Highway Infrastructure State DOTs Receive Extra $4B from FHWA Unspent 2019 Balances Tom Ichniowski September 6, 2019 One Comment Annual "August redistribution" of obligation authority due mainly to slow TIFIA loan, INFRA grant spending.Read More
Construction Workforce More Than 300,000 Comments Pour In on DOL's Proposed Apprenticeship Rule Tom Ichniowski August 30, 2019 One Comment Building trades back, and ABC opposes, construction exemption from proposed new apprenticeship program.Read More
Oregon Loans Are a New Twist for WIFIA Tom Ichniowski August 28, 2019 No Comments The Environmental Protection Agency has broken new ground in the latest loans it cleared under its Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act, or WIFIA, program.Read More
Energy Infrastructure Nebraska Court Ruling Backs Latest Keystone XL Pipeline Route Tom Ichniowski August 23, 2019 No Comments Decision upholds state commission's 2017 finding that routing is in the public interest.Read More
Environmental regulation 'Green' Groups File Suit Seeking to Block Trump Endangered-Species Rules Tom Ichniowski August 21, 2019 No Comments Update: Rules published in Federal Register on Aug. 27, slated to take effect Sept. 26.Read More
Water Infrastructure EPA Clears $640M in WIFIA Loans for $1.3B Oregon Water Project Tom Ichniowski August 21, 2019 No Comments Action marks first time EPA has approved more than one WIFIA loan for a single project.Read More
Environmental Regulation Trump Administration Issues Rules Easing Endangered Species Requirements Court challenge expected from two attorneys general, environmental groups Tom Ichniowski August 12, 2019 One Comment New regulations face promised court challenge from environmental groups, state attorneys general.Read More
Construction Research NIST Awards $6.6M in Grants to Improve Structures' Resilience Tom Ichniowski August 10, 2019 No Comments 12 institutions, mostly universities, receive funds for research related to wind, fire, earthquakes.Read More
More than half of multiemployer plans are in construction's unionized sector Pension Agency Paints Grim Picture for Multiemployer Program Tom Ichniowski August 8, 2019 One Comment Unless Congress acts, PBGC says multiemployer program will run out of funds by end of FY 2025.Read More
Highway Infrastructure Senate Committee Unanimously Approves $287B, Five-Year Highway Bill Updated 7/30/19 Committee approves measure on unanimous vote Tom Ichniowski July 30, 2019 One Comment UPDATED 7/30 with committee approval. Measure is silent on how to pay for the increased spending.Read More