Tag: trump

November 23, 2020

Inauguration Day is right around the corner, and with the swearing-in of President-elect Joe Biden, there are some things he has already said will change. Biden has been quite vocal about reversing some of President Donald Trump’s policies and programs […]

September 29, 2020

Trump issued the directive at a time when companies around the world, including those in the U.S. construction industry, have increased their focus on gender and race equity. Firms such as Turner Construction Co. have redoubled their efforts since nooses […]

August 4, 2020

President Trump has signed legislation that will allocate $9.5 billion to trim the long list of backlogged infrastructure maintenance projects at national parks and other federal natural-resources agencies. The measure also establishes a new mechanism to pay for the upgrades. […]

June 26, 2020

President Donald Trump issued an executive order earlier this month directing federal government agencies to waive environmental regulations and to take other actions necessary to streamline and expedite infrastructure projects. The order, designed to help hasten the economic recovery from […]

April 2, 2020

President Donald Trump’s decision this week to extend the country’s social distancing guidelines until April 30 was based partly on data from statistical models that predict the peaks and plateaus of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. Models like these […]

March 31, 2020

The federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has included three aid packages so far. Trump first signed an emergency supplemental spending bill March 6 making available more than $7 billion in federal assistance to government health officials and to […]

November 1, 2019

More than 30 regulations are included in the latest waiver including the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, the National Historic Preservation Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act. It covers construction of physical […]

August 13, 2019

E-Verify is a system, under the umbrella of the Department of Homeland Security, that allows employers to electronically check their employees’ eligibility for jobs through a web-based system administered by the Social Security Administration and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. […]

March 13, 2019

The Trump administration has made no bones about letting state and local governments across the country know that projects securing the most non-federal financial support will be first in line for federal funding. This view was reiterated in the president’s […]

March 12, 2019

In the 2020 budget, the president also made good on a promise he reportedly made earlier this month to Mitch McConnell, the Republican Senate Majority Leader from Kentucky. The $3.8 billion budget request for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) construction […]

February 15, 2019

In order to tap the $2.5 billion from the DOD, according to The New York Times, the DOD would give the money to the Army Corps of Engineers, then the White House would transfer property along the border to the […]

February 13, 2019

President Trump has also hinted that he will pursue alternative funding options for the wall. Earlier this year, Stars and Stripes reported that the Pentagon was reviewing its roster of construction projects in anticipation of the possibility that the president […]

February 5, 2019

By not purchasing materials made in the U.S. for projects that receive federal financial assistance, infrastructure contractors reportedly have left as much as $45 billion of sales for American manufacturers on the table, according to the Federal News Network. Each […]

January 8, 2019

Despite protests from activists and many lawmakers, the administration still is keeping some contractors busy with border wall construction. The most recent award was announced in November and went to San Antonio, Texas, construction company Gideon Contracting. The company will […]

January 4, 2019

One of the issues federal lawmakers are fighting over is U.S.-Mexico border wall funding, a sticking point that led to a partial federal shutdown that is still underway after two weeks. The Trump administration wants $5 billion for the wall, […]

December 11, 2018

Construction of a wall/barrier along the full length of the U.S.-Mexico border was at the forefront of Trump’s campaign in 2016 but ended up taking a backseat to other issues like healthcare and tax reform during the president’s first year […]

August 31, 2018

According to Markets Insider, the quota exclusion news drove U.S. steel manufacturers’ stock prices down Thursday, with the stocks of U.S. Steel (-6%), AK Steel (-4%) and Steel Dynamics (-2%) all taking a hit. However, the Trump administration most certainly […]

August 28, 2018

When President Donald Trump took office in January 2017, there was an abrupt end to what it called a “shaming” style of Obama-era press releases issued prior to Trump’s inauguration. However, that doesn’t mean OSHA lightened up on enforcement, particularly […]

August 16, 2018

This is one U.S.-Mexico border construction project that has drawn praise from all sides, unlike the border wall that President Donald Trump’s administration is promoting. The president’s 2016 campaign featured promises to build a new, impenetrable wall stretching the entire […]

July 18, 2018

The larger the scope and price tag of a project, the more possibilities there are for disagreements and misunderstandings between contracted parties. U.S. Infrastructure projects, specifically, are trending larger and more complex as state, local and private entities ramp up […]