General Info:
Under the guidance of Thomas S. Coughlin, P.E., Acuity offers management consulting services to Design Firms. Mr. Coughlin has over 30 years of research, teaching and executive management experience. He most recently served as the President & CEO of McFarland-Johnson, Inc, a 150 person, multi-state, full service consulting engineering company. During his tenure as CEO, the firm bought itself back from its previous U.K. owners via a fully-leveraged 100% ESOP, expanded operations through organic growth, acquisitions and new office start-ups and improved operations through the divestiture of non-profitable offices/operations. Through Mr. Coughlin's experience, Acuity is able to assist Engineering, Architectural, and Environmental Clients with their management consulting needs. Based on the needs of our clients, Acuity can tailor its consulting services to assist our Clients in: analyzing key indicators of financial performance, comparing those results to industry benchmarks and assisting our clients to put in place plans to improve performance, if needed examining executive and staff compensation plans and practices, including base salaries, bonuses, deferred compensation, and profit sharing plans For clients who are looking for a general management overview of their firm, Acuity is able to offer to its clients a report, which analyzes a firm's overall operating performance and efficiency. However, unlike reports generated from a peer review, this report goes further and provides owners with a business valuation analysis to help Principals gain an understanding of their firm's value. Value and management expertise are not mutually exclusive. With that in mind, in one report and for one fee, this analysis covers the two key topics of concern to every firm owner: This portion of the report provides design firms with an analysis of management practices and operational procedures. Interviews are conducted with key firm management assessing, at a minimum, the following practice areas: