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August 28, 2026

Building a Better Workforce

Initially unveiled in Summer 2023, nearly 200 ACEC member firms have participated in the Roadmap — a DEI&B maturity model and benchmarking tool that gives engineering firm executives a comprehensive, data-driven way to assess the maturity of their firm’s DEIB program, …

Host: Jeff Urbanchuk

Guests: Chad Clinehens, Zweig Group

Congressman Derek Schmidt

August 24, 2026

Congressman Derek Schmidt Talks Infrastructure, QBS, and the Road to D.C.

In this special episode of the QBS Express — recorded in Washington, D.C. — host Scott Heidner (Executive Director, ACEC Kansas) and co-host Rob Krewson (President, ACEC Kansas) sit down with U.S. Representative Derek Schmidt of Kansas for a wide-ranging conversation on infrastr…

Host: Scott Heidner

Guests: Derek Schmidt, U.S. House of Representatives

Podcast episode

August 17, 2026

FMI'S Five-Year Forecast

What markets are growing? Which sectors are cooling? And what does the rapid rise of data centers and energy infrastructure mean for the future of the AEC industry? In this episode of The Market Edge, Diana O’Lare sits down with Brian Strawberry, Chief Economist at FMI, to…

Host: Diana O' Lare

Guests: Bryan Syrawberry, FMI

NVIDIA's Sean Young

July 20, 2026

How NVIDIA Sees AI Transforming AEC

On this episode of Engineering Influence, host Jeff sits down with Sean Young from NVIDIA to explore how artificial intelligence — particularly agentic AI and large language models — is reshaping the AEC industry. Sean and Jeff discuss why firms should start treating project dat…

Host: Jeff Urbanchuk

Guests: Sean Young, Nvidia

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