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FHWA providing grants for transportation innovations

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has issued $8.8 million in grants for 10 projects in eight states and the District of Columbia in support of “transportation innovations” for bridge and highway construction – including work zone safety efforts. Those grants – which can be used to support everything from testing ultra-high-performance concrete to digital mapping [...]

By |2023-09-01T01:26:00-05:00September 1, 2023|

AASHTO Spring Meeting coming to Seattle

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) recently provided details on the keynote speaker for its 2023 Spring Meeting – to be held May 15-18 at the Hyatt Regency Seattle – as well as the conference’s various knowledge sessions. A draft of the AASHTO 2023 Spring Meeting agenda that outlines the complete [...]

By |2023-05-05T01:18:00-05:00May 5, 2023|

Biden touts infrastructure in State of the Union address

President Biden placed key emphasis on his administration’s success in promoting infrastructure investment across the country in his second “State of the Union” address to Congress last week. “To maintain the strongest economy in the world, we also need the best infrastructure in the world,” the president said in his remarks. “We used to be number [...]

By |2023-02-13T08:40:42-06:00February 13, 2023|

FHWA issues grants to four major bridge projects

The Federal Highway Administration has issued the first round of large bridge project grants from the Bridge Investment Program established by the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act or IIJA enacted in November 2021. FHWA noted that its Bridge Investment Program will provide nearly $40 billion over five years to help repair or rebuild bridges [...]

By |2023-01-11T01:14:00-06:00January 11, 2023|

New York to receive $200 million in IIJA funding

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced New York has received nearly $207 million in clean water funding awarded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA, or also known as Bipartisan Infrastructure Law) for water infrastructure improvements. This is the first installment of a total of nearly $427 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding [...]

By |2022-11-04T01:13:00-05:00November 4, 2022|

GMA will host Geosynthetics Morning  

GMA will host Geosynthetics Morning at Outlook Conference 2022, with a focus on infrastructure and coal combustion residuals, as well as other important topics and current trends.

By |2022-03-25T10:36:18-05:00March 25, 2022|

Tensar technical seminar to feature Arkansas governor

Gov. Asa Hutchison and Arkansas Department of Transportation Director Lori Tudor will address the impact of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) on state transportation projects at the Tensar technical seminar.

By |2022-02-09T12:26:30-06:00February 9, 2022|

Bipartisan infrastructure law to provide $1 billion for Western water projects

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced this week Western cities vulnerable to drought will receive $1 billion over the next five years through funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed into law in November 2021. The funding was earmarked by Congress for water projects and will provide $550 million for water reclamation [...]

By |2022-01-24T09:16:23-06:00January 27, 2022|

White House announces $14 billion investment in ports and waterway infrastructure

The White House announced it will invest more than $14 billion in funding in fiscal year 2022 for more than 500 port and waterway infrastructure projects across 52 states and territories using money from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs act, which was signed into law in November of 2021. This investment will allow for [...]

By |2022-01-24T09:08:04-06:00January 25, 2022|

AGC and FMI Capital Partners to present webinars on implementation of the IIJA

Photograph courtesy of the Minnesota Department of Transportation Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and FMI Capital Partners will host a two-part webinar on implementation and expanded market opportunities/outlook for the 2022 highway, federal and utility construction markets due to the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) on Tuesday, Jan. 25, and [...]

By |2022-01-24T07:18:43-06:00January 24, 2022|
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