AEC Premier Award for Client Satisfaction:
The only award that tells potential clients that you deliver a truly exceptional project experience

To get the projects you want, you need to brand your firm as one delivering a client experience that's head-and-shoulders above your competition, with a reputation for rock-solid communication, predictable budget and schedule discipline, and so many other factors. Of course, it's easy to SAY your clients get nothing but the best, but proving it is another matter. What if there was a way to back your claims with empirical data?

AEC Premier Award for Client Satisfaction winners enjoy powerful benefits found nowhere else!

• Wide visibility and exposure for your firm through PSMJ's social media, email and PR outreach.
• The right to apply the AEC Premier Award for Client Satisfaction winner logo on all of your firm's public-facing communications, from proposals to your website to email signatures.
• Your AEC Premier Award for Client Satisfaction winner plaque to proudly show off your achievement!
• And much more

Every year, we recognize the AEC Premier Award for Client Satisfaction and other award winners at our annual AEC THRIVE conference - a summit of hundreds of firm leaders from around the world.

Of course, winning the AEC Premier Award for Client Satisfaction also gets you great exposure when we announce the winners through press releases, social media posts, and more. We also provide you with a media kit (including award logos) to make sure that you don't miss out on a chance to leverage this award on proposals, your website, and elsewhere.

The AEC Premier Award for Client Satisfaction is the easy and cost-effective way to:

• Stand out from the competition to win more work
• Make your firm more attractive as a merger or acquisition seller
• Give your firm credibility as a merger or acquisition buyer
• Attract top-notch talent to your proven client-centric culture
• Avoid the race to the bottom on fees by delivering higher value
• Get clients referring you more work because they know you value their feedback
• And much more

AEC Premier Award for Client Satisfaction winners will be recognized at the industry's leading executive strategy summit, AEC THRIVE, coming October 21-23, 2026 to Scottsdale, AZ.

 

Please note: The 2026 AEC Premier Award for Client Satisfaction is closed for this year.