US News Archives - constructconnect.com Canada's construction news Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:13:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/10/cropped-favicon-32x32-1-32x32.png US News Archives - constructconnect.com 32 32 Native leaders blast construction of Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ on land they call sacred /dcn/news/usa/2025/07/native-leaders-blast-construction-of-floridas-alligator-alcatraz-on-land-they-call-sacred Tue, 01 Jul 2025 10:20:45 +0000 /?p=488140 TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is racing ahead with construction of a makeshift immigration detention facility at an airstrip in the Everglades over the opposition of Native American leaders who consider the area their sacred ancestral homelands. A string of portable generators and dump trucks loaded with fill dirt streamed into […]

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]]> From racetrack to ballpark: Bristol’s MLB transformation shifts into high gear /dcn/news/usa/2025/07/from-racetrack-to-ballpark-bristols-mlb-transformation-shifts-into-high-gear Tue, 01 Jul 2025 10:00:52 +0000 /?p=488114 BRISTOL — Turning a racetrack into a baseball field worthy of hosting Major League Baseball takes time and a plan. Demolition started in early June with heavy construction now in high gear to transform Bristol Motor Speedway into a ballpark — if only for the Aug. 2 Speedway Classic between the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati […]

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]]> Vacant Buffalo Central Terminal gets a new lease on life with major redevelopment /dcn/news/usa/2025/06/vacant-buffalo-central-terminal-gets-a-new-lease-on-life-with-major-redevelopment Mon, 30 Jun 2025 10:10:45 +0000 /?p=488028 The Buffalo Central Terminal, a 20-storey Art Deco gem that has sat vacant for decades, is undergoing significant structural repairs and restoration work under the second phase of a redevelopment that could hit $300 million over a multi-year span. Masonry repairs, asbestos abatement and other rehabilitation and restoration work are underway on the tower under […]

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]]> Trump says he’s ending trade talks with Canada over its ‘egregious Tax’ on technology firms /dcn/news/usa/2025/06/trump-says-hes-ending-trade-talks-with-canada-over-its-egregious-tax-on-technology-firms Fri, 27 Jun 2025 20:20:16 +0000 /?p=488099 WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology firms, which he called “a direct and blatant attack on our country.” Trump, in a post on his social media network, said Canada had just informed the U.S. that it was […]

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]]> Trump administration plans to rescind rule blocking logging on national forest lands /dcn/news/usa/2025/06/trump-administration-plans-to-rescind-rule-blocking-logging-on-national-forest-lands Fri, 27 Jun 2025 10:10:10 +0000 /?p=487936 SANTA FE, N.M. — The Trump administration plans to rescind a nearly quarter-century-old rule that blocked logging on national forest lands, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced recently. The so-called roadless rule adopted in the last days of Bill Clinton’s presidency in 2001 long has chafed Republican lawmakers, especially in the West where national forests sprawl […]

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]]> $1B gas turbine engine facility hailed as major win for northwest Florida /dcn/news/usa/2025/06/1b-gas-turbine-engine-facility-hailed-as-major-win-for-northwest-florida Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:25:35 +0000 /?p=487814 A massive, one-million-square-foot, high-volume aviation gas turbine engine manufacturing complex is being built by Williams International at Shoal River Industrial Park in Okaloosa County, Fla. The complex, pegged at a cost of more than $1 billion, will be constructed in three phases within the industrial park. It is one of the largest projects in the […]

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]]> New York governor seeks to build the state’s first new nuclear power plant in decades /dcn/news/usa/2025/06/new-york-governor-seeks-to-build-the-states-first-new-nuclear-power-plant-in-decades Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:00:11 +0000 /?p=487668 NEW YORK — New York’s governor has proposed the construction of the state’s first new nuclear power plant in decades. Gov. Kathy Hochul directed the state’s power authority to develop an advanced, “zero-emission” facility in upstate New York that she hopes will help create a clean, reliable and affordable electric grid for the state. She […]

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]]> Athletics celebrate groundbreaking of $1.75 billion stadium project in Las Vegas /dcn/news/usa/2025/06/athletics-celebrate-groundbreaking-of-1-75-billion-stadium-project-in-las-vegas Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:20:46 +0000 /?p=487700 LAS VEGAS — With mounds of dirt, construction vehicles and the exact location where home plate will be at the new A’s Ballpark serving as the backdrop, team owner John Fisher stood in front of a large gathering with one message: “We are Vegas’ team.” MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, state and local government dignitaries, former […]

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]]> Detroit’s ‘last vacant highrise’ being restored /dcn/news/usa/2025/06/detroits-last-vacant-highrise-being-restored Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:00:21 +0000 /?p=487408 The Lee Plaza was a 1920s era luxury hotel that, like myriad other buildings in Detroit’s post-1960s history, had fallen dramatically into disuse and blight. Now, after a multiyear thicket-like effort to raise financing, ground was broken last month on the 15-storey building’s restoration. Perhaps as testament to the long struggle to reopen the northwest […]

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]]> Texas stops providing new funding for border wall construction /dcn/news/usa/2025/06/texas-stops-providing-new-funding-for-border-wall-construction Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:10:18 +0000 /?p=487309 AUSTIN, TEXAS — Texas has stopped putting new money toward building a U.S.-Mexico border wall, shifting course after installing only a fraction of the hundreds of miles of potential barrier that Republican Gov. Greg Abbott set out to construct four years ago. State lawmakers this month approved a new Texas budget that does not include […]

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]]> Rebuilding one of the nation’s oldest Black churches begins at Juneteenth ceremony /dcn/news/usa/2025/06/rebuilding-one-of-the-nations-oldest-black-churches-begins-at-juneteenth-ceremony Thu, 19 Jun 2025 16:02:10 +0000 /?p=487329 WILLIAMSBURG, VA. — A ceremonial groundbreaking is being held today for the rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered outdoors in secret before constructing a wooden meetinghouse in Virginia. The First Baptist Church of Williamsburg officially established itself in 1776, although parishioners met before then in fields and under […]

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]]> Nippon Steel finalizes $15B takeover of US Steel after sealing national security agreement /dcn/news/usa/2025/06/nippon-steel-finalizes-15b-takeover-of-us-steel-after-sealing-national-security-agreement Thu, 19 Jun 2025 10:15:30 +0000 /?p=487234 HARRISBURG, Pa.  — Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel said Wednesday they have finalized their “historic partnership,” a year-and-a-half after the Japanese company first proposed its deal to buy the iconic American steelmaker for nearly $15 billion. The pursuit by Nippon Steel for the Pittsburgh company was buffeted by national security concerns and presidential politics in […]

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