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Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the issue of climate change and the need for climate action had risen to the top of the list of priorities for many AEC firms. Many architects, engineers, and contractors have seen their work significantly altered from natural disasters like hurricanes, floods, or wildfires, as well as the impact of climate…
Ten months into the COVID-19 pandemic, most organizations have figured out the mechanics of remote work. We all miss face-to-face interaction, but we’ve found enough benefit in a remote-work mode that we’ll never return to the old normal: a distributed workforce is here to stay. For example, Ascension Health, one of the largest U.S. healthcare…
The current “new reality”—a state impacted by the pandemic, the resulting economic downturn, and remote-work practices in A/E firms—is also affecting progress in design firms to achieve internal ownership transitions. We find that design (architecture, engineering, interior design, landscape, planning) firms have slowed down their planned internal ownership transitions. There are three primary reasons for…
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, design, architecture, engineering, and construction companies across the world have adjusted to the myriad personal and professional challenges of remote work. In addition, the outcry for social justice sparked by police brutality against the African American community has set off global protests that continue even…
For better and worse, just about everyone in the design and construction community is feeling the financial impact of our new realities. While many firms are realizing savings as a result of the work-from-home transition, others are grappling with the cost to implement the infrastructure required to facilitate this new environment. In both scenarios, set…
As the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, many design firms were in the process of streamlining their leadership roles and governance practices. Firms were building capacity to support significant growth, preparing for generational leadership and ownership changes, and reducing bureaucracy to speed up decision-making and action. One of our A/E firm clients compared his firm’s current governance…