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Attention all of you who are AEC firm owners and managers! With the widespread inflation we are experiencing in this country, if you aren’t worried about declining profitability, you probably should be. Everything is going up. And it’s not going up by 6 percent to 7 percent like it’s being reported. Some things are going…
I consider myself incredibly fortunate for so many reasons. I have four daughters and one stepdaughter, each unique and perfect in their own ways. I have a great spouse and partner who cares for me and whom I respect. I am 64 and have no serious health problems and can still do pretty much anything….
I was talking to my brother, John, yesterday afternoon on the telephone. John – after a long career at the top of the world’s largest group of advertising and marketing companies, WPP Group – is now the chairman of a company called Neuro-Insight, a firm that measures brain activity in response to a client’s promotional…
It’s important for firms in all stages of growth to invest in marketing and continue to plan for the future. There’s a stark difference between the way AEC firms looked at marketing during the midpoint of 2020 (confusion, cessation of usual activities, budget cuts) and the way they are approaching marketing spending this year. Business…
Zweig Group just released the 2021 Policies, Procedures & Benefits Report of AEC Firms. This resource was compiled from a comprehensive survey of AEC firms as well as participants in Zweig Group’s annual Best Firms To Work For program. Considering extreme changes caused by COVID-19 over the past 12 months, Zweig Group compared pre-pandemic responses…
If you feel your like you’re losing control and you don’t know how you can accomplish all you want to, you could benefit from establishing a routine. There is a common misconception – popularized in movies and television – that creative people have to be messy, disorganized, and live chaotic lives. I have had the…
June 2, 2021 — The Zweig Group annually recognizes outstanding workplaces across the United States in the architecture, engineering, environmental, planning, and construction industry (AEC) in their Best Firms to Work for Awards. Thomas & Hutton is pleased to announce that they have been named one of the Top 25 companies to work for in…
Zweig Group has updated the Impacts of COVID-19 on the AEC Industry Survey for 2021, adding new questions about PPP funding, outlook and budget forecasting, and more. After the initial success of Zweig Group’s Impacts of COVID-19 on the AEC Industry, launched initially in March 2020, Zweig Group has continued to iterate the survey and collect data needed…
Zweig Group has updated the Impacts of COVID-19 on the AEC Industry Survey for the second half of 2020, adding new questions about PPP funding, outlook and budget forecasting, and more. After the initial success of Zweig Group’s Impacts of COVID-19 on the AEC Industry, launched in March 2020, Zweig Group launched a new survey on the…
