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Financial District: Long...
Long Tunnel, No Light
Sobering Report says 2010 will continue to challenge contractors
Treading water. It was a metaphor raised several times during a gloomy press conference to paint a picture of American transportation contracting companies trying to survive.
It arose ... Read More...
Financial District: TBA Watch
A Plan for Developing High-Speed, Nondestructive Testing Procedures for Both Design Evaluation and Construction Inspection
www.trb.org/Construction/Blurbs/162261.aspx
The strategic objective of highway renewal research in TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) is to develop the necessary tools to “get ... Read More...
Financial District: Counties...
While America’s biggest counties get most of the media ink, the majority of the country’s counties are mid-size or smaller. The National Association of Counties (NACo) has published the results of a fall survey looking at the continuing ... Read More...
Financial District: State and...
Slumping tax receipts threaten existing programs and future plans.
Scary state tax collection shortfalls may influence the creation some of the machinery of any new reauthorization bill. States facing almost unprecedented income shortages are getting worried that they may ... Read More...
The Obama administration is putting some contractors who work with the federal government on notice ... Read More...
Financial District: TRB Watch
Adhesive Anchors in Concrete under Sustained Loading Conditions
www.trb.org/Main/Public/Blurbs/ 162132.aspx
Adhesive anchor systems are commercial adhesives — often, but not exclusively, epoxy adhesives — used to anchor threaded metal rod and rebar into concrete. In many applications of these systems, ... Read More...
Financial District: Tell Them...
The United States huge, and growing, deficit numbers are setting the tone for the construction industry and highway funding is the message from an industry forum.
AED is an international trade association representing companies involved in the distribution, rental ... Read More...
Financial District: In a...
Earmarks, those lump sums of money our elected representatives put into legislation to fund projects in their districts, part of good old fashioned pork barrel spending, can be a massive waste of highway funding and actually harm the ... Read More...
Lobbyists will spend close to $100 million this year trying to influence transportation funding.
The transportation ... Read More...
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