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More Than Green Buildings, Green Roads

Green Building Law Update

If green building is going to repair the planet it will have to include green roads. are related to transportation (e.g., roads, parking lots, sidewalks, and driveways), with the vast majority being roads. There are 4,180,817 miles of roads in the U.S. Additionally, road building consumes a lot of energy.

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How Buttigieg’s Infrastructure Plan Addresses Critical Needs

Construction Today

The United States has long grappled with the complex challenge of maintaining and upgrading its extensive transportation infrastructure. Decades of underinvestment have led to deteriorating roads, bridges, and transit systems, which are crucial for economic growth and public safety.

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JV bores out first tube of $3.9B Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel

Construction Dive

The largest transportation infrastructure project in Virginia history is progressing albeit 18 months behind schedule.

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Costain’s planned M6 link road job halted over costs

Construction Enquirer

Plans to build a new road linking the M6 with south Lancaster have been shelved due to soaring cost pressures. Funding for the road scheme and a wider programme of supporting infrastructure included ÂŁ140m from the government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund. This will now be returned to the Government.

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Federal Infrastructure Bill Paves the Way Toward More Transportation Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships

Constructlaw

trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is poised to change how the United States views and implements public-private partnerships (P3s). surface transportation P3s that have reached financial close. infrastructure to crumble again due to the lack of insufficient funding. And because Congress does not want U.S.

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3 Lessons From the West Virginia DOT on Developing a Drone Program

Construction Business Owner

State departments of transportation (DOTs) are responsible for building and maintaining critical infrastructure across the country and finding new and innovative ways to address the demands of future growth on the nation’s roads and bridges. And their jobs have only become more challenging.

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The first step to sustainable transportation

Autodesk Construction Cloud

In the transport sector the journey is only just beginning. Considering the challenges ahead, the Australian transport sector has collaborated for the first time to find a collective route forward. The transport transition. As a result, whole of life planning of an infrastructure asset is critical. A planning headache.