$1.5T Plan Could Create 2.6M Const. Jobs. So What?
By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange From the time President Donald Trump first proposed his $1.5T infrastructure package before the 2016 election, it has been swarmed by more “ifs” than answers. The most recent “if” is also one of the biggest: If it’s ever enacted, it could create 2.6 million construction jobs. A May […]
Executive Order Aims to Simplify Permitting
By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange About the only thing that hasn’t been covered in the tumult following President Trump’s Tuesday press conference, where he announced a new executive order to simplify the infrastructure project permitting process, has been the actual details of the order, itself. Calling the permitting process, “Badly broken,” Trump noted […]
Infrastructure Funding Delays Cause Ripples
By Roland Murphy and Rebekah Morris for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Last month, the White House assured the nation that President Trump remains committed to the massive infrastructure investment (up to $1T) he promised during the campaign. However, a report by The Hill says any serious discussion of the program’s details will likely be pushed to […]
RE Optimistic Though “Trump Bump” Fades
By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange With the uncertainty of the U.S. presidential election over and promises of major infrastructure investment soon to come, the national real estate market experienced a pronounced bump in optimism between midyear 2016 and year end. Halfway through 2017, though that optimism has tempered somewhat, the industry experts have […]
Trump’s Budget Proposal: Mixed Bag for A/E/C
By Kim Slowey for ConstructionDIVE President Donald Trump has unveiled his proposal for the 2018 budget, and, as-is, it includes both potential positives and negatives for the construction industry. Proposed cuts include a 13 percent reduction in the Department of Transportation’s budget, an elimination of the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant program — which pays for discretionary […]
Ducey Requests $600M For AZ Projects
By Yvonne Wingett Sanchez for The Arizona Republic Gov. Doug Ducey is asking President Donald Trump to consider a dozen projects for his proposed $1T infrastructure program. Without the improvements, lives could be lost, children’s health could be compromised, roads could continue to crumble, and a bridge could collapse, the governor warned. Ducey’s $495M list […]
Fed Funds Could Move Solar Proj. Forward
By Rebekah Morris for AZ Builder’s Exchange Last week the Trump Administration followed up on a campaign promise to announce investments in infrastructure. A couple days later, two different lists of potential projects surfaced (here, and here). Naturally we look for the Arizona line items. Only one project makes the list – a $380M Fort […]