With federal highway and bridge funding to the states in jeopardy later this year, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) is using the March 4-8 ConExpo-Con/Agg trade show in Las Vegas — one of the largest gatherings of U.S. transportation design and construction professionals in the world — to tell members of Congress to fix the Highway Trust…
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New Coalition to Support Federal Mineral, Science Information
Fifteen organizations have formed the new Mineral Science and Information Coalition (MSIC) to advocate for reinvigorated minerals science and information functions in the federal government. Reliable supplies of mineral resources underpin the U.S. economy and national security.
Read MoreSecond Half Economy Looking Up, Says ABC
Nonresidential fixed investment in structures expanded 4.6 percent on an annualized basis during the second quarter of 2013, according to the July 31 gross domestic product (GDP) report by the U.S. Commerce Department. This increase followed a 4.6 percent decline in the first quarter of the year.
Read MoreARTBA to Congress: Reforms Important, Implementation Critical
Simply giving federal agencies the ability to complete regulatory reviews in a more efficient manner in no way guarantees that authority would be utilized, was the key message recently delivered to Congress by American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). First Vice-Chair Nick Ivanoff, president and CEO of New York-based design firm Ammann & Whitney, testifying before the House Judiciary’s…
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