By: I Make America TeamJune 6, 2016
Rather than transporting people, we transport metal. That’s the main premise of engineering student Jakub Kmec’s award-winning “complaint “ about U.S. infrastructure. After a careful review by an evaluation panel and a public vote, Kmec was recently announced as the winner of the Complain Phase of AEM’s Infrastructure Vision 2050 Challenge. Click here to download […]
By: I Make America TeamJune 1, 2016
How will U.S. transportation infrastructure move people and goods in the year 2050? Mobility 2050, an in-depth study on future trends and opportunities, was unveiled this week during a symposium hosted by AEM and Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Click here to read the full release.
By: I Make America TeamMay 24, 2016
AEM joined leading trade associations in filing a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, urging the high court to take up a challenge to a troublesome dealer law in New Hampshire. AEM joined the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and other groups in the brief on behalf of Deere & Company, CNH […]
By: I Make America TeamMay 19, 2016
AEM took its infrastructure message to Capitol Hill on Tuesday with a marquee Infrastructure Week discussion featuring elected representatives and industry leaders in the halls of Congress. AEM’s Infrastructure Vision 2050 initiative convened a high-level discussion on the future of infrastructure featuring U.S. Congressman and Infrastructure Week Co-Chair Garret Graves (R-La.), Kansas City, Missouri Mayor […]
By: I Make America TeamMay 12, 2016
Manufacturing and construction industry leaders pushed Congress to make sustainable surface transportation funding a priority as part of tax reform at this year’s Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) Fly-In. Industry leaders stormed Capitol Hill on Wednesday to ask members of Congress to sign a letter urging tax-writing committees to identify a sustainable funding course for the […]
By: I Make America TeamApril 27, 2016
Voting is now open for the first phase of the Infrastructure Vision 2050 Challenge! AEM staff helped to identify the top 10 finalists for the “Complain” stage of the contest, which awards up to $2,500 for the most creative complaint submitted about the state of U.S. infrastructure. Visit the Challenge website and judge for yourself […]
By: I Make America TeamMarch 28, 2016
The Canadian Government on Tuesday introduced its first budget under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, which calls for almost $12 billion in new infrastructure investments. AEM welcomed the Trudeau government’s first infrastructure plan, which represents “Phase I” of the new prime minister’s campaign proposal to spend as much as $50 billion over the next decade on […]
By: I Make America TeamMarch 10, 2016
AEM’s Kate Fox Wood provides a progress report on Phase I of the Infrastructure Vision 2050 Challenge. Deadline to enter is March 15.
By: I Make America TeamFebruary 29, 2016
AEM’s Infrastructure 2050 Challenge is seeking breakthrough solutions for fixing U.S. infrastructure. The three-phased, crowdsourced competition will award $150,000 in prizes for innovative ideas. To help achieve its goal of generating excitement and inspiration among the general public and spurring policy makers to act, AEM encourages member companies to tell their employees about the Challenge […]
By: I Make America TeamJanuary 21, 2016
Open to everyone everywhere, the Infrastructure Vision 2050 Challenge leverages the HeroXcrowdsourcing model designed to bring about radical business, technological and social innovation benefiting local and global communities, inspiring new industries and catalyzing markets.AEM has launched the Infrastructure Vision 2050 Challenge, a three-phased, crowdsourced competition that will award $150,000 in prizes for innovative ideas to […]
