Following President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, where he urged Congress to pass a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) reported 10 infrastructure predictions for 2018.
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Chaney Enterprises Forms New Building Supplies Division
Chaney Enterprises announced the opening of BuilderUp, a new building supplies and services division formed by the merger of Dunkirk Supply and The Concrete Store.
Read MoreGranite Earns ‘Great Place to Work’ Designation
Granite announced that it has been certified as a great workplace by the independent analysts at Great Place to Work. Granite earned this credential based on extensive ratings provided by its employees in anonymous surveys.
Read MoreGas Tax Hike Touted by Shuster at Retreat
Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, brought up the importance of raising the federal user fee on gasoline at a recent GOP retreat in West Virginia.
Read MoreConstruction Spending Rises; Highways Up for Month
The U.S. Census Bureau announced that construction spending during December 2017, was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,253.3 billion, 0.7 percent (±1.0 percent) above the revised November estimate of $1,245.1 billion.
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