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  • August 2026 M&A Transactions in AEC

    August 2026 M&A Transactions in AEC

    August 13, 2026

      August 3 – DLR Group (Omaha, NE), an integrated design firm, acquired McFarlane Architects (San Diego, CA), an architecture, planning, and interior design firm serving science, technology, and advanced manufacturing environments. The acquisition strengthens DLR Group’s expertise in complex technical facilities. [More information] ...

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  • Zweig Group & Stambaugh Ness advise McFarlane Architects in milestone deal with DLR Group

    Zweig Group & Stambaugh Ness advise McFarlane Architects in milestone deal with DLR Group

    August 11, 2026

    Zweig Group and Stambaugh Ness leverage deep AEC market intelligence to unite a premier San Diego life sciences firm with a national employee-owned design leader.

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  • May 2026 M&A Transactions in AEC

    May 2026 M&A Transactions in AEC

    May 18, 2026

      Zweig Group is the leading advisory firm for the AEC industry, providing expert guidance across the entire M&A lifecycle. With deep industry knowledge and decades of experience, we help firms navigate transactions, maximize value,...

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  • March M&A Transactions in AEC

    March M&A Transactions in AEC

    March 18, 2026

    Zweig Group is the leading advisory firm for the AEC industry, providing expert guidance across the entire M&A lifecycle.

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  • February M&A Transactions in AEC

    February M&A Transactions in AEC

    February 23, 2026

    Explore the latest AEC M&A transactions from the past month. Zweig Group tracks and reports on every merger and acquisition in architecture and engineering to keep you informed.

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  • November M&A Transactions in AEC

    November M&A Transactions in AEC

    November 20, 2025

      Zweig Group is the leading advisory firm for the AEC industry, providing expert guidance across the entire M&A lifecycle. With deep industry knowledge and decades of experience, we help firms navigate transactions, maximize value,...

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  • August M&A Transactions in AEC

    August M&A Transactions in AEC

    August 19, 2025

    August 1 – LJA Engineering (Houston, TX), an employee-owned engineering firm, acquired G&R Surveying (Austin, TX), a land and civil construction surveying services firm. [More information]  August 1 – HFA (Bentonville, AR), an architecture and...

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  • April M&A Transactions in AEC

    April M&A Transactions in AEC

    April 30, 2025

    March 21 – NV5 (Hollywood, FL) acquired CRS Survey (Albemarle, NC), a transportation and land development surveying firm. The move strengthens NV5’s mapping and data collection capabilities for infrastructure projects in the southeastern U.S. [More...

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  • March M&A Transactions in AEC

    March M&A Transactions in AEC

    March 12, 2025

    March 03 - LJA Engineering (Houston, TX) acquired Peters and Yaffee (Jacksonville, FL), a Civil Engineering firm, expanding its capabilities in traffic engineering, transportation engineering, roadway design, traffic signal design, signing and pavement marking design,...

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  • M&A Weekly Activity Report for 10/7/24-10/13/24

    M&A Weekly Activity Report for 10/7/24-10/13/24

    October 11, 2024

    Zweig Group is the leading AEC Industry advisory service provider. We blend industry and sector knowledge with experience across the M&A lifecycle to help you capture value for shareholders. Reach our Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory team...

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  • M&A Activity Report for the week of 7/8/24-7/14/24

    M&A Activity Report for the week of 7/8/24-7/14/24

    July 12, 2024

    Zweig Group is the leading AEC Industry advisory service provider. We blend industry and sector knowledge with experience across the M&A lifecycle to help you capture value for shareholders. Reach our Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory team...

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  • TZL Podcast: Christopher Parsons

    TZL Podcast: Christopher Parsons

    June 13, 2024

    "What was the most important opportunity? And we heard two things. We heard learning management...and AI." - Christopher Parsons About the Guest: Christopher Parsons is the founder and CEO of Knowledge Architecture, a firm based...

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  • M&A Activity Report for the week of 04/08/2024 – 04/14/2024

    M&A Activity Report for the week of 04/08/2024 – 04/14/2024

    May 03, 2024

    Zweig Group is the leading AEC Industry advisory service provider. We blend industry and sector knowledge with experience across the M&A lifecycle to help you capture value for shareholders. Reach our Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory...

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  • M&A Activity Report for the week of 02/05/2024 – 02/11/2024

    M&A Activity Report for the week of 02/05/2024 – 02/11/2024

    February 09, 2024

    Zweig Group is the leading AEC Industry advisory service provider. We blend industry and sector knowledge with experience across the M&A lifecycle to help you capture value for shareholders. Reach our Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory...

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  • M&A Activity Report for the week of 8/7/2023 – 8/13/2023

    M&A Activity Report for the week of 8/7/2023 – 8/13/2023

    August 15, 2023

    Zweig Group is the leading AEC Industry, advisory service provider. We blend industry and sector knowledge with experience across the M&A lifecycle to help you capture value for shareholders. Reach our Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory team here.   Domestic...

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  • M&A Activity Report for the week of 6/12/2023 – 6/18/2023

    M&A Activity Report for the week of 6/12/2023 – 6/18/2023

    June 21, 2023

    Zweig Group is the leading AEC Industry, advisory service provider. We blend industry and sector knowledge with experience across the M&A lifecycle to help you capture value for shareholders. Reach our Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory team here.   Domestic...

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  • The genesis of Zweig Group

    The genesis of Zweig Group

    April 02, 2023 | Mark C Zweig

    By Mark Zweig | Looking back at more than 30 years in business, from the founding of the company to today.

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  • Responsibility: Neal McFarlane

    Responsibility: Neal McFarlane

    March 26, 2023

    By Liisa Andreassen | President and CEO of McFarlane Architects, a dynamic architectural, planning, and interior design firm that provides innovative design solutions to its clients.

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  • M&A Activity Report for the week of 1/30/2023 – 2/5/2023

    M&A Activity Report for the week of 1/30/2023 – 2/5/2023

    February 08, 2023

      Domestic Transactions: 2/1/2023 International engineering, architecture, surveying, and geospatial solutions firm Merrick & Company (Greenwood Village, CO) acquired water/wastewater engineering specialist Mountain Waterworks (Boise, ID). Link to Details.   1/31/2023 Infrastructure and environmental solutions provider Atlas Technical Consultants (Austin, TX) entered...

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  • M&A Activity Report for the week of 1/9/2023 – 1/15/2023

    M&A Activity Report for the week of 1/9/2023 – 1/15/2023

    January 17, 2023

    Zweig Group is the leading AEC Industry, advisory service provider. We blend industry and sector knowledge with experience across the M&A lifecycle to help you capture value for shareholders. Reach our Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory team here.   Domestic...

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  • M&A Activity Report 12/19/2022 – 12/29/2022

    M&A Activity Report 12/19/2022 – 12/29/2022

    January 03, 2023

      Zweig Group is the leading AEC Industry, advisory service provider. We blend industry and sector knowledge with experience across the M&A lifecycle to help you capture value for shareholders. Reach our Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory team here. Domestic...

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  • Transformational: Sheri Tickner

    Transformational: Sheri Tickner

    January 01, 2023

    By Liisa Andreassen | Senior vice president of AFG Group, Inc., a woman-owned firm with 30 years of experience providing program, project, construction, and relocation management services.

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  • M&A Activity Report for the week of 7/25/2022 – 7/31/2022

    M&A Activity Report for the week of 7/25/2022 – 7/31/2022

    August 01, 2022

      Zweig Group is the leading AEC Industry advisory service provider. We blend industry and sector knowledge with experience across the M&A lifecycle to help you capture value for shareholders. Reach our Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory team here.Domestic Transactions:...

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  • Williams + Paddon Architects + Planners Join 19six Architects

    Williams + Paddon Architects + Planners Join 19six Architects

    July 15, 2022 | Jamie Claire Kiser

    Zweig Group, a full-service AEC management advisory firm, announced its client Williams + Paddon Architects + Planners has merged with 19six Architects, one of the oldest architectural firms in California. Zweig Group advised Williams +...

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  • M&A Activity Report for the week of 6/13/2022 - 6/19/2022

    M&A Activity Report for the week of 6/13/2022 - 6/19/2022

    June 20, 2022

    Zweig Group is the leading AEC Industry advisory service provider. We blend industry and sector knowledge with experience across the M&A lifecycle to help you capture value for shareholders. Reach our Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory team here. Domestic Transactions:...

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  • M&A Activity Report for the week of 5/23/2022 - 5/29/2022

    M&A Activity Report for the week of 5/23/2022 - 5/29/2022

    May 31, 2022

    Zweig Group is the leading AEC Industry advisory service provider. We blend industry and sector knowledge with experience across the M&A lifecycle to help you capture value for shareholders. Reach our Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory team here. Domestic Transactions:...

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  • TZL Podcast: Burke Pemberton and Stok are working out loud

    TZL Podcast: Burke Pemberton and Stok are working out loud

    May 12, 2022

    Burke Pemberton, CFO and principal with Stok, discusses his firm's focus on the built environment, sustainability as a good business practice, equitable governance, and why Stok invests so much in its company culture.

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  • M&A Activity Report for the week of 5/2/2022 - 5/8/2022

    M&A Activity Report for the week of 5/2/2022 - 5/8/2022

    May 10, 2022

    Zweig Group is the leading AEC Industry advisory service provider. We blend industry and sector knowledge with experience across the M&A lifecycle to help you capture value for shareholders. Reach our Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory team here. Domestic Transactions:...

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  • M&A Activity Report 4/4/2022 - 4/10/2022

    M&A Activity Report 4/4/2022 - 4/10/2022

    April 11, 2022

    Zweig Group is the leading AEC Industry advisory service provider. We blend industry and sector knowledge with experience across the M&A lifecycle to help you capture value for shareholders. Reach our Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory team here.-Domestic Transactions: 4/6/2022...

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  • M&A Activity Report 2/28/2022 - 3/6/2022

    M&A Activity Report 2/28/2022 - 3/6/2022

    March 07, 2022

    Zweig Group is the leading AEC Industry advisory service provider. We blend industry and sector knowledge with experience across the M&A lifecycle to help you capture value for shareholders. Reach our Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory team here.- Domestic Transactions:...

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  • M&A Activity Report 2/7/2022 - 2/13/2022

    M&A Activity Report 2/7/2022 - 2/13/2022

    February 14, 2022

      Zweig Group is the leading AEC Industry advisory service provider. We blend industry and sector knowledge with experience across the M&A lifecycle to help you capture value for shareholders. Reach our Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory team here. -...

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  • M&A Activity Report 1/31/2022 - 2/6/2022

    M&A Activity Report 1/31/2022 - 2/6/2022

    February 07, 2022

      Zweig Group is the leading AEC Industry advisory service provider. We blend industry and sector knowledge with experience across the M&A lifecycle to help you capture value for shareholders. Reach our Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory team here. -...

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  • M&A Activity Report for the week of 1/10/2022 - 1/16/2022

    M&A Activity Report for the week of 1/10/2022 - 1/16/2022

    January 17, 2022

    Zweig Group is the leading AEC Industry advisory service provider. We blend industry and sector knowledge with experience across the M&A lifecycle to help you capture value for shareholders. Reach our Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory team here. - Domestic...

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  • M&A Activity Report for the week of 12.13.2021 - 12.19.2021

    M&A Activity Report for the week of 12.13.2021 - 12.19.2021

    December 22, 2021

    Zweig Group is the leading AEC Industry advisory service provider. We blend industry and sector knowledge with experience across the M&A lifecycle to help you capture value for shareholders. Reach our Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory team here. Domestic Transactions...

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  • M&A Activity Report (11/08/21 – 11/14/2021)

    M&A Activity Report (11/08/21 – 11/14/2021)

    November 15, 2021

    Domestic Transactions: Diversified engineering consulting firm, Miller Legg (Fort Lauderdale, FL) has announced a partnership with The HFW Companies (St. Louis, MO) to enhance Miller Legg's capabilities and continued growth. HFW has extensive experience in...

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  • You get what you pay for!

    You get what you pay for!

    September 19, 2021

    By Jim Toby | The quality of your projects sets your firm apart from the competition, so urge your prospective clients to look beyond the costs.

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  • M&A Activity Report (8/2/21 - 8/8/2021)

    M&A Activity Report (8/2/21 - 8/8/2021)

    August 11, 2021

    Domestic Transactions: Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc., (Houston, TX) a world wide provider of forensic engineering and technical consulting services has announced the acquisition of Sullivan Engineering (Totowa, NJ). Sullivan Engineering is an industry leading building...

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  • M&A Activity Report (7/19/2021 – 7/25/2021)

    M&A Activity Report (7/19/2021 – 7/25/2021)

    July 29, 2021

    Domestic Transactions: Investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners (New York, NY) have acquired a controlling interest in Alliance Technical Group (Decatur, AL) from Align Capital Partners (Dallas, TX). Alliance Technical Group is the...

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  • Passing of an industry great

    Passing of an industry great

    May 23, 2021

    By Mark Zweig | Ed Friedrichs, former president and CEO of Gensler, truly understood strategy and how all the pieces of a business fit together into a cohesive whole.

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  • Weekly M&A Report

    M&A Activity Report (04.05.2021 - 04.11.2021)

    April 12, 2021

    Industry leader Terracon (Olathe, KS) acquired Sport Environmental Services (Midland, TX), a provider of environmental services and consulting to energy production/oil and gas clients in the Permian Basin. Link to Details Employee-owned engineering, environmental, and...

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  • Zweig Group and OnStrategy Announce Industry Partnership

    Zweig Group and OnStrategy Announce Industry Partnership

    September 08, 2020

    Zweig Group and OnStrategy Announce Industry Partnership to Offer OnStrategy’s Strategy Management Software and Process Management Best-Practices to the AEC Industry Fayetteville, Arkansas and Reno, Nevada (September 9, 2020) – Zweig Group, a leading provider...

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  • M&A Activity Report (5.10.20-5.17.20)

    M&A Activity Report (5.10.20-5.17.20)

    May 18, 2020

    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...

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  • M&A Activity Report (5.3.20-5.10.20)

    M&A Activity Report (5.3.20-5.10.20)

    May 11, 2020

    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...

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  • M&A Activity Report (10/27/19 - 11/17/19)

    M&A Activity Report (10/27/19 - 11/17/19)

    November 18, 2019

    STV (New York, NY), a national leader in design, planning, and construction management, signed a definitive agreement with The Pritzker Organization (Chicago, IL) to recapitalize the ownership of STV and position the company for future...

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  • Role model: Randy Regier

    Role model: Randy Regier

    October 07, 2019

    President and principal-in-charge at Taylor Design, an architecture and interior design firm headquartered in Irvine, California.

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  • The right direction: Mike Nelson

    The right direction: Mike Nelson

    May 06, 2019

    President and CEO of LACO (Best Firm Multi-discipline #46 for 2018), a California firm with a famously branded shirt.

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  • Choose learning

    Choose learning

    November 26, 2018

    We’re all busy with our personal and professional lives, but that doesn’t mean we should stop educating ourselves. I have spent a good portion of the last eight months crisscrossing the country training professionals in...

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  • Embracing new technologies

    Embracing new technologies

    November 26, 2018

    By Edward Friedrichs | Things I could not have imagined just a few years ago are now coming to market, are affordable and practical, and are changing the world for the better.

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  • Zweig Group M&A: Georgia Peach

    Zweig Group M&A: Georgia Peach

    September 14, 2018

    Texas-based Atlas Technical Consultants acquires Piedmont Geotechnical of Atlanta Atlas Technical Consultants recently picked a peach when it acquired Atlanta-based Piedmont Geotechnical Consultants, a move that continues Atlas’ expansion into infrastructure engineering, program management, and...

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  • How to find a job

    April 02, 2018

    Be honest. Don’t puff up yourself or your credentials. Explore the nature of the job and, more importantly, the idea behind the company. You can read many stories about how to get a job and...

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  • Paris shmaris

    September 11, 2017

    Good old American ingenuity is what we need to save the planet, not a cumbersome set of rules and regulations. A great deal has been written, and there has been significant handwringing, about America backing...

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  • Zweig Group Media: TZL Exclusive Chris Catton ZG's SF Office Leader and Executive Search Consultant

    March 03, 2017

    In this episode, Randy talks with Chris Catton, Zweig Group’s San Francisco office leader and executive search consultant. They had a chance to talk about all things recruiting and retention related. Chris recently spoke at...

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  • Energy efficient

    Energy efficient

    February 28, 2017

    As designers, it’s time to redefine the world and make it better, and that starts with preserving our resources. As I read the various architecture, interior design, and engineering journals, I see many people, firms,...

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  • Preserving finite resources

    Preserving finite resources

    February 01, 2017

    As architects and engineers, we need to be on the front line in the campaign against inefficiency and waste. I just listened to an excellent edition of National Public Radio’s TED Radio Hour titled “Finite,”...

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  • The sophistication of amenities

    December 12, 2016

    Office amenities are shifting from a focus on whimsy to a focus on meaning, and that adds up to improved productivity and increased profitability. As someone who designs workplace environments, it’s fascinating to participate in...

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  • Betting on a seismic shift

    October 19, 2016

    New earthquake building codes and rating system, crumbling U.S. infrastructure combine to create enticing market in resiliency. By Richard Massey Managing Editor With a new business segment opening up in the world of seismic assessments...

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  • The tilting tower near Transbay

    August 30, 2016

    San Francisco’s tallest and most luxurious residential skyscraper is sinking, leaning, and setting the stage for an epic, and even precedent-setting, bayside court battle. When it was completed in 2008, the 58-story Millennium Tower in...

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  • Focusing on fundamentals

    April 22, 2015

    Becoming a Better Project Manager aims to provide new, aspiring PMs with a knowledge base and toolbox to be successful in design, facilities management firms. By Andrea Bennett Managing Editor On May 5, Zweig Group...

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  • Editorial: What to pay a new employee

    January 02, 2015

    As hiring picks up in 2015, make sure you are taking all factors into consideration, Mark Zweig writes. Some years ago, I got a call from a good client and friend of mine. He ran...

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  • From the Chairman: Do you work ‘with’ or ‘for’ your organization?

    May 13, 2013

    Don’t we all want to be part of an organization that we are thrilled to be a part of; that makes us proud? I often get chills when I think back on my early career...

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  • Editorial: What’s going on NOW!

    April 11, 2013

    Mark Zweig provides six directions on where the market is heading. Here’s a quick summary of where I see things going right now in the A/E business and the world at large: The housing recovery...

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  • Is Cash Really King?

    November 08, 2011

    Press Release: November 8, 2011 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (November 8, 2011) – Take cue Apple. Holding on to too much cash can be perilous for business enterprises, not the least design firms. An article in the...

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  • The Best of the Best: ZweigWhite Honors the Best Firms To Work For

    October 07, 2011

    Press Release: October 7, 2011 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (October 7, 2011) – It’s impossible for a firm to be successful without great employees, and to have great employees, a firm has to be an excellent place...

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  • Many in the A/E industry feel they are a victim of a larger war!

    September 01, 2011

    Press Release: September 1, 2011 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (September 1, 2011) – It’s hard to overcome adversity! Politics, the government, and the economy are major thorns in the side for many architecture, engineering, planning, and environmental...

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  • Where’s the plumber? Many firms report work in the pipeline but for some the pipes are clogged.

    August 11, 2011

    Press Release: August 9, 2011 FAYETTEVILLE, AR (August 9, 2011) --Despite recent news about slow economic turnaround, a surprising number of A/E/P and environmental consulting firms report an acceptable or increasing backlog of work. An...

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  • The Chesapeake Bay “Pollution Diet”

    July 06, 2011

    Press Release: July 6, 2011 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (July 6, 2011) – The entire Chesapeake Bay — an estuary with a 64,000-square-mile watershed covering part of six states and the District of Columbia –is in trouble....

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  • New AIA President Addresses State Of Architecture Profession

    March 08, 2011

    Press Release: March 8, 2011 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (March 8, 2011) — Architecture enhances people’s lives, and the emerging recognition of this effect is earning the profession newfound respect, says Clark Manus, the new president of...

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  • Better Leaders come from ZweigWhite's Principals Academy

    February 01, 2011

    Press Release: February 1 , 2011 FAYETTEVILLE, AR — Anyone who is—or wants to be—a leader in the architecture, engineering, planning and environmental-consulting fields will benefit from an MBA-style crash course offered by ZweigWhite experts...

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  • Employee morale critical during downturns… and rebounds

    November 23, 2010

    When business starts hurting, employee morale suffers immediately. Employees who are laid off can become disgruntled, and the ones remaining start wondering if they’re next out the door, which often degenerates into an awful work...

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  • Marketing’s best strategy

    July 14, 2008

    I just saw a blurb in our ZweigWhite’s 2008 Marketing Survey of Architecture, Engineering, Planning & Environmental Consulting Firms that stated A/E and environmental firm’s number-one marketing strategy is “relationship building.” While most people in...

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  • When the wish comes true

    April 07, 2008

    Brenda Potwater was quite proud of herself. She was going to be a principal in Hitesh, Springwald, and Fruttison, the oldest old-line planning and design firm in the San Francisco Bay area. She was already...

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  • Getting into the virtuous cycle

    December 04, 2006

    My six month-old daughter Olive has already said her first word. It is “clock.” She says it practically every time we show her the black reproduction “Kit-Cat” clock on the wall in her bedroom. For...

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  • Ten Trends Future-Oriented Leaders Should Watch

    November 20, 2006

    As 2006 winds down and planning gets underway for 2007, I frequently find myself being asked about what the top trends are for our industry that future-oriented leaders need to be aware of. Where do...

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  • Conserving Your Cash

    November 07, 2005

    It’s been said before that “cash is king.” It’s also been said that you can be profitable and still go out of business if you run out of cash. That said, our industry— that of...

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  • What I Learned at This Year’s Hot Firm Conference

    November 22, 2004

    As usual, this year’s Zweig Letter Hot Firm Conference & Celebration in Boston drew a great crowd. We had the typical smiling, optimistic, high-growth A/E and environmental firm principals and managers in abundance and it...

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  • Travel Gripes

    January 05, 2004

    Air travel is at an all-time high for me. It’s always frustrating... so I couldn’t resist the opportunity to share some of my recent thoughts and observations: E-tickets. It always amazes me when I see...

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  • Hot Firm Review

    November 10, 2003

    After a brief stop in Las Vegas for a quick family wedding, I just returned from The Zweig Letter Hot Firm 2003 Conference and Celebration in San Francisco. And let me tell you that while...

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  • Flying with eagles

    October 29, 2001

    As I write this, I have just returned from The Zweig Letter Hot Firm 2001 Conference and Celebration in San Francisco. Some things never change. The airports and planes seemed just as crowded as ever,...

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  • A Day That Will Go Down in Infamy

    September 24, 2001

    September 11, 2001— I was talking on the phone when I looked through the glass interior wall of my office out into the rest of our space and noticed people standing around a TV monitor....

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  • The Schizophrenic Firm

    September 17, 2001

    Irving “Tuck” Schlockmeir walked into the Schlockmeir Associates board meeting in a bad mood. Tuck was frequently in a bad mood, and if he wasn’t, the fear that he might go into one scared everyone...

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  • Mergers and Acquisitions— What’s the Deal?

    September 22, 1997

    The recent acquisition of Woodward-Clyde Group (Denver, CO) by URS Corporation (San Francisco, CA) is just one big deal among many, many other smaller deals that are going on weekly in the A/E/P and environmental...

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  • Management Sampler

    May 05, 1997

    Every once in awhile I feel compelled to unload a few disconnected thoughts that might be of value to our readers. This is one of those times: Company cars: When it comes to picking company...

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  • Keeping People Happy and Productive

    July 31, 1995

    Several times in the last few months, I’ve been asked to speak on the topic of what keeps people in A/E/P and environmental firms happy and productive. The first thing I always tell folks is...

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