Webinars

A panel discussion with AEC firm CEOs to discuss the latest trends, opportunities, and challenges facing the AEC industry. We will also be presenting the latest data results from our 2024 State of the Industry survey.

A panel discussion with AEC firm CEOs to discuss the latest trends, opportunities, and challenges facing the AEC industry. We will also be presenting the latest data results from our 2023 State of the Industry survey.

• Presentation of findings from GHD Digital’s research and interviews with 700+ public and private sector C-suite executives utilized AEC industry services on their experience with digital
• Implications of digital transformation on AEC firms

• Keynote speaker Sydne Jacques discusses the opportunities and challenges of employee retention and culture in the AEC industry.

• CFOs of major acquirors in the AEC industry discuss recent trends, valuations, opportunities, and pitfalls in M&A and private equity in the AEC industry

• Consolidated version of the 2021 State of the AEC Industry Report
• Industry Snapshot of size, ownership, end-markets, services, geography, and key macro drivers
• Performance trends of Growth & Profitability
• Stakeholder Value Creation

• Hatch & LTK was the largest merger between employee-owned firms in 2020
• CONSOR & Murraysmith was one of the largest “mergers of equals,” financed by private equity sponsor Keystone Capital
• The CEOs of these firms discuss the why and how behind these major transactions

• Keynote speaker:  Michelle Silverthorn, diversity speaker, culture change expert, and Founder & CEO of Inclusion Nation
• Roundtable discussion with Michelle and a panel of AEC industry CEOs and CHROs to discuss DE&I issues and approaches to address them.

• Deep dive into KPI data results on internal ownership transition
• Stock redemptions & acquisitions; shareholder requirements; stock purchase methodologies; sell down requirements; stock valuation
• Strategies to perpetuate independent, internal ownership transition

• Between March and September 2020, we hosted 10 complimentary webinars on the AEC industry’s response to COVID-19
• Every two weeks, a new panel of CEOs discussed the most recent changes and challenges of leading an AEC firm through the global pandemic