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CORPORATE SUPPORT

Corporate Support

Architecture & Engineering Core

The Architecture & Engineering (AE) Core new hires. Working with practice area leaders LICENSING
team had a productive year supporting our AE and the Learning, Development & Engagement In addition to renewing the thousands of
practice through another year of strong growth (LD&E) team, we developed job-specific courses individual and corporate licenses, the team
from 770 to 840 team members in 2022. and uploaded them to Cornerstone, our learning- was instrumental in the transition from the
management system, where they are easily FreemanWhite, Inc. entity name to Haskell
DESIGN PROJECT MANAGEMENT (DPM) accessible and can be assigned as needed. Architecture and Engineering, Inc. as part of
A study regarding transitioning from direct salary a brand alignment initiative, in coordination
multipliers to fixed cost rates by position was INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS with corporate Legal and Marketing teams.
led by the DPM team. The study concluded that The team conducted monthly AE Communications
we should pursue implementation, and funding Council meetings to share best practices and SUPPORT SERVICES
was secured for 2023 completion. In addition to impart critical AE communications. Leaders In 2022, the AE Support Services team worked
the productive monthly meetings for all team and communicators throughout the enterprise, on numerous projects for business units across
members involved in DPM, weekly forums were including representatives from many regional the enterprise. Architecture, interior design and
conducted for those newer to the role focusing on offices, participated. The AE Overview newsletter landscape architecture professionals developed
specific topics from the DPM Playbook. Working was updated with less text and more links to AE design guidelines, templates and best practices to
with the AE Technical Training team, content for News articles that were created with more details. share across the enterprise. Engagement in the
courses on risk management and professional TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION early stages of projects was identified as critical
services agreements (PSAs) were developed. to success, so leadership involved several design
The AE Technology Application team added a BIM
TECHNICAL TRAINING specialist to provide more support for the project project managers to explain the benefits. Resiliency
The AE technical training team conducted a teams. Autodesk software updates for 2022 were and sustainability in site design was demonstrated
survey of recently hired AE team members to deployed. Implementation of the Clarity tool for on projects involving wetlands in ways previously
determine the information they would have liked automating repetitive tasks proved beneficial, not considered. AE Support Services renewed
to have known sooner. This information was used saving thousands of hours of designers’ time. community engagement through outside activities,
to develop general AE training to be assigned to highlighted by the Green Apple Day of Service.

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