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As Congress mulls a new Water Resources Development Act, a Corps-industry team has proposed a $7.6 billion, 20-year plan to speed construction of civil works projects. it includes hiking the tax on diesel fuel.
ENR Special Report: Integrated Project Delivery: the good, the bad and the risky.I am planning to write a report on integrated project delivery. Questions follow. (No need to answer all of them, though that's fine, too.) I also invite you to simply write to me about IPD, in prose form, or send along any articles you have
The Federal Highway Administration denied Pennsylvania’s proposal to put tolls on its stretch of Interstate-80. Faced with the loss of a hoped-for $460 million a year for roads and transit, Gov. Edward Rendell now plans to call a special session of the legislature to deal with transportation funding.
My article on the 70-story Frank Gehry-designed Beekman Tower, with its creased and folded curtain wall, has generated some buzz and at least one or two "fan" letters. I have been encouraged to post these on my blog and am doing so, to express my appreciation for the feedback and to ask for more. Letters like these validate
Last month, investors were piling on shares under rumors of a possible takeover. Soon after, Terex sent out an eyebrow-raising memo of its intentions to pump up one of its core infrastructure businesses, Terex Roadbuilding.
As of Feb. 28, state departments of transportation had 9,302 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act highway and bridge projects under contract. Those contracts are valued at $20.4 billion, or 77% of the $26.8 billion in formula funds available.
Airport construction grants and other Federal Aviation Administration programs will continue for another month as President Obama signed a bill on March 31 authorizing FAA activities through April.
Non-union construction firms may be relieved to hear that the controversial provision sponsored by Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley (D), which would have required small construction firms with six or more full-time workers and a payroll of $250,000 or more to offer health insurance to their employees or pay a penalty
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