The Architect, Engineer, Contractor (AEC) Roundtables in Texas

How Did the Roundtable Come into Being?

Various industry roundtables held throughout the U.S. have met with great success in addressing areas of mutual interest for the benfit of all.  The idea to begin this program came from a casual conversation with Ralph Hawkins, CEO of HKS, a few years ago.  As a result, you can now meet twice a year with your business peers at the Architect, Engineer & Contractor (AEC) CEO Roundtable.  The Roundtable delivers a way to efficiently learn something important to you and begin to know your fellow CEOs better in a unique environment.  

The AEC CEO Roundtable is help twice a year in each of the following Texas markets:  Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio.  Each Roundtable is two hours in length and centers around a theme and format that members choose.  Following the Roundtable, participants have the option to partake in a series of three, one-hour, monthly tele-forums which take the discussion from the Roundtables to the next level.  Lastly, the AEC CEO Roundtable member-only website links leaders from the top AEC firms in Texas and disseminates the collective knowledge inventory gathered at all of the Roundtables.

Objectives of the AEC CEO Roundtable

     Get Smart 

• The Roundtable empowers you with just-in-time knowledge from your peers across industry disciplines enabling your firm to get ahead on issues and make changes happen through a vertical approach, e.g. collaboration between architects, engineers, contractors and specialty contractors. 

     Get Known 

• The Roundtable delivers the opportunity to network more effectively with fellow CEOs in an exclusive, intimate, interactive environment and take part in conversations that normally do not occur. 

     Get Business 

• A small number of firms are involved in a majority of the higher quality, more profitable projects.  Those types of firms tend to gravitate toward the AEC CEO Roundtable and similar, national Roundtables. 

 

Roundtable Honorary Chairs

Austin -
                  Al Simmons, President & CEO, Graeber Simmons & Cowan, Inc.
                  Matt Williamson, Regional Manager, The Beck Group

Dallas -             
                  Ralph Hawkins, CEO, HKS
                  Harold MacDowell, CEO, TDIndustries
                  Rick Rome, President, CCRD Partners

Houston -
                 Ray Messer, CEO, Walter P Moore
                 Rick Harris, COO, FKP Architects

San Antonio-
                Gerald Turman, President, Koontz McCombs Construction
                George Vaughn, President, RVK Architects

Comments about the future of AEC CEO Roundtables from Harold MacDowell, CEO, TDIndustries:
     "It is an opportunity for CEOs to network more effectively to help make changes happen.  The dynamics of the Roundtable increase the chance of participant firms impacting the industry. . ."