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Infrastructure
Federal Highway Administration Proposes Rule to Advance Broadband Technology in Rural America
U.S. Department of Transportation
"Dig once" rule is intended to reduce inefficiencies during highway construction and increase access to broadband capabilities in rural communities.
The proposed new rule would improve coordination in the use of highway rights-of-way to support the installation of broadband technologies.
Infrastructure
National Park Executive Order Good for Construction Industry
The Great American Outdoors Act is a historic, bipartisan law that marks the largest-ever investment into America’s national parks and public lands. It will also create more than 100,000 infrastructure-related jobs.
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Infrastructure
Innovation, Energy Generation and Communication Ahead for Transportation Infrastructure
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Roads of the future will be used to generate energy, improve logistics and capture and communicate data for predictive analytics.
As sensors in the roads gather more data over months and years, they can provide valuable information that can improve the transport of people and goods.
Infrastructure
Supreme Court Allows Border Wall Construction to Continue
The justices declined to lift a stay that allows the federal government to continue construction while legal challenges continue.
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Construction News
Latest Coronavirus Relief Package Excludes Funding for State DOTs
State departments of transportation across the country need an “immediate infusion” of at least $37 billion to prevent disruptions to planned transportation projects and keep workers employed but the Senate HEALS Act excludes funding for infrastructure
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Construction News
Construction Project Cancellations Sweeping the Nation as Coronavirus Intensifies Funding Shortfalls
Fourteen states and 19 local authorities have delayed or canceled road, transit and airport projects worth $8.58 billion, according to a report by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association.
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Infrastructure
House Changes Funding Mechanisms in New 2020 Water Resources Development Bill
Sends legislation to the Senate authorizing nearly $9B for 38 Corps projects, committing more Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund money and shifting share coming from Inland Waterways Trust Fund
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Shimmick construction crews construct monoliths for a new navigation lock as part of the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project.
Infrastructure
Construction-Ready Projects on Hold Due to Lack of Funding
The American Society of Civil Engineers has put together an interactive map of construction-ready infrastructure projects that span from dams, inland waterways, water systems & more that are on hold due to budget constraints
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Infrastructure
American Highway Users Alliance Launch #FightForHighways Campaign
The campaign encourages the construction industry to take action and encourage Congress to pass a robust and bipartisan highway bill that keeps America moving before the FAST Act expires on September 30th, 2020.
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Business
Battleground-State Polling Reveals Voters Oppose Trump Lifting Tongass Roadless Rule
Conservative polster Trafalgar Group finds Trump campaign vulnerable with base on decision to open Alaska National Forest for money-losing logging largely for China’s benefit
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Labor & Workforce Development
Why Good Construction Employees Leave and What to do About It
Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)
Here are five things employers in the construction industry can do to attract and keep employees on the job in this competitive hiring market.
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Infrastructure
Report: June Transportation Contract Awards Sets New Record
States and local governments awarded $10.8 billion in transportation contracts in June, up from $7 billion in June 2019.  Over the last five years, June contract awards have averaged $7.8 billion.
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