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AEM’s new revenue-neutral solution for America’s interstates, Fed grants boost state DOT budgets the EPA backs of its “numeric turbidity linmits” and new infrastructure rankings are among the featured news items.
September 7, 2011
Roadbuilding
A NEW SERIES: ONE 2 ONE WITH SOME OF THE MOST INTERESTING PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS
The underlying problem is the amount of unfunded liability the government has racked up over the past 20 years.
September 7, 2011
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U.S. construction growth will outpace GDP during next 10 years
Despite weaker than expected annual growth of +1.3 percent in gross domestic product (GPD) during the second quarter 2011, private sector investment in U.S. construction rose by an annual rate of +8.1 percent for non-residential and +3.8 percent for residential construction, reversing declines in the first quarter of 2011, according to a recent report. Spending […]
August 1, 2011
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10th Annual Southern California Transportation Summit
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell will keynote Mobility 21’s 10th Annual Southern California Transportation Summit — a conference for transportation and business leaders to find solutions to the region’s transportation challenges. “Here in Southern California, we are ready with the America Fast Forward and the Breaking Down Barriers initiatives to get people back to work […]
July 11, 2011
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Contractors: High-speed rail plan needs companion highway spending
The Obama Administration’s announcement on Feb. 8 of a $53 billion, six-year commitment to developing high-speed passenger rail nationwide should be complemented by a similar focus on investing “at least as much” in America’s highway and bridge infrastructure, says a spokesman for Pennsylvania’s transportation engineering and construction industry. “High-speed rail works well in Europe and […]
February 9, 2011
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ARTBA forecast: Drop in 2011 highway, bridge construction market
Continuing budget challenges for state and local governments, uncertainty surrounding a new long-term federal surface transportation bill, and winding down of infrastructure investment under the stimulus law will drive a 4.4 percent contraction in the U.S. highway and bridge construction market in 2011, according to the annual forecast from American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s […]
December 15, 2010
Roadbuilding
AEM: U.S. economy grows slower pace than expected, urgent need for job creation
News that the U.S. economy grew at a slower pace than expected in the second quarter of 2010 should sound an alarm to Congress, says Dennis Slater, president of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). Slater says “there is an urgent need for job creation in this country, and while there are no easy political […]
September 7, 2010
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AEM: U.S. economy grows slower pace than expected, urgent need for job creation
News that the U.S. economy grew at a slower pace than expected in the second quarter of 2010 should sound an alarm to Congress, says Dennis Slater, president of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). Slater says “there is an urgent need for job creation in this country, and while there are no easy political […]
August 31, 2010
Roadbuilding
Jobs Bill = [some] jobs
Infrastructure spending = jobs. Why is this simple equation not fully understood in Washington? Maybe it is understood but not accepted. Sometimes its possible to see Congress as a group of people standing out in the rain arguing about the best way to raise the umbrella. The jobs bill will create jobs, even its critics concede […]
March 29, 2010
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