As we head into fall and cooler weather, the political season start to heat up. The legislature will return to begin looking at bills that affect the engineering industry and representatives and senators will hold more fundraising events in preparation for 2020. Our current conduit members will be... Continue Reading
Infrastructure funding was a significant point in the biennial budget this year and ACEC WI saw incredible wins. Over 600 people reached out through our grassroots campaign on transportation - we sent 5000 contacts to legislators to support increased transportation revenue. The Capital budget came... Continue Reading
Infrastructure funding was a significant point in the biennial budget this year and ACEC WI saw incredible wins. Over 600 people reached out through our grassroots campaign on transportation - we sent 5000 contacts to legislators to support increased transportation revenue. The Capital budget came... Continue Reading
Investing in the state building program was one of our top priorities this budget session. It was one of our three issues we lobbied on at our Legislative Day at the Capitol. Our ask was $2 billion. Aggressive, but badly needed. Last night, the Joint Finance Committee approved a nearly $1.9... Continue Reading
The Joint Finance Committee acted on Transportation last Thursday. From here, the full legislature will approve the budget and send it to the Governor for final approval. There is still the possibility the Governor may veto the entire budget. Our summary is below; you can also read the full text... Continue Reading
ACEC WI members are urged to take action and make another critical contact to your legislator. It takes very little effort to try to make a big impact today! To do so is this easy – Go to this link https://p2a.co/bvPgU0m and fill out your address and click send. The letter is already... Continue Reading
ACEC WI is getting prepared for major legislative movement in 2019. The biennial budget negotiations are set to start in April and will focus on the Governor's massive requests for transportation, vertical and water infrastructure funding. Water infrastructure has already been voted on by the... Continue Reading
ACEC Wisconsin members recently returned from another successful ACEC National Spring Convention. Members heard from politicians, futurists and many other speakers about the importance of being involved. Wisconsin members had the opportunity to meet with our federal elected officials and discuss... Continue Reading
TDA Wisconsin is hosting its annual TDA Capitol Day (Drive-in) on May 22 in Madison. The Just Fix It campaign has started a statewide dialogue about the condition of Wisconsin’s infrastructure. Now, we need to make our state elected officials understand that doing nothing is not an option.... Continue Reading
ACEC WI is getting prepared for major legislative movement in 2019. The biennial budget negotiations are set to start in April and will focus on the Governor's massive requests for transportation, vertical and water infrastructure funding. We will follow up on the momentum provided by Legislative... Continue Reading
For the 15th straight year, ACEC WI has hit its National PAC goal. Wisconsin was also the second state to hit its goal in 2019. Many individuals have contributed to the ACEC PAC and understand the importance of being involved at the federal level. A special thank you goes out to Gil Hantzsch, MSA... Continue Reading
ACEC WI is getting prepared for major legislative movement in 2019. The biennial budget negotiations are set to start in April and will focus on the Governor's massive requests for transportation, vertical and water infrastructure funding. We will follow up on the momentum provided by Legislative... Continue Reading
