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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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FY2015 Budget Requests $90.9B for Transportation

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In its fiscal year 2015 budget request, the Obama administration requested $90.9 Department of Transportation (DOT). The money would be used to address the country’s growing infrastructure deficit and as an investment in the national infrastructure network.' billion for the U.S.

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Unfit planning system means 4,700-year wait for onshore wind

Construction Enquirer

The current planning system will fail to deliver the Government’s ambitions to build infrastructure to meet net zero goals and housing needs. Progress in England was stalled in 2015 when planning laws were changed to make it more difficult to gain permission for new onshore wind turbines – in what was effectively a ban.

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The 2016 Public Works Projects of the Year

Construction Business Owner

The topic of infrastructure has weighed heavily on the minds of United States and Canadian citizens this year and in previous years.

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Construction Employment Increases in Fewer than Half of Nation’s Metro Areas Between July 2014 & 2015

Construction Superintendent Magazine

Construction employment increased in fewer than half of the nation's metro areas between July 2014 and July 2015, the weakest expansion since late 2011, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released by the Associated General Contractors of America.

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Skanska to Split 55:45 between Infrastructure and Buildings

Construction Cost Estimating

Bill Hocking, executive vice-president of Skanska confirmed that the firm will tilt its UK business towards infrastructure from 2015 to 2020, after restructuring its senior management. Skanska is expected to divide the business 55:45 between infrastructure and building.

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Guess What Day it Is?

Construction Equipment

Your ROI from the transportation construction sector provides for more than 3,971,108 full-time jobs, and supports the nation's $4.47 trillion transportation infrastructure. The total value of public and private transportation construction and maintenance in the United States will be over $273 billion in 2015.