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December 8, 2021 | South Dakota Gets $22m Grant for Rail Work | The $22 million comes in the form of a Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity, or RAISE, grant, adding on to $20 million from the state of South Dakota and $42 million fr ...Read more |
November 25, 2021 | DBEs Not Included in $66b Railroad Infrastructure Plan | On November 15, 2021 President Joe Biden signed into law the $1.2 trillion infrastructure act. We recently ...Read more |
November 16, 2021 | Illinois Metra Board Approves $13m Station Renovation | IHC will subcontract 25 percent of the job to minority and women-owned companies. The project will be financed through the Rebuild Illinois program which is currently adding new cars and locomotive ...Read more |
November 12, 2021 | Diverse Rail Contractors Charge Racism in Contracting Practices | Minority and women-owned businesses face discrimination while attempting to win federal passenger rail contracts, businesses owners told the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee on Tuesd ...Read more |
November 6, 2021 | Widespread Praise as Congress Passes Infrastructure Bill | Back in late March, Contractor News reported the Biden White House’s unveiling of its ...Read more |
November 5, 2021 | Thirty DBE Firms Partnering with Los Angeles SkyRail | The Los Angeles SkyRail Express (LASRE) is taking a major step forward in their commitment to diversity and opportunity in the transportation sector. LASRE, a grouping of transportation, cons ...Read more |
November 2, 2021 | Construction Spending Dropped in September | Both residential and nonresidential construction declined, AGC reports. “Spending on projects has been slowed by shortages of workers and materials, as well as extended or uncertain deliver ...Read more |
November 1, 2021 | Texas Governor Approves $3.3b for Higher Ed Construction | Combined, University of Texas and Texas A&M University will receive more than 20 percent of the funding. However, universities in every region in the state are set to receive money for renovation a ...Read more |
October 26, 2021 | US Trails Egypt on High Speed Rail Despite 57X Bigger GDP | Phase 1 of the project includes the construction of 660 kilometers, or 410 miles, of high speed rail with “at least 18 stations.” The entire project will include about 1,118 and a half miles of ...Read more |
October 22, 2021 | Construction Starts on $64.4m Bronx River Parkway Bridge Replacement | The bridge holding the Bronx River Parkway over the Metro-North Railroad in the north most neighborhoods in The Bronx will be getting a steel girder replacement. The previous bridge is 72 years old ...Read more |