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FRoM ACEC To YoU engineeringInc. THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES CHAIRMAN PRESIDENT & CEo VICE PRESIDENT, oPERATIoNS 2008 EEA: History in the Making The 42nd Annual Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) once again reaffirmed the remarkable impact our profession has on the quality of life we enjoy. Magnusson Klemencic’s Olympic Sculpture Park in downtown Seattle won the Grand Conceptor Award as the year’s best engineering triumph for its imaginative example of restorative engineering. The new University of Phoenix Stadium, home of the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals, features a revolutionary movable 9,500-ton playing field that can be wheeled from under the dome to the outdoors for access to natural sunlight and rain. The new Kay Bailey Hutchison Desalination Facilities in El Paso, Texas, taps vast brackish groundwater from beneath the desert floor and converts it into drinking water. The new Springfield (Va.) Interchange decongests what was perhaps the nation’s worst traffic clog. For a complete wrap-up of EEA winners, see page 25. This edition of Engineering Inc. also features reports on how Member Firms are using strategic mergers and acquisitions to boost market share; how they are enhancing employee morale; and the latest in marketing and branding techniques. A new Coalitions page highlights the achievements of ACEC’s coalition partners; this edition features the Council of American Structural Engineers, the Council of Professional Surveyors and the Council of American Mechanical & Electrical Engineers. Orrin B. MacMurray David A. Raymond Mary Ann Emely Steven Hall Jeffrey L. Beard Alan D. Crockett Andrea Keeney akeeney@acec.org (202) 682-4347 VICE PRESIDENT, GoVERNMENT AFFAIRS VICE PRESIDENT, INSTITUTE FoR BUSINESS MANAGEMENT DIRECToR, CoMMUNICATIoNS and MEDIA STAFF EDIToR ACEC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND EDITORIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Edward J. Mulcahy THE MAGAzINE GROUP EDIToRIAL DIRECToR Thomas Halligan Corey Murray ART DIRECToRS Jeff Kibler, Melissa Hamid PRoJECT MANAGER Mary Mieszczanski MANAGING EDIToR ADVERTISING SALES Nina Goldman Director Advertising & Sponsorships ACEC 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20005-2605 (202) 682-4325 ngoldman@acec.org Engineering Inc., Volume 19, 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. © 2008 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. For more current news on ACEC issues and developments, subscribe to the weekly electronic newsletter, Last Word. To subscribe, contact abrandstadter@ acec.org. For members without electronic access, a fax-on-demand version is available. Contact Ann Brandstadter for information at 202-682-4333. Orrin B. MacMurray ACEC Chairman David A. Raymond ACEC President & CEO WWW.AC EC .o RG 2 ENGINEERING INC. MAY / JUNE 2008

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