A recent article in Entrepreneur Magazine, has Architectural Engineering and related services in the Top 5 Growth Industries for Small Business with growth pegged at 11.4%, #1 was Residential Building Construction. Now this has to be year to year growth but that factor was not mentioned in the article. It also is not so surprising considering the complete ass kicking these industries saw 2008-2010. However, it is encouraging because if the AE portion of AEC is busy, and stands to reason Construction is either in lockstep or not far behind. And this AEC ship is a big one and carries lots of people.