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good business decision</h2> <p>The American Council of Engineering Companies of Colorado (ACEC Colorado) is the business association of 260 member firms employing approximately 12,500 employees in the independent private practice of consulting engineering. ACEC Colorado is a primary resource for accessing engineering information, expertise and business ethics practices. Learn more by reading the <a href="/about-us/bylaws-aoi/">ACEC Colorado Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws</a> and the <a href="/membership">ACEC Colorado members-only benefits and the ROI of membership</a>.</p> <h4 style="text-align: left;">ACEC Colorado is committed to preparing members for prosperity, and <em>membership in the Council will make your company better</em> because you can access best practices, education and information that directly impacts your business.</h4> <p>Your company will benefit from being made aware of important changes, for example, in tax laws and incentives that can save your company thousands of dollars; upcoming legislation that affects the way you do business; and changes in contract language with agencies that can affect the liability of you and your sub-consultants. When you know what is coming, you have the ability to respond rather than react and be better prepared to deal with the issues.</p> <p>Your company will also benefit from new ideas and skills that your employees bring to your firm by participating in industry specific programs, educational workshops, best practices training and executive level business courses, at a reduced cost. The more they know, the more they can do and the more valuable they are to your business – especially if they take advantage of ACEC Colorado human resources, information technology and finance forums.</p> <p>The visibility your business gains is among the <a href="/membership">greatest benefits your membership offers</a>. Other professionals and key influencers will know who you are, which open doors to new business opportunities.</p> <p>ACEC Colorado is important to the industry as a whole because there is strength in numbers. Together we speak with one powerful voice. The Council is a place for members to learn from one another and to create opportunities for each other through collaboration and consortium involvement. ACEC Colorado protects the interests of your industry by advocating for best practices by providing input and feedback to agencies that contract for your services to ensure fair and balanced opportunities.</p> <p>Importantly, we advocate for continuing education, upholding the value of professional licensure and delivery of ethical service to further the stature of your industry.</p> <p>ACEC Colorado firms range in size from small to very large and serve as consultants to government, industry, contractors, developers and private sector clients. The annual business volume of members in Colorado exceeds $300 million.</p> <p>The annual construction cost from the services of ACEC Colorado member firms (both within and outside the state) exceeds $2 billion dollars. Private consultants have historically maintained an important role in Colorado’s economy.</p> <p>Consulting engineering firms holding membership in ACEC Colorado provide expertise for a wide range of activities including acoustical, chemical, civil, electrical, geotechnical, industrial, materials, mechanical, mining, petroleum, photogrammetric, structural, transportation, water resources, environmental and agricultural engineering and surveying.</p> <p>ACEC Colorado maintains a vital membership that today includes more than half of whom employ 15 or fewer individuals. Among the most valued benefits of belonging to ACEC Colorado is the ability for small firms to organize, share information and evolve best business practices in a supportive, non-competitive environment. Larger firms (100+ employees) are also engaged with ACEC Colorado and represent 7% of membership.</p> <h2 style="text-align: left;">Code of Ethics</h2> <p>With a high regard for the engineering profession and recognition of the Code of Ethics – a set of dynamic principles to guide provided engineering services – and with full knowledge of the responsibility of consulting engineers to safeguard health, safety and public welfare, a member of the Council:</p> <ul> <li>brings the credit, honor and dignity of the engineering profession to their dealings with clients, other engineers and the public</li> <li>acts for their clients as a faithful agent or trustee and accepts remuneration only in accordance with their stated charges for services rendered</li> <li>Exchanges non-confidential engineering information with other engineers, students and the engineering press and encourages the public knowledge of engineering and ensures proper credit for engineering works</li> <li>solicits engineering work assignments according to high professional standards, without offering commissions or using undue influence</li> <li>upholds and promotes the principle of selection of consulting engineers for assignments on the basis of qualifications, including training, skill, experience, personnel, workloads and availability</li> <li>associates as a consulting engineer with only engineers and other professionals who conform to ethical practices</li> <li>is familiar with and abides by the ACEC Professional and Ethical Conduct Guidelines</li> <li>continues professional development throughout one’s career and provides opportunities for the development of those under one’s supervision</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"><div class="vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center 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