ASCE’s Infrastructure Report Card Gives U.S. ‘C-‘ Grade

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released the 2021 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, its latest quadrennial assessment of the nation’s infrastructure. The report card gives the United States an overall grade of C- and finds the country is spending just over half of what is required to support the backbone of the economy.  

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Top States for Infrastructure, Expansion

Oct. 11, 2019 – The Global Groundwork Index rankings provided by corporate expansion agency Conway Inc., offer a snapshot of which territories are seeing concurrent strong investment trends in infrastructure projects and corporate end-user facility projects. The 2019 Global Groundwork Index State Rankings Top U.S. States are:              Texas  Louisiana  Virginia Ohio Illinois Arizona Georgia New York North…

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What Forest? Trees Are in the Way

Oct. 10, 2019 – I am trying to wrap my brain around infrastructure-advocacy group Transportation for America’s announcement that it will no longer advocate for more money for transportation. According to the group, “We spend nearly $40 billion in federal tax dollars every year, which fails to bring us equivalent returns. The more we spend, the more that congestion, emissions and pedestrian…

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Second 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.

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