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Our indemnification/duty to defend legislation has been signed into law by the Governor as Act 211. This is an amazing achievement for our...

A note from CEO Chris Klein: Good Morning, I am thrilled to announce that this afternoon the Governor signed Assembly Bill 514, our legislation...

Save the Date for Our WisPAC Golf Outing Thursday, September 5 | Trappers Turn, Wisconsin Dells Join us for our fourth annual ACEC WI Golf...

Indemnification/Duty to Defend legislation has passed both houses! This is an incredible achievement propelled by the grassroots advocacy of...

Buoyed by incredible weather, members from across the state gathered in Madison for our annual Legislative Day. Attendees learned about our advocacy...

Indemnification/Duty to Defend legislation has passed both houses! This is an incredible achievement propelled by the grassroots advocacy of...

Legislative Day is our most important legislative event each year. It gives legislators face time with members to help them understand the human...

The 2024 TDA Fly-in will be March 20-21. March is a lovely time to be in DC, and the Senate and the House are both in session. If you plan to...

Indemnification/Duty to Defend legislation has passed in the Assembly but we're still fighting for passage in the Senate. This is our biggest...

Legislative Day is our most important legislative event each year. It gives legislators face time with members to help them understand the human...

Indemnification/Duty to Defend legislation has passed in the Assembly but we're still fighting for passage in the Senate. This is our biggest...

ACEC National has launched an aggressive campaign to fix a mistake in the tax code that punishes firms for investing in R&D. The campaign...

Plan to join us for Legislative Day 2024 on February 21. It's vital that members turn out in large numbers to support our advocacy initiatives,...

Indemnification/Duty to Defend legislation is now public and working its way through the Assembly and the Senate. This is our biggest legislative...

The state biennial budget is on the books and our focus is on important legislation like indemnification reform. This is our biggest legislative...

Increase to WisDOT Fixed Fee Good Morning,As many of you know, ACEC Wisconsin has been working with WisDOT for years to pay us a fair and...

We're already looking back fondly on our sold-out Annual Golf Outing! It was an amazing day to be outside with a record number of friends and...

The state biennial budget is on the books and our focus is on important legislation like indemnification reform. This is our biggest legislative...

The state biennial budget is on the books and our focus is on important legislation like indemnification reform. This is our biggest legislative...

ACEC is hitting the ground running in 2023. With the election over, we are focusing on the biennial budget and passing important legislation like...

Wisconsin Members Travel to DC Last week was a big week in Washington D.C. for ACEC WI members. We had 30 members from Wisconsin attend the ACEC...

Our annual golf outing is an amazing opportunity to collaborate and engage with peers and enjoy a fun day outside. Sign up with a foursome or be...

ACEC is hitting the ground running in 2023. With the election over, we are focusing on the biennial budget and passing important legislation like...

ACEC is hitting the ground running in 2023. With the election over, we are focusing on the biennial budget and passing important legislation. After...

Save the date for our third annual WisPAC Golf Outing! Spend a day outside with your peers in friendly competition. Proceeds go to support ACEC...

Good afternoon – I am writing to you as co-champion, along with Rose Morgen of EMCS, of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)...

On April 4, Wisconsinites went to the polls and many voters voted on school referendums. 44 passed, 35 failed and 3 were still too close to call the...

ACEC is hitting the ground running in 2023. With the election over, we are focusing on the biennial budget and passing important legislation. After...

Thank you to everyone who supported us through the major election of 2022! With your help, we contributed $100k to engineering-supportive...

ACEC WI's top legislative priority this year is to address indemnification and duty to defend clauses in public contracts. This is a fundamental...

Thank you to everyone who supported us through the major election of 2022! With your help, we contributed $100k to engineering-supportive...

Register for Legislative Day! This might be our most valuable Legislative Day ever. We’re not just arguing for more funding but we’re...

Thank you to everyone who supported us through the major election of 2022! With your help, we contributed $100k to engineering-supportive...

Wednesday, February 22 | 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Concourse Hotel, Madison Legislative Day is our most important legislative event each year. It...

Thank you to everyone who supported us through the major election of 2022! With your help, we contributed $100k to engineering-supportive...

Wednesday, February 22 | Concourse Hotel, Madison Save the date for our 2023 Legislative Day! Join other ACEC WI members and the 2023 Leadership...

Wisconsin Remains a Purple State after Democrat Tony Evers, Republican Ron Johnson Declare VictoryGovernor: Incumbent Democrat Tony Evers fended off...

Full Referendum Results Statewide Wednesday, November 9, 2022 SCHOOL REFERENDUM RESULTS District District Name Total...

We're almost to the pivotal election of 2022. A majority of legislative seats are up for election alongside the governor's race. The results will...

We're getting close to the pivotal election of 2022. A majority of legislative seats are up for election alongside the governor's race. The results...

We're getting close to the pivotal election of 2022. A majority of legislative seats are up for election alongside the governor's race. The results...

Members got together on August 1 for a beautiful day of golf at the second annual ACEC WI Golf Outing. Perfect weather led to great scores and a fun...

2022 is a major political year. The entire Assembly, half the Senate and the Governor are up for election. Plus, we're looking at a record number of...

2022 is a major political year. The entire Assembly, half the Senate and the Governor are up for election. Plus, we're looking at a record number of...

Join ACEC WI members for our second annual Golf Outing! Attendees will get together for a fun day of golfing and networking. The event will benefit...

2022 is a major political year, both in Wisconsin and nationally. The entire Assembly, half the Senate and the Governor are up for election. Plus,...

Join ACEC WI members for our second annual WisPAC Golf Outing! Attendees will get together for a fun day of golfing and networking. The event will...

2022 is a major political year, both in Wisconsin and nationally. The entire Assembly, half the Senate and the Governor are up for election. We're...

Monday, August 1 | Trappers Turn, Wisconsin Dells Join us for our second annual WisPAC Golf Outing! It's an awesome opportunity to get together...

ACEC WI is encouraging all members to contribute to our national political giving efforts through the ACEC PAC. This is an important part of our...

Monday, August 1 | Trappers Turn, Wisconsin Dells Join us for our second annual WisPAC Golf Outing! It's an awesome opportunity to get together...

2022 will be a major political year, both in Wisconsin and nationally. The entire Assembly, half the Senate and the Governor are up for election....

Support ACEC's federal political giving efforts! Federal regulations require member firms to authorize employees to receive information about...

2022 will be a major political year, both in Wisconsin and nationally. The entire Assembly, half the Senate and the Governor are up for election....

ACEC WI members came to Madison this week for our annual Legislative Day. It's our best opportunity to meet legislators and advocate for engineering...

2022 will be a major political year, both in Wisconsin and nationally. The entire Assembly, half the Senate and the Governor are up for election....

As the legislative session quickly comes to an end, there is always the last minute rush to pass stalled legislative proposals. I want to assure you...

Legislative Day is fast approaching! It's our most important advocacy event of the year. 2022 is a critical election year and we need to make our...

ACEC WI is closing the year strong! We've already given out thousands of dollars to engineering-friendly legislators. 2022 promises to be a huge...

Here are a couple noteworthy updates from the Federal Highway Administration related to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: (1) the...

Legislative Day is our most important legislative event each year. It gives legislators face time with members to help them understand the human...

ACEC WI is closing the year strong! We've already given out thousands of dollars to engineering-friendly legislators. 2022 promises to be a huge...

Save the Date - Wednesday, February 23, Concourse Hotel, Madison Our annual Legislative Day is our most important legislative event each year. It...

ACEC WI is closing the year strong! We've already given out thousands of dollars to engineering-friendly legislators. 2022 promises to be a huge...

We're ramping up our political efforts this summer - our summer events were a huge success and members are meeting with legislators to talk about...

We're ramping up our political efforts this summer - our WisPAC golf outing was a huge success and members are actively meeting with legislators to...

Political giving is on the frontlines of our efforts to support engineering-friendly candidates for election. And we just made the process easier -...

Over 50 people joined us for our first ever ACEC WI golf outing! We enjoyed beautiful weather, good company and a fun course together. We're looking...

We're ramping up our political efforts this summer - we're holding a WisPAC golf outing on August 3 and encouraging members to meet with legislators...

We're ramping up our political efforts this summer - we're holding a WisPAC golf outing and encouraging members to meet with legislators in...

Becher-Hoppe Associates visited with Representative Patrick Snyder and was able to discuss the importance of engineering firms to the state. Here is...

I wanted to share with you a timely study that examines the impact of various infrastructure spending scenarios, which builds on the work of the...

Join ACEC WI members for our first ever WisPAC Golf Outing! Attendees will get together for a fun day of golfing and networking. The event will...

ACEC National has launched a new campaign to promote PPP loan fairness. It is an educational and lobbying campaign to secure a solution at the...

Our Legislative Day on May 19 was a major success - it was an opportunity for our members to meet directly with legislators to lobby for...

Join ACEC WI members for our first ever WisPAC Golf Outing! Attendees will get together for a fun day of golfing and networking. The event will...

Members were finally able to meet in-person for our Legislative Day in Madison on May 19. We remained masked up and socially distanced but it was...

We're proud to announce that we have hit our National PAC goal again! We're also excited because we were one of the first five states to hit our...

Our legislative year is already busy. The Governor has released his proposed budget and the Legislature is reviewing it. ACEC WI is actively...

Join us for our annual Legislative Day and Business Meeting! We've confirmed a new speaker - ACEC National Senior Vice President Steve Hall is...

Join ACEC WI members for our first ever WisPAC Golf Outing! Attendees will get together for a fun day of golfing and networking. The event will...

Our legislative year is already busy. The Governor has released his proposed budget and the Legislature is reviewing it. ACEC WI is actively...

ACEC WI made a big splash in 2020. Because of the support of our members, our grassroots outreach and political giving both reached record highs....

ACEC WI made a big splash in 2020. Because of the support of our members, our grassroots outreach and political giving both reached record highs....

ACEC WI made a big splash in 2020. Because of the support of our members, our grassroots outreach and political giving both reached record highs....

ACEC WI made a big splash in 2020. Because of the support of our members, our grassroots outreach and political giving both reached record highs....

The political giving season is upon us. Members have already committed thousands of dollars to candidates that support the engineering profession....

The political giving season is upon us. Members have already committed thousands of dollars to candidates that support the engineering profession....

ACEC WI members got together for a golf outing to support the ACEC National PAC. A big shout out to all our members who came together to support the...

The political giving season is upon us. Members have already committed thousands of dollars to candidates that support the engineering profession....

ACEC member action is requested to engage Senators to act on major infrastructure legislation in July to support the nation’s economic...

The political giving season is upon us. Members have already committed thousands of dollars to candidates that support the engineering profession....

Election season is upon us and I want to encourage you to contribute to the ACEC WI Conduit or PAC either for the first time or make an additional...

Even during these difficult times, the political process is ramping up. Now is a perfect time to contribute to the conduit or WisPAC to get ready...

Join us for a virtual fly-in meeting with Congressman Mike Gallagher. This is our opportunity to discuss federal infrastructure from an engineering...

Even during these uncertain times, the political process is ramping up. Now is a perfect time to contribute to the conduit or WisPAC to get ready...

Even during these uncertain times, the political process is ramping up. Now is a perfect time to contribute to the conduit or WisPAC to get ready...

Legislative activities are front and center in 2020. We had a very successful Legislative Day with almost 90 people visiting with their legislators....

Almost 90 members and Leadership Institute classmates joined us for Legislative Day yesterday. In the morning, attendees heard from Representative...

There's still time to sign up for Legislative Day! We'll be visitng 60 Representatives and Senators, hearing from great speakers and learning the...

We are now less than a year away from the 2020 elections and the political process is heating up. ACEC WI is involved in political fights over bills...

We're excited to welcome three great speakers for this year's Legislative Day: WisDOT Secretary Craig Thompson will look back at his first year...

Good Morning, I would like to invite you to Legislative Day on February 19. It is our largest advocacy event of the year and gives you an...

We are now less than a year away from the 2020 elections and the political process is heating up. ACEC WI is involved in political fights over bills...

Join us for the eighth annual Legislative Day. You will learn what advocacy means to the engineering profession. Speakers will cover state and...

Even though we are more than a year away from the next election, the political process moves on. ACEC WI is involved in political fights over bills...

Legislative Day is our biggest advocacy event and one of the best ways for engineers to get involved. Attendees get a half day of education and...

Even though we are more than a year away from the next election, the political process moves on. ACEC WI is involved in political fights over bills...

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...

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...

Infrastructure funding was a significant point in the biennial budget this year and ACEC WI saw incredible wins. Over 600 people reached out through...

Infrastructure funding was a significant point in the biennial budget this year and ACEC WI saw incredible wins. Over 600 people reached out through...

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...

The Joint Finance Committee acted on Transportation last Thursday. From here, the full legislature will approve the budget and send it to the...

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...

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...

ACEC Wisconsin members recently returned from another successful ACEC National Spring Convention. Members heard from politicians, futurists and many...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Thank you to everyone who attended Legislative Day and made it our biggest one ever. This provided momentum moving in 2019 and the biennial budget...

Thank you to everyone who made this year's Legislative Day our most successful iteration yet. We started off strong with a keynote address from...

ACEC WI was incredibly successful with advocacy efforts in 2018. Many contributors joined for the first time and long-time participants increased...

Join ACEC WI for the seventh annual Legislative Day. ACEC WI remains committed to the strategic goal of enhancing our advocacy efforts and...

Thanks to our hardworking volunteers and contributors, ACEC WI was able to give more than $58,000 to candidates that support engineering in...

Save the date and harness the power of grassroots advocacy at Legislative Day. Members receive updates on priority issues, hear directly from...

Thanks to our hardworking volunteers and contributors, ACEC WI was able to give more than $58,000 to candidates that support engineering in...

Governor Walker Denied Third Term, Republicans Maintain Control of Legislature State Superintendent Tony Evers scored a...

Thanks to our hardworking volunteers and contributors, ACEC WI was able to give more than $58,000 to candidates that support engineering in...

Gubernatorial candidate Tony Evers sat down with the ACEC WI Board of Directors today to learn more about the engineering industry in Wisconsin and...

We are already in the midst of an intense 2018 political season. With the majority of state legislative seats and the Governor’s mansion up...

ACEC WI is gearing up for an intense 2018 political season. With the majority of state legislative seats and the Governor’s mansion up for...

ACEC WI is gearing up for an intense 2018 political season. With the majority of state legislative seats and the Governor’s mansion up for...

We are excited to announce that Wisconsin met its 2018 ACEC/PAC fundraising goal this week, joining Indiana and Hawaii. Wisconsin has met its...

ACEC WI is gearing up for an intense 2018 political season. With the majority of state legislative seats and the Governor’s mansion up for...

Thank you to all of our members who made Legislative Day and Advocacy Happy Hour successful events. Attendees heard from great speakers, networked...

The Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee approved just over $1 billion for building and facilities projects as part of the overall two-year...

The new fiscal year for Wisconsin began on July 1st but without a new state budget. State agencies will continue to be funded at the current levels...