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Steven CF Anderson, Managing Director of InfrastructureUSA speaks with several engineers attending the American Society of Civil Engineers 141st Annual Civil Engineering Conference held last month in Memphis, Tennessee:
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Talking Infrastructure with Engineers at ASCE’s 141st Annual Civil Engineering Conference
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011Pipeline To The Arctic – Alaska Pipeline Construction Documentary
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011This film from the mid 1970’s shows how pipes were transported from steelmills around the world to make the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline. Includes scenes of the pipes on large purpose built barges, being unloaded into large storage areas, and being transported by truck. – Ella73TV2 on YouTube
View this complete post...Newsflash: Transportation Project Creates Jobs, Stimulates Economy
Friday, November 4th, 2011Transportation Issues Daily One of the most frustrating and puzzling arguments against investing in transportation projects is that it doesn’t really have a positive impact on jobs and economic recovery. Here’s the latest example of how investing in infrastructure does have a positive impact. In Washington state rural county with an unemployment rate of 13%, […]
View this complete post...Taking Action, Building Confidence: Jobs Council Report to the President
Monday, October 31st, 2011
THE JOBS COUNCIL
The Challenge: The U.S. Needs to Make Significant Investments in Infrastructure to Stay Competitive with the Rest of the World
U.S. infrastructure has plummeted from eighth to 16th place in the World Economic Forum’s 2005 economic competitiveness ranking.
China now boasts six of the world’s top 10 ports. The U.S. can’t even claim one of the remaining four. Worse, the Shanghai port moves more container traffic a year than the top seven U.S. ports combined.
The U.S. has the world’s worst air traffic congestion—a quarter of flights in the U.S. arrive more than 15 minutes late, and our national average for all delayed flights (about 56 minutes) is twice as long as Europe’s average.
Solar Energy: Economic Impact of Extending the Section 1603 Treasury Program
Friday, October 21st, 2011
SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION
The U.S. solar market has experienced rapid growth in the last few years and is poised to continue growing over the next five years according to our baseline forecast. However, extending the TGP would significantly accelerate this growth, increasing investment, employment and deployment across the U.S. While an extension would benefit all sectors of the solar industry, utility-scale solar development would see some of the longest lasting impacts due to the long project development process.
Discretionary Grant Programs: State by State
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
FY 2011 Discretionary Program Awards: Alternative Analysis (AA), State of Good Repair (SOGP), & Bus Livability
President’s Jobs Council: Invest Aggressively in Transportation
Monday, October 17th, 2011Transportation Issues Daily AASHTO, the national association of State DOTs, reports in their weekly transportation report: “While debate about job creation continued in Washington this week, the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness met Tuesday in Pittsburgh. The council released a report urging the federal government to “invest aggressively and efficiently in cutting-edge infrastructure.” The […]
View this complete post...Roseville, CA: Time lapse construction of Total Precast Parking Structure
Friday, October 7th, 2011Westfield required an extremely quick schedule in order to open the parking structure in time to support an annual tennis tournament that takes place at the mall on the 4th of July weekend. The total precast Design-Manufacture-Construction approach provided a very lean and efficient delivery of the parking structure. The duration from ground breaking to […]
View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Peter Rogoff, Administrator, Federal Transit Administration
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Peter M. Rogoff was confirmed by the United States Senate as FTA Administrator on May 21, 2009. He served for 22 years on the staff of the Senate Appropriations Committee, including 14 years as the Democratic Staff Director of its Transportation Subcommittee. He is an acknowledged expert in the area of federal infrastructure budgeting and […]
View this complete post...The Road to Good Jobs: Making Training Work
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY NETWORK
As joblessness continues to afflict millions of Americans, the national conversation has turned to investments in transportation infrastructure as a path to job creation. Calls to invest in our crumbling highways and bridges and cash-strapped transit systems have come from the AFLCIO and U.S. Chamber of Commerce alike. President Obamaʼs American Jobs Act proposes $50 billion in immediate spending on transportation infrastructure, while Congressional Republicans are reportedly seeking ways to boost revenue levels in their proposed federal transportation authorization act.
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