The soft stuff
By Eduardo Smith | Company culture, employee engagement, and morale are often the differentiators between common and great companies.
By Eduardo Smith | Company culture, employee engagement, and morale are often the differentiators between common and great companies.
It’s important to revisit your purpose and values statements from time to time to make sure they still hold true for your firm.
The tools that Revit provides have the power to help firms save time and money, while improving the quality of the final product.
Salas O'brien (Santa Ana, CA) expanded into the research triangle with their acquisition of Stanford White (Raleigh, NC), creating a combined firm of 825 employees and 35 office locations. Link to Details EPS Group (Mesa,...
By Jamie Claire Kiser | Discarding an entire year’s worth of results may be an even greater barrier to future success than our current circumstances.
Digital twins, photogrammetry, and analytics are paying off for owners and developers when this technology is in the hands of experts who push it to its limits.
The next time you have a critical project or important concept to communicate, forget the jargon and consider telling a story.
By Mark Zweig | Getting on the phone right now may be the single most important thing you can do to bring in new work.
By Will Swearingen | In recent months, long-time issues like communication have been trumped by new challenges: loneliness, problems with technology, work-life balance, and distractions.
President and CEO of the North American operations of Mott MacDonald (Iselin, NJ), a $2 billion global management, engineering, and development firm.
By Jamie Claire Kiser | We’re using videoconferencing more than ever, but constant communication isn’t the same as effective communication.
By Mark Zweig | None of these is a panacea. All of these things do, however, have the potential to bring you new clients, opportunities, and projects.
Firms should evaluate their services, internal IT systems and controls, and check their insurance to make sure they have the protection they need.
Co-founder and managing partner of Shear Structural (Chamblee, GA), a 100 percent women-owned and women-managed structural engineering firm.
By Christina Zweig Niehues | Press releases haven’t gone the way of the dinosaurs yet. Keep them short and simple to get the most out of this powerful marketing and exposure tool.
Prostruct Consulting (Singapore), a leading urban and infrastructure protection consulting firm specializing in security, blast consultancy and testing, has joined Surbana Jurong (Singapore). Link to Details ASGC (Dubai, UAE) took a 15% stake in the...
It’s our responsibility as AEC professionals, as well as citizens, to champion solutions to problems that affect our global and local communities.
By Mark Zweig | Now is a good time to take stock of the many positive aspects of our industry to help keep yourself and your employees motivated and directed in the midst of uncertainty.
By Jamie Claire Kiser | Though the immediate impact of COVID-19 is bleak for many in our industry, there is reason to see the foundation forming for a different type of AEC firm.
By Will Swearingen | When considering a deferred compensation strategy for your ownership transition, keep these pros and cons in mind.
Founder of edg (New York, NY), a technology-driven firm that leverages the power of software and equipment to deliver higher quality projects in less time.
Submit to: ElevateHer@zweiggroup.com Deadline: 6/15/20 Across multiple industries companies are realizing that diversity is more than just a buzzword. Project teams with individuals with diverse ages, values/beliefs, traditions, ethnic backgrounds, and personalities are continually outperforming...
RESPEC (Rapid City, SD), a consulting company that specializes in mining, energy, water, environment, and technology, announced the acquisition of PDC Engineers (Fairbanks, AK). The combined entities will operate from 25 offices in 14 states...
By Mark Zweig | For many A/E firms, it is going to take a lot of tough decisions, hard work, mental intensity, and help from everyone in the firm to get through this situation intact.