Construction spending during January 2017 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,180.3 billion, 1.0 percent (±1.0 percent) below the revised December estimate of $1,192.2 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
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TRIP Sounds Alarms on Kentucky’s Roads and Bridges
Roads and bridges that are deteriorated, congested or lack some desirable safety features cost Kentucky motorists a total of $4 billion statewide annually – as much as $1,899 per driver in some urban areas – due to higher vehicle operating costs, traffic crashes and congestion-related delays, according to TRIP, a Washington, D.C.-based national transportation organization.
Read MoreConExpo-Con/Agg Showfloor Showcase
Here Are Some of the Companies You Will Find on the Exhibit Floor at This Year’s Show.
Read MoreHow Do You Rate Your Company’s Leadership Development Program?
Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning, developer of world-class leadership development solutions for global companies and organizations, announced the results of its State of Leadership Development Survey. The survey revealed that only 7 percent of organizations feel they have a best-in-class leadership development program.
Read MoreWelcome Back My Friends…
Every time I go to ConExpo-Con/Agg – and this is now my ninth show – the song “Karn Evil 9 (1st Impression Part 2)” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer starts playing in my head, with those distinctive lyrics: “Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends, I’m so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside.”
Read MoreTrump Again Promises Infrastructure Spending
President Trump praised President Eisenhower for building the last “truly great” national infrastructure program in an address to a joint session of Congress. “The time has come for a new program of national rebuilding,” he said, and asked Congress to approve legislation that produces a $1 trillion investment in infrastructure, financed through public and private capital.
Read MoreExecutive Order Asks EPA to Reconsider WOTUS
President Trump ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to review and reconsider the controversial Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.
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