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In November 2021, Congress passed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), pledging to invest $1 trillion into new infrastructure nationwide. For more than 40 years, the Build America Buy America Act (Buy America) has required ...

Within hours of the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 collapsing in Philadelphia due to a massive fuel truck fire, demolition commenced. Three days after the accident, Governor Josh Shapiro announced that the Pennsylvania Department of ...

As we embark on 2022, the world continues to weather the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the construction industry, the pandemic has spurred certain unique and daunting challenges that are, by now, unfortunately, familiar to industry ...

What Does It Mean for Utility, Heavy Highway, and Transportation Construction? Last week, President Biden enacted into law the $1 trillion bi-partisan infrastructure bill following months of congressional negotiations. The Bipartisan Infrastructure ...

On July 28, 2021, the Senate voted 67-32 to advance a $550 billion infrastructure package to a final vote. The vote culminates months of negotiation to draw bi-partisan support for a compromised infrastructure deal of President Biden’s American ...

On April 19, 2021, Gateway Development Commission Trustee Jerry Zaro updated New Jersey Alliance members on the much anticipated and critically needed Gateway Program (the Program). The estimated $30 billion, 10-year Program will increase capacity ...

This week, President Biden introduced the $2 trillion American Jobs Plan (AJP), which includes his blueprint for investing in the country’s infrastructure, utility, and transportation systems over the next eight years. If made into law, the ...

Background In the first significant public private partnership (“P3”) infrastructure project in Pennsylvania, PennDOT recently selected Plenary Walsh Keystone Partners (“Plenary Walsh”) for award of the Rapid Bridge ...

By: Jason C. Tomasulo Governor Corbett recently signed legislation to encourage the financing and investment by private industry aimed at addressing Pennsylvania’s aging infrastructure needs, lack of adequate funding, and anticipated growing ...

By: Lori Wisniewski Azzara and Jennifer M. Horn As a follow up to its 2006 report, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has issued a new report – Rooftops to Rivers II – that provides case studies for 14 geographically diverse cities ...