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Surveys & Benchmark Tools  
 


Seminar: Successful Financial Management for A/E/C Firms

Tough times demand you hone your financial skills to keep cash flowing.
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Webinar: 2010 Industry Trends

Check out PSMJ’s 2010 A/E/C Industry Trends to find out what the future of the industry is and how knowing this will put you ahead of the competition!
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CD Purchase - Industry Trends Webinar on 7/21/10

Webinar: A/E/C Industry Trends: How are the trends impacting your firm?

Know where the trends in your markets are heading and get there first.
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Webinar: How the New Healthcare Law Will Affect Your A/E/C Firm

What A/E/C firms don’t know, but NEED to understand, about the new healthcare law...what you learn might surprise you!
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Webinar: Joining the Circle of Excellence: How to Become A Leading A/E Firm

Even in a recession, the best firms are growing and retaining their staff. How can you join their ranks?

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Webinar: Pricing, Negotiating, and Contracting

Make sure your pricing, negotiating, and contracting skills are in top form
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2010 A/E Fees, Pricing, and Business Development Benchmark Report

Strengthen your proposals and win more projects with solid, well-researched pricing data.
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2010 A/E Management Compensation Benchmark Report

Achieve a proven balance between management salaries and firm profitability, using the most current and comprehensive data in the A/E industry.
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2010 PSMJ A/E Financial Performance Benchmark Tool

This one-of-a-kind product provides MS Excel spreadsheets containing the data you need to evaluate your firm's financial performance.
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2010 PSMJ A/E Management Compensation Benchmark Tool

With PSMJ's A/E Management Compensation Benchmark Tool, all of the work is done for you! This one-of-a-kind product provides MS Excel spreadsheets containing the peer data you need to evaluate your compensation performance....already installed in the tool!
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2010 PSMJ Fees, Pricing, and Business Development Benchmark Tool

A one-of-a-kind product providing MS Excel spreadsheets containing the peer data you need to evaluate your pricing performance.
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All Four 2010 PSMJ A/E Surveys on One CD

Get all four PSMJ A/E Surveys on one CD for one low price
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Collecting Your Accounts Receivable Cash Now

How important is cash to your business?
Managing cash has always been important for firms, however during periods of steady growth, firm principals tend to focus on the clients and work rather than their business. During the past year, firms have seen a drastic change in their business and are facing new challenges not thought of for over a decade. Good clients who have paid regularly have stopped paying or are paying only enough to keep you working. What once was a process that took care of itself, is demanding your full attention and you never seem to get ahead.


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FAR Part 31 and AASHTO Audit Guide Compliance for A/E Firms

Unsure about FAR compliance? Here's what you need to know.

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Fast-Track Your A/E Firm’s Economic Recovery

Your step-by-step guide to capitalizing on economic recovery in 2010!


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Free Webinar: PlanTrax® - PSMJ's best selling Excel-based project control tool

Do you want a simple way to plan and control your projects?

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How to Use Your Bank to Help You Through the Current Economy Webinar

Master the simple steps required to prove to the bank your commitment to your firm, demonstrate your ability to pay them back, and make your deal the first time, every time.
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Key Financial Metrics Benchmark Report

The easiest way to benchmark your firm's key financial performance indicators!
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Managing Overhead for Long-Term Growth

Most principals in A/E firms focus on labor utilization (aka chargeability) more than any other metric in managing their firms.  During tough times, when overhead cutting becomes a necessity, this focus becomes an obsession. But does higher labor utilization really lead to improved profitability?
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Navigating Through the Current Economy

Learn to make critical decisions necessary to navigate your firm through economic volatility.
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PlanTrax® Version 4.0b

PSMJ's newest version of PlanTrax® Version 4.0b, is designed to help you meet your performance goals on today's A/E/C projects. Version 4.0b utilities the enhanced capabilities of Excel® 2007 to increase the maximum project duration from 36 periods to 50 periods. It also includes a faster way to insert rows into the project budget, making it easier to amend. There are also many new, easier-to-use formatting and macro enhancements. Plus, Version 4.0b includes guidance for setting hourly labor rates, based on data collected from PSMJ's latest A/E Fees & Pricing Survey.
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PSMJ’s 2010 AEC Firm U.S. Market Sector Forecast

The industry's most comprehensive overview of each market sector and its outlook for 2010 (and beyond).
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PSMJ's 2010 Circle of Excellence Conference

What drives the top performing design firms to ultimate success in the industry? Find out in San Diego! 
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September 23-24, 2010 – San Diego, CA

PSMJ's AEC Issue Brief: Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)

PSMJ’s AEC Issue Brief: Integrated Project Delivery delves into the fact, fiction and future of IPD. By researching available data on IPD projects and speaking with industry insiders on both sides of the issue – from enthusiastic advocates who see IPD as the future of project delivery to skeptics who believe it is just the latest in a long line of construction industry fads – author Jerry Guerra examines how (and whether) IPD is likely to affect you and the wider AEC community.
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Succeeding in the Current Economy

PSMJ's Director of Consulting and Training, Dave Burstein, present Thriving in the Current Economy Webinar Series. The series consist of three different webinars that highlight Developing Your Recession Contingency Plan, Managing Overhead for Long-Term Growth, and Managing Your People During Recessionary Times.

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Webinar: 2010 A/E/C Industry Forecast

How are current trends impacting our industry?
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Webinar: Joining the Circle of Excellence

Do you want to become one of the BEST in the industry? Learn what the best A/E/C firms already know about how to get out in front of the pack.
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Webinar: The Right Size for Your Enterprise

What factors should you consider when choosing commercial space?
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Webinar: Follow the Money; Get the Work

Learn ways to win work in the infrastructure surge.
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2009 PSMJ A/E Fees & Pricing Survey

Strengthen your proposals and win more projects with solid, well-researched pricing data.
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All Four 2009 PSMJ A/E Surveys on one CD

Get all four 2009 PSMJ A/E Surveys on CD for one low price.
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How to Cut Your A/E Firm’s Receivables by 25%

Authoritative guidance on how to master the relationship between controlling overhead costs and maintaining quick turnaround on receivables and good cash flow.
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2009 PSMJ A/E Financial Performance Survey

Easily pinpoint how your direct project expenses, utilization and overhead compare to your peers.

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2009 PSMJ A/E Financial Performance Benchmark Tool

This one-of-a-kind product provides MS Excel spreadsheets containing the data you need to evaluate your firm's financial performance.
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2009 PSMJ A/E CEO Benchmarks Survey

Cut overhead, increase cash flow, and improve your performance today.

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2009 PSMJ A/E Management Salary Benchmark Tool

With PSMJ's A/E Management Salary Benchmark Tool, all of the work is done for you! This one-of-a-kind product provides MS Excel spreadsheets containing the peer data you need to evaluate your compensation performance....already installed in the tool!
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2009 PSMJ A/E Management Salary Survey

Achieve a proven balance between management salaries and firm profitability, using the most current and comprehensive data in the A/E industry. 

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PSMJ's Guide to Being an Effective A/E Firm Leader

This indispensible Guide is designed for A/E firm principals looking to mentor PMs into leadership positions through a step-by-step process of learning what it really takes to run an A/E firm.

 

For PMs and others in A/E firms who aspire to leadership positions, this Guide is your Bible for mastering the critical business and leadership skills essential to leading your firm.


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2008 PSMJ A/E CEO Benchmarks Survey

Cut overhead, increase cash flow, and improve your performance today.
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2008 PSMJ A/E Financial Performance Benchmark Tool

This one-of-a-kind product provides MS Excel spreadsheets containing the data you need to evaluate your firm's financial performance.
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2008 PSMJ A/E Financial Performance Survey

Easily pinpoint how your direct project expenses, utilization and overhead compare to your peers.
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2009 A/E Cash Flow Management Report

Improve your firm's overall cash management strategy—from the internal billing process to your bill collection efforts.

 


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2009 A/E Revenue Generation Report

Compare how your revenue factors compare to your peers.
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2009 A/E Staffing Efficiency Report

Get key staff benchmarks that make the most sense to the “non-financial” managers in the design firm.

 


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2009 PSMJ A/E Compensation Profile Series

Benchmark your firm management's salary, bonuses, incentives, fringe benefits.
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2010 PSMJ A/E Financial Performance Benchmark Report

Easily pinpoint how your direct project expenses, utilization and overhead compare to your peers.
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Better Business Management: Areas to Look At, Metrics to Track and Processes to Improve

Straightforward guidance on leveraging core business functions into successful strategic growth.
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Dollars & Sense: PSMJ’s Guide to A/E/C Financial Management

Cash flow is literally the life blood of any design firm and essential to your firm's success. Don't let your firm firm run short!

This manual contains numerous worksheets, checklists, and “real-world” A/E/C firm money scenarios and examples for enhancing your firm's cash flow and profit potential.


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Fifty-one Fast-tracks to Better Performance and Profitability

Fifty-one Fast-tracks to Better Performance and Profitability delivers easy-to-implement methods for improving your firm’s performance right now.
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How to Grow Your A/E Firm in Any Economic Climate

PSMJ's comprehensive overview of what you need to do to create a sustainable A/E business model in a down economy.
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Price Change Orders for Profit

You don't have to lose money on project changes. Price Change Orders for Profit explains how to make change orders work for you!
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Professional Services Management Journal

A fast-paced management newsletter for today's smart A/E/C leader. 
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PSMJ Newsletter/PSMJ Tips, E-Cast Special Offer

A fast-paced management newsletter for today's smart A/E/C leader. 
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PSMJ’s Better Design Management Series

PSMJ’s Better Design Management Series addresses the specific needs of A/E/C firm managers.

 

When you order all six reports in this series you get two BONUS reports, Strategies for Successful Design Build Project Delivery and Managing Time and Projects More Effectively in A/E Firms FREE!


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PSMJ’s Guide to Building an A/E Firm That Lasts

PSMJ’s Guide to Building an A/E Firm That Lasts helps you improve your current and long-term business performance.  This brand new resource delivers authoritative guidance on key issues such as leadership, planning, financial management, and improving relationships with clients.

 


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Successful Financial Management Digital ToolBox CD

Simplify your financial management with PSMJ's proven financial tools.
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The Complete Guide to Ownership Transition

Get step-by-step guidance for planning, managing, and executing a successful ownership transition in The Complete Guide to Ownership Transition.


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The Keys to Increased Profitability for Your A/E/C Firm

Identify new ways for your firm to become profitable, leverage your new capital to invest in assets, and reward employees.


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2008 PSMJ A/E Fees & Pricing Benchmark Tool

A one-of-a-kind product providing MS Excel spreadsheets containing the peer data you need to evaluate your pricing performance.
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2009 A/E Business Development Report

Demonstrate your positive impact on helping your firm win profitable work and strengthen relationships with your best clients.

 


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2009 A/E Overhead & Expense Control Report

Find out what is “eating up” your profit dollars by comparing your overhead spending to your peer groups.
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2009 A/E Profitability Improvement Report

Benchmark your profits against the most relevant industry targets.
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ACEC MS Sponsored Event: Successful Government Contracting for A/E Firms

Date: September 23-24, 2010
Location: Embassy Suites Jackson North

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Controlling the Project Budget

A blueprint for PMs and A/E executives to develop and monitor project budgets to ensure profitability.
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Getting Out of the Bid Wars

It's virtually impossible to be wildly profitable in a bidding war. Learn power tactics on how to avoid this losing proposition.
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Have You Heard the BUZZ?

Have you heard the BUZZ? Come hear the great American hero, Buzz Aldrin, at PSMJ's upcoming Circle of Excellence Conference, September 23-24, 2010!
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See Buzz at PSMJ's Circle of Excellence Conference - September 23-24, 2010

How 25 of the Best-Run A/E Firms Are Succeeding Now

Find out from firm leaders themselves what they do to stay strong and profitable. 

You will be blown away by the innovative strategies and revolutionary ideas these firms are implementing – you have to find out what these firms are doing.

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How to Use Your Bank to Help You Through the Current Economy Webinar on CD

Master the simple steps required to prove to the bank your commitment to your firm, demonstrate your ability to pay them back, and make your deal the first time, every time.  
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Making an Informed Accounting Choice for Your A/E Firm

Increase cash flow, manage cash, and use cash to your best advantage to improve your financial condition.
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Navigating Through the Current Economy Webinar on CD

Survive and thrive in today's economy my managing your cash better.
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PM Tactics

PSMJ's highly focused monthly newsletter delivering methods and strategies to deliver projects profitably.
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PSMJ's Circle of Excellence: How the Best-Run A/E Firms Manage Clients, Staff, and Projects

This groundbreaking report reveals the business management secrets of North America's most successful A/E firms.

 


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