The infrastructure sector’s headwinds — inflation and labor foremost among them — may be intractable but that doesn’t make them permanent. A theme bubbling up from the stories in this newsletter is progress, be it in terms of buying power, workforce development or project safety. In short, industry leaders are finding ways to move the needle on important issues. Heading into the holiday weekend and the de facto beginning of summer, we’ll raise a toast to much more of that.

— Geert De Lombaerde