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07/22/2009 HIGHWAY USER RATE COMMISSION NEEDED TO GET ESSENTIAL HIGHWAY & TRANSIT PROJECTS BUILT, CONGESTION & POLLUTION REDUCED
07/16/2009 NEW EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS SHOW STEEP LOSSES IN CONSTRUCTION NATIONWIDE, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ CHIEF ECONOMIST CALLS FOR INCREASED INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE TO PUT PEOPLE BACK TO WORK
07/14/2009 CONGRESSMAN BLUMENAUER SETS THE STAGE FOR A LONG-OVERDUE DEBATE ON WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING; TRUST FUND WILL ENSURE SAFE WATER FOR COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE
07/13/2009 NEW NATIONAL SAFETY PROGRAM TO CUT FATALITIES ON HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
07/01/2009 AS CONSTRUCTION UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASES BY 79,000, TOP CONSTRUCTION OFFICIAL CALL ECONOMIC IMPACTS DEVASTATING, URGES CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE TO PREVENT CONSTRUCTION FREEFALL
06/18/2009 NEW ANALYSIS SHOWS GLIMMER OF HOPE AMID GRIM NEWS AS CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT FALLS IN MOST STATES, METRO AREAS
06/17/2009 OBERSTAR AND COLLEAGUES ARE RIGHT TO FOCUS FIRST ON HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT VISION, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS OF DELAYING TRANSPORTATION DEBATE ARE UNTENABLE, TOP NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION OFFICIAL SAYS
06/09/2009 NEW STANDARD CONTRACT MAKES IT EASIER TO WORK ON FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION AND STIMULUS PROJECTS
06/04/2009 NEW EMPLOYMENT FIGURES SHOW 59,000 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS OUT OF A JOB IN MAY, 2009, OVER 1.4 MILLION UNEMPLOYED SINCE EARLY '07
06/02/2009 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES IN VIRTUALLY EVERY METROPOLITAN AREA OVER THE PAST YEAR, NEW ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ ANALYSIS FINDS