Jacobs (ENR #2) completes the acquisition of CH2M (ENR #3). This marks another mega M&A deal in the AE industry in 2017. In the first nine months of 2017, 10 deals involved a seller on Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) Top 500 Design Firms list. Other notable deals included Wood Group (ENR #28) acquiring Amec Foster Wheeler (ENR #7), New Mountain Partners […]
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Ever work for a problem supervisor? Toxic managers create cultures of misery, low morale, and high turnover. The sad part, in many cases, is that many of these supervisors are often unaware that they are a problem, until it’s often too late to do anything about it. It’s as if they have bad breath. Everyone […]
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“In 2010, Construction industry unemployment was at 20%. Today, it’s closer to current overall U.S. unemployment of 4.2.%.” – Source: AIA And let’s face it, even in 2010, the best engineers, architects, and environmental professionals managed to keep working. These people don’t go unemployed for extended periods, in good times, or bad. Using in-house recruiters or online […]
read more »Deal-making in the A/E industry continues apace in the latter half 2017. While the number of completed transactions in the U.S. thus far in 2017 makes it unlikely we will reach the record-setting levels of 2014 (231 deals) and 2015 (241 deals), indications are that the number of transactions closed this year will very nearly […]
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