AEC LEADERS SHARE LESSONS FROM PAST DOWNTURNS

摘要

2020 has been a peach, hasn't it? A global pandemic. Raging wild fires. Riots and looting. Facemask battles. Ongoing trade wars. Election-year shenanigans. Recession fears. Increasingly divisive politics. Everything canceled. (Lest we forget zombie deer and murder hornets.) In a year of jobsite shutdowns, project delays, funding pitfalls, and project postponements-and with no guarantee of a more prosperous 2021-it is understandable for AEC firm leaders to take a guarded, hunker-down stance when planning for next year and beyond. It is natural for firms to focus first on "right sizing" the business by slashing investments, overhead, and operational costs.