BQE CORE PRESENTS
The Economic Outlook for A&E Firms:
What the Data is Telling Us
Thursday, September 11th, 2025
1pm ET | 10am PT
Join Aziz Sunderji, founder of Home Economics and former economic strategist at Barclays Investment Bank, for a data-driven look at the forces shaping the architecture, engineering, and construction industries. Drawing on more than 14 years in global finance and his time at the Wall Street Journal, Aziz uses compelling graphics, charts, and data visualizations to cut through the noise, reveal the economic trends that matter most to A&E firms, and project where the industry is headed next.
Why this matters
A&E firms operate on long project cycles. Understanding when billings may decline or rebound can help you manage staffing, pursue the right opportunities, and safeguard profitability as economic tides shift.
By the end of this session, you will learn:
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Understand how macroeconomic expansions, soft landings, and downturns align with A&E project pipelines, and when the peaks and valleys of billings may signal a shift in construction activity.
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Discover how ABI serves as a nine‑to‑twelve‑month forward signal for nonresidential construction activity, and how monitoring its sectoral and regional breakdowns can inform your resource planning.
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Beyond the ABI: what to watch in credit spreads, interest rate movements, labor market trends, and demographic shifts, contextualized for architecture and engineering business decision-making.
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Data-driven insights on the trajectory ahead: will billings stall or rebound? How might soft versus hard landings impact firm pipelines in the year ahead?
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Did you know that you can receive one LU for this course?
Aziz Sunderji
Strategist, Consultant (Real Estate & Macroeconomics), Founder of Home Economics
LEARN FROM AN EXPERT
Aziz Sunderji is an economist, strategist, and founder of Home Economics, known for turning complex market trends into clear, actionable insights. A former global macro strategist at Barclays Investment Bank and reporter at the Wall Street Journal, Aziz blends deep economic expertise with compelling data visualizations and charts that make economic signals easy to understand, and impossible to ignore. Specializing in the economics of housing, he helps business leaders across industries interpret market shifts, understand the forces shaping the building cycle, and make smarter, data-driven decisions.
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