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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Over 54,000 American Bridges Structurally Deficient
The nearly 48,000-mile Interstate Highway System literally moves the U.S. economy. It carries 75 percent of the nation’s heavy truck traffic. A new report finds there is the equivalent of one “structurally deficient”-rated bridge, on average, for every 27 miles of our major highway network. The 1,800 structurally deficient Interstate bridges are crossed 60 million times daily.
Read MoreTrump Infrastructure Plan Outline Leaked
January 24, 2018 – Details of President Trump’s plan to revive America’s aging infrastructure system have been leaked to news site Axios. According to the leaked outline, the federal government is only putting up a fraction of the funds that will be used to build and fix projects including highways, bridges and airports. Half of the appropriations will go toward an “infrastructure…
Read MoreJohnson, Hill Make Case for Infrastructure Investment
Michael W. Johnson, National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) president and CEO, spoke at a press conference during the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s “America’s Infrastructure: Time to Modernize” event.
Read MoreU.S. Chamber’s Donohue Outlines Four-Point Plan for Infrastructure
U.S. Chamber President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue outlined a four-point plan for infrastructure modernization and investment, framing the issue as a top policy priority for the business community and urging Congress and the administration to take immediate, meaningful action to advance an infrastructure bill.
Read MoreSand Market Poised for Growth Through 2025
In the largely fragmented and intensively competitive vendor landscape of the global natural and manufactured sand market, companies are investing in research and development in crushing technology and modern grinder equipment with the view of obtaining high quality and well-graded sand products, observes Transparency Market Research in a recent report.
Read MoreCongressional Problem Solvers Caucus Tackles Infrastructure
The Congressional Problem Solvers Caucus – an action group driven by 48 bipartisan members of Congress – released new policy recommendations regarding an approach to solving the nation’s infrastructure issues.
Read MoreEpiroc to Serve Mining, Infrastructure Industries
Epiroc AB, the subsidiary of Atlas Copco Group with plans to be listed on the stock exchange in 2018, has begun operating as an independent business. It is providing customers in mining, infrastructure and natural resources with market-leading products and services. Atlas Copco announced in January 2017 that the Group will split into two companies in 2018: Atlas Copco, focusing…
Read MoreTransportation Advocate Shuster Will Not Run for Re-Election
House Transportation Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) announced that he’s stepping down at the end of his term. Shuster has long been an advocate for the aggregates industry and transportation issues.
Read MoreNAM’s Timmons Discusses Infrastructure on Fox Business
Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and chairman of the board of The Manufacturing Institute, discussed infrastructure on Fox Business.
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