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Stambaugh Ness (SN) and Zweig Group, two leading business and consulting services firms serving the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry, are excited to announce a strategic partnership designed to elevate and expand the service and support available to AEC firms nationwide. This collaborative effort brings together two industry powerhouses with a shared commitment to empowering AEC firms through innovative strategies, specialized expertise, and actionable insights. By leveraging their combined strengths, SN and Zweig Group aim to deliver enhanced solutions that address the unique challenges and opportunities facing the AEC marketplace today. A Shared Vision for Elevating AEC “This partnership represents a significant step forward in our ability to serve the AEC industry,” said Steven L. Hake, CEO and President of Stambaugh Ness. “By aligning with Zweig Group, we’re creating a powerful synergy that will allow us to deliver even greater value to our clients and ...

Enter the 2025 Marketing Excellence Award  Started in 2018, The Marketing Excellence Awards recognize outstanding and effective AEC industry marketing based on overall creativity, messaging, results achieved, and level of design. To enter the award, firms are asked to gather resources and data surrounding their project and submit them for review by a judging panel of external senior AEC marketing professionals.   Marketing that Gets Results  There’s a clear link between marketing investment and firm success. Firms that invest in marketing, like Marketing Excellence Award winners do, experience significantly higher growth rates (56 percent according to Zweig Group data) compared to the industry average of 25 percent. Additionally, 71 percent of these award-winning firms report high or very high profits, surpassing the industry average of 59 percent, demonstrating that marketing investment drives growth and profitability. Check out the 2024 winning projects here . ...

You’ve seen the tragic images: firefighters battling a wall of flames pushed by hurricane-force winds. Moments of heroism and of hopelessness as we mourned the loss of life and entire neighborhoods were reduced to ashes. With strong technical skills, engineers will play a critical role during the recovery effort and eventual rebuilding process in affected areas of Los Angeles. Yet, when I found myself at the helm of WSP’s local office response to dozens of wildfire-related daily client, employee and executive questions, I gained newfound appreciation for just how vital soft skills are. My professional training is in transportation and urban system engineering, yet as California Region Executive, I suddenly found myself managing a very different kind of traffic: a constant barrage of questions, information and updates about hundreds of staff members, partners and clients. From my perspective, the first imperative wasn’t technical, but human. I wanted to ensure that every one of th...

NANAIMO, BC – Stantec , a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, has been selected to design the new C$289 million BC Cancer Centre at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH). The new cancer centre will bring radiation treatment closer to home for patients and families in communities on central and north Vancouver Island. Recognizing the psychological impact a treatment facility can have on a person with cancer care needs, the design of the new BC Cancer Centre will focus on optimizing the patient care journey and access to natural light and views. The new, four-storey building will provide radiation therapy, including a CT simulator and linear accelerator vaults to provide radiation treatment. The centre will also offer an outpatient oncology ambulatory care unit with exam rooms and consult rooms, a PET/CT diagnostic scanner, systemic therapy, an oncology pharmacy and outpatient dispensary, and a sacred space. Preliminary site work will get underway in March, wit...

By Chad Coldiron, Principle, Director of Client Relations & Development, Zweig Group Lessons Learned from the 2025 Arkansas Mass Timber Conference The future is firmly rooted in sustainability, and few construction materials embody the shifting landscape of our industry as effectively as mass timber.  Last month, I had the opportunity to attend the 2025 Arkansas Mass Timber Conference in my hometown of Fayetteville on the University of Arkansas campus. Hosted by the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design and ISG, this unique gathering brought together industry leaders, visionaries, and experts dedicated to exploring how this innovative material will shape the future of our built environment. Among the most ancient building materials still in use today, mass timber gives us a unique glimpse into the past, present, and future of the AEC industry.  And, based on new developments in mass timber construction and design highlighted at the 2025 Arkansas Mass Timber confer...

LAN promotes Markus Neubauer, PE, to vice president Credit: LAN Austin, Texas – Planning, engineering and program management firm Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) announces the promotion of Markus Neubauer, PE, to vice president. Neubauer brings over 15 years of experience in transportation design and project management, having served clients including the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) and North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA). His expertise spans a wide range of projects, from rural roadway widenings to complex urban freeway reconstructions. Since joining LAN in 2023 as a senior associate, Neubauer has been instrumental in advancing the firm’s strategic initiatives and enhancing its presence within the transportation market. He has also played a key role in recruiting top talent, leveraging his strong industry reputation to build a high-performing transportation team. “Markus has consistently demonstrated e...

C$12.5 million contract will help reduce flooding, improve transportation and public space Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, has been retained by the City of Toronto, in cooperation with the Toronto and Regional Conservation Authority (TRCA), to lead the replacement of two bridges crossing Black Creek at Jane Street and Scarlett Road. Stantec’s scope will include preliminary design, detailed design, and tendering and construction, including slope stabilization, channel works, roadway modifications, bikeway improvements, utility relocations, restoration of public trails and other park amenities, and public art installations. The contract is valued at C$12.5 million. Image credit: City of Toronto Increasing resilience in Toronto’s most flood prone neighbourhood The project covers Toronto’s most flood-prone neighbourhood—Rockcliffe-Smythe—which has experienced multiple major flooding events, including recently in 2013, 2019, 2020, and 2024. The neighbo...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — ZenaTech, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZENA) (FSE: 49Q) (BMV: ZENA) (“ZenaTech”), a technology company specializing in AI (Artificial Intelligence) drones, Drone as a Service (DaaS), enterprise SaaS and Quantum Computing solutions, announces that its subsidiary ZenaDrone has moved its first batch of IQ Square multifunction drones from prototype to manufacturing stage. This drone was designed for outdoor applications for operator line-of-site inspections such as for building and construction inspections, short-range land surveys, power washing and other business and government applications. The IQ Square is also expected to be a key part of ZenaDrone’s multifunction drone inventory for its Drone as a Service or DaaS business, which enables business and government users to hire a turnkey drone service and drone pilot through a local store for easy subscription-based or pay-as-you-go access to drones for various uses. “The IQ Square’s rapid progression from the prototype ...