Feb. 27: Free Webinar on Construction Industry Opioid Use & Worksite Overdose Fatalities
Opioids killed more than 42,000 people in 2016 and 40 percent of those deaths involved a prescription opioid, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Construction workers are among the hardest hit segments of the U.S. population, with some...
Photos from Presidential Candidates Infrastructure Forum
Above, left to right: Council of State Executives member Ananth Prasad, president of the Florida Transportation Builders Association; ARTBA Vice Chairman-at-Large Susan Martinovich, vice president of HNTB Corporation's DOT National Practice; Los Angeles Mayor Eric...
Democratic Presidential Candidates Address Infrastructure at Las Vegas Forum
By Dean Franks, senior vice president, congressional relations, & John Schneidawind, vice president of public affairs, ARTBA Infrastructure got more attention than usual from four Democratic presidential candidates at a Feb. 16 campaign forum billed as the...
What’s Happening in Vegas: Presidential Candidates Forum on Infrastructure is Feb. 16
By John Schneidawind, vice president of public affairs, ARTBA Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden, the Obama administration vice president and former U.S. senator, and businessman Tom Steyer, have confirmed their participation in the Feb. 16 “Moving America...
Infrastructure Should Be A Top Congressional Priority, New Survey Finds
By Mark Holan, editorial director, ARTBA More American adults believe infrastructure should be a “top priority” for the president and Congress than did eight years ago, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center. The 49 percent total was up from 30 percent...