Construction News Tracker: $3.5 Trillion is the Number for New Infrastructure

Construction news is dominated by infrastructure-funding struggles; first construction momentum drop in six months; falling lumber prices; rising portion of civil contractors report growing backlogs but 65% say skills shortage is already delaying projects

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