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Jun
10
CSDA Opens Registration for Fall Training and Certification Classes
The Concrete Sawing & Drilling Association (CSDA) has opened registration for its Fall training and certification. The packed schedule features six 101 and 201 courses, as well as a GPR certification! Attendees can expect hands-on and classroom-style learning from one of the most respected and knowledgeable veterans of the industry,...

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Jun
07
ARTBA Reports: Transportation Spending Measure Advances in House
The House Appropriations Committee June 4 advanced a $137.1 billion FY 2020 spending bill covering transportation and housing. The bill would provide $86.6 billion to the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT), a slight increase over current funding levels. The measure was approved in a 29-21 vote, mostly along party lines....

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Jun
06
AEM: Photos Tell the Stories of Equipment Manufacturing Workers
Photos were taken by documentary photographer Brad Romano were unveiled today by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). More than 150 photos were collected as part of an ongoing effort to help tell the story of the 1.3 million men and women of the equipment manufacturing industry. The photos were...

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May
20
Tom Ewing’s Environmental Update
*  Now here’s something you don’t hear too much about anymore: Ozone, you know – O3, the weird molecule that includes 3 oxygen atoms and was the primary focus of air pollution policy for, oh, I don’t know, 45 years?  (Not to be confused with Ozone Park, in Queens, where “Ozone”...

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May
13
Tom Ewing’s Environmental Update
*  The Bipartisan Policy Center presented a fascinating first-look and panel discussion regarding a new report by the Rhodium Group titled “Capturing Leadership Policies for the US to Advance Direct Air Capture Technology.”  Capture refers to removing CO2 from ambient air, a technologically based climate policy that many green people don’t...

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May
06
Tom Ewing’s Environmental Update
*   Recall The February 11, 2019, Executive Order on “Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence (AI).”  The EO directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to create a plan for Federal engagement in the development of technical standards and related tools in support of “reliable, robust, and trustworthy...

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