We’re in the middle of Engineers Week 2013. Unfortunately, it is not
uncommon for IW to miss
taking not of this week. We encourage you to visit the Web
site of the National
Engineers Week Foundation. We’ve been tweeting about Engineers Week,
and if you use Twitter you can also promote the profession this week with an #EWeek2013
hashtag.
Mayors Support Texas Water
Resources Development Plan
The Texas
Legislature is considering a proposal to spend $2 billion from the state
rainy day fund to pay for projects in the state water
resources plan. The mayors of Dallas, Mesquite, Midland,
and San
Antonio expressed support for the bill (find about this in the Dallas
Morning News and the Houston
Chronicle).
NAE Honors Engineers
The National Academy of Engineering
recognized several engineers with prizes for their contributions to the
profession, engineering achievements, and advancements in engineering
education. The Draper
Prize is especially prestigious, and is sometimes called the “Nobel Prize
of engineering.” The Washington Post
web site has a very good blog
post about the prizes and winners.
National Infrastructure Bank
Proposed
Another infrastructure
bank proposal has been introduced. This one comes from Rep. John Delaney (MD). His bill would
create an Office of Infrastructure Investment in the Department of
Treasury. The office would oversee an American Infrastructure Fund and act
something like a bank, loaning
money to states
and guaranteeing state and local bonds.
The new
release from Rep. Delaney’s office suggests that public-private
partnerships will be encouraged by the office, but provides no specifics
about how this would work.
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