Building America’s Future: Why Infrastructure Investment Matters Now More Than Ever
June 23, 2025
By: Ben Pickett, Executive Vice President, Business Services Nucor Corporation For nearly six decades, Nucor has played a foundational role in building America—literally. As the largest steel producer in the United States, Nucor is responsible for more than one-quarter of the nation’s steel production. Roughly half of that steel goes directly into nonresidential construction and......
5 things you need to know about the ASCE Infrastructure Report Card
May 12, 2025
By Amy Bunszel, Executive Vice President, Architecture, Engineering and Construction Solutions, Autodesk This year’s ASCE Solutions Summit couldn’t have been more timely. Held in Washington, D.C., the event coincided with the release of the 2025 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure. The report card awarded the United States a C—the highest grade in the report’s history.......
Alaska Infrastructure Report Card Grade Improves to ‘C’
February 27, 2025
This week, ASCE members from Alaska released the 2025 Report Card for Alaska’s Infrastructure. In this third Report Card for The Last Frontier, the overall grade climbed to ‘C,’ and Alaska’s public parks rated at ‘C-’ in the first chapter analyzing that system. Three categories saw reduced grades – Aviation (C-), Energy (D+), Transit (C)......
Texas Infrastructure Rates at “C” in 2025
February 20, 2025
On February 18 at the Austin Capitol Building, ASCE members released the 2025 Report Card for Texas Infrastructure. The press conference featured updates to the state’s 2021 Report Card. Texas Infrastructure Report Card Adds Four Categories and Updates Energy Analysis The new document adds four additional infrastructure categories (broadband, hazardous waste, ports, and rail) and......
Maine’s infrastructure grade improves to a ‘C’
December 04, 2024
Maine’s infrastructure is now ranked ahead of the national infrastructure score, donning a ‘C’ grade in the 2024 Report Card for Maine’s Infrastructure. This is one step ahead of the ‘C-‘ the nation received in the 2021 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure. ASCE’s Maine Section released its latest report today, which covers 16 categories of......
Infrastructure Supported at the Ballot Box
November 26, 2024
Despite the uncertainty surrounding the future of infrastructure funding in the 119th Congress and a second Trump administration, infrastructure performed incredibly well in state and local elections on Election Day. Across the United States, voters approved or renewed billions of dollar infrastructure funding. Below is a summary of some of the ballot initiatives ASCE’s has......
Mississippi’s infrastructure grade improves to a ‘C-’
November 14, 2024
Mississippi’s infrastructure now has a ‘C-’ grade according to the 2024 Report Card for Mississippi’s Infrastructure which was released by ASCE’s Mississippi Section outside the State Capitol Building on November 14th. That grade is a one-step improvement over the ‘D+’ grade the state received in 2020 and matches the national grade from the 2021 Report......
Infrastructure Is on the Ballot in 2024
August 23, 2024
Infrastructure Initiatives in Upcoming State Elections Labor Day weekend traditionally signals the end of summer and the start of a frenzied sprint to Election Day. The 2024 election cycle has been an eventful one, and the suspense will continue building as November approaches. While candidates and political parties often garner the most attention leading up......
June 25, 2024
Landmark federal infrastructure legislation is reducing costs for American households and businesses and drawing more private investment interest into the U.S. market, according to new reports from industry experts. However, increasingly severe weather events, unpredictable travel patterns, an uptick in energy demand, and shifts in carbon emission policies pose challenges to covering the full scope......
ASCE: household, family savings from infrastructure investments
May 13, 2024
New ASCE economic study shows that American families and businesses save money if Congress, states, and the private sector continue recent investments....
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