Airports Expanding: Billions Allocated
Quick question: What do Kalispell, Montana and Mascoutah, Illinois have in common? Airport expansion! It’s underway in New York City, Denver, LA, Charlotte, San Diego, Dallas, Austin and Orlando, too. Head’s up—bids are flying. Space,…
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Back To School? Builders Needed
With 54% of public school districts across the country needing to replace or update multiple buildings, leaders are creating new approaches to speed things up. Speeding Up The School Building Process? A 2020…
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Bidding on New Braunfels?
We’ve all heard about the rapid pace of growth in Austin and San Antonio. What about New Braunfels? Located between Austin and San Antonio, New Braunfels is the third fastest growing city—in the country! New…
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Imagine Building 79,500 Bridges?
The number of bridges the American Road and Transportation Builders Association estimates need to be replaced across the United States is 79,500! Don’t confuse that number with numbers of bridges requiring repair work: 220,000. Ooh! Where…
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Wireless EV Charging on Highways
It’s coming! Indiana’s Department of Transportation, Purdue University and Magment, a German company, are partnering to develop the country’s first highway segment that contains contactless, wireless technologies which charge electric vehicles as they drive…
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Rhode Island’s Big Dig
The third and final phase of the single largest public work’s project in Rhode Island’s history getting underway. This phase involves a $450 million design-build contract for a tunnel slated for completion by 2027….
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Aging Infrastructure: What’s Ahead?
C-! That’s the current score for our country’s infrastructure. With critical projects on the list in every state, a large federal investment continues to be anticipated. Major commitments to construction of public transit and bridges…
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Construction: Tech Time
“No—you just have to wait,” is among the scariest phrases general contractors can hear—as in, the materials needed for a job are unavailable. As supply chain disruption continues to wreak havoc in the industry, contractors…
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Construction Forecast: Resilience
Industry economists see a “path to normalcy” emerging, despite continued challenges fighting the spread of COVID-19, as well as supply chain disruptions and labor shortages. A spectacular second half of 2021? That’s in the…
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