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ACEC News / Advocacy
"PINS for PAC" Fundraiser Pushes ACEC/Rhode Island Past Annual ACEC/PAC Goal
ACEC/Rhode Island topped its 2019 ACEC/PAC goal this week, relying on its annual “PINS for PAC” fundraising bowling championship event.
ACEC News / Advocacy
ACEC/PAC Raises More than $270,000 During ACEC Convention
ACEC/Wisconsin Co-PAC Champion Gil Hantzsch of MSA Professional Services in Baraboo, Wis. won the $10,000 grand prize.
ACEC News / Advocacy
ACEC's Linda Bauer Darr Urges President, Congress to Boost Infrastructure Funding
In advance of today's meeting between President Trump and Democratic Congressional leaders to discuss how to fund their proposed $2 trillion infrastructure package, ACEC President/CEO Linda Bauer Darr said they shouldn't be wary of raising new revenue.
Industry News / Infrastructure Funding
House Appropriations Committee Releases Draft Transportation Spending Bill for Fiscal Year 2020
The proposed funding bill from the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing & Urban Development would increase investment levels for most federal transportation infrastructure programs for the coming fiscal year.
Industry News / Infrastructure
EPA Targets Making All Environmental Permit Decisions Within Six Months
Andrew Wheeler, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), said last week the agency's "ultimate goal is to make all permit decisions, up or down, in six months."
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing & Urban Development approved an annual funding bill that increases investment levels for most federal transportation infrastructure programs for the coming fiscal year.
The bill fulfills FAST Act funding levels for highway programs at $46.4 billion from the Highway Trust Fund and adds an additional $2.7 billion from the General Fund for surface transportation block grants, railway-highway crossing safety improvement, and bridge repairs.
Seven innovative technology startups – focused on sustainability solutions that range from artificial intelligence and next-generation analytics to autonomous heavy equipment and electric vehicle energy management – have been selected to join Black & Veatch’s IgniteX Cleantech Accelerator.
Montreal-based WSP Global Inc., says it intends to grow its U.S. presence further with a planned $65-million acquisition of environmental consultant Lancaster, N.Y.-based Ecology and Environment Inc.
Indicators
Engineering Employment
1,521,200 (August)
1,520,200 (July)
Construction Spending
$1,287,300,000 (August)
$1,285,600,000 (July)
ACEC Stock Index
39.16 (October 7)
40.25 (September 9)
Dodge Momentum Index
143.6 (September)
137.9 (August)
Morrissey Goodale M&A Index
285 Deals--Down 2 percent year-over-year
AIA Billings Index
47.2 (August)
50.1 (July)
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