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CASE Dire States Equipment Grant to Help One Community Repair a Critical Piece of Local Infrastructure

One winning community will receive $25,000 in free equipment use to help offset the costs of building or repairing a critical piece of local infrastructure

Submissions can be completed at DireStates.com/Grant. The deadline for entry is April 18, 2017, and winners will be announced in May.

Trump Infrastructure Plan Could Be Put Off Until 2018

The administration and Republican leaders are considering holding off on an infrastructure package until 2018 to give Congress more time to address other GOP priorities in 2017

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Repair & Rehabilitation Products

Rehabbing Aging Concrete Wastewater Infrastructure

Advanced polyurea coatings and liners provide strong, flexible waterproofing to bridge cracks and protect against future cracking and deterioration.

Polyurea coatings set and cure rapidly, enabling them to be installed and used in a wide range of temperatures, they also minimize facility downtime.

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10 Giant Infrastructure Projects with the Potential to Reshape the World

These 10 giant infrastrucutre pojects currently in the works or recently completed have the potential to not only reshape the cities where they are but possibly have world-wide effects

Norway has proposed a tunnel system that would be built about 100 feet underwater. The estimated $25 billion project would be the first of its kind in the world.

Business Services

Short-term Spending Bill Could Postpone 2017 FAST Act Funding

House leaders unveiled another continuing resolution that would continue fiscal 2016 spending levels through the end of April

How Will the Next President Impact the Construction Industry?

The 2016 presidential election is just days away. Before voting day, here's a look at Hillary Clinton's and Donald Trump's stances on infrastructure and the housing industry, and how their potential presidency might affect the construction industry.

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Five Infrastructure Projects of the 20th Century That Could Have Been But Never Were

Imagine what New York, Los Angeles, London and Cincinnati would look like today if these transportation projects had actually been built

The city of Cincinnati started to build a rapid transit system in the 1920s but only completed seven miles of subway lines before the project was abandoned.

Trump Announces $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan

10-year program would primarily be privately funded and target major revenue generating projects like toll roads, airports and utilities

NJ Governor Orders State's General Fund Be Used for 'Essential' Transportation Projects

Executive order allows supplemental funding for only projects that are critical to residents' safety or that are necessary to secure federal funding

NJ Construction Workers Protest State's Inability to Raise Gas Tax

Out of work construction workers are protesting in hopes the government will act faster to raise the state's gas tax and get transportation projects working again

2017 THUD Bill Provides $17 Billion for DOT Spending

Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $56.6 billion THUD bill including $16.9 billion for US DOT and $44 billion from the Highway Trust Fund for Federal-aid highway programs

Construction Safety

Construction Worker Killed by Falling Highway Beam

A 187-foot-long, 45-ton steel overpass beam being removed as part of a highway widening project fell killing one worker and injuring three others

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