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Infrastructure Investment

DOE Sets $550M for Energy Efficiency Project Grants

November 28, 2022

The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant has supported a variety of projects aimed at cutting fossil fuel emissions and making buildings more efficient.

Sandy Hook Memorial Opens Ahead of Shooting’s 10th Anniversary

Designers for $3.7-million site spent five years planning the project before construction start in 2021

Scott Van Voorhis

November 28, 2022

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Designers for the $3.7-million memorial spent five years planning the project before construction started in August 2021.

Climate Change Policy

Revised NJ Proposal Tightens Flood Zone Building Rules

Stephanie Loder

Debra K. Rubin

November 24, 2022

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State changes, scaled back from 'emergency' status and set for Dec. 5 official release, would raise first-floor elevations and expand flood zone boundaries unchanged since 1999.

Construction Unions

Electrical Workers' Union Leader Lonnie Stephenson to Retire

Tom Ichniowski

November 23, 2022

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IBEW Secretary-Treasurer Kenneth Cooper will become president on Jan. 4.

Project Finance

States' Fiscal 2022 Capital Spending Climbs 15% to $149B

Tom Ichniowski

November 23, 2022

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Continued spending boosts seen, says National Association of State Budget Officers report, thanks to American Rescue Plan Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Midterm Elections

Construction Industry Watches Agenda of Split Congress

Tom Ichniowski Jim Parsons

Debra K. Rubin

Annemarie Mannion

November 23, 2022

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Sector eyes Capitol Hill moves, with attention also on project impacts of key state leadership results and billions in newly approved funding

NIST Develops Climate Resilience Tools for Communities

Pam McFarland

November 23, 2022

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology effort is developing resources to help communities make decisions about broader resilience outcomes they want, looking at entire systems rather than individual structures.