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ACEC News / Fall Conference
Celebrated Washington Post Reporter Robert Costa to Keynote Fall Conference
Robert Costa, the noted national political reporter for The Washington Post, will provide his unique perspectives for 2019 ACEC Fall Conference attendees on the nation’s politics today all the way through to the 2020 elections.
The Fall Conference will be held October 13-16 at the Sheraton Grand Chicago.
Costa, who covers the White House, Congress, and national campaigns, also the moderator of Washington Week, an award-winning reporter’s roundtable series on PBS, and is a political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC.
Is U.S. shale facing an 'unmitigated disaster'?
The booming shale industry could be headed off a financial cliff, experts say, and environmental groups are asking who will clean up thousands of wells drilled miles beneath the surface if businesses go bust.
The meteoric rise of U.S. shale, driven by hydraulic fracturing, continues at a fast pace. Each year, operators bring in more barrels, pushing the United States further ahead of other nations for production.
ACEC News / Infrastructure Funding
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Approves Transportation Spending Bill for Fiscal Year 2020
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.
ACEC News / Fall Conference
Sekou Andrews Set to Wow Fall Conference Attendees
For over 15 years, Sekou Andrews has been helping the world’s largest organizations deliver relevant information with riveting inspiration through an innovative, unconventional category of speaking called “Poetic Voice.”
Andrews will discuss D.I.Y. innovation at the ACEC Annual Awards Luncheon on Tuesday, October 15 at the Sheraton Grand Chicago, as part of the 2019 ACEC Fall Conference.
Industry News / Infrastructure Funding
USDOT to Provide $871 Million for Emergency Road, Bridge Repairs
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) will provide $871.2 million in Emergency Relief (ER) funds for disaster-stricken bridges and roads in 39 states, territories and tribal governments through the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
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The Savannah District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded a General Design, Civil Works Projects Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to the H D CW Joint Venture, led by the consulting firms of HDR and Dewberry.
Terracon is pleased to announce it has further enhanced Stage1; its innovative site-selection tool to now include environmental and geotechnical condition assessment. Stage1 combines Terracon's extensive project data, compiled over its 50-plus year history, with environmental and geologic data sources from more than 700 public and private map sources, and curates it with the local experience of professionals from more than 150 offices to provide remote, site-specific site research without the cost, time and risk associated with intrusive exploration and investigation.
A team comprised of Moffatt & Nichol and Burns & McDonnell won a potential five-year, $99M contract to provide architect-engineer services to Naval Facilities Engineering Command's waterfront construction, repair or renovation projects in Hawaii.
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1,487,700 (August)
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$1,412,800,000 (August)
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Dodge Momentum Index
130.8 (September)
126.2 (August)
Morrissey Goodale U.S. M&A Index
299 Deals--Down 3 percent year-over-year
AIA Billings Index
40.0 (July)
40.0 (June)
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