In today’s digital world, data is everywhere. Many engineering firms utilize data in their business planning, but knowing what data is available, what is useful, and where to find it can be a challenge.

To help firms figure this out, we’re talking today with Dan McCarthy, CEO of Dodge Data & Analytics, the largest provider of commercial construction data and information in the United States.

Click here for more information about Dodge Data & Analytics.

Matt Reiffer joined the podcast to discuss action on VMT, NEPA and a Senate water bill.  Plus, we announce that Secretary Buttigieg will appear at the upcoming 2021 Virtual Annual Convention and Legislative Summit.  Register for that event today! 

Meridian Associate's CEO, Doug Reed, joined the podcast to share his experiences managing a firm through the coronavirus shutdown and provide insights into what it takes to make strategic implementation successful.

Doug is the author of Lead a Movement: An Insider’s Guide to Powerful Strategy Execution. In this book, Doug observes that the most common unresolved business failure is a good strategy that has never been properly executed. Doug describes how strategy execution can produce growth with certainty, not chance. 

Growth is something that most consulting firms look to achieve and some do it better than others. To find out why, Hinge Marketing prepares its annual High Growth Study, which looks at both the broader strategies and the narrower tactics that differentiate high-growth firms. This year's study includes nearly 1,300 firms, of which about 360 are engineering firms. 

To talk with us about the study is Karl Feldman, a partner at Hinge Marketing.

Click here to read a blog post on the key A/E/C results of the 2021 High Growth Study.

On today's update we preview the upcoming 2021 ACEC Virtual Annual Convention and Legislative Summit.

The podcast welcomed ACEC Board Chair Charlie Gozdziewski and Gayle Packer, president and CEO of Terracon Consultants onto the show to discuss the ACEC Research Institute's recent economic studies and the real world effects of infrastructure investment.  

On today's Government Affairs Update, Matt Reiffer discusses the newly announced American Jobs Plan, President Biden's $2.25 trillion infrastructure bill.

Mick Morrissey, managing principal of Morrissey Goodale, a specialized management consulting and research firm serving the architecture, engineering, and environmental consulting industries, discusses the reasons behind the accelerating flow of private equity capital into engineering firms.

On this week's Government Affairs Update, we're joined by Matt Reiffer to cover new congressional action on infrastructure.  We also get into the issue of a return to earmarks in the House.

National Surveyors Week, March 21-27, aims to educate the public about surveying. Much of the focus of the week is in the schools, talking about the profession and getting students excited about a career in surveying.

On the program today, Joseph Romano, a principal at Langan Engineering and Environmental Services and chair of ACEC’s Coalition of Professional Surveyors, talks about National Surveyors week and the surveying sector.