Congressional Leaders, Administration Reach FY 2020 Spending Deal
By Dean Franks, senior vice president, Congressional relations, ARTBA Democrat and Republican leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations committees Dec. 12 announced a deal on the final Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 spending package. The House will vote on the package of...
Road & Bridge Construction Jobs Continue to Outpace General Construction
By Lital Shair Nada, research economist, ARTBA. Highway, street, and bridge contractors employed 401,700 workers in October, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This figure represents a 5.7 percent increase from the same time last year....
New ‘Waters of the U.S.’ Rule Heads to OMB for Review
By Nick Goldstein, vice president of regulatory and legal issues, ARTBA The Trump administration’s revision of the “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) reached a major milestone Dec. 5 when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) forwarded its draft to the Office...
ARTBA Newsline Podcast with Dave Bauer – 2019 and Beyond
ARTBA Newsline Podcast: CEO Dave Bauer Reviews 2019, Looks Ahead to 2020 ARTBA CEO Dave Bauer is nearing the end of his first year of leading the 117-year-old association. In this podcast, he discusses ARTBA’s key accomplishments during 2019, which are also detailed...
ARTBA Firms Place on “Management Top 250” List
By Mark Holan, editorial director, ARTBA Four ARTBA member firms are listed within the first 100 places of the “Management Top 250”, the Drucker Institute's annual corporate performance ranking. The ranking measures customer satisfaction, employee engagement and...
ARTBA’s 2020 Meeting Schedule Announced
ARTBA has announced its 2020 meeting schedule. Please note the 2020 National Convention at the Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina, shown above, is Oct. 18-21, about a month later than usual. Also, the Central and Western regional meetings are combined into one event,...
Online Learning Center Provides Professional Development Opportunities
By Katie Chimelewski, director, safety & certification ARTBA ARTBA’s Online Learning Center (OLC) provides many opportunities for transportation design, construction, and safety professionals to meet year-end Professional Development Hour (PDHs) requirements for...
RS&H Launches New Emerging Technologies Effort
ARTBA member RS&H is expanding its service offerings to help clients keep pace in today’s rapidly changing technology and infrastructure era. The engineering, architecture and consulting firm hired Tony Ahmad, above right, and Julie Evans, PE, as the foundation of...