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| Jul 1, 2026 | ASCE Featured in USA TODAY America250 Documentary Series | Film Spotlights How Civil Engineering Accomplishments Have Driven American Ingenuity and Progress WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, July 1, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the nation’s largest and old... |
| Apr 27, 2026 | Groups push Restore Our Roads ballot measure to better fund Colorado roads | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Construction groups are pushing a ballot measure that would require Colorado to spend all motor vehicle and gas tax revenue on fixing the state’s roads, diverting more than $500 million a year from... |
| Feb 17, 2025 | Colorado town taps AI to plug underground water leaks — and prevent the loss of millions of gallons | The $90,000 pilot will place “acoustical loggers” in eight fire hydrants throughout the town’s Cobblestone Ranch neighborhood. Digital Water Solutions’ president, Tim Sutherns, said the company’s equipment will “actually listen to the water... |
| Jan 21, 2025 | National Politics | Trump’s first full day back in White House includes firings and an infrastructure announcement | Trump planned to continue to build on his barrage of Inauguration Day announcements, with the White House promising a “massive announcement” on infrastructure. Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt declined to detail the announcement in ad... |
| Jul 11, 2023 | Why the high price of modernizing the U.S. power grid is worth it | The U.S.’ outdated and fragmented power grid is increasingly threatened by the effects of climate change and global warming, but estimates show that upgrading it may cost billions, even trillions, over the coming decades.
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| Jun 21, 2023 | The U.S. power grid isn't ready for climate change | Human-caused climate change is poised to heavily strain the U.S. power grid in the coming decades, and vast improvements are needed to enhance its reliability and ability to meet increasing electricity demands, experts say.
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| Mar 23, 2023 | Get ready: More blackouts are coming | Redeem now
Normally, Scott Gann's air conditioning kept his house in Columbus, Ohio, cool during the Midwest's increasingly hot summer days. But in June, as the heat index climbed to 110 degrees Fahrenheit, Gann — along with more than 600,0... |
| Mar 5, 2023 | Commentary
Commentary | Guest opinion: Nicholas Dagen Bloom: Why the humble city bus is the key to improving U.S. public transit | By Nicholas Dagen Bloom
Public transit in the U.S. is in a sorry state — aging, underfunded and losing riders, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. Many proposed solutions focus on new technologies, like self-driving cars and flying taxi... |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Thirty-Two Incredible Reasons For Optimism In Education | Guest post by Amar Kumar, Founder and CEO of KaiPod Learning, a national micro-school company and semi-finalist for the 2022 Yass Prize. |
| Jul 24, 2022 | Why Is U.S. Infrastructure So Costly—and What Can We Do About It? | America’s highways are potholed, its ports overloaded and many of its bridges decrepit. Some 43% of public roadways are in poor or mediocre condition, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers, which gave the nation’s overall inf... |
| Jun 22, 2022 | Harvard economists say Biden’s gas tax holiday is a bad idea—but something else could work better | Sign up for the Fortune Features email list so you don’t miss our biggest features, exclusive interviews, and investigations.
President Biden is set to call for a three-month suspension of the federal gasoline tax on Wednesday, but Harvard ... |
| Mar 3, 2022 | Gecko Robotics, which captures data to protect critical infrastructure, raises $73M | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| Mar 3, 2022 | Gecko Robotics, which captures data to protect critical infrastructure, raises $73M | Join today's leading executives online at the Data Summit on March 9th. Register here.
Gecko Robotics, a company that provides industrial robotics and asset management software for businesses such as BP and Duke Energy, has raised $73.3 mil... |
| Feb 16, 2022 | Dr. Wil Srubar: Concrete has a colossal carbon footprint and we can help fix that in Colorado | By Dr. Wil Srubar
If Colorado truly envisions itself to be a bold leader on tackling climate change, our state must have a strategy for decarbonizing concrete. Although concrete is not always top of mind, this critical building block presen... |
| Feb 10, 2022 | Tibbs Paving announces a new, emergency asphalt-repair service. Infrared Asphalt Repair technology is one part of a recent $1 million investment in equipment. | “With Infrared Asphalt Repair Technology, we can heat up a deteriorating asphalt area. We apply additional asphalt to the location, regrade it and compact it .This extends the asphalt's life so you don't have to excavate the area immediatel... |
| Feb 9, 2022 | EyeVi looks to improve road maintenance with digital twins | Join today's leading executives online at the Data Summit on March 9th. Register here.
EyeVi, an Estonian startup, plans to build out tools to automate road data capture to improve maintenance and operations and expand into U.S. markets. Ey... |
| Feb 9, 2022 | EyeVi looks to improve road maintenance with digital twins | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
EyeVi, an Estonian startup, plans to build out to... |
| Feb 3, 2022 | New Public Transit Technology: How Emerging Tech Is Changing Transportation | David Ridenour, Product Manager, Digi International
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Get Our White PaperPlan your 5G migration DOWNLOAD PDF Transportation systems are at an exciting inflection point, with new public transit technology driving unprecedente... |
| Feb 2, 2022 | Xerox : Joint Venture Eloque Announces Plans to Triple Bridge Installs in First Half of 2022 | NORWALK, Conn. -
Xerox announced today that Eloque, the joint venture between Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) and the Victorian Government, plans to triple the number of bridges in Australia using its fiber optic sensing technology... |
| Dec 15, 2021 | US investment in smart roadways will pave the path to an economic boom | Tim Sylvester Contributor
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Tim Sylvester, an electrical and computer engineer with 20 years of experience in the construction industry, is the founder and CEO of Integrated Roadways.
The challenges facing the U.S. transporta... |
| Sep 27, 2021 | The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: A Step in the Right Direction | Policymakers at all levels of government across the country eagerly await the outcome of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. As the coalition of bipartisan senators shepherded passage of the legislation this summer, momentum has con... |
| Sep 14, 2021 | Gig workers with smartphones can help set infrastructure priorities | Maury Blackman Contributor
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Maury Blackman has led high-growth tech companies for more than 25 years and is currently CEO of Premise, a global platform that democratizes the way actionable data is sourced and used by organiz... |
| Aug 24, 2021 | Urbint, which uses AI to predict threats to infrastructure, nabs $60M | The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now!
Urbint, a company developing software that can predict threats to critical infrastructure, today announced that it raised ... |
| Aug 24, 2021 | Urbint, which uses AI to predict threats to infrastructure, nabs $60M | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Urbint, a company developing software that can pr... |
| Aug 11, 2021 | Infrastructure Spending: How Smart Cities Are Rolling Out IoT Projects | Steve Mazur, Business Development Director, Government
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Communications for Intelligent TransportationGet our white paperDOWNLOAD PDF Civil engineers have been raising the alarm about the state of public infrastructure for dec... |
| Jul 28, 2021 | Schneider Electric : What do the world's most reliable railways all have in common? (A digital backbone.) | 1.8 billion people travel by rail every day - but reliability is a common problem
Railways - both long-distance and urban - have one mandate: provide reliable transportation that gets passengers to their destination safely and on time. That... |
| Jun 24, 2021 | Next steps for wastewater testing to help end this pandemic — and prevent the next one | Essential data can be found in the most unexpected places, including the wastewater flowing freely through sewers.
During the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, cities began tapping their wastewater to look for evidence of SARS-CoV-2, t... |
| Jun 18, 2021 | How America quietly lost 2,700 ships | Farewell, sweet ships… AP Photo/Seth Wenig
Since 1960, America’s cargo fleet has fallen from 16% of the world’s fleet to 0.2%.
It’s thanks to the government slashing support of shipping, and the rise of overseas tax havens.
Our domestic snu... |
| Apr 22, 2021 | 2021: Building Momentum In The Construction Industry Post-COVID-19 | Interior view of a house under construction home framinggetty |
| Apr 7, 2021 | Dude Solutions Launches Capital Predictor™ Core Redefining Capital Planning with Industry-Proven Predictive Modeling | Dude Solutions logo Facilities and operations leaders in the public sector oversee an extensive portfolio, and there is a growing requirement to not only increase operational systems longevity but balance their budget between maintenance an... |
| Mar 31, 2021 | Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan | The sweeping infrastructure package put forward today by President Joe Biden comes with a price tag of roughly $2 trillion (and hefty tax hikes), but gives startups and the broader tech industry about $1 trillion worth of reasons to support... |
| Mar 19, 2021 | Discover the road conditions and infrastructure in 20 major U.S. cities (interactive map) | One of the most common questions that often get asked is “What state in the United States has the worst roads?” The United States’ crumbling infrastructure costs every driver hundreds of dollars each year. According to the Federal Highway A... |
| Mar 2, 2021 | A U.S. Conundrum - We Can Land On Mars But Not Restore Water 2 Weeks After An Ice Storm | I saw a meme on social media comparing the clear pictures from Mars in recent days to graining security cameras at banks. While amusing, it illustrates a larger problem. My former colleagues at NASA sent Perseverance to a planet 138.3 milli... |
| Feb 28, 2021 | U.S. EB-5 Investor Immigration Needs Renewal And Overhaul | One of the key problems with the EB-5 investor immigration program is the long backlog of applicants ... [+] waiting for their cases to be approved. There are proposals in Congress now that will substantially address this problem as well as... |
| Feb 28, 2021 | Biden team readies wider economic package after virus relief | WASHINGTON (AP) — Looking beyond the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill, President Joe Biden and lawmakers are laying the groundwork for another top legislative priority — a long-sought boost to the nation's roads, bridges and other infrastruc... |
| Feb 3, 2021 | British Company That Uses Waste Plastic To Pave Roads Bringing Process To U.S. | A MacRebur road in progress in Zermatt, Switzerland. MacRebur |
| Jan 29, 2021 | The Most Important Lesson For Buttigieg And The Biden Administrations On Transportation | A long train loaded with double-stack white cargo containers winds its way around tight s-curves in ... [+] mountain countryside.getty |
| Jan 21, 2021 | Financing The Next Generation Of Sustainable Infrastructure | Danny is Co-Founder & CEO of TerraScale, Inc., a clean infrastructure design and development firm shaping digital infrastructures globally. |
| Jan 8, 2021 | National Security Implications of Deferred Maintenance in Infrastructure | Rome wasn’t built in a day, but pieces of infrastructure at the heart of the Roman empire have survived for more than 2,000 years. Though Roman roads were (and are) incredibly resilient, even most ancient structures require periodic mainten... |
| Nov 19, 2020 | Grid Modernization: We Must Rebuild Our Innovation Engine | The present grid paradigm has reached its sundownAlexander Popov via Unsplash |
| Oct 30, 2020 | Edge computing and IoT sensors help cities plug a leak in water bills | Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto
A Texas company is using edge computing and IoT sensors to help cities modernize crumbling water infrastructure and inaccurate water meters. The American Society of Civil Engineers has given the country’s dri... |
| Oct 13, 2020 | It’s Time To Get Smart About Infrastructure | CEO at MaintainX — the workflow coordination, communication, and compliance platform for industrial and frontline teams. |
| May 26, 2020 | SoftBank joint venture uses connected car data to improve U.S. roads | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
SoftBank has formed a joint venture with two other Japanese companies to support road maintenance programs in the U.S. using real-time ... |
| May 26, 2020 | SoftBank joint venture uses connected car data to improve U.S. roads | SoftBank has formed a joint venture with two other Japanese companies to support road maintenance programs in the U.S. using real-time data garnered from connected cars.
The new venture, known as i-Probe, was initially created as a subsidia... |
| May 7, 2020 | Alphabet Spinoff SIP Aims To ‘Future Proof’ Infrastructure With Tech & $400M Series A | 29 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
A new entity called Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP) has raised a $400 million Series A with the goal of “future proofing” infrastructure through technology.
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| Apr 1, 2020 | If The Virus Can Decimate Global Economies So Can Climate Change | STAMFORD, CT - MARCH 20: Health workers change personal protective equipment at a coronavirus ... [+] (COVID-19) drive thru testing location operated by Murphy Medical Associates at Cummings Park on March 20, 2020 in Stamford, Connecticut. ... |
| Mar 30, 2020 | It’s Time For An Internet-For-All Public Utility (Before Corona Crashes It) | High voltage tower and Colorful sky. Getty |
| Mar 12, 2020 | Now Is The Time To Invest In Our Energy Infrastructure | Electricity workers and pylon silhouetteGetty |
| Dec 17, 2018 | Scientists think Alabama's sewage problem has caused a tropical parasite. The state has done little about it. | LOWNDES COUNTY, Alabama — On one of the first cool days in October, Catherine Flowers parked her SUV in front of a beige-paneled mobile home with aqua window shutters. She got out and hugged its owner, 63-year-old Alabama native Walter McMe... |
| Dec 2, 2018 | Rebuilding crumbling infrastructure has bipartisan support. But who gets to pay for it? | Reporting from Washington —
The grades for major U.S. infrastructure would give any parent indigestion if they were on a child’s report card.
Roads: D; bridges: C+; dams: D; ports: C+: railways: B; airports: D; schools: D+; public transit: ... |
| May 7, 2018 | We checked out JFK International and Heathrow Airport to see which offers a better travel experience - and the winner was clear | Business Insider/Mary Hanbury
John F. Kennedy Airport, New York, Terminal 8.
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In the American Society of Civil Engineers' 2017 Infrastructure Report Card, the US infrastructure received a D+ grade, which equates to it being &qu... |
| Jan 21, 2018 | Startups, high-speed rail and California’s infrastructure future | California is home to two very different innovation worlds. For the readers of TechCrunch, there is the familiar excitement of the startup world, with startups working on longevity and age extension, rockets to Mars, and cars that drive the... |
| Jan 19, 2018 | Why São Paulo Wants to Pay for Infrastructure with Cryptocurrency | The Brazilian state of São Paulo is looking to cryptocurrency to help solve its infrastructure problems.
The state, home to 45 million residents and the city of São Paulo – the largest metropolis in the southern hemisphere and the third-lar... |
| Nov 8, 2017 | Enview Raises $6M Series A to Monitor Safety of Energy Infrastructure | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Silicon Valley residents are unlikely to forget the deadly 2010 explosion and fireball in San Bruno, CA, which was caused by the breakdown of a gas pipeline that Pacific Gas &... |
| Jun 18, 2017 | US infrastructure is falling apart - here's a look at how terrible things have become | Dale Kolke / California Department of Water Resources via Reuters
An aerial view of the damaged Oroville Dam spillway is shown. Dams in the US are aging. In fact, the average age of of US dams is 56 years.
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| May 7, 2017 | This dystopia is completely ridiculous | We live in dark and darkly hilarious times. Our world has grown so bewildering and complicated, in no small part because of the finger jammed on technology’s fast-forward button, that many people have given up trying to make sense of it — o... |
| May 2, 2017 | Trump may raise the gas tax to help fix America's crumbling roads | Mario Anzuoni/Reuters
A pothole is pictured on the street of Los Angeles, California February 12, 2016. Nearly two-thirds of Americans would support roadway user fees to help fix the country's crumbling transportation infrastructure, accord... |
| Mar 9, 2017 | America’s Infrastructure Gets a D+ in New Report | A new report gives the U.S. a D+ for its failing roads, dams, and bridges—the same grade it received four years ago.
The American Society of Civil Engineers released its quadrennial infrastructure report card Thursday, deeming much of the c... |
| Mar 1, 2017 | The last thing America needs to negotiate is more trade deals | Advertisement
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President Trump is expected to outline plans for trade policy development in his speech to a joint session of Congress.
He outlined some of those plans in remarks to the Conservative Political Action Conferen... |
| May 31, 2016 | Is civic technology the killer app for democracy? | Lorelei Kelly Contributor
Lorelei Kelly leads the Resilient Democracy Coalition, a group working to make sure Congress succeeds in the Information Age.
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| Aug 8, 2015 | Beyond safety: Why Congress needs to think of connected cars as a trillion-dollar market | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
It’s one of the most important debates in Congress that the general public isn’t paying attention to: How much spectrum should the FCC ... |
| Aug 8, 2015 | Beyond safety: Why Congress needs to think of connected cars as a trillion-dollar market | It’s one of the most important debates in Congress that the general public isn’t paying attention to: How much spectrum should the FCC set aside for connected cars?
At stake: a sweeping impact to hundreds of billions of dollars of governmen... |
| Jun 17, 2015 | How the Private Sector Drives Infrastructure Progress | There are many ways to get from Point A to Point B if you live in the United States: car, bus, plane, Uber, whatever suits your fancy. But if some of our most ambitious lawmakers have their way, there will eventually be another option at ou... |
| Jan 16, 2015 | FCC Chairman Wheeler's Latest Net Neutrality Flip Flop | For net neutrality, what happened in Vegas isn’t staying in Vegas. |
| Build America Bonds may be key to financing Biden’s infrastructure plans | The country’s overall infrastructure needs over the next 10 years total nearly $6 trillion, and lawmakers are split on how to pay for it.
Citigroup’s head of Citi’s municipal bonds strategy, thinks he has the answer: a resurrection of Build... |
| A Midwestern utility is going to use AI to digitize its power transmission system | Norway-based eSmart Systems, which provides AI-powered solutions for the inspection and maintenance of critical infrastructure, will work with Topeka, Kansas-headquartered Evergy, an electric company that serves more than 1.6 million custom... |
| What Republicans want in exchange for raising the debt limit | House Speaker Kevin McCarthy signaled that he was not willing to compromise with Democrats over a list of Republican demands they want in exchange for voting to raise the debt limit.
Some of them are relatively easy to hammer out in a bipar... |
| Biden to visit Ohio for third time during his presidency to push his economic agenda | President Joe Biden will travel to Cincinnati, Ohio on Wednesday to push his economic agenda in one of the only Rust Belt states he lost in the 2020 election.
The trip also comes as a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill faces an un... |
| Congress passes $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, $12,500 EV tax credit still awaits passage | After an entire day (and indeed months) of deliberation and negotiations, Congress approved a long-debated infrastructure bill totaling $1.2 trillion. The 228-206 vote held by the US House of Representatives early Saturday morning will put ... |
| Biden to lay out infrastructure plans as part of massive economic proposal | Joe Biden will travel to Pittsburgh on Wednesday to detail a plan to overhaul U.S. infrastructure and manufacturing — the first of two sweeping economic recovery proposals.
The administration’s economic team is still ironing out the details... |
