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Acumen Celebrates 25 Years
Less than two miles from the Oakland International Airport, Acumen Building Enterprise, Inc. (Acumen) is one of the businesses at the end of Pardee Lane, a quiet street abutting Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline.
Workforce Development Critical for Transportation
The transportation industry needs workers. Chris McCarthy warned of the “retirement cliff” in an August 6, 2019 article in Metro Magazine. “According to a 2017 report from the University Transportation Research Center, up to 50% of the current U.S. transit workforce …
Acumen’s Farah Soltane Featured in STREETSBLOG SF
In an article by Roger Rudick, Farah Soltane says speed is critical for California High-Speed Rail design.
Walter Allen Featured in California High-Speed Rail Authority Small Business Newsletter
As a small business advocate and a member of the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) Business Advisory Council, Allen alerts small businesses to opportunities in the transportation industry.
Acumen Sponsors LA Sustainability Coalition 2019 Transportation On-the-Move Series
Acumen was a proud sponsor of the June 2019 Los Angeles Sustainability Coalition forum for public leaders and private enterprise to exchange ideas and leverage their resources in pursuit of the best, most sustainable future for the LA region’s transportation industry.
Transportation innovation steers mobility for all
In the U.S., we love our cars and prefer to drive alone. More than 90% of Americans owned personal automobiles in 2017, and 21% of families had more than three cars per household, says the U.S. Census Bureau.
How congestion pricing, MaaS, and new transit policies will benefit all
The Federal Highway Administration says, “There is a consensus among economists that congestion pricing represents the single most viable and sustainable approach to reducing traffic congestion.”
How AVs, TNCs and public transit will shape the future of transportation
Coffee thermos and mobile device in hand, you sit relaxed in the back seat on your way to work. The automated car you are in waits for the light to change …
BAC Member Walter Allen Creates Jobs and Diversity
Most college students wait until they graduate before opening a new business. But Walter Allen was in graduate school when he decided to launch his company.
Navy Veteran Walter Allen Featured in Veteran Launch
Walter E. Allen, a Navy veteran, started Acumen Building Enterprise in 1994 to help pay for graduate school. That small one-person consulting firm became a corporation in 2002.
Oakland Business Review features CEO Walter Allen’s trip to Cuba
Walter Allen, president and chief executive officer of Acumen Building Enterprise, recently traveled to Cuba with a delegation led by Congresswoman Barbara Lee to explore business and transportation development opportunities …
Walter Allen Honored at COMTO Awards Dinner
COMTO’s Northern California chapter presented Acumen President & CEO Walter Allen with the Advocate of the Year Award at the organization’s Twelfth Annual Scholarship and Industry Awards Dinner in December 2015.
Jacobs Honors Acumen with Diverse Business Enterprise Award
Acumen President & CEO Walter Allen received the Diverse Business Enterprise: Delivering Business Excellence Award from Jacobs Engineering, Inc. at its September 2015 DBE Networking Event.
Acumen Sponsors COMTO 2011 Scholarship, Awarded to UC Berkeley’s Denisse Gonzalez
Acumen’s Benjamin Murray, program manager, and Lionel Fluker, senior designer, attended the COMTO Northern California chapter’s 7th annual 2011 holiday and scholarship awards event at Oakland’s Marriott City Center. Acumen sponsored a scholarship for Denisse Gonzalez.
Acumen Celebrates 25 Years
Less than two miles from the Oakland International Airport, Acumen Building Enterprise, Inc. (Acumen) is one of the businesses at the end of Pardee Lane, a quiet street abutting Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline.
Workforce Development Critical for Transportation
The transportation industry needs workers. Chris McCarthy warned of the “retirement cliff” in an August 6, 2019 article in Metro Magazine. “According to a 2017 report from the University Transportation Research Center, up to 50% of the current U.S. transit workforce …
Acumen’s Farah Soltane Featured in STREETSBLOG SF
In an article by Roger Rudick, Farah Soltane says speed is critical for California High-Speed Rail design.
Walter Allen Featured in California High-Speed Rail Authority Small Business Newsletter
As a small business advocate and a member of the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) Business Advisory Council, Allen alerts small businesses to opportunities in the transportation industry.
Acumen Sponsors LA Sustainability Coalition 2019 Transportation On-the-Move Series
Acumen was a proud sponsor of the June 2019 Los Angeles Sustainability Coalition forum for public leaders and private enterprise to exchange ideas and leverage their resources in pursuit of the best, most sustainable future for the LA region’s transportation industry.
Transportation innovation steers mobility for all
In the U.S., we love our cars and prefer to drive alone. More than 90% of Americans owned personal automobiles in 2017, and 21% of families had more than three cars per household, says the U.S. Census Bureau.
How congestion pricing, MaaS, and new transit policies will benefit all
The Federal Highway Administration says, “There is a consensus among economists that congestion pricing represents the single most viable and sustainable approach to reducing traffic congestion.”
How AVs, TNCs and public transit will shape the future of transportation
Coffee thermos and mobile device in hand, you sit relaxed in the back seat on your way to work. The automated car you are in waits for the light to change …
BAC Member Walter Allen Creates Jobs and Diversity
Most college students wait until they graduate before opening a new business. But Walter Allen was in graduate school when he decided to launch his company.
Navy Veteran Walter Allen Featured in Veteran Launch
Walter E. Allen, a Navy veteran, started Acumen Building Enterprise in 1994 to help pay for graduate school. That small one-person consulting firm became a corporation in 2002.
Oakland Business Review features CEO Walter Allen’s trip to Cuba
Walter Allen, president and chief executive officer of Acumen Building Enterprise, recently traveled to Cuba with a delegation led by Congresswoman Barbara Lee to explore business and transportation development opportunities …
Walter Allen Honored at COMTO Awards Dinner
COMTO’s Northern California chapter presented Acumen President & CEO Walter Allen with the Advocate of the Year Award at the organization’s Twelfth Annual Scholarship and Industry Awards Dinner in December 2015.
Jacobs Honors Acumen with Diverse Business Enterprise Award
Acumen President & CEO Walter Allen received the Diverse Business Enterprise: Delivering Business Excellence Award from Jacobs Engineering, Inc. at its September 2015 DBE Networking Event.
Acumen Sponsors COMTO 2011 Scholarship, Awarded to UC Berkeley’s Denisse Gonzalez
Acumen’s Benjamin Murray, program manager, and Lionel Fluker, senior designer, attended the COMTO Northern California chapter’s 7th annual 2011 holiday and scholarship awards event at Oakland’s Marriott City Center. Acumen sponsored a scholarship for Denisse Gonzalez.
