Infrastructure Legislation Senate Begins Voting on Infrastructure Bill Amendments Tom Ichniowski August 2, 2021 No Comments After detailed text of bipartisan group's 2,700-page bill is released, construction and engineering groups are eagerly delving through what is by far the most important infrastructure legislation in years.Read More
Federal Funding House Approves Construction Hikes in 2022 Spending Bills Tom Ichniowski July 30, 2021 No Comments Interplay between appropriations and bipartisan infrastructure framework is yet to be determined.Read More
Infrastructure Funding Agreement Reached on Bipartisan $550B Infrastructure Package US Senate votes to take up the bill Tom Ichniowski July 28, 2021 One Comment Highways, bridges, major transportation projects would receive the largest share, $110 billion.Read More
Water Infrastructure Changes in Corps Project Benefit-Cost Analysis Sought for New WRDA Tom Ichniowski July 28, 2021 No Comments Senate hearing shows wide support for revamping key Army Corps of Engineers metric.Read More
Construction Workforce DOL Proposes Rule Setting $15 Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors Contractor groups say regulation would have little impact on construction. Tom Ichniowski July 23, 2021 One Comment Proposal would implement Biden executive order signed in April.Read More
Federal Buildings GSA Names WMATA VP to Head Public Buildings Service Tom Ichniowski July 6, 2021 No Comments Appointee Nina Albert led transit agency's real estate office.Read More
Workforce Construction Sheds Another 7,000 Jobs in June Tom Ichniowski July 2, 2021 No Comments Industry's unemployment rate rises from May level but is down year over year.Read More
Infrastructure Legislation House Approves $715B Transportation and Water Infrastructure Bill Tom Ichniowski July 1, 2021 No Comments It's unclear how the new package might mesh with the Biden-Senate bipartisan group framework.Read More
Transportation Infrastructure US DOT Picks Winners for $905M in New INFRA Grants Round Tom Ichniowski June 30, 2021 No Comments The 24 winners were chosen from among 157 eligible proposals.Read More
Corruption Wood Group to Pay $177M to Settle US, UK, Brazilian Bribery Charges Update: Court Approves UK Settlement Tom Ichniowski June 28, 2021 No Comments The case centers on activities of subsidiary Amec Foster Wheeler several years before Wood acquired it in 2017.Read More