ENTRIES DUE: CLOSED Best AEC firms to work for 2011

BD+C Staff

Is your AEC firm a “Best AEC Firm to Work For”?

Building Design+Construction is looking for the “best AEC firms to work for” in the worldwide AEC industry—the firms that excel in innovative recruitment and retention practices, professional development, social and corporate responsibility, workplace environment, and compensation/benefits practices. We’re looking for firms that create truly positive workplaces for their AEC professionals and support staff. In other words, this awards program will recognize those AEC firms that nurture and develop their most valuable asset--their people.

Winning firms will be featured in an issue of Building Design+Construction. Winners will not be ranked: All will be designated equally as BD+C “Best AEC Firms to Work For.”

Previous winners need not apply, only new entrants, please.

“Best AEC Firms to Work For” may come from the following fields related to the AEC community

Architecture
Engineering
Construction
Construction management
Design/build
Project management

Note: AEC firms whose work is primarily related (i.e., more than 50% of revenues) to single-family housing or civil engineering may not be eligible.

Qualities and Characteristics We’re Looking For

Innovative recruitment and retention practice
Professional development, education, and training
Social, environmental, and corporate responsibility
Workplace environment
Extraordinary compensation and benefits practices
General Business Practices and Perception See a more detailed description in the Entry Form.

Don’t wait! ‘Early Birds’ Get Special Attention

Get your entry in by ~~October 10, 2011~~, and the editors will review it and offer suggestions (if needed) to improve your firm’s chances of being selected.

Nominations will be judged by the editors of Building Design+Construction, whose decision is final.

Send Entry Materials and address all questions to:

Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
Building Design+Construction
3030 W. Salt Creek Lane, Suite 201
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
847-391-1000

tgregorski@sgcmail.com

Please send a printed copy of your Written Statement of Support (see entry) and any additional materials that support your entry to:

Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
Building Design+Construction
3030 W. Salt Creek Lane, Suite 201
Arlington Heights, IL 60005

Descriptions of the firm’s recent work or projects
Firm brochures and promotional materials
Reprints of articles about the firm or the firm’s work
Testimonials from clients or others familiar with the firm’s work
Awards received
Mission Statement, Core Values, Vision Statement

Entry fee: $150 for firms with more than 100 employees

$100 for firms with 100 employees or less

Entries must be received by ~~October 24, 2011~~.

ENTRIES NO LONGER BEING ACCEPTED

NOTE:

Submission of nomination constitutes permission for Building Design+Construction to use email addresses and other submitted information for purposes of marketing and promotion and to share your nomination information with our sponsors of award presentations on our website or in our print magazine. Information about firms that are not selected will not be revealed by BD+C.

DOWNLOAD NOMINATION FORM

Please submit your nomination by ~~October, 24, 2011.~~
ENTRIES NO LONGER BEING ACCEPTED
Send Nomination Materials and address all questions to:

Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
Building Design+Construction
3030 W. Salt Creek Lane, Suite 201
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
847-391-1000
tgregorski@sgcmail.com

Please send a printed copy of your Written Statement of Support (see entry) and any additional materials that support your entry to:

Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
Building Design+Construction
3030 W. Salt Creek Lane, Suite 201
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
847-391-1000

Descriptions of the firm’s recent work or projects
Firm brochures and promotional materials
Reprints of articles about the firm or the firm’s work
Testimonials from clients or others familiar with the firm’s work
Awards received
Mission Statement, Core Values, Vision Statement

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