June Construction Starts Jump 6%, Year-to-Date Starts Up Just 1%

Single-family housing is 'the biggest surprise' limiting construction in the first half of the year, countered by healthy multifamily housing

Equipment Leasing and Finance Industry Confidence Remains Steady in July 2014

Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 61.4, unchanged from the June MCI-EFI.

P3 Projects Honored for Contributions to Innovative Transportation Financing

A 30-year veteran of transportation project delivery and a $1.2 billion highway project in North Central Texas were recognized as models of excellence in innovative transportation financing during a special July 17 luncheon at the American Road...

Further Delays Likely to Affect Panama Canal Expansion Project

The Panama Canal expansion project remains vulnerable to delays arising from problematic labour relations and disputes over cost overruns

Transportation Advocacy Workshop Highlights How to Make Transportation Investment a Top Priority

Building broad coalitions, developing strong partnerships with the governor, state legislators and public agency officials, and creating an integrated communications plan that delivers consistent messages to the public about the value and benefits of...

South Sinks US Housing Starts Another 9.3% in June

Despite second month of falling housing starts, June’s 893,000-unit annual rate remains 7.5% above the June 2013 level

June US Housing Starts: Can the South Rise Again?

A large share of new home construction in the South has been lower-priced homes but the market may be bumping into affordability constraints

Construction Materials Prices Increase in June 2014

'Prices for inputs to construction industries have now risen in five of the year’s first six months'

EPA Rescinding Valid Clean Water Permits Threatens Transportation & the Economy

Nick Ivanoff warns Congress that the EPA decision to revoke a Clean Water Act permit from a mining operation could affect the ability of public agencies and private firms to deliver transportation improvement projects for the nation.

Congress Wades into Clean Water Act Fight

House committee to consider legislation today that would block EPA's proposed dramatic expansion of Water Act jurisdiction over US waters

Home-Builder Confidence Moves Positive for the First Time Since January

Builder-confidence index, measuring expectations in single-family home sales, rises four points in July to 53 as the US job market improves

Letter Sent to Capitol Hill Urges Action to Avoid "Transportation Cliff"

62 organizations ask Congress to “avoid the immediate transportation cliff and improve the long-term fiscal condition of the Highway Trust Fund during 2014"

Nonresidential Construction Starts Surge 34% in June