US News Archives - constructconnect.com Canada's construction news Mon, 12 May 2025 19:13:27 +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 Amid Trump’s battle against DEI, nonprofits filling critical labor gaps are caught in the crossfire /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/amid-trumps-battle-against-dei-nonprofits-filling-critical-labor-gaps-are-caught-in-the-crossfire /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/amid-trumps-battle-against-dei-nonprofits-filling-critical-labor-gaps-are-caught-in-the-crossfire#respond Tue, 13 May 2025 10:05:20 +0000 /?p=461283 CHICAGO — Recruiting women into construction has for years been a painstaking but broadly popular effort, with growing bipartisan and industry support amid persistent labor shortages. But President Donald Trump’s aim to stamp out diversity and inclusion programs threaten to cripple community-based organizations that have been critical to that goal. The Trump administration has moved […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/amid-trumps-battle-against-dei-nonprofits-filling-critical-labor-gaps-are-caught-in-the-crossfire/feed 0 States sue Trump administration for blocking the development of wind energy /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/states-sue-trump-administration-for-blocking-the-development-of-wind-energy /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/states-sue-trump-administration-for-blocking-the-development-of-wind-energy#respond Fri, 09 May 2025 10:05:28 +0000 /?p=459572 WASHINGTON — A coalition of state attorneys general filed have filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s attempt to stop the development of wind energy. Attorneys general from 17 states and Washington, D.C., are challenging an executive order Trump signed during his first day in office, pausing approvals, permits and loans for all wind energy […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/states-sue-trump-administration-for-blocking-the-development-of-wind-energy/feed 0 Multiple projects to breathe new life into Michigan’s state capital /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/multiple-projects-to-breathe-new-life-into-michigans-state-capital /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/multiple-projects-to-breathe-new-life-into-michigans-state-capital#respond Fri, 09 May 2025 08:10:49 +0000 /?p=459641 Longtime hometown Gentilozzi Real Estate is embarking on one of its most ambitious projects to date — a partial transformation of Michigan’s state capital, Lansing. The $320 million project encompasses five buildings, some new and others retrofitted in and around the legislature itself, and a neighborhood to the near north. Teaming with Metro Detroit realtor […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/multiple-projects-to-breathe-new-life-into-michigans-state-capital/feed 0 Federal grant cancellation fails to derail Texas high speed rail /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/federal-grant-cancellation-fails-to-derail-texas-high-speed-rail /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/federal-grant-cancellation-fails-to-derail-texas-high-speed-rail#respond Wed, 07 May 2025 08:15:16 +0000 /?p=458858 The advocacy organization US HSR envisions, “a 21st century, 17,000-mile national high speed rail (HSR) system” across the United States. An important element is the 240-mile HSR connection between Dallas and Houston that would shorten a four-hour car trip to just 90 minutes. The link would also remove an estimated 12,500 cars per day from […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/federal-grant-cancellation-fails-to-derail-texas-high-speed-rail/feed 0 Massive repair job on leaky NYC aqueduct will take a few more years to complete /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/massive-repair-job-on-leaky-nyc-aqueduct-will-take-a-few-more-years-to-complete /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/massive-repair-job-on-leaky-nyc-aqueduct-will-take-a-few-more-years-to-complete#respond Wed, 07 May 2025 08:10:07 +0000 /?p=458856 NEW YORK — A $2 billion project to fix a massive leak in a water tunnel that supplies about half of New York City’s water that was already paused recently due to drought conditions, won’t be completed for a few more years, city officials said recently. Department of Environmental Protection officials have been planning for […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/massive-repair-job-on-leaky-nyc-aqueduct-will-take-a-few-more-years-to-complete/feed 0 California high-speed rail leader pushes state to support private investment /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/california-high-speed-rail-leader-pushes-state-to-support-private-investment /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/california-high-speed-rail-leader-pushes-state-to-support-private-investment#respond Mon, 05 May 2025 08:12:51 +0000 /?p=457488 SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — A long-delayed project promising nonstop rail service between San Francisco and Los Angeles in under three hours may be able to secure the private funding it desperately needs if California agrees to pay the investors back, its chief executive told The Associated Press. Ian Choudri, who was appointed CEO of the California […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/california-high-speed-rail-leader-pushes-state-to-support-private-investment/feed 0 Los Angeles homeowners begin to rebuild after devastating wildfires /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/los-angeles-homeowners-begin-to-rebuild-after-devastating-wildfires /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/los-angeles-homeowners-begin-to-rebuild-after-devastating-wildfires#respond Fri, 02 May 2025 12:45:40 +0000 /?p=457326 LOS ANGELES  — Nearly four months after wildfires reduced thousands of Los Angeles-area homes to rubble and ash, some residents are starting to rebuild. In the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, construction workers recently began placing wooden beams to frame a house on a lot where only a charred fireplace remains standing. In the seaside city of […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/los-angeles-homeowners-begin-to-rebuild-after-devastating-wildfires/feed 0 What’s next in the Commanders’ process of building a new stadium in Washington? /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/whats-next-in-the-commanders-process-of-building-a-new-stadium-in-washington /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/whats-next-in-the-commanders-process-of-building-a-new-stadium-in-washington#respond Fri, 02 May 2025 10:00:28 +0000 /?p=457012 WASHINGTON — Roger Goodell acknowledged that a new, state-of-the-art Commanders stadium in Washington would drastically increase the chances of the U.S. capital hosting the Super Bowl for the first time. “We’ve got to get it built first,” the NFL Commissioner said. Before shovels are even in the ground at the site of the old RFK […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/whats-next-in-the-commanders-process-of-building-a-new-stadium-in-washington/feed 0 Starbucks’ new drive-thru in Texas is the coffee giant’s first 3D printed store in the U.S. /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/starbucks-new-drive-thru-in-texas-is-the-coffee-giants-first-3d-printed-store-in-the-u-s /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/starbucks-new-drive-thru-in-texas-is-the-coffee-giants-first-3d-printed-store-in-the-u-s#respond Thu, 01 May 2025 10:00:08 +0000 /?p=456701 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS — There’s a new pour from Starbucks: Its first 3D printed store in the U.S. The Seattle-based coffee giant with more than 17,000 locations nationwide has never had a store quite like the one opening this week in the Texas city of Brownsville, along the U.S.-Mexico border, where a computer-controlled robotic arm did […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/starbucks-new-drive-thru-in-texas-is-the-coffee-giants-first-3d-printed-store-in-the-u-s/feed 0 3 workers killed and 2 injured when scaffolding gives way at Texas construction site /dcn/news/usa/2025/04/3-workers-killed-and-2-injured-when-scaffolding-gives-way-at-texas-construction-site /dcn/news/usa/2025/04/3-workers-killed-and-2-injured-when-scaffolding-gives-way-at-texas-construction-site#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:34:09 +0000 /?p=456643 PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS — Three workers were killed and two others injured after a scaffolding gave way at a Texas construction site, authorities said. First responders were called to the Port Arthur LNG site early Tuesday for an industrial accident involving Bechtel workers, according to a Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office statement posted on social media. […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/04/3-workers-killed-and-2-injured-when-scaffolding-gives-way-at-texas-construction-site/feed 0 Vertua low-carbon concrete plays a big role in Houston Methodist expansion /dcn/news/usa/2025/04/vertua-low-carbon-concrete-plays-a-big-role-in-houston-methodist-expansion /dcn/news/usa/2025/04/vertua-low-carbon-concrete-plays-a-big-role-in-houston-methodist-expansion#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:05:03 +0000 /?p=456421 Centennial Tower at the Houston Methodist Hospital is projected to open in 2027, maintaining the facility’s status as one of the most respected medical complexes in the United States. In 2024, the hospital was named to U.S. News & World Report’s Honor Roll of best hospitals in the country for the eighth time and is […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/04/vertua-low-carbon-concrete-plays-a-big-role-in-houston-methodist-expansion/feed 0 Promises made, promises kept? Trump’s agenda remains a work in progress after 100 days /dcn/news/usa/2025/04/promises-made-promises-kept-trumps-agenda-remains-a-work-in-progress-after-100-days /dcn/news/usa/2025/04/promises-made-promises-kept-trumps-agenda-remains-a-work-in-progress-after-100-days#respond Tue, 29 Apr 2025 07:55:57 +0000 /?p=455792 WASHINGTON — Since President Donald Trump returned to office, every week has been a whirlwind of activity to show Americans that his administration is relentlessly pursuing his promises. With a compliant Republican-controlled Congress, Trump has had a free hand to begin overhauling the federal government and upending foreign policy. As Trump hits his 100th day […]

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