Zweig Group services

The benefits of a great hire, and the detriment of a bad one, make outsourcing your next search one of the most crucial decisions your firm will make. Unlike typical recruiting agencies that submit resumes indiscriminately, Zweig Group researches and networks intelligently to identify qualified candidates.   Zweig Group has the largest database of AEC firms and contacts in the industry. We know all of the companies, your competitors, and over the last 25+ years we have interacted with a large segment of the AEC talent pool. We are not a recruiting agency. We are a research and consulting firm that helps architecture, engineering, planning, construction management, and environmental firms grow and improve their business. We see finding key hires as a critical part of any good business strategy.

Zweig Group can help you figure out where to take your firm, and exactly how to get there. Our consulting team works directly with company leadership, guiding the firm toward defining and achieving its important business objectives. We start with a detailed assessment of your firm gained from a thorough and proven process that gives you confidence we know you, your people and the market conditions that you are operating in. We compare your operations—inside and out—to our comprehensive data set of industry benchmarks and best practices. Armed with this current assessment, our consultants work with your leadership to craft a rich and compelling plan for the company’s future, including vision, mission, goals, strategies and actions for execution.

Zweig Group’s full scale Mergers & Acquisitions consulting team can assist in finding and evaluating M&A candidates and structuring the transaction – managing the complicated process from conception to the closing table. Zweig Group is the industry leader in finding deals and helping your firm grow or transition ownership through mergers and/or acquisitions. Nobody has the depth and breadth of relationships and knowledge of the industry that we do. Save yourself time and money by partnering with the firm that set the standard by which all other firms are judged. Our consulting team can assist you with finding and evaluating acquisition or merger candidates, structuring the transaction, and navigating the complex process. We bring a unique combination of deep industry knowledge, experience, and technical knowledge to our clients. Zweig Group utilizes licensed professionals who will effectively represent your interests in a transaction.

The issues facing owners in a privately held architecture, engineering or environmental consulting firm have never been greater. Recognizing the effects of today’s environment on firm value requires industry expertise. Zweig Group’s valuation experts understand the industry and what drives value in your firm. What is a fair value for your stock? Will you be able to manage the retirement and redemption of a major shareholder? How can you keep the stock affordable for new shareholders? Whatever issues you are struggling with, we’ve seen them before and can help. Zweig Group’s staff of accredited business appraisers has assisted hundreds of firms just like yours.

Zweig Group can help your firm develop a winning marketing and business development strategy. We know this industry and know how to help you craft creative strategies for promotion, differentiation, and messaging that is critical for growth. Your company needs a strong and powerful brand to pull prospective clients and a steady stream of profitable projects toward the firm. Zweig Group works directly with leaders, managers, and marketing teams to define and achieve marketing objectives. We can assist with targeting and positioning in strategic markets, organizational structure and planning process enhancements, conducting primary and secondary market research, and training staff in necessary marketing and business development skills. Zweig Group can also develop and deliver marketing communications campaigns that invigorate the company’s brand and stimulate growth.

This is a big deal. Many firms do not put adequate resources towards this critical element of business succession. Retiring and departing owners along with future owners/leaders all benefit greatly from a well-designed ownership transition plan. Zweig Group has helped hundreds of firms develop solid and actionable plans to effect smooth transitions that keep the business a thriving interest and protects departing and next generation owners. We have worked under impossible deadlines and challenges when needed to help firms in crisis. We believe this is of great importance and we often make ownership transition a part of the strategic plans we develop for firms. Our consultant team has seen just about every scenario you could imagine and are ready to bring this expertise to your firm to help you efficiently and effectively develop a plan that protects your interests.