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State of the Construction Industry: January Roundup

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Andrew Cuomo proposed a $150 billion, five-year infrastructure plan for transportation and mass transit projects, park facilities and expanding the use of design-build and other alternate project delivery methods. The Arkansas Department of Transportation also just opened $142 million worth of transportation projects up to bids.

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Contractors Are Renting Rather Than Buying More Equipment.

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contact us. Transportation. Equipment rentals allow contractors to shift downtime risk while trimming expenses, including licensing, insurance, taxes and debt, among others. It wouldnt make us competitive," Dudzinski says. contact us |. about us |. terms of use |. industry jobs. Environment.

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All the Way Back

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A solid surge of new jobs in March and upwardly revised estimates for January and February put us over the top. Also holding back a more robust recovery are the sweeping cutbacks in government employment, a big chunk of which probably will never come back in an age of budget austerity and looming debt crisis. percent (from 12.6

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Industrial Products M&A Activity Surges In Second Quarter

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Merger and acquisition (M&A) deal activity surged across the global industrial products (IP) industry during the second quarter of 2014, according to PwC US. This trend dovetailed with a moderate increase in debt financing for deals over the past year. Posted by Heidi Schwartz. industrial products leader, PwC.

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STATE FOCUS: Florida – Let The Sun Shine

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percent); Trade, Transportation & Utilities (3.0 Since taking office in 2011, Governor Scott has moved aggressively to cut business taxes and costs, pay down debt and streamline the regulatory environment. The prediction is that Florida’s unemployment rate (7.2 percent as of April 2013) will decrease slowly and reach 6.0

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High-Water Mark

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Back in 2011, when everyone in Washington was obsessing over the size of the federal debt, Congress decided that the best way to cure the federal government’s addiction to spending was to install an automatic braking system on the appropriations process. Which brings us to the bookkeepers of the Army Corps of Engineers.

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Two-Way Street

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As the guy who owns the glitzy tower on Fifth Avenue keeps telling us, this year’s U.S. Lets face it: when your national debt rapidly is approaching $20 trillion and sitting on the other side of the negotiating table is your largest creditor, waving denial of access to the U.S. trade deficit with China may top $500 billion.