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title: "Keynote: ACEC (American Council of Engineering Companies) – The Future of Infrastructure: Innovation in Engineering and Design"
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# Keynote: ACEC (American Council of Engineering Companies) – The Future of Infrastructure: Innovation in Engineering and Design

Jim Carroll delivered a keynote for ACEC (American Council of Engineering Companies) in June 2012. With aging infrastructure, tightening budgets, and emerging building-information technologies reshaping the engineering profession, Jim explored the trends engineering firms needed to master to stay ahead of a changing built environment.