Construction News Tracker: Is the FAST Act Dead?

The FAST Act is dead, according to Republican members of Congress as efforts to renew funding for the bill are underway.

Kimberly Hegeman

Apr 22, 2021

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Construction News Tracker: Resolution Means No US Government Shutdown Before Feb 18

December 16, 2021

Construction News Tracker: 6 Priorities Guide Infrastructure Act Investment

December 2, 2021

Construction News Tracker: September Housing Permits Tumbled to a One-Year Low But Overall Construction Starts Rise

November 4, 2021

Construction News Tracker: Nonresidential Construction in Planning Leaps in September

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Construction News Tracker: Resolution Means No US Government Shutdown Before Feb 18

US DOT announces $338M TIFIA Build American Better Bureau loan for building the Thimble Shoal tunnel; Samsung to add $17B semiconductor complex near Austin, Texas by 2024; 800-ft I-74 bridges linking Illinois and Iowa rebuilt for $1.2B

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Construction News Tracker: 6 Priorities Guide Infrastructure Act Investment

Top construction news: The US DOT lays out state-by-state distribution of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funds, growth in new home construction stalled but permits rising, jobless claims at lowest level since 1969

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Construction News Tracker: September Housing Permits Tumbled to a One-Year Low But Overall Construction Starts Rise

September housing starts fell 1.6% as building permits tumbled to 1-yr low, state DOTs say funding extensions provide just 1/12th of the expected spend, Caterpillar may raise prices on all equipment, Senate Appropriations Committee OKs more road spending

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Construction News Tracker: Nonresidential Construction in Planning Leaps in September

Hot construction industry news includes a significant jump in the Dodge Momentum Index, 10,000 workers strike in the first major walkout at Deere in 30 years, I-49 completed from North Dakota to Louisiana, work on 45,000 new US hotel rooms started in 2021

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Construction News: Infrastructure Bill Update

Construction headline tracker includes the proposed infrastructure bill has stalled, builder sentiment is rising, home building prices are up, the nation is short 5 million single-family homes, Deere's new electric backhoe and more.

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Construction News: Dodge Forecasts 7% Starts Growth through End of 2021

Construction headline tracker includes: materials costs outstrip bid prices; 30 years after levying the tax, LA starts a new road; largest public project ever in RI enters final phase; US craftsmen hand-hew new truss for Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral

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Construction News Tracker: $1.2T Infrastructure Bill Starts Road Through the House

Details of infrastructure bill's $550B in new spending, Senate also passed a budget resolution to clear the way for a $3.5T spending package, Dodge measures commercial construction gains across 17 major metro areas in the first half of 2021, more

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Construction News Tracker: Infrastructure Spending Makes Its Way in the Senate

The U.S. Senate has agreed to take up a bipartisan infrastructure bill, home building exceeded June forecasts but permits fell steeply, Fed measures constrained supply's impact on GDP, Dodge construction starts slump, New Jersey plans off-shore wind farms

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Construction News Tracker: $3.5 Trillion is the Number for New Infrastructure

Construction news is dominated by infrastructure-funding struggles; first construction momentum drop in six months; falling lumber prices; rising portion of civil contractors report growing backlogs but 65% say skills shortage is already delaying projects

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Construction News: President and Senators Agree on Infrastructure-Bill Scope as Construction Spending Slows

News Tracker includes House of Representatives passing a $715 transpo and water bill, what lead to May’s decline in construction spending, status of Miami condo-tower collapse, lumber prices’ June plunge, an optimistic construction forecast into 2022

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Construction News Tracker: Will 25% Spending Cut Woo Republicans to Biden Infrastructure Plan?

Administration cuts total by $550B, icing spend on manufacturing, small business, supply chains and R&D, Senate committees take up reauthorization of FAST Act, industry employers kick back at COVID 19 compliance, housing starts plunge

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Construction News: No Construction Job Growth in an April that Delivered Only a Quarter of Economists’ Forecasts

Institutional building rebound lifts Dodge Construction Index in April, panic over the global lumber shortage pushed July futures for 2x4s to $1,481, a crack shut down the Desoto Bridge carrying I-40 across the Mississippi River

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