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Crumbling Buildings, Roads, and Dams – Money Isn’t the Problem

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State DOTs are just one example. This is very odd considering the fact that “50 percent of existing roads don’t carry enough traffic to generate gas taxes sufficient to pay for their own maintenance.” Much of the available funding is given to, and administered by state departments of transportation.

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Digital Builder Ep 27: 3 Key Takeaways on the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA)

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The Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA) was recently signed into law in the United States and it’s poised to have a significant impact on the construction industry. This is the biggest investment [in infrastructure] we’ve seen in our lifetimes, and definitely within my parents’ lifetimes since Eisenhower.

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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

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An airport of entry (AOE), usually designated with the word “international”, provides customs and immigration services for incoming flights. These services allow the airport to serve as an initial port of entry for foreign visitors arriving in a country. NASHVILLE ASCENDS: A CITY AND AIRPORT FLYING HIGH.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Jon Turner, President and Principal Engineer, Phoenix Civil Engineering

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We see it in our roads, bridges, airports, and practically all public and private infrastructure projects. Our work consists of pipeline design, water, wastewater, recycled water, and storm drain systems; pump station designs, road rehabilitation projects. ’ Fact: civil engineering is everywhere. And this isn’t new.

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Feature Story: Shovel-Ready Sites – Fired Up, Ready To Go

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million aviation technical school is nearing completion at the Fairhope Airport Industrial Park, designated at an Alabama AdvantageSite. Alabama’s AdvantageSite program has had a tremendous success record in matching new industrial projects with infrastructure-rich sites in the state. ALABAMA SITES ARE READY FOR JOB-CREATING GROWTH.

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Homeland Insecurity

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This is the time of year when we put together BF ‘s annual Rankings Report, so we’ve been compiling our list of the states with the Best Infrastructure. Your grandma no doubt met a few of them when she was frisked and told to throw away her bottle of shampoo at the airport. from overseas threats. While the $3.5

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A Connected BIM Approach Helping to Achieve High Levels of Productivity for the Anel Group

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The name behind countless successful electrical and mechanical infrastructure designs of building projects in Turkey and across the globe, Anel Group stands out with its expertise in BIM (Building Information Modeling). Thus, we were able to promote an awareness on BIM processes across the entire organization.

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