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New Infrastructure Funding Sources Step Up in Canada

ENR Construction

A shrinking budget deficit is usually good news, but a drop in federal debt in Canada is raising concerns over delays in government efforts to funnel infrastructure money into projects.

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Housing and the 2020 Presidential Election

Pro Builder

But Hunter also wonders how many builders now see a second Trump term as possibly counterproductive to their interests on matters such as the national debt and trade. Democrats also see an opening to counter Trump’s failure to launch a much-ballyhooed infrastructure investment initiative. billion, or 15% below enacted 2020 levels.

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What is Building Construction | Steps & Processes of Building Construction | Application of Building Construction | How to do Planning of Building Construction

CivilJungle

Construction is the methodology of developing a building or infrastructure. Prepare Estimation & Budgets. Step 1: Generate the Project: Generate a Project Initiation Document that defines the people, resources & budget. Definition of Construction. What is Building Construction? Pre-construction Steps. Acquire Land.

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Sequestration Nation

Business Facilities

The run-up to Washington’s latest manufactured budget crisis closely follows the script for a generic Road Runner cartoon. In the sequester cartoon unfolding in our nation’s capital, the budget safe falls off the Washington Monument and everything gets squashed, including the U.S. goes down to investigate.

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Black Gold Rush

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The Bakken oil boom has filled North Dakota’s fiscal coffers to overflow, with annual surpluses a given in the state budget. The housing market collapse devastated the Golden State at the same time it faced a fiscal reckoning brought on by decades of piling up long-term debt.

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Giving and Getting

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The price tag for other, more tangible, economic development lures — like new infrastructure, development grants, workforce training programs, etc. billion revenue gap in the state budget over the next two years, including about $800-million in current-year revenue. — can run into millions of dollars.

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Oklahoma Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Oklahoma Quick Action Closing Fund: Established in the 1st Session of the 53rd Oklahoma Legislature in House Bill 1953, it can be expended by the Governor for economic development and related infrastructure development to locate a high-impact business project or facility in Oklahoma or retain such a facility in the State.