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ON THE MOVE GLENN HAVINOVISKI TO LEAD WGI’S TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES PRACTICE WGI announced that Glenn Havinoviski, P.E. has joined the firm’s transportation engineering division as manager of transportation technologies and connected communities, leading the firm’s national efforts related to intelligent transportation systems and connected and automated vehicle initiatives. Over the last 34 years, Havinoviski emerged as one of the world’s foremost experts in ITS development and transportation systems management and operations. He served both as a practice builder and practice leader, providing project management and technical leadership for ITS and TSMO projects both in the U.S. and abroad, with a recent emphasis on preparing public agencies for CAVs. At WGI, he will apply his experience in ITS and CAV program planning and system architecture, design, deployment, and operations. He brings additional experience in managed lanes, active traffic management
tion. This gives the candidate everything they need to move right away and even provides additional funds to introduce them and their family to their new home. ❚ ❚ Family. You need to involve the candidate’s family (spouse and children) in the process early and often. Find out their spouse’s name, what they do for a living, where they’re from, etc. Invite the candidate and their spouse to visit their new location together for a weekend. We have been in situations before where the candidate was sold on a new opportunity, but his family was not. We flew the candidate and his entire family to the destination to meet with our clients in person and explore the city. You’d be surprised how adverse a candidate’s family can be to change until you show them why it may not be such a bad thing. The bottom line is that you need to be prepared to go above and beyond for candidates during a relocation if you expect them to deliver a signed offer. There is simply too much competition and too many things that can go wrong throughout the process for you not to put your best foot forward every step of the way. JOHN BRAY is an executive search advisor at Zweig Group. Contact him at jbray@zweiggroup.com. “Relocation opportunities present themselves to most everyone in the AEC industry at one point or another. These opportunities can represent a significant move forward in the career and life of the individual.” Havinoviski is a registered professional engineer in eight states. Havinoviski graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. He will be based in northern Virginia. WGI has 18 offices in six states, serving an active client base in more than 30 states, specializing in land development/municipal engineering, traffic and transportation engineering, parking solutions, geospatial services, subsurface utility engineering, structures, landscape architecture, environmental sciences, architecture, land planning, MEP engineering, and creative services. systems, and integrated corridor management, along with real-time traveler information, road pricing, and transit signal priority. Havinoviski is a member of the Transportation Research Board Congestion Pricing Committee, is a former president of ITS Virginia, and served as US Expert to ISO Technical Committee 204 Working Group 1 from 2001 to 2012.
2019 PRINCIPALS, PARTNERS & OWNERS SURVEY Zweig Group’s 2019 Principals, Partners & Owners Survey is a comprehensive study of owners and top managers of U.S. AEC firms. This report covers ownership, stock appreciation, buy/sell agreements, non-compete agreements, voting rights, roles, responsibilities, perks, compensation, and more. This survey has data on the following: ❚ ❚ Principal compensation, benefits, and perks ❚ ❚ Common issues and
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to most everyone in the AEC industry at one point or another. These opportunities can represent a significant move forward in the career and life of the individual, which presents a difficult decision for many professionals who are looking to take that next step. Firm leaders need to be prepared for this process if they want to hire the key people they need. Here are a few things you need to consider when looking to relocate a candidate for a new hire: ❚ ❚ Destination. A person may be relocating from one side of the Greater LA area to the other to avoid a longer commute, or changing set- tings completely from a familiar big city to a more modest location in the Midwest (and vice versa). No matter what the situation is, you should be prepared to show a candidate why the hassle of changing locations is worth it. Help them look at housing, take them out to a restaurant or two, introduce them to folks who are from that area, schedule a meeting on a Fri- day or Monday so they can spend the weekend there. Do whatever you can to help them fully understand what it’s like to live in this new place. They will take note of your willingness to go above and beyond and it will give them the confidence they need to accept an offer. ❚ ❚ Relocation package. If your firm is not offer- ing a substantial relocation package for candi- dates during this process, you’re already behind the curve. Today, it’s customary for AEC com- panies to, at the very least, reimburse candi- dates for their moving expenses. This should be considered the bare minimum as candidates are still forced to cover these costs on their own up front. The best way to go about reloca- tion packages is to factor it into a signing bo- nus, ranging from $5,000 to $25,000, based on the level of the position and cost of the reloca-
challenges related to running an AEC firm
❚ ❚ Qualifications, job
requirements, and demographics of principals, partners, and owners in the industry
❚ ❚ Employment
agreements, non- competes, and stock buyback provisions ❚ ❚ How principals manage time and break down the work day For the 2019 edition, principals from across the U.S. in the AEC industry responded to a questionnaire on the topics above. Their responses were then tabulated and analyzed. Visit bit.ly/2019PPOS for more information.
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