Trump Talks Up Infrastructure With Unions

President Trump continues to court construction unions, telling the North America’s Building Trades Unions annual legislative conference that he wants to rebuild infrastructure, streamline project permitting and reduce undocumented labor.

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DC Metro Chief Defends Track Repair Blitz

The head of Washington, D.C.’s beleaguered Metrorail system recently told Congress his agency “had to move and move quickly” in launching an accelerated infrastructure maintenance program in 2016, despite lacking a budget or management plan to guide what could be a $118-million effort to restore the 118-mile system.

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Victaulic Dives Into Virtual Reality-Aided Design

While thinking up new workflows for designing mechanical systems, Amanda Comunale is making sure that her team members are spending enough time in virtual reality.
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Product Snapshot: GNSS Receiver and Hydraulic Hoist

The GCX3 GNSS integrated receiver can now work with many satellite location systems, including BeiDou, Galileo, SBAS QZSS and GAGAN, in addition to the GPS and GLONASS systems with which its predecessor was compatible.
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UAE: Abu Dhabi approves $20.15m in projects

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council has approved infrastructure projects with an estimated total value of $20.15m (AED74m)
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