainty for our members in their planning. Both parties have also come together on a new budget deal that will prevent further across-the-board cuts (known as sequestration), setting the stage for passing spending bills in December to support critical federal programs in 2016. The Council continues to urge Congress to extend key tax code provisions, such as the R&D tax credit, production tax credits to support renewable energy, and business expensing incentives that benefit our industry-all of which we expect Congress to address by the end of the year. Critical to achieving these and other objectives-including passing comprehensive energy legislation-is a strong ACEC/PAC. It gives us the means to support lawmakers in both parties who advance our agenda. We greatly appreciate the contributions of ACEC members to our PAC, which will soon reach its strategic goal of $1 million. It is also noteworthy that Engineering Inc. has just won three Gold Awards-for cover design, feature writing, and overall magazine content- from MarCom, an international competition honoring excellence in marketing and communications. We wish you and your families a happy holiday season and look forward to working with you in the new year to advance the agenda of our industry. Ralph W. Christie, Jr. ACEC Chairman David A. Raymond ACEC President & CEO ENGINEERING INC. THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT & CEO VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS Ralph W. Christie, Jr. David A. Raymond 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 James Blake MANIFEST LLC Christopher Brandon Jeff Kibler PROJECT MANAGER 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 26, Number 6 (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. © 2015 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 202-347-7474 and ask for Member Records. WWW.AC EC .ORG http://WWW.ACEC.ORG

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Engineering Inc. - November/December 2015

Engineering Inc. - November/December 2015
Contents
From ACEC to You
Market Watch
Legislative Action
Traveling Smart
Idustry Drone Use Taking Flight
Back to Life
Economic Power of Employee Engagement
Young Professionals of the Year
Market Driven
2015 Fall Conference
Guest Column
Guest Column
Business Insights
Members in the News
Mergers and Acquisitions

Engineering Inc. - November/December 2015