1301 J Street Suite 450 Sacramento, Ca 95814 916-441-7991 Paul Meyer Executive Director Paul focuses on ACEC CA's external relations, including ACEC CA, public officials and industries and professions that affect the membership. He also oversees the ACEC CA staff, finances and implementation of the association's policies and programs. He serves as staff representative on the following committees: Executive, CA-ACEC-PAC Board of Governors, Organization & Planning, Nominating, Architects & Engineers Liaison, Infrastructure Delivery Council, Prevailing Wage Law and Associated General Contractors Liaison. Paul is a licensed attorney and, to the extent practical, responds to members' questions about state law. For more information please contact: Tim Gallen Gallen•Neilly & Associates 1981 N. Broadway, Ste 400 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 tim@gallen.com Phone: 925.930.9848 Fax: 925.930.9903

Links: www.ACEC-CA.org RRM's leader elected president of ACEC California Recent Media Releases & Resources: Archived Releases & Resources 06/11/10:  Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Honored with Legislative Achievement Award 06/08/10:  Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to be Honored with Legislative Achievement Award 05/20/10:  ACEC California Welcomes CTC Approval of Presidio Parkway P3 05/12/10: Public Engineers’ Union Misinformation Campaign Against Presidio Parkway Project is a Disservice to San Francisco Citizens 04/29/10:  California Project Captures ACEC's Top Design Excellence Award 03/10/10: Business Community and Taxpayers Fear Non-Action By Legislators Will Continue Caltrans Bloat 03/04/10: LAO Report on Caltrans' Overstaffing is Long Overdue, says ACEC California 03/03/10: ACEC California Statements on Release of LAO Report on 2010-2011 Transportation Budget 02/17/10: California Senate Recognizes Work of Engineering Sector as Part of National Engineers Week 02/03/10: Engineering Excellence Once Again Takes Center Stage in State Capitol 01/28/10: ACEC CA: Federal Stimulus Funds Accelerate High-Speed Rail Project Towards Reality in California 01/08/10: ACEC California Applauds Governor's Calls for Key State Reforms but Sees New Taxes and Tax Swaps as Damaging to State's Economy and Infrastructure 12/01/09: Senator Dennis Hollingsworth Selected as ACEC California’s Legislator of the Year 10/01/09: New Tax Proposal Could Devastate California's Service Businesses 08/11/09: California's Private Sector Engineers Say State Worker Union-Sponsored Ad Campaign Rhetoric Is Misleading, Disingenuous and Deceptive 06/08/09: Engineering Excellence Takes Center Stage in State Capitol 05/29/09: Proposed New US House Bill H.R. 2104 05/21/09: Gallen.Neilly "New Media 2.0" presentation for ACEC-CA conference 05/18/09: Regardless of the election results California needs to implement new PPP/design-build legislation to fix and build new roads, rail, water and energy facilities 02/19/09: "If we're going to do anything to improve infrastructure, we have to look outside (private) investment. PPPs have been used throughout the world now successfully to create new projects.  California has fallen way behind, and we need to catch up." -Paul Meyer 02/19/09: The Public-Private Partnership (P3) has become an attractive project delivery system for cash strapped governmental entities looking to construct needed facilities without the immediate outlay of the costs that would otherwise be incurred under traditional procurement means. 02/18/09: Conclusion: PPP contracts had an average cost escalation of 4.3% post contract execution compared to traditional projects that had an average cost escalation of 18.0% for the same period. PPP projects provide far greater cost certainty than Traditional contracts and there is little variation in cost of a PPP project after the contract is signed. Public Versus Private Sector Delivery in Australia. Report. 02/12/09: Assemblyman Roger Niello Selected as ACEC California’s Legislator of the Year 02/5/09: California Senate Recognizes National Engineers Week and National Surveyors Week with Resolutions 1/26/09: Just the Facts: Caltrans' Union and its Role In The State Budget Crisis 12/17/08: Investment Board’s Vote to Cut Infrastructure Funding Will Devastate California’s Infrastructure and Economy Recent ACEC Media Coverage 04/30/08: Defeat of AB 2600 a Short-Sighted Move For California's Infrastructure Interests 04/17/08: Defeat of Cabllero's Public-Private Partnerships Measure a Blow to Rebuilding California's Infrastructure 03/26/08: Engineers and Land Surveyors Focused on Sustainability for Annual Statewide Conference 02/12/08: New Multi-State Study Reveals How California Can Speed Delivery of Transportation Projects 01/15/08: PECG's Reasons for Dismissing Performance-Based Infrastructure Just Don't Stand Up 01/08/08: CELSOC Applauds Governor's Call for Increased Use of Public Private Partnerships Background Information: About ACEC California ACEC California, formerly known as CELSOC, is a statewide association representing more than 1,100 private consulting engineering and land-surveying firms that average 20 employees each. ACEC California is dedicated to enhancing the consulting engineering and land surveying professions, protecting the general public and promoting the use of the private sector in the growth and development of our state.  Our members provide services for all phases of planning, designing and constructing projects.  For more information, visit www.acec-ca.org. .