Federal Government Shuts Down as Congress Fails to Reach Spending Deal
October 03, 2025
When the clock struck midnight on October 1, government funding lapsed as lawmakers had not secured a deal to fund the government past the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. The federal government shutdown comes after weeks of negotiations in Congress on whether to approve a short-term continuing resolution that would have kept the government......
Bridge Infrastructure Problems in the U.S.: Modern Challenges and Solutions
September 17, 2025
Guest post by: Bibhuti Aryal, Senior Director, Transportation, Bentley Systems Growing up in Pittsburgh, “The City of Bridges,” Fern Hollow was one of many bridges my family and I crossed on buses and on foot to get from one neighborhood to another for school, work, shopping, and more. These bridges were not just concrete structures;......
Idaho’s Infrastructure Sees Modest Progress in 2025 ASCE Report Card
September 11, 2025
Idaho’s infrastructure is improving, demonstrating that proactive state programs and contributions from the federal government and private sector can improve the systems all residents and businesses depend on. Today ASCE’s Idaho sections released its 2025 Report Card for Idaho’s Infrastructure, awarding the state an overall grade of ‘C’, up from a ‘C-’ in 2018. While......
ASCE releases updated resilience toolkit, hosts Capitol Hill briefing
September 08, 2025
On September 8, ASCE released its updated toolkit, Pathways to Resilient Communities: Infrastructure Designed for the Environmental Hazards in Your Region. The toolkit offers guidance for civil engineers, community leaders, and related stakeholders to adopt and implement up-to-date, modern building codes and standards responsive to extreme weather and environmental threats. As a standards development organization......
Decoding America’s Construction Labor Shortage: Implications for National Stability and Security
September 03, 2025
The US built environment, encompassing construction, infrastructure, real estate, and urban planning, is grappling with a severe labor shortage. Yet, this aspect of the American economy plays an outsized role in the nation’s ability to support critical sectors such as housing, transportation, defense, and energy. On-site personnel represent 74% of the workforce in the built......
When Strategy Meets Reality: How Funding Shapes Infrastructure Outcomes
August 06, 2025
By Barry Schoch, PE – Vice President and Mid-Atlantic Transportation Design Service Line Leader at KCI Technologies, Former Pennsylvania Secretary of Transportation At the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) Solutions Summit, I had the opportunity to share my insights as part of a transportation panel focused on the intersection of asset management and infrastructure......
Colorado’s Infrastructure Maintains ‘C-‘ grade
July 23, 2025
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has released its 2025 Report Card for Colorado’s Infrastructure, assigning the state an overall grade of ‘C-’, the same grade as the 2020 report card and one step lower than the national average of ‘C’. The report card includes 14 infrastructure categories and shows signs of progress and persistent challenges across......
The Case for Building a Stronger Water Reuse Workforce
July 21, 2025
By: Sarah Simons, Senior Technical Writer, CDM Smith As climate change and water shortages continue to threaten water-scarce regions across the United States (U.S.) and around the world, CDM Smith is driving innovation and leading the way in water reuse. However, to continue to expand water reuse and increase water resilience, we must address the......
DOGE looms large as Congress begins marking up Fiscal Year 2026 funding bills
July 18, 2025
With government funding set to expire on September 30th, the appropriations committees in Congress are working to finalize government spending levels for the coming fiscal year. Traditionally a bipartisan process, the negotiations surrounding Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations have been colored by the Trump administration’s focus on eliminating what it views as government “waste, fraud......
House T&I advances Clean Water Act permitting reform package
July 07, 2025
Last month, the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee (T&I) held a markup session to consider a package of bills related to project permitting under the Clean Water Act (CWA). The package, H.R. 3898, the Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today (PERMIT) Act, includes more than a dozen bills introduced with the stated goal to......
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