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NJSME
All completed entries for the 2019 Municipal Project of the Year Awards Program must be submitted by Friday, Sept. 13.
The intent of this program is to give recognition to municipal engineers and engineering consultants to municipalities who have contributed to the public health, safety and welfare by way of designing projects or implementing programs that are of an outstanding nature.
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NJSME
NJSME would like to welcome its newest members:
Tracy Henson
The Grant Partners
Ralph Petrella
Van Note Harvey Associates
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NJSME
The New Jersey Society of Municipal Engineers will hold its September general meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 18, at The Palace at Somerset (333 Davidson Ave.) in Somerset.
Registration will start at 9:30 a.m. The morning session will run from 10 a.m. until noon. The afternoon session will run from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m.
Click here for a schedule.
Asphalt Pavement Alliance
In today's world, being efficient and effective with resources is the name of the game to keep your customers and tenants returning year after year. Join this Asphalt Pavement Alliance workshop for in-depth training and education related to the unique requirements of your commercial and industrial parking lot installation. From construction to maintenance, materials to proper pavement design, learn what is required to keep your facility in tip-top shape.
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Engineering News-Record
Proponents of a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River are hopeful a slimmed-down budget estimate will make the project more appealing to the Trump Administration, and end a three-year-old federal funding support stalemate.
An updated financial plan submitted to the Federal Transit Administration on Aug. 23 by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, lead sponsor for the Gateway Tunnel Project, reveals $1.4 billion worth of design and construction savings. The new version trims the new tunnel's estimated overall cost by nearly 13%, to $9.5 billion. The estimate for rehabilitating the existing 108-year old tube increases to $1.8 billion, an increase of $200 million that officials attribute to normal price escalation that will result from starting that project after completion of the new tunnel.
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Construction Dive
Construction of a proposed new rail tunnel system beneath the Hudson River could cost approximately $1.4 billion less than previously anticipated, according to the Gateway Program Development Corp. (GDC). The savings is due in part to the results of a "risk identification, contract packaging and delivery method analysis," which unveiled efficiencies that could be gained from "bundling expected contract scopes of work into larger contract packages and utilizing design-build procurement to encourage innovative solutions."
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NJ.com
PSE&G will begin installing new utility poles in the Bergen-Lafayette section of Jersey City this month as part of a project that will see a new substation built just off Fairmount Avenue.
The utility poles, which will be added along Merseles Street, Grand Street, Cornelison Avenue, and Garfield Avenue, will connect other substations to the new facility at 114 Amity Street, PSE&G said.
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Engineering News-Record
Newark's efforts to get the lead out of its drinking water received a $120 million boost in late August, accelerating the replacement of approximately 18,000 suspect service lines connecting residences and businesses with the city's water system.
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The Associated Press via News 12 New Jersey
U.S. construction spending ticked up just 0.1% in July, aided by government spending on schools, sewers and the water supply.
The Commerce Department said Tuesday that spending on construction projects in July occurred at a seasonally adjusted annual pace of $1.29 trillion. So far this year, construction spending has tumbled 2.1%, dragged down by a sharp pullback in expenditures for homebuilding.
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Center for American Progress
Elected officials often raise infrastructure as a rare area in which legislative progress may be possible in the current political environment. Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate have voiced their support for putting Americans to work by modernizing the nation's crumbling infrastructure. President Donald Trump campaigned on a promise of passing a $1 trillion infrastructure package, but he has governed quite differently. Trump has repeatedly called for deep cuts to federal infrastructure programs — including a cut of $159 billion over 10 years for highways and transit—and encouraged state and local governments to privatize public assets.
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Construct Connect
As the light shines brighter on construction technology companies, it has become evident we are in a period of change in the industry. Equipment is getting smarter and rental companies are now able to do more with less.
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Construction Dive
While it's probably safe to say that most construction managers have either been involved with a project that used lean construction or at least have heard of lean principles, championed by the Lean Construction Institute, the same can't be said for target-value design and target-value delivery, even though both have been around for several years and fall under the lean umbrella.
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Construction Executive
The global green building materials market size was valued at $213.10 billion in 2017, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 11.2% over the forecast period. The market is expected to register notable gains fueled by the rising environmental concerns in Europe and North America. In addition, the introduction of advanced products using sustainable and naturally sourced materials is expected to benefit the industry growth.
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