The Zweig Letter

By Will Swearingen | Clean financials reduce buyer uncertainty, strengthen seller leverage, and make it easier to defend the value of your firm.

By Michael Sanderson | Mid-sized A/E firms can hold a powerful advantage by pairing greater resources with closer relationships and faster execution.

By Mark Zweig | In AEC, responsiveness is part of the service, and firms that make clients wait are giving competitors an opening.

By Julia Moroney | Emotional intelligence becomes organizational intelligence when leaders use human signals to diagnose problems, guide change, and improve execution.

By Carrie Hawley | Owners can gain greater cost certainty and protect design intent by rethinking when and how lighting distributors join the project team.

The leading source of business management insights, research, and strategies tailored specifically for leaders of AEC firms.

By Jeremy Clarke | A board seat comes with fiduciary duties, legal exposure, and responsibilities that deserve more than an informal handoff.

By Scott Butcher | Across firms of all sizes and markets, several strategic priorities continue to rise to the top as leaders plan for what comes next.

By Mark Zweig | The biggest threats to a firm are often predictable, preventable risks that leadership simply failed to plan for.

By Ricardo Jesús Maga Rojas | Career growth in AEC becomes more meaningful when professionals stop chasing a single finish line and start exploring what comes next.

By Kraig Kern | The firms getting the most from AI are not buying better tools, but building better systems for organizing institutional knowledge.

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Zweig Group has released the 2026 Marketing + Business Development Report of AEC Firms, its most comprehensive look at how firms are evolving their marketing and business development functions.

By Mark Zweig | The creation of SNZweig brings together Zweig Group and Stambaugh Ness with the leadership, resources, and ambition to build something bigger.

By Dakota Zimmerman | The principles that rebuild a football team can also help AEC leaders earn trust, navigate change, and grow a business.

By Greg Sepeda | Strong middle leaders are the canals that carry strategy, coaching, and leadership development throughout an AEC firm.

By Kathy Nanowski | How AEC firms build predictable growth through stronger client relationships, strategic alignment, and intentional business development.

By Lauren Martin | For AEC firms, data center projects may represent game-changing opportunities, but are you prepared for the risks?

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Aphias Capital makes strategic investment to accelerate growth and scale

  September 1 – Corgan (Dallas, TX), an architecture and design firm, acquired Duda|Paine Architects (Durham, NC), an architecture firm specializing in commercial office, higher education, research, and wellness-focused environments. The acquisition establishes Corgan’s presence...

By Daryl Simons Jr. | When AEC firms can’t find the leader they want, the problem may be unrealistic expectations rather than a broken talent market.

By Jeff Adams | The first 100 days after an AEC sale can determine whether client trust, employee confidence, and deal value are preserved.

By Mark Zweig | Many AEC firm problems are self-inflicted, driven less by market conditions than by weak management and unclear leadership.