Tag: funding
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viAct Raises $7.3 M in Series A Funding to Expand AI-Powered Safety Solutions
Safety AI startup viAct has announced the successful closure of a US$7.3 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Venturewave Capital, an Irish impact investing firm, with participation from Singtel Innov8, Korea Investment Partners, and PolyU Entrepreneurship Investment Fund. viAct is an AI company dedicated to enhancing safety and efficiency in high-risk…
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$1.3B San Diego border station snares new funding
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A new San Diego border station and road project got a boost April 15 with a $150 million INFRA Grant from the DOT. The $1.3 billion Otay Mesa East Port of Entry job entails building a new…
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Trump administration ordered to resume IIJA, IRA funding
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A federal judge Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to take “immediate steps” to reinstate already awarded funding from the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, after the president broadly froze the disbursements on his first…
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Top 3 Things to Understand About Environmental Funding and Emissions Regulations in 2025
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in Business, Business Services, Construction, Construction Technology, Diesel Engines, Equipment, Equipment Management, Featured, Fleet Maintenance, Gasoline Engines, Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8, Medium Duty Trucks: Class 4 – 6, Pickup Trucks & Vans, Rental, Sustainability, Trucks, Trucks & Accessories, Utility Vehicles, Worksite EquipmentThe trucking industry is facing uncertainty this year. With changes to emissions regulations, a new administration, and looming tariffs, the industry has a lot to consider and adjust to. After the Trump administration put a freeze on environmental funding and moved to undo previously set emission standards, there is a lot regarding advanced engines and…
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DOT removes equity, environmental factors from IIJA funding decisions
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The U.S. DOT has rolled back a Biden-era policy that included environmental and social considerations in federally funded infrastructure projects, according to a Monday memo from the agency. The move rescinds two Federal Highway Administration…
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Tutor Perini unfazed by Trump’s tariff, funding actions
Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Tutor Perini sees bluer skies ahead, with hopes for a return to profitability in 2025 after reporting another loss for the year. Despite recent market concerns about the Trump administration’s new tariffs and scrutiny of federal spending,…
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Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro sues Trump administration, citing frozen IRA funding
Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Federal agencies are unlawfully restricting Pennsylvania agencies from accessing funding for programs like Solar For All and greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, said state Gov. Josh Shapiro, D, in a lawsuit filed Thursday. “Since around January 27, 2025, federal…
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DOT says it will tie funding to birth, marriage rates
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A new, undated memo from the DOT urges the department to give grant preferences to “communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average.” The action comes after the DOT announced that Transportation…
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Trump funding freeze leaves IIJA, IRA projects in limbo
Listen to the article 7 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Last week, President Donald Trump told federal agencies to stop disbursing Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Inflation Reduction Act funding, including money that Congress already authorized. The move has thrown climate and infrastructure projects at various…
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Following sharp downturn, contech funding stabilizes
Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Following a 44% downturn in construction technology investment in 2023, the contech funding ecosystem seems to have stabilized last year, according to a report from Cemex Ventures. Total investment in the space grew marginally year…