Benjamin Dierker
Aii Executive Director
The Latest Press Releases from Aii
Aii notifies media and the public about important announcements regularly. You’ll find press releases about new team members, latest reports, coalitions we’ve joined, and even public statements on developments in public policy.
Please contact Aii for information regarding one of our publications. For all media inquiries, please contact Aii Executive Director, Benjamin Dierker at info@aii.org.
Aii Press Releases by Year
New Report Challenges National Excavation Readiness Narrative (8.11.2025)
New Policy Brief Highlights Untapped Potential of Fiber Optics Beyond Broadband (5.13.2025)
New Think Tank Report Highlights Critical Role of Policy in Safe, Reliable Air Travel (4.16.2025)
Aii Calls for Overhaul of FRA Waiver Process to Modernize Rail Safety (4.10.2025)
New Policy Brief: Enhancing Damage Prevention and Infrastructure Resilience (3.12.2025)
New Brief Reveals Untapped Potential of 45Q Carbon Capture Incentive (2.24.2025)
Unlocking Rail Safety: Aii Policy Brief Highlights Technology-Driven Solutions (12.3.2024)
Report Identifies Infrastructure Barriers to Hydrogen Alongside Solutions (11.12.2024)
Nation’s Only Infrastructure Think Tank Turns 10 Years Old (10.21.2024)
Infrastructure Think Tank Releases 50-State Damage Prevention Report Card (9.30.2024)
New Report Highlights Importance of Steel Ahead of U.S. Steel-Nippon Decision (9.9.2024)
Aii Launches Second Annual Student Scholarship Contest (9.1.2024)
Think Tank Releases New Report on Building New Critical Infrastructure (7.24.2024)
Think Tank Releases New Report on Excavation Damage Reporting (7.22.2024)
Federal HazMat and Emergency Management Expert Joins Safety Non-Profit (2.27.2024)
Aii Scholarship Competition Rewards Trash Talk (1.31.2024)
Action Plan Needed to Reverse Historic High Damage Trend (12.19.2023)
Aii Applauds Bipartisan Safety Commitment in Pipes Act (12.8.2023)
Think Tank Releases New Report on Pathways to Decarbonizing Heat (9.18.23)
New Nationwide Student Scholarship Competition (8.24.2023)
New Rail Report Offers Policymakers Insight into Train Length (8.7.2023)
Aii Applauds, Challenges Common Ground Alliance (CGA) (3.9.2023)
National Infrastructure Think Tank Launches Original Educational Campaign (3.1.2023)
Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure Announces New Leadership (2.15.2023)
New Rail Report Calls for More Data Before New Rules (12.12.2022)
Think Tank Releases New Report on Consensus Technologies Needed for Improving Excavation Damage Prevention (7.27.2022)
Think Tank Calls for Reexamination of Federal Damage Prevention Approach (4.20.2022)
South Carolina State Representative Joins Aii Advisory Council (2.23.2022)
Infrastructure Think Tank Calls For New Energy Model (1.26.2022)
Aii Highlights Oil and Gas Industry Challenges and Calls for Better Data Reporting (1.5.2022)
Aii Calls for Implementing Technology to Protect Underground Infrastructure (12.20.2021)
Robert Sumwalt Joins Aii Board of Directors (11.1.2021)
Nonprofit Kicks Off “Energy Month” with a Focus on America’s Key Energy Resources (8.3.2021)
New Report Shows Over 99.999% of U.S. Hazardous Material Is Transported Safely (7.1.2021)
New Policy Brief Outlines America’s Top 5 Infrastructure Challenges (6.16.2021)
New Policy Brief Recommends Infrastructure Reforms Needed To Build Back Better (5.25.2021)
Aii Joins American Flood Coalition – SC (2.18.2021)
Aii Joins American Flood Coalition (2.18.2021)
Mandy Gunasekara joins Aii Board of Directors (02.11.2021)
New Report Recommends Reforms to Damage Prevention Process (10.31.2020)
New Report Grades Each State’s Damage Prevention Laws (10.14.2020)
New Report Examines History and Trajectory of One-Call Centers and Damage Prevention Efforts (8.27.2020)
New Report: Improving Upon Our Dig Laws (4.30.2020)
Aii Launches New Virtual Classroom (4.23.2020)
New Report: The Revenue Failure of the Highway Trust Fund (2.25.2020)
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Aii Requests New Rulemaking on Damage Prevention (9.1.2016)
New Aii Policy Study Makes the Case for Changes to State Damage Prevention Programs (8.11.2016)
Aii Policy Advisor, Shane Skelton, Publishes Column: Fix the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Now … or in 2017 (7.21.2016)
Aii Welcomes Former Obama Administration Official as Executive Director (7.19.16)
Aii Submits Comment on NPRM for FRA-2014-0033 (6.15.2016)
Chairman Publishes Report in European Energy Journal (3.29.16)
Aii Board Member, Chris Kilgore, featured in Washington Post (3.7.2016)
Think Tank Commends Senate on Hearing for WRDA Reauthorization (2.11.16)
Aii Releases New Report Highlighting Jones Act as Outdated Trade Policy (1.19.16)
Aii Executive Director Published in Public Sector Digest (1.15.2016)
DOT Announcement to Make Self-Driving Cars a Reality (1.14.16)
Leaders of Think Tank Publish Article on Excavation Safety Technologies (12.10.15)
Event Emphasizes Need for European Energy Infrastructure (12.07.15)
Aii Hosts Event on EU Energy Connectivity in U.S. Capitol (12.3.2015)
Expert Panel Speaks on U.S. Energy Exports (11.24.15)
Senate PHMSA Bill Highlights Critical Infrastructure Issues (11.11.15)
Highway Bill Amendment Spotlights Rail Safety (11.04.2015)
Policy Update: Time Running out for Highway Funding Bill (10.28.2015)
FRA Announcement Earns Praise From Think Tank(10.15.2015)
Calling on Congress to Acknowledge Excavation Damage for PHMSA Reauthorization (09.25.2015)
“Back on Track: Bringing Rail Safety into the 21st Century” (08.06.2015)
Report on Energy as an Instrument of Foreign Policy (06.25.2015)
The Public Institute for Facility Safety, PIFS, publishes paper on The Highway Trust Fund (05.14.15) Click here for the report
Chairman, Brigham A. McCown, Comments on Rail Rule Regulations (05.01.2015)
New Highway Trust Fund Bill Sets Road to Recovery (04.16.2015)
Chairman, Brigham A. McCown, Rejects Senate Approach to Crude by Rail (03.25.2015)