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The author offers insights on issues concerning the U.S. construction industry including the 2016 World of Concrete exhibition held in Las Vegas, Nevada, the approval of the highways bill by the U.S. Congress, and the allotment of budget for transportation infrastructure development.

In this article the author discusses the inconsistencies of the 2010 prediction to the incident at the Bauma exhibition in 2010 in the U.S. The exhibition and peformance of the construction industry has been anticipated to be more sensible and provocative in 2010. However, the volcanic eruption during the Bauma exhibition has prevented some visitors to attend the event. This has led to the inability of fulfilling its expectation of defeating the 502,000 figure for the most attended exhibition.