More than half of the 550 electrical design and construction professionals recently surveyed by EC&M and Penton Research say that investment in U.S. infrastructure should be a top priority for the Trump Administration, winning by a wide margin over other initiatives making headlines like tax and health care reform and immigration policy.
This is good news for President Trump, who, in early June, began a major push for his proposed $1 trillion investment plan to modernize America’s aging infrastructure, including roads and bridges, waterways and wastewater facilities, and the electrical grid.
A majority of respondents believe spending on roads and bridges (84%) should take precedence, followed by the electric grid and renewables (75%), and water and wastewater (69%) facilities.
EC&M readers focus on infrastructure projects likely stems from the belief that it could keep their project backlog levels near capacity and drive large-scale projects across the country. Some 71% of survey respondents said that a $1 trillion investment in infrastructure would have a moderate to significant positive impact on their business. In fact, 22% of respondents noted the infrastructure proposal is already having a positive impact on their business.
When it comes to timing on the investment/spending front, more than half (53%) of the survey respondents believed infrastructure spending wouldn’t start until 2018. However, more than a quarter of this group (27%) were optimistic that spending would begin this year.
EC&M would like to gain more insight into how proposed infrastructure spending would impact electrical design and construction activity in the U.S. and share those results with you. So we’re now asking for your input on this subject. If you’d like to share your thoughts with us then please help us by taking this quick,10-minute survey.