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Israel's Virus-Closed New $2B High-Speed Rail to Reopen

Debra K. Rubin

May 20, 2020

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Shutdown enabled drilling for controversial planned new link to Jerusalem's Western Wall.

Survey: Workloads Decline Amid Virus Outbreak

Alisa Zevin

May 6, 2020

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Overall expectations have been downgraded for the next 12 months.

Infrastructure Bills Move to the Back Burner

Tom Ichniowski

April 15, 2020

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Early April talk about including infrastructure provisions in recovery bills related to the coronavirus pandemic has been overtaken by other priorities, such as more aid for small businesses.

Engineering Starts on $490M Lake Ralph Hall Conveyance System

Louise Poirier

April 15, 2020

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Design work is kicking off on the Upper Trinity Regional Water District’s conveyance system, which will be one of Texas’ largest water supply projects to be built in the last 30 years.

ASCE Report Gives Mississippi Infrastructure “D+” Grade

Louise Poirier

April 14, 2020

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Bridges and roads each received the poorest grades of “D-” from the Mississippi Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in its the 2020 Report Card for Mississippi’s Infrastructure out of the 12 graded categories. The report card, released April 14, gave Mississippi an overall grade of “D+” for its infrastructure systems.

Environment

Communities Prepare as Mississippi River Hits Flood Stage, Spillway Opens in Louisiana

Lack of PPE for flood first responders an issue due to COVID-19 related supply shortages

Jeff Yoders

April 10, 2020

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Davenport, Iowa and the Quad Cities area prepares for expected flooding, while the Bonnet Carre Spillway was opened in Louisiana.

Coronavirus and Construction

Louisiana Contractors Hope for Infrastructure Stimulus

Money would Ease $14B Backlog, Reboot Economy

Autumn Cafiero Giusti

April 9, 2020

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Industry leaders and lawmakers in Louisiana are eyeing infrastructure projects as the remedy for a coronavirus-plagued economy.

Thousands of Mass. Union Members Walk Off Jobs Due to COVID-19 Fears

Scott Van Voorhis

April 6, 2020

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More than 17,000 carpenters and painters stopped work on jobs across the state on Monday because of health and safety risks due to the pandemic, union leaders say.

Safety

Michigan Deal Pushes Transportation Projects, Extends Schedules for Shuttered Jobs

Contractors will get completion date extensions if road projects are delayed due to COVID-19

Jeff Yoders

April 1, 2020

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will allow COVID-19 halted projects extra time to finish without being responsible for liquidated damages.

Trump Endorses $2T Public Works Program

April 1, 2020

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President Donald Trump says he backs legislation to launch a mammoth infrastructure investment program, in a follow-up bill to the new Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act (see p. 8).