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BUSINESS NEWS JQ ENGINEERING MARKS SECOND YEAR FOR DAY OF SERVICE ACTIVITIES JQ , one of Texas’ top engineering firms, officially launched its firm- wide Day of Service initiative last year. JQ’s Day of Service program aligns with the firm’s mission statement of “achieving excellence in the pursuit of a better community.” The program enhances the firm’s culture by encouraging and supporting employees’ participation in volunteering their skills and expertise to non-profits within their local communities. “Our firm continues to grow,” says JQ’s CEO Stephen Lucy, P.E., “and we appreciate the business support we receive from the communities in which we work and live.” According to Lucy, the Day of Service program supports JQ’s core values which includes its role as a responsible company, engaged in community outreach. Says Lucy, “In addition to giving back to our communities, we believe our Day of Service program helps to attract and retain a talented team. We have had great feedback from our employees about this program and believe that it is one factor in why we are consistently recognized as one of Zweig’s Best Firms to Work.” JQ’s Day of Service also allows JQ team members to interact with each other on a more personal, community-oriented level and helps to build visibility of JQ’s work in the community. Employees may sign up for a Day of Service each quarter, and, as a group, are able to choose the community organization that is important to them. JQ’s actual Day of Service varies by each non- profit organization’s needs and typically occurs during February, May, August, and November of each year. For May 2018, JQ’s community service committee selected the following non- profit organizations: ❚ ❚ JQ/Austin office – Central Texas Food Bank ❚ ❚ JQ/Houston office – Casa de Esperanza ❚ ❚ JQ/Lubbock office – High Point Village JQ’s other offices and corresponding Day of

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Service activities are taking place this month. Founded in 1984, JQ provides structural and civil engineering, geospatial, and facility performance services throughout the southern United States. The firm is considered a leader in engineering design innovation and technology to support its complex, multi-state and multi-market projects. Nationally, JQ has been recognized as a Best Firm to Work For and as a Hot Firm by Zweig Group. JQ has offices in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, and Lubbock. MURAL OF GEESE FLYING OVER PORTLAND IS A HIGH POINT AT NEWAPARTMENTS A hand-painted mural of two geese flying over Portland is one of many high points for people living at a new apartment community called North Hollow. Located at 1551 SW Taylor in Portland’s charming Goose Hollow neighborhood, North Hollow offers 121 studio, one- and two- bedroom apartments in a community that is classically designed by architect SERA to blend with the distinctive character of Portland’s oldest and most beloved neighborhood. Apartment homes in the six-story building range from 500 square feet to 1,025 square feet. Resident amenities include bike storage, state of the art fitness center, a rooftop terrace and community lounge featuring a kitchen, living room, and garden-inspired seating where residents can connect and interact both indoors and out. North Hollow is committed to sustainable living by incorporating into its design a quality and healthy environment to call home. The community is seeking LEED Silver Certification, and some of the sustainable features include the use of drought-tolerant landscaping with drip irrigation system and planters to naturally collect rainwater; reflective roofing surfaces to reduce a heat island effect, and the use of low VOC emitting materials during construction. Sustainable features in the homes include large windows that provide natural light through double-pane, low E, insulated windows; high- efficiency lighting systems, efficient mechanical systems and water-efficient fixtures.

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rather be doing. Sorry, but that’s the truth and sometimes the truth hurts! ❚ ❚ You have been programmed to think you can’t make good money as a design pro- fessional. It could have been your professors, or the small companies you started your career in. But the fact is some people just don’t expect to do well in this business so … guess what? They don’t (do well)! ❚ ❚ You don’t know what other people in this business are charging. Sometimes I think people make assumptions about how much the “other guy” is charging for what they do and these assumptions are wrong! Firms in this business ARE making money today. Maybe you should be, too? Thoughts or comments? Send me an email. We’d love to hear from you! MARK ZWEIG is Zweig Group’s chairman and founder. Contact him at mzweig@zweiggroup.com.

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