Engineering & Design

Key Trends in the Sector
 

The operating environment for architecture, engineering and environmental services companies continues to evolve. Here are a few trends we are watching in the market:

• As employees gravitate toward companies that offer flexible working environments, firms are looking for innovative ways to attract employees and have them safely return to the workplace.
   
• The industry continues to see momentum in the convergence of design and construction, encouraging leaders to assess how to maintain their competitive advantage amid this trend.
   
• Talent remains scarce, so leaders are prioritizing how to attract and retain the right people and how those efforts will shape their growth strategies.
   
• Firms are witnessing accelerating technological advancement and innovation. Leaders are increasingly driven to invest in technology, but often struggle to know how, where and when to do so.
   
• Environmental firms must navigate a changing regulatory environment and position themselves in areas with the most favorable demand drivers and funding.
   
• As projects get bigger and more complex, engineers and designers will need to implement ways to improve management and communication.

 

How We Help

Our engineering and design consulting team is dedicated to working with organizations in this area of the built environment, giving us unmatched knowledge of market trends and value drivers. Because we advise stakeholders throughout the market, we have the insights and expertise to help you:

Break Into New Markets

• Develop a focused strategy that fully leverages your existing and expanding value propositions.
• Diversify your business and reduce your risk profile.
• Accelerate speed to market to capture market potential.

Grow Existing Market Share

• Leverage proprietary market research to develop a strategy designed to help you grow profitably.
• Target the right markets, clients and opportunities, based on your strengths and associated value drivers.
• Gain essential insights about your clients that help refine your go-to-market strategy and improve your competitive position.
• Understand what sets your organization apart from the competition and how to articulate your value proposition to key decision-makers.

Set Your Strategic Vision

• Fully understand your market dynamics, trends and opportunities.
• Develop a plan to maximize your performance and grow your business and its capabilities.

Build Leaders

• Assess leadership depth and capacity.
• Develop leaders to accelerate organizational success and drive change.

Plan for Succession

• Identify key roles and responsibilities to transition.
• Evaluate ownership transition alternatives.
• Prepare the business for succession and ownership transition.

Incentivize Top Performance

• Develop incentive compensation programs that align employee activities with strategic objectives and company value.
• Attract, motivate and retain top talent.

Benefits

• Leverage our proprietary market research insights to confidently know where to play and how to win in your chosen markets or sectors.
• Gain a thorough understanding of how new and existing markets operate to maximize your ability to win profitable work.
• Develop a strong bench of capable leaders equipped to help you scale and grow your organization.
• Maximize the return on your incentive compensation dollars.
• Successfully transition your business to the next generation