New Spending Package Has Mixed Results for Federal Construction Programs

Measure reflects Year Two of budget pact's infrastructure boost—over 2017

Tom Ichniowski

February 20, 2019

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Highway funding fares well in fiscal 2019 shutdown-ending package, other programs pared.

Infrastructure Funding

What Must Happen In The Next Three Weeks To Avoid Another Shutdown

States may be cautious about spending commitments in the face of uncertainty

Tom Ichniowski

January 26, 2019

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Funds should start to flow again at reopened agencies but month's backlog could slow permitting, other approvals.

Transportation

Transit Systems Start to Feel the Squeeze from the Shutdown

Tom Ichniowski

January 14, 2019

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Lack of FTA personnel on the job hampers needed approvals.

Shutdown Spares Some Construction Programs, But Highway Concerns Arise

Tom Ichniowski

January 9, 2019

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The partial shutdown of the federal government is starting to affect some federal construction programs—such as those at the Federal Transit Administration—but other major infrastructure accounts have full 2019 funding and aren't harmed.

Federal Spending

Shutdown Affects Some, But Not All, Infrastructure Programs

Tom Ichniowski

January 3, 2019

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UPDATE: House, now under Democrats' control, passes bills to end shutdown, but White House issues veto threat.

ENR

June 1, 2020

In an unprecedented collaboration, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Salesforce, and floor-covering supplier Interface are showing their collective commitment to embodied carbon reduction by joining the board of Building Transparency.

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