Archinect - News2024-05-07T20:50:45-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150377891/the-looming-federal-government-shutdown-could-impinge-on-infrastructure-projects-for-years
The looming Federal Government shutdown could impinge on infrastructure projects for years Josh Niland2023-09-27T12:00:00-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/01/010f83952812afd4761be9fc2275dccd.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Concerns over the possible Federal Government shutdown next month are causing headaches for contractors of much-needed infrastructure projects across the country who fear a chain reaction in the construction industry could leave lasting setbacks that would take years to overcome.</p>
<p>A stop-work on October 1st would exacerbate the industry's <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230926376305/en/78-Percent-of-Civil-Contractors-Expect-Project-Backlog-to-Increase-or-Remain-the-Same-as-Infrastructure-Funding-Kicks-in-New-Study-by-AGC-and-Procore-Finds" target="_blank">sustained backlog</a> of infrastructure builds and threatens to imperil important areas in the now two-year-old Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that are, in many cases, tethered to a multilayered compendium of different funding sources.</p>
<p>“Most projects these days have lots of different funding sources, they maybe have local and state and federal, maybe a private component, maybe an authority,” the President of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Maria Lehman, explained to <em><a href="https://www.constructiondive.com/news/federal-shutdown-infrastructure-construction-projects/694810/" target="_blank">Construction Dive</a></em> this week. “So a shutdown has a much bigger impact than it might have been in the past as far as the number of projects potentially that could g...</p>
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A Conversation with Rusty Long, State Architect, Furloughed by the Government Shutdown Paul Petrunia2019-01-25T15:59:00-05:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/04/04f5347295ac9feb2b39ebc2487bb6e4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>On this week's episode of Archinect Sessions, Ken, Donna, and I share our conversation with <a href="https://archinect.com/people/cover/25168429/rusty-long" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rusty Long</a>, an architect based in Cary, North Carolina. Rusty’s private practice focuses on sustainability and community engagement with a style that bridges modernism and the history of the the American South. <br></p>
<p>Rusty’s day job, however, is a State Architect for the <a href="https://www.rd.usda.gov/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">USDA Rural Development</a> office. As a federal employee, Rusty is one of approximately 800,000 individuals currently furloughed by the Government Shutdown. On this 34th day of the historic shutdown, as he and many others remain unpaid after two pay cycles, Rusty sits down with us to share his story. We talk about how and why he entered public service, the work he typically undertakes as a state architect, and the problems that this shutdown are causing for him, his colleague and the US taxpayers in general.</p>
<p>Listen to episode 134 of <a href="http://archinect.com/sessions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Archinect Sessions</a>, “A Conversation Rusty Long, State Architect, Furloughed by the Government Shutdown”...</p>