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2010

05/12/10 Wilbur Smith Associates' Gerald Stump Elected National Engineering Association Chairman
05/03/10 HDR Engineering's "Onions-to-Energy System" Wins Top Engineering Achievement Honor
04/14/10 Cowboys Stadium, Onions-to-Energy System, Among Final Eight Seeking Engineering's Highest Honor
01/11/10 "Qualifications" Tops "Lowest Bid" in Providing Better Cost, Better Quality Construction Design, Nationwide Study Shows

2009

12/16/09 "Shovel Ready" Has Meant "Job-Loss Steady"
11/25/09 States' Failure to Spend Stimulus Dollars is "Travesty" Retarding Nation’s Economic Recovery
10/26/09 ACEC: Congress Has "Potent Economic Recovery" in Current Transportation, Aviation and Water Bills
09/28/09 Former Mexico President Vicente Fox to Address U.S. Engineering Leaders at ACEC Fall Conference in Palm Springs
06/24/09 ACEC President Strongly Rejects 18-Month Delay On New Six-Year Transportation Plan As Inimical To Recovery
05/28/09 ACEC Offers New Cost-Effective Business Advisory Services
05/08/09 ACEC Names Orange County Groundwater Replenishment System Nation’s Best Engineering Achievement
02/26/09 ACEC Supports National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission’s Recommendations for Gas Tax Increase, VMT User Fee: "Commission Didn’t Duck the Hard Issues."
02/02/09 ACEC Urges “Double” Infrastructure Spending for Immediate Stimulus
01/28/09 ACEC Urges House Passage of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; Repeal of Unfair 3% Withholding Mandate
01/22/09 ACEC President Warns: Stimulus Funds Should Go To Private Economy, Not Government Growth

2008

12/19/08 ACEC Warns Congress: "Just Fixing Potholes Won't Produce Sustainable Recovery"
11/25/08 ACEC Meets with Obama DOT Transition Team
11/13/08 ACEC Says NTSB I-35 Bridge Report Underscores Need For Additional Infrastructure Investment
11/13/08 ACEC Calls $140 Billion Infrastructure Investment Essential For Economic Revival
11/11/08 Princeton Professor David Billington Receives ACEC Distinguished Award of Merit
09/22/08 ACEC Urges Congress to Address Infrastructure Crisis in Bailout Package
08/11/08 Congress Takes Bold Step To Reverse Engineer Shortage
08/06/08 ACEC Opposes Lawmakers' Piecemeal Approach For New Energy Strategy
04/17/08 ACEC Opposes John McCain's Proposed Gas Tax Suspension
01/15/08 Statement of David A. Raymond, President and CEO of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), on Release of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission Report:

2007

10/19/07 Jackson's Hibbett Neel Wins National Community Service Award
10/19/07 ACEC Urges Renewed Emphasis On Water As House Honors Clean Water Act Anniversary
09/26/07 Missouri Congressman Cleaver Introduces Landmark Education Bill For Engineering Students
08/02/07 Minneapolis I-35 Bridge Collapse
07/24/07 ACEC Announces New Transportation Vision with AASHTO, Industry Partners
05/15/07 Arkansas' Montgomery Point Lock And Dam Named Nation's Best Engineering Achievement
03/09/07 ACEC Hails Passage of Critical Water Infrastructure Bills
01/13/07 ACEC Hails Passage of $20 billion Water Infrastructure Bill

2006

05/02/06 Seattle's New U.S. Courthouse Crowned Nation's Best Engineering Achievement
04/27/06 Engineering "Academy Awards" Set to Crown Year's Best Achievements
03/15/06 ACEC Commends Senate Committee Passage of Small Business Health Plan Legislation

2005

12/15/05 ACEC Endorses Clean Water Trust Fund Bill
07/29/05 ACEC Applauds House-Senate Agreement To Address Decaying Transportation Infrastructure
07/28/05 ACEC Calls House Passage Of Medical Liability Reform A Major Win Against Excessive Premiums
07/26/05 ACEC Calls House Passage of AHP Legislation "Major Step Toward Quality Health Insurance at a Competitive Price"
04/12/05 Everglades Restoration Named Best National Engineering Achievement
04/06/05 Astronaut Neil Armstrong To Accept ACEC's 2005 Distinguished Award of Merit
02/17/05 ACEC - One Of The few Associations That Offers A Nationwide Association Health Plan, Says New Health Plan Legislation Would Increase Access To Affordable Coverage
02/10/05 Acec Applauds Senate Passage Of Class Action Reform Bill

2004

05/18/04 Engineering & Construction Industry Condemns Flawed Iraq Study
04/28/04 ACEC Hails Final FLSA Rule Changes As Putting The "Fair" Back Into The Act
04/22/04 Former Design-Build Institute President Named VP and Director of ACEC's Institute for Business Management; Government Affairs Head Also Promoted
04/15/04 ACEC Urges Congress To Act Now To Address Nation's Water Quality Crisis
04/08/04 Economic Recovery, Public Safety To Suffer From Inadequate Transportation Funding, ACEC Warns
03/30/04 ACEC Urges Continued Tax Relief For Engineers
03/20/04 Weidlinger Associates Wins ACEC "Grand Conceptor" Award For World Trade Center Forensic Study
01/20/04 ACEC Calls On Congress To Put "Fair" Back Into Fair Labor Standards Act (PDF format)

2003

11/19/03 ACEC Applauds Introduction of $375 Billion TEA-21 Reauthorization Bill (PDF format)
11/03/03 Rebuilding Infrastructure The Key To Peace In Iraq, Corps of Engineers' Chief Says (PDF format)
10/06/03 Mark Shields, J.D. Hayworth & Mary Peters Highlight ACEC Conference in Phoenix Oct. 8-11 (PDF Format)
09/26/03 ACEC Calls On Congress To Protect Competitive Sourcing Initiative (PDF Format)
09/25/03 ACEC Strongly Endorses Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt As New EPA Head (PDF Format)
09/22/03 ACEC Welcomes AGC to Coalition to Assure Highest Quality Contract Forms for Engineered Projects (PDF Format)
05/21/03 Eric Flicker Assumes Role as Chairman for the American Council of Engineering Companies (PDF format)
03/25/03 Snake River Removable Spillway Weir Named Best U.S. Engineering Triumph (PDF format)
02/11/03 Freshman House Members to Hear Engineering Council's Arguments Wednesday on Federal Outsourcing (PDF format)
02/10/03 Response to Disaster Prominent Among Engineering "Academy Awards" Finalists (PDF format)

2002

10/08/02 ACEC Calls for Quick Passage of ExPDITE Act... (PDF format)
09/19/02 ACEC Tells Senate Committee To "Fix" Tea-21's... (PDF format)
07/09/02 ACEC Hails Streamlining in ASAP (PDF format)
05/02/02 ACEC Backs GAO Panel Report (PDF format)
05/01/02 ACEC Supports T&I Committee on Highway Funding (PDF format)
04/24/02 ACEC Calls for Streamlining Review Process ASAP... (PDF format)
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