Engineering Influence from ACEC

An interview with Rizwan Siddiqi on the Importance of Community Service

We spoke with 2023 ACEC Community Service Award winner Rizwan Siddiqi, President and CEO of EBA Engineering in Laurel, MD on the importance of giving back to your community.

The Growing Partisan Divide with the U.S. Chamber’s Neil Bradley

Neil Bradley, Executive Vice President, Chief Policy Officer, and Head of Strategic Advocacy with the U.S. Chamber, was our first speaker at the 2023 Fall Conference. His presentation focused on a generational shift happening in Washington where both the left and the right sides of the political aisle are beginning to adopt policies that harken back to the big government days of the New Deal era. On the podcast, Neil discusses what this means for free enterprise.

An Interview with the ACEC College of Fellows Scholar of the Year, Michael Drummond

We sat down with the ACEC Scholar of the Year Michael Drummond to talk about his journey in engineering.  Recorded at the 2023 ACEC Fall Conference.

Operationalizing AI in Your Firm - With POWER Engineers’ Nathan Bingham

There's a lot of talk about the promise of AI, but much less about how the technology can be implemented in your firm. We sat down with Nathan Bingham, Chief Digital Officer with POWER Engineers to talk about how they harnessed the power of AI.

Are We Headed to a Government Shutdown?

Government funding expires on September 30th.  Unless the House and Senate come to an agreement on key spending items, we will enter a period of a partial government shutdown.  Is this avoidable?  How long will it last?  What impact will it have on our industry?
We talked to Matt Reiffer, ACEC's Vice President for Infrastructure Programs to find out.
 
 

The ACEC Research Institute’s 2023 Q3 Sentiment Survey

The ACEC Research Institute recently published its 2023 Q3 Engineering Business Sentiment Survey.  We sat down with Joe Bates with the Institute, to review the survey's findings and check the pulse of the engineering industry.  Download the survey here. 

Filling the Practical Skills Gap with VDCI’s David Sellers

David Sellers, the President and CEO of VDCI - the Virtual Design and Construction Institute (www.vdci.edu) joined the podcast to discuss how ongoing virtual education can help close the practical skills gap that exists with new engineering graduates who lack the hands-on skills to immediately take on project work on software platforms upon being hired.

Private Market Economic Update with Dr. Anirban Basu

On this episode, Dr. Anirban Basu and Diana Alexander cover everything from recession to monetary policy, inflation to deflation, and what markets will fair best and which won't during this downturn. Find more private market briefs here: https://www.acec.org/resources/resource-library/?_topic_area=private-markets&_resource_type=brief
Register for the AI in AEC series here: https://www.acec.org/course/ai-for-aec-business-development-marketing-transformed-four-part-series/