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Rebuilding America's Infrastructure Locally

Construction Business Owner

Infrastructure is a buzzword. Even with all this talk, according to the Congressional Budget Office, if current infrastructure funding through MAP-21 is not extended or new legislation is not enacted, the Highway Trust Fund will have "insufficient funds to meet obligations starting in fiscal year 2015."

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3 Methods to Finding More Skilled Labor

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percent increase over 2015, according to a report by JLL Research. The outlook for 2017 is even more bullish, according to Wells Fargo’s Construction Industry Forecast 2017, “with significant talk in all areas of the need for increased infrastructure spending. trillion—a 4.5-percent

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Construction Equation: Knowledge Problems + Data Problems + Management Problems = Outcome Problems

Job Order Contracting

Facilities and infrastructure project investments have long-term consequences. Life Cycle Costing: For the Analysis,Management & Maintenance of Civil Engineering Infrastructure. Fundamental math for every real property owner… Knowledge Problems + Data Problems + Management Problems = Outcome Problems. Knowledge Problems.

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Report Says $163 Billion Needed Annually for Transportation Infrastructure

Construction Equipment

The 2015 Bottom Line Report on transportation investment needs, released by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), estimates that to meet current demand it will require an annual capital investment over six years by all levels of government in the amount (..)

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Private Sector Can Improve Our Crumbling Infrastructure

Construction Equipment

. . In JD Power's 2015 survey , " Financial P3 Infrastructure Perceptions ", 55-percent of respondents indicated a positive perspective on public private partnerships (P3s) in which partnerships between the public and private sectors can incentivize long-term thinking about a project’s design, construction, operations, and maintenance.

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Construction Employment Conditions Vary Widely Between September 2015, 2016

Construction Superintendent Magazine

Association officials said the new data shows the need to enact career and technical education reforms along with infrastructure funding. The post Construction Employment Conditions Vary Widely Between September 2015, 2016 appeared first on Construction Superintendent.

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Construction Employment Declines or Stagnates Between May 2015, 2016

Construction Superintendent Magazine

Construction employment declined or was stagnant in 131, or 37 percent, of 358 metro areas between May 2015 and May 2016, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released by the Associated General Contractors of America.