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By Will Swearingen, Chief Data Officer, Zweig Group From The Zweig Letter The latest data highlights key trends in AEC policies, emphasizing pay, remote work, and transparency for growth.   The key to growing your firm and reaching your strategic goals often rests with the quality of your employees, and the quality of your firm’s policies, procedures, and benefits is critical to hiring and retaining a top-notch workforce. Zweig Group’s  2024 Policies, Procedures & Benefits Report  provides AEC industry leaders with industry statistics on policies and procedures, so they can support policy decisions with hard data. Here are some of the key trends from the report:   Budgeting for pay increases.  A significant majority (89 percent) of firms budget for staff pay increases. The median raise among these firms was 5 percent last year, and this figure is projected to remain the same for the current year. While a 3 to 5 percent increase has traditionally been a safe benchmark, the cur

Ralph I. Hage On a late summer’s day in 2019, an engineer stood in an open courtyard of a project he was managing and stared up at the sky. In that period of time, Lebanon was in the midst of national protests, an economic crisis, and a rapidly devaluing currency – options were limited.  The engineer looked back down to Earth and turned towards his bewildered foreman and said, “I’ve found the solution”. The brief was clear but specific. During renovation, the owner of the house had removed the red-tile pitched roof and left the courtyard below exposed to the elements. In its place, he required louver sunshades which were meant to be 8.2 meters long and spaced 0.5 meters apart which would also aid in privacy from the adjacent neighbors. The sunshades were to be fully cantilevered from wall to wall, natural in appearance, and had to be made of wood. The challenge was to find a solution which was structurally sound as well as fit in with the historical nature of the house. From a 1

46,000 Square-Foot Facility Will Provide First Combination Medical Office Building + Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility in Goodyear, AZ Goodyear, AZ – Haydon , a leading full-service general contractor with over 30 years of experience in the Southwest, has officially broken ground on the Abrazo Health Litchfield Medical Building. This new inpatient rehabilitation hospital is set to enhance healthcare accessibility in the West Valley. The facility will offer comprehensive rehabilitation services, including recovery support after traumatic injuries, cardiovascular surgery, stroke, and advanced spine care in addition to other services available at Abrazo West. As the first facility in Goodyear to combine a medical office building with an inpatient rehabilitation hospital in a single location, it will directly connect to the acute care hospital campus. Strategically located along the I-10 freeway, the Abrazo Litchfield Medical Building will house a 24-bed Inpatient Rehabilitation Hos

The Acquisition Supports Legence’s Growth into Priority Markets, Offering Innovative Sustainability Solutions for the Built Environment SAN J OSE, Calif.  – Legence, a Blackstone Portfolio Company and North America’s leading integrated provider of energy efficiency and sustainability solutions for the built environment, today announced the acquisition of AMA Group, a New York City-based national engineering services firm. Over the next several months, AMA will integrate into CMTA, Legence’s largest mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineering services portfolio company. This deal marks Legence’s first acquisition in New York City, a priority market with a growing focus on building decarbonization. “By championing building efficiency today, we are dramatically improving the possibilities of a healthier and more sustainable tomorrow. CMTA and AMA Group are leaders in their respective fields, and joining the firms will further establish Legence as a trusted partner in built en

Portland water treatment project will enhance the water system’s resilience, reduce future risks, and better protect customers PORTLAND, OR – Construction has begun on the Bull Run Filtration Facility in Portland, Oregon, and Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, is providing engineering services during construction of the facility. Construction started following Portland City Council approval of the project’s construction contract. This transformative initiative aims to enhance the water system’s resilience, reduce future risks, and better protect customers. The filtration facility and related pipelines will allow the City to meet regulatory requirements to remove  Cryptosporidium  from the Bull Run drinking water. The project will also help improve the water system’s resilience by reducing the impacts from fires, landslides, and other extreme events that have become more frequent with climate stress. The 135-million-gallon-per-day facility will be online

New Potential Change Orders functionality streamlines budgeting and billing for horizontal construction projects SUGAR LAND, Texas  — HCSS, the leading software provider for heavy civil construction businesses, is excited to announce a new feature for its HeavyJob product, designed to revolutionize how civil and infrastructure contractors manage potential change orders (PCOs). Launched in July 2024, this addition to HeavyJob will streamline the process of tracking and managing change orders, ensuring accurate budgeting and billing, and improving overall project profitability. HeavyJob’s new PCO feature is specifically tailored for civil and infrastructure construction and will allow users to track all change items in one centralized location. Contractors in this market often deal with unique requirements for change orders from the project owner, making change order tracking a critical function of construction project management. The integrated issue escalation functionality enables c

Covers HDPE Water Pipelines Up to 60-Inch Diameter and 10,000-Foot-Long Pull IRVING, TX – A new document for small and large diameter high-density polyethylene (HDPE) PE4710 pressure water piping systems using horizontal directional drilling (HDD) is now available.  MAB Model Specification for the Installation of PE4710 Water Service, Distribution, and Transmission Pipes by Horizontal Directional Drilling (MAB-11-2024) is available for free download at https://ift.tt/k8lzpsN  It was developed by the Municipal Advisory Board (MAB), and published with the help of the members of the Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI). Covered in the document are Maxi-HDD and Mini-HDD operations with sections devoted to Subsurface Investigation, Equipment and Supporting Systems, Regulations, Safety, Environmental Practices plus other steps required for the successful HDD installation of HDPE PE4710 pipe.  It also contains verbiage that can be directly used in bid documents, and includes guidance on su