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Federal government shutdown imminent – what does this mean for the nation’s infrastructure?
September 29, 2023
Despite bipartisan efforts from the U.S. Senate to avert a government shutdown, (at this time) U.S. House Republicans so far are unable to take up and pass a 6-week continuing resolution to keep the government open after Sunday, October 1st, making a likely government shutdown imminent. While the duration of any potential shutdown is unclear,...
The post Federal government shutdown imminent – what does this mean for the nation’s infrastructure? first appeared on ASCE's 2021 Infrastructure Report Card.
Dallas’ Able Pump Station Recognized for Engineering Excellence
September 21, 2023
On Tuesday, September 19, the Engineering & Public Works Roadshow series made its third stop, this time in Dallas, Texas, at the award-winning Able Pump Station. The Roadshow celebrated the sump station’s contributions to resilience and safety for a four-square mile area of Dallas that had been inundated with frequent flooding events for years prior...
The post Dallas’ Able Pump Station Recognized for Engineering Excellence first appeared on ASCE's 2021 Infrastructure Report Card.
Best Practices to Recruit and Retain Infrastructure Workers
August 21, 2023
The American Society of Civil Engineers and the National Governors Association released a policy brief in August 2023 identifying effective approaches for recruiting and retaining infrastructure workers. The short- and long-term strategies were collected from a group of practitioners in the public and private sector.
The post Best Practices to Recruit and Retain Infrastructure Workers first appeared on ASCE's 2021 Infrastructure Report Card.
House and Senate appropriations bills differ on transportation funding, setting stage for fiscal battle
July 27, 2023
Lawmakers are hustling to finish government funding bills before September 30th, but the substantial differences between the House of Representatives and Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) bills indicate the two chambers have a lot of work to do to reach a compromise on Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 spending legislation. The...
The post House and Senate appropriations bills differ on transportation funding, setting stage for fiscal battle first appeared on ASCE's 2021 Infrastructure Report Card.
Help – What’s a Key Alert? How to Become an Infrastructure Grassroots Champion
June 29, 2023
ASCE recently sent out what we call a “Key Alert” to members last week urging them to contact their members of Congress and support reauthorizing the bill that funds the nation’s airports. With legislation finally introduced in both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), it’s the...
The post Help – What’s a Key Alert? How to Become an Infrastructure Grassroots Champion first appeared on ASCE's 2021 Infrastructure Report Card.
FAA Reauthorization Readies for Takeoff
June 15, 2023
Since the start of the 118th Congress, ASCE has made the reauthorization of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs a top priority. Our aviation infrastructure allows people to travel to their destinations, facilitates the movement of goods, and plays a key role in the nation’s economy. Unfortunately, ASCE’S 2021 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure graded the...
The post FAA Reauthorization Readies for Takeoff first appeared on ASCE's 2021 Infrastructure Report Card.
New ASCE Toolkit Centralizes Resources for Resilient Infrastructure
June 08, 2023
As the authoritative source for standards, guidelines, and policy that improve the resilience of the built environment, ASCE develops design standards that are adopted into building codes and provides unique guidance to each community’s challenges across the globe. To aid efforts to champion building resiliently, ASCE just released Pathways to Resilient Communities: Infrastructure Designed for...
The post New ASCE Toolkit Centralizes Resources for Resilient Infrastructure first appeared on ASCE's 2021 Infrastructure Report Card.
Fiscal Responsibility Act: How It Impacts Our Infrastructure
June 01, 2023
Over the Memorial Day weekend, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced an agreement to avoid a U.S. debt default, which has been estimated as early as June 5th by U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. The closely negotiated proposal quickly passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 314-117 and was...
The post Fiscal Responsibility Act: How It Impacts Our Infrastructure first appeared on ASCE's 2021 Infrastructure Report Card.
ASCE Kicks off Infrastructure Week with Workforce Panels
May 15, 2023
As the money from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law makes its way into communities across America, the engineering, manufacturing, and construction industries are doing everything they can to ensure all Americans see the benefits of this once-in-a-generation legislation to improve the roads, bridges, water pipelines, and other infrastructure systems Americans rely on every day. One key...
The post ASCE Kicks off Infrastructure Week with Workforce Panels first appeared on ASCE's 2021 Infrastructure Report Card.
National Building Safety Month – How Can Engineers Protect the Public?
May 11, 2023
May is National Building Safety Month and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is doing its part to ensure these structures are safe and reliable, despite omnipresent environmental hazards and increasingly severe weather events. The video above highlights one example where ASCE standards prevented disasters. ASCE has developed building codes and design standards...
The post National Building Safety Month – How Can Engineers Protect the Public? first appeared on ASCE's 2021 Infrastructure Report Card.
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