Good morning. We are halfway through May and one month away from the SC Engineering Conference & Trade Show. A reminder, the annual ACEC-SC membership meeting is June 15, 2023, at the SC Engineering Conference and Trade Show in Charleston, South Carolina, at the Marriott.
FYI, you do not have to register to come to the annual ACEC-SC membership meeting. At the meeting, we will be voting on the slate of nominees for the 2023-2024 officers and directors and the 2023-2024 FY budget. The final board meeting of the year will be at the annual ACEC-SC membership meeting. We will hear a recap of the 2023-2024 year and swear in the newly-elected officers. We will also host a CEO Roundtable directly after the board and membership meetings. Please plan to attend.
The SC Engineering Conference and Trade Show starts right after the CEO Roundtable. Join your fellow engineers in Charleston for three days of learning. We will be hosting the Registration Board for Engineers and Surveyors, DHEC, SCDOT, and a panel of lobbyists and legislators on Thursday. On Friday, we have tracks with civil, transportation, environmental, fire-life safety, business, geotechnical, and more breakout sessions for you to choose from. We have Save the Light coming to give an excellent keynote address. We will honor our Firm of the Year, Engineer/Professional of the Year, and Young Engineer of the Year at the banquet on Friday night. Stick around for five more PDHs on Saturday. Please take advantage of this excellent opportunity to network with other engineers and get your products and services in front of them by sponsoring the conference. Click here to sponsor/exhibit. Click here to register for the conference, and click here to get your room. Room block ends on May 25, so get your room today.
The Legislature adjourned “Sine Die” on Thursday but without its Sine Die Resolution. The Resolution lays out what they can continue work on after they’ve adjourned. Since they did not have a Sine Die Resolution, the Governor has called them back today. The House will have its hands full with the abortion bill today. There are over 1,000 amendments filed to change the bill that came back from the Senate, and the Speaker told members that they would not be leaving until they finish the debate. Members of the House Ways and Means Committee (Bruce Bannister, David Weeks, and Bill Herbkersman) and Senate Finance Committee (Harvey Peeler, Thomas Alexander, Nikki Setzler) will be meeting tomorrow in Conference Committee to finalize the appropriations bill H.4300. The budget is not what we were expecting. The Appropriations Bill is missing something we wanted and added a possible new business line to your firm.
Due to increased asks and the Board of Economic Advisors (BEA) estimating less new revenue than forecasted, the House cut money initially proposed to boost SCDOT’s bridge program. The bill still has allocations for SCDOT for litter ($8 million) and the CTCs ($250 million). There are a few other projects with earmarks that will help keep our members busy. Below if there is only a dollar in the earmark, it means they will get some money, but it will be negotiated in the Conference Committee.
- Pickens County - Highway 183 between Greenville and Pickens County: $10 million
- Chester County - High Mast Lighting Ex 65, I-77: $450,000
- Dorchester County - Pedestrian Crossing for Bacons Bridge Road: $2.2 million
- Town of Summerville - Central Ave. Pedestrian Safety Sidewalk: $400,000
- Devine Street Corridor & Accessibility: $1.5 million
- City of Columbia - Assembly St Railroad Grade Separation Project: $10 million
- City of Columbia - Williams Street Gateway: $7 million
- City of Columbia - Beltline Blvd Redevelopment Projects: $2 million
- City of Conway - Carolina Bay Construction: $677,000
- Lexington County - Local Stormwater Management: $200,000
- City of Easley Traffic Congestion Mitigation: $1
- City of Sumter North Mainstreet Corridor Improvements: $1
- Elevate SC-22 Over Waccamaw River: $1
- Highway 90 Improvements and Expansion: $1
- Southern Evacuation Lifeline Permitting and Engineering: $1
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Events:
May 16, 2023
Transportation Committee Meeting
Michael Baker International
Calendar invite
May 24, 2023
ACEC-SC/SCDOT Mid-Level Designers Meeting
SCDOT
June11-14, 2021
ACEC Annual Convention & Consulting Congress Day
Washington DC
June 15, 2023
ACEC-SC Board & Annual Meeting
SC Engineering Conference & Trade Show
Charleston, SC
June 15-17, 2023
SC Engineering Conference & Trade Show
Charleston Marriott
Charleston, SC
General Registration, click here.
Sponsor/Exhibitor, click here.
For hotel rooms, click here.
August 3, 2023
ACEC-SC Membership Meeting with ACEC Update
The Palmetto Club, Columbia, SC
August 3, 2023
Transportation Committee Meeting
The Palmetto Club, Columbia, SC
October 7 & 8
Riverfront Revival
with Darius Rucker
2 VIP Tickets
Click here to enter.
November 9, 2023
Transportation Committee Meeting
Michael Baker International
Columbia, SC
Save The Date(s)
May 24, 2023
Mid-Level Designers Committee
SCDOT
25th Anniversary
ACEC-SC/SCDOT
Annual Meeting:
Sponsors
Exhibitors
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5 Market Trends Impacting Health Care & Science+Technology
1. Life Sciences Experiences Accelerated Growth: For the last decade, the life sciences market outpaced all other major commercial real estate (CRE) asset types in total U.S. inventory growth. According to a report from Cushman and Wakefield, total inventory for life sciences grew 34% over the course of seven years, between 2015 and 2022 and grew 19% over the last three years from 2019 to 2022. (See chart for CRE asset class comparison.)
US Inventory Growth by Property Type
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ACEC National's Economic Outlook
Diana Alexander, Director of Private Market Resources interviewed Jay Bowman, a partner with consulting and investment firm FMI, on the Engineering Influence podcast to discuss economic conditions, forecasting and market trends for the engineering and construction industry.
Listen to the episode. / Watch the episode.
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THOMAS & HUTTON ANNOUNCES NEW HIRE IN MYRTLE BEACH
MYRTLE BEACH, SC May 15, 2023— Thomas & Hutton (T&H) is pleased to announce the following new hire in its Myrtle Beach Region.
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2023 SC Engineering Conference - SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS
The 2023 SC ENGINEERING CONFERENCE & TRADE SHOW is offering sponsorships and a variety of exhibitor options, which offers you the best way to market your goods and services.
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May 11, 2023 ACEC-SC Transportation Committee
Meeting moved to May 16, 2023
ACEC-SC Transportation Committee Meeting Today at 2:00 PM.
ACEC-SC Transportation Committee,
Chair Emily Swearingen has rescheduled the ACEC-SC Transportation Committee to today, May 16, 2023. Join us today at 2:00 PM at Michael Baker in Columbia, SC. Click here for the packet for today’s meeting. Click here for the zoom calendar invite. See below for zoom info.
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ACEC-SC Mid-Level Designers
The ACEC-SC/SCDOT Mid-Level Designers are meeting on May 24, 2023, at SCDOT’s auditorium. Please forward this flyer to your mid-level folks. This quarter President Jeff Mulliken, Ph.D., PE (CarolinaTEA), and I will talk to the Mid-Level Designers about who ACEC-SC is and why our partnership with SCDOT is important to both SCDOT and our members.
Click here for more details.
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The mission of the SC Engineering Conference is “timely presentations on various engineering subjects, keynote presentations and enough professional development hours to substantially meet the annual requirement."
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Join us as the SC Engineering Conference & Trade Show
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2023 SC Engineering Conference & Trade Show
The mission of the SC Engineering Conference is “timely presentations on various engineering subjects, keynote presentations and enough professional development hours to substantially meet the annual requirement.”
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(UPDATED AS OF 05/01/2023)
This update is intended for the use of ACEC members only.
ACEC Water, Energy and Environment Committee
Government Affairs Update 05.01.23
DEBT
• House passes debt bill with more clean energy cuts
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ENTER TO WIN DARIUS RUCKER VIP TICKETS
ACEC-SC has another excellent way for you to support the ACEC PAC. We’re raffling off two VIP tickets to Darrius Rucker’s River Front Revival Music Festival.
Click here to enter the raffle.
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NEW Internship Placement Databank
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ACEC-SC has a NEW Internship Placement Databank for member firms like yours to find fantastic interns from engineering to I.T., marketing, and H.R.
The databank is housed on ACEC-SC's website or click here (password: ACECSCinterns).
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Did you know ACEC can provide you with Life/Health Insurance, Business Insurance, and Retirement Insurance? Check out the ACEC Trusts here.
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