2024 Year in Review

Salary Survey Available

AACE International's latest salary survey is now available. It is free for members.

Key findings include:

- members earn $24k more than non-members

- AACE certificants earn $18k more than those without

- Conference & Expo attendees earn $17k more

- RP contributors earn $6k

- Conference & Expo presenters earn $29k more

- 85% participants are satisfied with their jobs

- women's base salaries are $4k higher than men (with the same education level), but overall men still earn more

Region 3 Southeast Symposium: Registration Open

Join us at the Region 3 Southeast Symposium: February 20, 2025 at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay!

Anticipated topics:

1. Comparison of Quantitative Risk Methodologies for Multi-Project and Program Risk Analysis

2. "Ghost Schedules 101: What are they? Why do you need one? What is the Risk?

3. Presenting the basis of estimate to the client; it is not just the numbers!

4. Change Management – An EPCM perspective to projects’ greatest challenge

5. Cost and Time Management in Construction Projects

6. Bringing Organizational Risk Patterns to Light with Portfolio Analytics

7. Bridging Contractor and Owner Perspectives on Change Order Management

8. Schedule Maintenance, Revision, or Re-Baselining Where Do You Draw the Lines?

9. Summarizing Schedules

10. Innovative Technology and Approaches on FDOT ITS Design Projects

Registration is now open!

Region 2 Northeast Symposium: Registration Open

Back for the 9th time, join AACE at the Region 2 Northeast Symposium: March 20-21, 2025 at the Tysons Corner Marriott! If you're preparing for the CCP examination, you will also want to register to attend the CCP Exam Prep course on March 18-19. This event offers attendees a unique opportunity to engage in a series of insightful technical presentations, dynamic collaborative discussions, and hands-on workshops focused on project management, program delivery, total cost management, and risk management.

Registration is now open!

Interested in exhibiting/sponsoring at our 2025 Conference & Expo?

The 2025 Conference & Expo is currently scheduled to be held in Anaheim, California, USA from June 15 – 17th. Partnering and exhibiting with AACE International provides companies with several opportunities to network with industry leaders and professionals.

AACE offers a range of packages designed to suit your needs. Each package allows you to build brand awareness, showcase your products and services, and reach thousands of project professionals and decision makers during the Conference & Expo. We hope to see you at the Conference & Expo!

Email for more information.

Free Webinar: Project Controls Reimagined: Unlocking the Power of AI

Join AACE's Data Science & Advanced Analytics Technical Subcommittee on January 21 from 11 AM - 12 PM for the free webinar covering Project Controls Reimagined: Unlocking the Power of AI.

The chair of the DSAA Technical Subcommittee, Lance Stephenson, CCP FAACE Hon. Life will be the presenter.

RP Spotlight Webinar

Join us at 11AM EST (US) on 29 January for this free webinar. This recommended practice isk analysis concepts that can be used when important alternative selection strategies are being developed by senior leaders. These selections are made well before there is a detailed project plan, schedule, and cost estimate. The RP describes the development of simplified models to assess alternatives under consideration. These models highlight key systemic and project-specific risk characteristics. They provide clarity, transparency, traceability, and repeatability consistent with recommended project risk analysis practices. Models are presented here to illustrate two of these methods, probabilistic branching and conditional branching.Keith Hornbacher is the presenter and David Emanuel is the host.

This event is free, but registration is required. Attendees will receive 0.1 CEUs. This webinar is sponsored by Riskonnect

Shoshanna Fraizinger Named AACE Fellow

AACE is hrilled to recognize Shoshanna Fraizinger, CCP FAACE, as the newest AACE Fellow—a prestigious honor that celebrates her exceptional contributions to the cost engineering profession and the AACE community.

As she commented on our LinkedIn post with the announcement, "A big thank you to AACE and those who sponsored my nomination (you know who you are), for this incredible honour. Becoming an AACE Fellow is a deeply meaningful recognition, and I’m truly humbled to join this distinguished group of professionals."

Meet New Member: Brittany Anderson

I’m originally from Seattle, Washington, and have lived here my whole life. I went to school for Business Management at WGU while working full-time at HDR, Inc. on one of the region’s largest transit projects, the East Link Light Rail Extension.

Not many people know that I’m passionate about traveling and exploring new places—it’s my way of experiencing continuous learning beyond my professional career. I was recently hired as a project control manager at Community Transit in Snohomish County, where I contributed to large-scale initiatives like expanding transit networks and improving services.