Engineering Inc - November/December 2017 - 4

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Headed for a Showdown

ongress has shifted gears from health care to tax reform, with the
goal of sending a tax bill to the president's desk before the end of
the year. Infrastructure is on deck.
Tax reform faces a tough road. Congress hasn't done a
significant rewrite of the nation's tax code since 1986. The bill currently
before the House embraces several policies we support, including tax
deductions for corporations, preserving cash accounting and incentives
for employee ownership. But we're not satisfied with the provision on
passthroughs, which is disadvantageous to so many of our members.
We are working hard to kill that.
We are eager to get moving on infrastructure funding. The sooner
the White House releases a plan, the sooner both House and Senate
infrastructure committees can begin the process of drafting and moving
legislation. Our efforts on both infrastructure and tax reform are discussed
on page 8.
More than 850 ACEC members who attended the recent Fall Conference
in Orlando, Florida, thought that it was one of our "best ever," with
compelling speakers such as former SEAL Team 6 Leader Robert O'Neill,
who gave a gripping account of SEAL training and combat missions, and
former CIA head Michael Hayden, who painted a sobering picture of
national threats we face (see page 10).
This issue of Engineering Inc. highlights the importance of wind
engineering in the design of high-rise structures and bridges (see cover
feature page 14); new pipelines and infrastructure that are expected to boost
the natural gas market (see page 6); and public-private partnerships that are
expected to help meet the nation's infrastructure challenges (see page 22).
We hope that you enjoy reading Engineering Inc.-it just won another
top national award (2017 Folio Eddie Award) for publication excellence.
We also send best wishes to you and your family for a wonderful holiday
season, and look forward to working with you in the new year to further
advance our industry's agenda.

Sergio A. Pecori
ACEC Chairman

David A. Raymond
ACEC President & CEO

AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES
CHAIRMAN
PRESIDENT & CEO
VICE PRESIDENT,
OPERATIONS

Sergio A. Pecori
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
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202-682-4347

SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS
WRITER

Gerry Donohue

ACEC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND
EDITORIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN

Mary Stiff

IMAGINATION

Tim Gregorski
Jeff Kibler
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ACEC
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