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By Tom Price, Infrastructure Business President, and Lytle Troutt, Environmental Business President

For many of us, the Fourth of July means time with family and friends — long afternoons by the water, backyard barbecues and neighborhood parades. Fireworks at night, with flags lining front porches and touches of red, white and blue everywhere you look. It’s a moment to slow down and appreciate the freedoms and opportunities we don’t always recognize and simply pause to reflect.

As America celebrates its 250th birthday, we’ve been thinking about what it really means to build something that lasts.

Two hundred and fifty years ago, the United States took shape as a bold idea, defined as much by uncertainty as by possibility. There was no defined roadmap, just a belief that progress was possible and that each generation would help move it forward. Success depended on the nation’s first engineers, surveyors and problem-solvers — people like George Washington, who helped map the land and laid the groundwork for the systems that would shape a growing nation and connect communities over time.

Throughout our careers, we’ve seen that same spirit of possibility continue to take shape in the work being done today. Progress in infrastructure and environmental work still hinges on solving complex challenges, often without a clear path forward, while defining communities in lasting ways — from reconnecting regions to protecting public health and creating new opportunity where it didn’t exist before.

Since our country’s founding, work itself has evolved. Projects are more complex, expectations are higher and there’s a deeper understanding of how these investments affect communities over time. That has made our work more challenging, but also more meaningful.

Across the country, our clients are leading the way. They are expanding mobility and improving how people connect to jobs, schools and one another. They are strengthening water systems to support growing populations and protect critical resources. They are transforming former industrial sites into places where communities can gather and grow again. They are addressing legacy environmental challenges such as orphaned wells and abandoned mine lands, while also investing in energy and infrastructure that reflects where the country is headed, including the demands of a more connected and digital world.

These efforts may not always be visible, but they are foundational to how communities move forward.

What has remained constant since America’s founding is the importance of partnership. The best outcomes come from alignment, trust and a shared commitment to doing the work the right way. Public agencies, private partners, field teams and communities all play a role.

At �鶹TV��վ, we’re proud to support that work, bringing clarity to complex challenges and helping projects move forward with confidence, contributing to outcomes that extend well beyond the life of the project.

Looking ahead, the connection between infrastructure and environmental stewardship is intertwined deeper than ever before. Communities are asking not only what will be built, but how it will perform, who it will serve and what it will leave behind.

We’re grateful for the clients and partners who take on the responsibility to help communities across America flourish and thrive. Their work continues to shape communities, create opportunity and strengthen the future of the places we call home.

The American story is still being written. We see it in every project that moves from concept to reality and in every community that benefits from the investments being made today. So, this Fourth of July, we celebrate the people behind that progress and the work still ahead. We’re grateful to play a small role in what comes next.

-Tom and Lytle