A/E Consulting Services Seminar Schedule:

Interactive Workshop for Owners and Leaders of Engineering Firms

Instructor - John Pruitt

Sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers [ASCE]

Our unique, two day interactive workshop offers each participant a tremendous learning opportunity. Not only will you hear the advice and opinions of an expert design firm consultant, you will doubly benefit through participating in lively group discussions and case studies. Share and learn with your peers, from all across the United States, their thoughts and ideas on coming to terms with some of the most pressing issues facing engineering firms. This is a rare chance to see how other engineering firms handle similar situations and how they solve their problems that face every owner/leader in day-to-day operations. This seminar is limited to 24 participants, so sign up early!

Strategic Planning, Valuation and Ownership Transitions for Engineers

Instructor - John Pruitt

Sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers [ASCE]

The more effectively a business plans and executes its plans, the more successful and profitable a business tends to be. In this seminar, you will learn how to develop viable strategic and ownership transition plans and the vital role they provide in a well-run firm. Some of the other topics included are: how to determine the value of your firm and ideas on how to increase the value, the process of developing strategic initiatives that are both meaningful and actually get accomplished,retirement and company buy-in funding issues and solutions, legal structuring issues including how LLCs are being used, the due diligence process in buying and selling firms, how ownership transition plans really work, possible roles of deferred compensation plans and ESOPs in transition strategies, and the "Golden Rule" of ownership transitioning. This seminar is specially designed for owners, potential owners, and managers of firms who want to better understand how to develop effective strategic and ownership transition plans, and techniques used to value design firms.

$995 Members/$1,195 Nonmembers. 1.4 CEU's