Engineering Influence from ACEC
Episodes
Friday Jul 30, 2021
The Government Affairs Update for 7-30-21: What's Next for Infrastructure
Friday Jul 30, 2021
Friday Jul 30, 2021
Matt Reiffer joined the program to discuss the Senate's cloture vote on the bipartisan infrastructure agreement earlier this week and what it means for action in the House.
Thursday Jul 29, 2021
Thursday Jul 29, 2021
Cybersecurity has become a big issue in recent months as we’ve seen a surge in cybercrimes. Several have made the headlines, including ransomware attacks on the Colonial Pipeline, JBS Foods, the computer manufacturer ACER, and AXA, an international insurance company that ironically had just announced days before the attack that it would no longer reimburse some clients for ransomware payments. Likely, many more attacks go unreported, and experts predict that the pace and severity of cybercrime activity will increase.
Kevin Holland of Lockton's Engineering and Design Practice joined the program to talk about the current situation with cybercrime, its frequency in the engineering industry, cybersecurity insurance, and what firms can do to protect themselves.
Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
On the program, we talk with Charles Marohn, founder and president of Strong Towns, a grassroots organization that supports a drastically different model of development for America’s cities, towns, and neighborhoods than the one we currently follow.
In September Marohn will publish his next book on this subject, titled Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town.
The book looks at how transportation infrastructure and the values and assumptions behind it drive development in this country and offers an alternative, one that clashes in a lot of places with current engineering and cultural thinking.
Friday Jul 23, 2021
Friday Jul 23, 2021
We welcomed Matt Reiffer from ACEC's advocacy team to the show to discuss the week's failed cloture vote on infrastructure and what it means for the future of the bipartisan infrastructure package.
Thursday Jul 22, 2021
Cardno's Fackler and Beattie discuss the Nexus of Archaeology and Engineering
Thursday Jul 22, 2021
Thursday Jul 22, 2021
Cardno, an international infrastructure and environmental firm ranked #58 in the latest ENR rankings, recently hired Shawn Fackler as Principal Archaeologist in its Portland, Oregon office.
Shawn and Cardno Business Unit Manager Karen Beattie came on the program to talk about the role of an archaeologist in an engineering firm.
Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
Kennedy Jenks CEO Keith London on Pandemic Lessons and the Way Ahead,
Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
One of the biggest issues facing engineering firm leaders—or really those of any company—is how to manage the post-COVID business landscape. The pandemic forced huge changes in how firms operated and how employees worked. Some of those changes will likely fade away but many will stick. Figuring out which ones will continue to be beneficial is enough to keep leaders awake at night.
Kennedy Jenks President and CEO Keith London joined the program to discuss how his 420-person water and environmental engineering firm is moving forward.
Friday Jul 16, 2021
Friday Jul 16, 2021
ACEC was honored to welcome Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA06) to the program to discuss a variety of topics including infrastructure, her work as a founder of the Women in STEM Caucus in the House and her own experience as an engineer in Congress.
During the interview, Rep. Houlahan discussed a number of bills she is working on to get more people into the STEM pipeline, including the STEM RESTART Act, which she introduced along with Rep. Jim Baird (R-IN) and Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ), which is aimed at funding mid-career internships, or "returnships" for mid-career workers seeking to re-enter the STEM fields. More information on this legislation can be found here.
Rep. Houlahan is a member of the Problem Solvers Caucus, which endorsed the bipartisan agreement on infrastructure. We discussed that, as well as the PPP FAR credits clause issue, which ACEC is heavily engaged on through our advocacy team.
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
Earlier this week, ACEC released our latest Private Industry Brief, which provides practical, detailed information and targeted market insights on key A/E private sectors. The 2021 Mid-Year Economic Update overflows with data and insights about the current state and future prospects of the national economy and the engineering industry.
To dive a little deeper into the numbers and analysis, Erin McLaughlin ACEC vice president for private market resources and author of the brief, joined us on the program.
Click here to download a free copy of the Private Industry Brief.
Click here to read Erin's The Private Side column in the latest issue of ACEC's Engineering Inc. magazine.