In response to ongoing labor challenges across the AEC industry, ENR Top 100 Professional Services Firms are reconfiguring operations to recruit helping hands where they need it most.

As interest rate hikes slow market inflation, more owners turn to third-party managers to weigh project costs and seek savings.

The urgent need for future talent in design and construction is not lost on today’s emerging leaders. A common theme among this year’s ENR Midwest Top Young Professionals—which honors 20 individuals in the region under the age of 40—is engagement with high school and college students to foster interest in the built environment and to help people build careers.

Professional services companies expand offerings through M&A to meet project owner demands for a broader range of expertise.

Clients are no longer requesting, but demanding, a broader array of services as fewer owners have the capacity to manage construction programs from the earliest stages of planning to the operation of the completed facilities.