Digging for Dirt
Mindful Management of Waste Can Negate Negative Environmental Impacts
By Shannon Bergstrom
There was an estimated 600 million tons of construction and demolition (C&D) waste generated in the United States in 2018 alone, which is more than double the amount of Municipal […]
The Pandemic Has Been the Economic Equivalent of a Magnitude 9 Earthquake
The longest U.S. economic expansion since the end of the Second World War came to an abrupt end earlier this year as the COVID-19 pandemic essentially shut down the […]
Headline materials and labor prices continue to increase as industry rebounds from COVID-19 induced recession
Engineering and Construction costs increased for the fourth consecutive month in February, according to IHS Markit (NYSE: INFO) and the Procurement Executives Group (PEG). February’s headline IHS Markit PEG […]
Senate Panel Holds First 2021 Hearing on Surface Transportation Bill
State governments moved forward with nearly 111,000 new federal-aid highway and bridge projects during the past five years under the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act law, new research from the […]
WEST VIRGINIA KEY TRANSPORTATION FACTS
THE HIDDEN COSTS OF DEFICIENT ROADS
Driving on West Virginia roads that are deteriorated, congested and that lack some desirable safety features costs West Virginia drivers a total of $1.6 billion each year. TRIP has calculated the […]