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Low and Slow: The Journey Begins on I-95

By Dan McNichol

Low and Slow: Grass Root Engineering — Mayor Francis X. Murray of Rockville Centre, N.Y. gets infrastructure making capital improvements and the purchasing of equipment for it a priority. He�s walking the streets in the early morning inspecting our work, explains the mayor�s public work�s superintendent. As a result, the village�s main street businesses are thriving. Occupancy in the downtown has gone from 82% to 98%, says the mayor.

Photo by Dan McNichol

Fits and starts, bumper to bumper. ENR Transportation Editor Aileen Cho and I headed to Washington, D.C. along the dreaded, traffic-clogged I-95 corridor. And we're riding in a 1949 Hudson Commodore. Why? To send the message that "America’s infrastructure is as old, rusty and as energy defunct" as the car.

If we’re successful, we’ll travel 5,000 miles to the West Coast in Mrs. Martin, the nickname I've given my Detroit lead sled. Aileen and I will be journaling the lack of investment in vital infrastructure and how that is putting the U.S. in the slow lane while the world economy is riding in the fast one.

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Enhancing Collaboration and Surpassing Traditional Design-Build Methods with Progressive Design-Build

Earn: 1 PDH; 1 AIA LU/Elective; 0.1 IACET CEU

Progressive Design-Build is reshaping large infrastructure projects by addressing key issues with the traditional Design-Build approach. We'll explore how PDB fosters collaboration between owners, design-builders, and design teams to develop a well-defined scope and budget, plus minimizes cost overruns and reduces liability claims.