The importance of infrastructure is largely acknowledged as a bipartisan issue, said Mary Scott Nabers, CEO of Austin, Texas-based Strategic Partnerships, a government procurement consultancy. “I think that the construction industry should feel very positive about 2025,” Nabers said. “From all indications, the next three or four years will be very good for the construction industry.” There’s plenty of work to be done: Not only the country’s massive repair backlog, but also burgeoning demands for climate resilience, tougher infrastructure cybersecurity and new energy sources to power the rapidly growing domestic data center and manufacturing industries. Three years into the five-year, $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Biden will pass the baton to Trump with a sizable chunk of money left. The new administration will have to staff up and get up to speed with the IIJA’s many programs.
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