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- September 17, 2020
- ACEC Research Center Hosts Expert Panel on Funding and Financing Infrastructure
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The ACEC Research Institute, in partnership with Accelerator for America and the New Partnership on Infrastructure, hosted an online panel on Wednesday looking at recommendations to better align federal infrastructure funding and financing to local needs.
- July 2, 2020
- ACEC Statement on the Passage of H.R.2
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Infrastructure investment will drive our recovery and America’s engineering firms are ready to design the transportation networks necessary to meet the demands of the ‘new normal.’
- July 2, 2020
- House Passes $1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Package
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On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed its five-year, $1.5 trillion infrastructure package, the Moving Forward Act. The final vote was largely along party lines, 233-188, with three Republicans voting yes and two Democrats voting no.
- June 26, 2020
- ACEC Advocacy SVP Steve Hall Highlights Key Provisions in Moving Forward Act
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Next week, the House is scheduled to vote on a $1.5 trillion infrastructure investment package. ACEC Senior Vice President Steve Hall breaks down the key provisions in the Moving Forward Act.
- June 19, 2020
- ACEC Works to Defeat Harmful Insourcing Amendments to House Transportation Bill
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The House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee approved on Thursday the INVEST in America Act, the five-year, $494 billion reauthorization of federal highway, transit, and rail programs.
- June 15, 2020
- Online Forum to Address Infrastructure Investment as Economic Accelerator, Opportunity Generator
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The ACEC Research Institute is co-sponsoring the upcoming New Partnership on Infrastructure Forum, which will address how infrastructure investment can be critical to accelerating our economic recovery and generating the local opportunities and community wealth necessary to break generational cycles of inequality.
- June 11, 2020
- Highway Trust Fund’s May 2020 Tax Receipts Drop 79% Year-Over-Year
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Net deposits of tax receipts credited to the Highway Trust Fund totaled only $674 million in May, according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, down 79 percent from $3.238 billion in May 2019.
- June 4, 2020
- House T&I Chair DeFazio Releases Five-year, $494 billion Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill
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ACEC's Reiffer Reports on House Democrats' proposed five-year, $494 billion surface transportation reauthorization bill.
- May 11, 2020
- ACEC's Support for Federal Funding Infusion for State DOTs Cited in Congressmen's Letter
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As House and Senate members continue discussions over additional legislation to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impact, ACEC is actively supporting a move to include a $50 billion infusion to State Departments of Transportation (DOTs).
- March 13, 2020
- ACEC and Stakeholder Coalition Ad Campaign Calls on Congress to Act on Transportation Infrastructure
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The Transportation Construction Coalition, which includes ACEC, has launched a grassroots and advocacy advertising campaign on multiple fronts to increase pressure on Congress and the Trump administration to produce a permanent Highway Trust Fund (HTF) revenue solution and a robust, long-term transportation infrastructure investment package.
As enterprises thoughtfully work to meet environmental objectives from regulators, shareholders and consumers, Black & Veatch announces the launch of a dedicated environmental business unit to support those objectives.
HDR is serving as owner’s engineer for Invenergy’s recently announced Samson Solar Energy Center, the largest solar project in U.S. history. Located in northeastern Texas, Samson Solar Energy Center is designed to produce 1,310 megawatts of power.
Bowman Consulting Group, Ltd. has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire KTA, an engineering firm with core expertise in mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering, commissioning, third party plan review, and lighting design.
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Engineering Employment
1,514,500 (December)
1,510,100 (November)
Construction Spending
$1,459.400,000 (November)
$1,446,900,000 (October)
Dodge Momentum Index
134.6 (December)
123.3 (November)
Morrissey Goodale U.S. M&A Index
295 Deals--Down 7 percent year-over-year
AIA Billings Index
46.3 (November)
47.5 (October)
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