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The U.S. Dept. of Transportation has announced it is seeking proposals for a $600-million second round of "TIGER" grants for major projects. Also in the mix is an additional $40 million in Housing and Urban Development Dept. community-planning grants.
Not many of us made it this year to Bauma, the triennial trade show that is thought to be the largest construction event (also thought to be the largest trade show...period). But the lack of flights in and out of Munich didn't leave us stranded in terms of news.
Stopgap measure--the 13th since September 2007--will keep airport construction grants and other Federal Aviation Administration programs going through July 3.
House Minority leader John Boehner has said that Congress should hold off on passing a Water Resources Development Act in 2010. His statement follows House Republicans' call for a moratorium on earmarked projects. WRDA bills have contained authorizations for large numbers of Corps of Engineers projects.
The two-year-old U.S. Embassy building systems in Port-au-Prince came through Jan. 12’s 7.0 earthquake with flying colors for a lot of good, specific reasons. Aside from the obviously soundness of the building's structural design and construction, the survivability of systems was insured by a host of small measures.
Key elements of the Port-au-Prince utility infrastructure came through Jan. 12’s 7.0 earthquake unscathed; but that’s because there wasn’t much of anything there to scathe.And that, in itself, represents a form of resiliency not to be discounted.
It is the small initial accomplishments, like finding your bags, making it through customs without incident, and picking up some local currency, that start you off on a confident footing when you arrive at a foreign destination. Getting through all of that in Haiti these days is a real confidence builder.
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