FINDING SOLUTIONS IN THE '90S: FUNDING, MANPOWER PROBLEMS

More than ever before, contractors and transportation officials must find solutions to challenges they rarely have dealt with as the nation enters the last decade of the twentieth century. New markets are developing that will require new funding answers. Shortages of skilled manpower, not serious since the '60s, will develop again. This article examines what lies ahead for the construction industry in the areas of money for construction, workforce, infrastructure, environment, and technology.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Cahners Publishing Company

  275 Washington Street
  Newton, MA  United States  02158-1630
• Authors:
  • Merwin, D P
• Publication Date: 1990-1

Media Info

• Features: Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 28-32
• Serial:
  • Highways and Heavy Construction
  • Volume: 133
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Cahners Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0362-0506

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction industry; Environmental protection; Finance; Financing; Forecasting; Infrastructure; Markets; Shortages; Technological innovations; Workforce
• Subject Areas: Construction; Environment; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00490622
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1990 12:00AM