GLG News by Infrastructure Construction Experts (North America)

That miserable word unreliability is poking its ugly head above the surface in our logistics pileups. We have ships at anchor standing off our shores waiting for available dock space to unload their container cargo. Some of the most modern are so big that they can’t stand at the majority of the wharves....

No matter where you are, a billion is lot of dollars. You’ll see from the referenced article the estimate of $ 1 billion coming across the Mexican border into Arizona every year. We in Arizona send that amount and more back to Mexico annually as we visit and shop there too.

Every option available to reduce oil, gas, diesel, etc., must be considered. Mining coal is labor intensive and fossil fuels must be used at this time to unearth, transport, and build coal gasification plants. This is not the most enviromentally friendly method of choice but SNG burns clean...

Apartment rents are up throughout the country, sometimes considerably. The western U.S. has current occupancies of over 90% in the major markets. The weakest areas are where you might expect in Phoenix, Tucson, California’s Inland Empire and Sacramento. The combination here of relatively low wage structures...

Why is it necessary to drive up the cost of food in order to produce alternative fuel and electricity? The biotechnology already exists to convert waste to fuel. This is the area we need to concentrate our efforts on by solving two problems with one technology.  We...

The map presentation accompanying the referenced article is notable because in detailing the overvaluation of housing in four ranges not much of the map is left unpainted. We knew that before the map so adequately articulated the problem. The issue should lead us, though, to think further about the...

The pressure is intense for home owners, lenders, home builders and other investors to maintain housing values. Companies who provide financial and other services such as real estate brokers, appraisers and the like are dependent for their income on a steady to rising market. The home buyer on the other...

We see from the article that over 40 % of the nation’s imports by cargo ship flow through the adjacent Long Beach and Los Angeles ports which lie smack in the middle of the Los Angeles Metroplex. Moreover, the traffic at the ports will double in the next dozen or so years. The container port proposed...

ADM has been the one of the sources behind the US Government offering financial support to the Ethanol industry. They worked for many years to subsidies to the manufacturers of ethanol products. This was consistent with their overall market strategy to sell commodities. What the industry is finding...

Affordability ratios are too high, sales are weak, a reduced number of new jobs don't help and wages at the middle and upper levels are not increasing.