Executive Corner: Inside the Latest A/E Business Valuation and M&A Transaction Study
With economic growth slowing and interest rates rising, it’s not surprising that A/E firm valuation multiples have ebbed from their post-pandemic peaks. The latest valuation statistics from the recently released “A/E Business Valuation and M&A Transactions Study” (10th edition) show that for all transaction types—minority interests in privately held companies, controlling interest (M&A) transactions and public market transactions—valuation multiples have declined, albeit only slightly. Survey...
From the Editor: We Need to Better Promote the Heroes of Engineering: Us
Throughout my career, I have been asked countless times about what exactly I do as a civil engineer. Some people ask just to be polite, but most legitimately didn’t know what a civil engineer does. It seems that we, as engineers, have not done as good a job promoting our field of expertise as other professions. Most people know what doctors do, even when doctors are described as specialists. So I considered it part of my job to educate folks about what we do, and I tried my best to include as ma...
ReEngineering the Engineer: Sometimes It Has To Be You
I admit it has been rewarding watching our young engineers grow from working on pieces of projects to managing an entire project from start to finish. However, this technical side is just one piece of their growth. They’ve also learned how to manage schedules, clients and owners. There’s a fine art in balancing structural needs with client expectations, and that skillset is best learned by letting them watch/hear how you handle difficult situations. Let them sit in on meetings and phone calls...
Transportation Troubleshooting: Lessons About Sharing Risks in Major Tunnel Projects
As Washington State Secretary of Transportation, I oversaw the development phase leading up to construction of the State Route 99 Tunnel, also known as the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement tunnel. The 1.7-mile underground tunnel features a state-of-the-art earthquake-resilient double-deck thoroughfare, and it replaced one of Seattle’s most earthquake-vulnerable highways. The project’s headlines included its many successes and challenges. But beyond the headlines, some key best practices in des...
Change Leader: Fighting to Stop Fraud in the Steel Industry
This particular interview was recorded by Todd Danielson, the editorial director of Informed Infrastructure. You can listen to the audio of the full interview above or by visiting bit.ly/3IGhf4T. Dale Crawford is the executive director of the Steel Tube Institute (STI) as well as director of its Conduit Committee. Now the executive director of STI, Dale Crawford has been advocating for the steel industry for about five years. He helps monitor imports and other competing...
Future Forward: Take Sustainability and Adaptive Reuse to a New Level
This particular interview was recorded by Todd Danielson, the editorial director of Informed Infrastructure. You can watch a video of the full interview above or by visiting bit.ly/3F7Lq44. Angela Whitaker-Williams, AIA, LEED AP, is a principal at Perkins&Will. Whitaker-Williams has a definitive opinion on using adaptive reuse of existing infrastructure for her projects. “I think adaptive reuse is pretty amazing,” she says. “You get to keep the history of the site, a...
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The Dirt on ESCS Lightweight Aggregate for Stormwater Management
A photo illustrates stormwater-management construction in progress, including the lightweight aggregate subbase, perforated pipe (bedded in lightweight aggregate), and placement of the geogrid capped with the vegetative filter media. (Expanded Shale, Clay and Slate Institute) Stormwater management is a large and ever-increasing priority in environmental and civil engineering, particularly as the United States continues to experience record-breaking precipitation events across the cou...
From the Editor: An Engineer’s Career Path Can Take Many Turns
I’ve had enough time by now to get used to writing 2023 wherever a date is required. I’ve also had enough time to stop thinking about what could have been better last year and how this year could be an improvement. I often try to look ahead and think about what the upcoming year may be remembered for, but events have already occurred in the last few weeks that make looking ahead a daunting task. We have record-breaking weather events, the return of COVID protocols, a radical change in the Hou...
Executive Corner: Five Takeaways on 2022 A/E M&A Activity
Looking back over the last twelve months, you have to give credit to industry leaders navigating increasingly stormy seas. Generational talent shortages and elevated backlogs (“more work than we can handle”) marked 2022 as substantial federal infrastructure programs (IIJA, IFR, CHIPS) took shape. With pandemic concerns receding, executives pivoted to confront persistent inflation, evolving workforce models and soaring interest rates while wondering if we’re in store for a rough recession or perh...
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