While the Senate continues to talk about Santee Cooper, the House is having committee meetings and getting ready to tackle the Santee Cooper conundrum as soon as the Senate is has decided how to proceed. The Senate has to make a decision soon, as it has to take up the budget in the next couple […]

We had a small group join me at the Statehouse for SC Engineers Day.  With the Senate tackling Santee Cooper and meeting in a perfunctory session and the House working on the budget, it made scheduling our EWeek /SC Engineers Day a little tricky.  Thanks to Carlos Gittens, PE, (KCI), Jasyon Jordan, PE, and Melvin Williams (S&ME) […]

As you know, ACEC-SC partners with the South Carolina Society of Professional Engineers (SCSPE) on a few things a year.  SCSPE does a lot for Engineers Week.  To start, they get a proclamation from the Governor and a concurrent resolution from the SC General Assembly.  For the Professional Engineers working at our member firms, they also have the Governor and General […]

The meeting kicked off with an update from ACEC-SC Chair, Keith Overstreet, PE, Design South Professionals, LLC covering what ACEC-SC has been up to since our last membership meeting at the Annual Meeting in June at SC Engineering Conference & Trade Show. Following the ACEC-SC update, Tracey Turner, PE, ESP, updated attendees on the South […]

The Legislature is back and things are starting to move.  I spent much of last week in committee meetings. I testified at the House Judiciary Constitution Law Subcommittee in favor of H. 3758 the Fair Share Bill last Thursday morning.   In my brief remarks, I asked the committee for a favorable report.  I told them Engineering Companies are […]

The 146 House Representatives and the 46 Senators returned to Columbia Tuesday, January 14, 2020.  The buzz around the Statehouse is that education reform, dealing with Santee Cooper, and the fetal heartbeat bill will dominate the session.  Adding to that, this is an election year for both the House and Senate, so that will play […]

Though today may just seem like another Tuesday for you, but for the 124 members of the House of Representatives, 46 Senators, their staffs, and all the lobbyist out there today marks the first day of the second regular session of the 123rd General Assembly. ACEC-SC has a stout legislative agenda this year, and only […]

The legislature returns Tuesday, January 14, 2020, and we will hit the ground running. In the off-season, ACEC-SC has been working on introducing new legislation dealing with indemnity.  I met with Senator Alexander’s Chief of Staff, Lisa Widner, on December 17, 2019, to discuss the Designer Fair Contracting Act.  Senator Alexander wanted a little more […]