Jones, McAden & Associates was honored by the South Carolina State Guard for its management of recruiting and tracking volunteer engineers during the flood in October. Adjutant General, Robert Livingston, PE, made the award presentation at the SC Engineering Conference and Trade Show in June at the Charleston Convention Center. The certificates, called “Major General […]
American Council of Engineering Companies of South Carolina Announces New Officers and Board
ACEC-SC elected new officers and board members at the annual meeting in June. ACEC-SC Chairman is Rick Fauteux, PE. He is Associate Vice President and Project Engineer at HDR, Inc. in North Charleston, SC. Prior to his election to Chair, Fauteux served as ACEC-SC Vice Chair and Secretary/Treasurer, as well as serving on the ACEC-SC/SCDOT […]
Fauteux Elected American Council of Engineering Companies of SC Chair
Rick Fauteux, PE, HDR was elected Chairman of the American Council of Engineering Companies of South Carolina (ACEC-SC) at its annual meeting in June. Fauteux also served as ACEC-SC’s Vice Chair, Secretary/Treasurer and Board Member, and currently serves on the ACEC-SC / SCDOT partnering Committee. Fauteux is currently on the ACEC National Membership Committee. He […]
Executive Director’s Report – Adam B. Jones
ACEC-SC had a productive 2015-2016 year. To recap what has gone on in the 2015 -2016 fiscal year, we’ll start in July of 2015. In July 2015, ACEC-SC launched its off season lobbying effort. This effort put lobbyists Joe and Adam Jones on the road most Wednesdays from July to January. This was an effort […]
Lobbyist Report – Joe S. Jones
2016 has been an active legislative year for the engineering profession. Since the ACEC-SC/SCSPE Winter Meeting in March, the Practice Act (S.685) has been passed by both the Senate and House and signed by the Governor. Our expectations were high when we went into this session hoping to get QBS and brokering into the law, […]
Engineers’ and Surveyors’ Practice Act Changes in Act 259
Now, after four hard years of lobbying for passage of the modifications of the Engineers’ and Surveyors’ Practice Act, the Governor signed the bill into law, June 3, 2016. What does this new law do? Although the bill was quite lengthy, the actual changes to the practice of engineering and surveying are relatively few. Much […]
President’s Monthly Update – ACEC President Dave Raymond
Dear Colleagues – Hope you had a great Memorial Day weekend. Last month, ACEC made progress on several bread-and-butter issues with both House and Senate committee passage of a new Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) bill, with floor action expected in June. We were also able to get language in the National Defense Authorization Act […]
