US News Archives - constructconnect.com Canada's construction news Thu, 22 May 2025 20:57:40 +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 Massachusetts construction company to pay $11M in illegal dumping case /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/massachusetts-construction-company-to-pay-11m-in-illegal-dumping-case /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/massachusetts-construction-company-to-pay-11m-in-illegal-dumping-case#respond Fri, 23 May 2025 10:05:18 +0000 /?p=465303 PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island’s top legal chief announced recently that a Massachusetts construction company has agreed to pay $11 million to settle criminal charges that it illegally dumped thousands of tons of contaminated fill in the Ocean State’s Capitol city during a highway construction project. According to Attorney General Peter Neronha’s office, Barletta Heavy […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/massachusetts-construction-company-to-pay-11m-in-illegal-dumping-case/feed 0 Extensive new development coming to Frisco in North Dallas /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/extensive-new-development-coming-to-frisco-in-north-dallas /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/extensive-new-development-coming-to-frisco-in-north-dallas#respond Fri, 23 May 2025 08:10:13 +0000 /?p=465384 The City of Frisco, in Collin County north of Dallas, is on a multibillion-dollar roll. The latest announcement concerns the approval in March for the mixed-use Firefly Park development, an estimated total investment of between $2.5 and $4 billion. Wilks Development LLC is promising that the 217-acre Firefly Park will be an urban village combining […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/extensive-new-development-coming-to-frisco-in-north-dallas/feed 0 Carpenters’ Local 277 Syracuse undergoes significant expansion to meet demand /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/carpenters-local-277-syracuse-undergoes-significant-expansion-to-meet-demand /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/carpenters-local-277-syracuse-undergoes-significant-expansion-to-meet-demand#respond Thu, 22 May 2025 08:15:24 +0000 /?p=464905 Syracuse and Central New York are bucking the U.S. trend of construction uncertainty as billions of dollars pour into the region for highways, hospitals, schools, housing and the industrial mega-bucks semiconductor fabrication project by Micron Technology in the northern Syracuse suburb of Clay. To meet the unprecedented demand for construction services, the local carpenters union […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/carpenters-local-277-syracuse-undergoes-significant-expansion-to-meet-demand/feed 0 First U.S. utility seeks permit for a small nuclear reactor /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/first-u-s-utility-seeks-permit-for-a-small-nuclear-reactor /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/first-u-s-utility-seeks-permit-for-a-small-nuclear-reactor#respond Wed, 21 May 2025 10:20:37 +0000 /?p=464525 OAK RIDGE, TENN. — For the first time in the United States, a utility is asking federal regulators for a permit to build a small nuclear reactor. The nation’s largest public power company, the Tennessee Valley Authority, announced May 20 it submitted a construction permit application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a small, […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/first-u-s-utility-seeks-permit-for-a-small-nuclear-reactor/feed 0 The reinvention and rejuvenation of Lehigh Valley’s former steel belt /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/the-reinvention-and-rejuvenation-of-lehigh-valleys-former-steel-belt /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/the-reinvention-and-rejuvenation-of-lehigh-valleys-former-steel-belt#respond Tue, 20 May 2025 08:05:25 +0000 /?p=462629 Once a major part of the U.S. steel belt, Lehigh Valley in eastern Pennsylvania has been remaking itself in part through redevelopment initiatives that are spurring growth in its three major cities, Bethlehem, Easton and Allentown. In Easton, about 100 kilometres north of Philadelphia, close to $250 million in development is planned, approved or underway, […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/the-reinvention-and-rejuvenation-of-lehigh-valleys-former-steel-belt/feed 0 Expert tells U.S. senators Canada is a key ally on critical minerals /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/expert-tells-u-s-senators-canada-is-a-key-ally-on-critical-minerals /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/expert-tells-u-s-senators-canada-is-a-key-ally-on-critical-minerals#respond Mon, 19 May 2025 10:05:57 +0000 /?p=462256 WASHINGTON — An expert in critical minerals told U.S. senators Canada will be a key ally in efforts to reduce America’s reliance on Chinese supply — after President Donald Trump spent months claiming the United States doesn’t need anything from its northern neighbour. Gracelin Baskaran, director of critical minerals security at the Center for Strategic […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/expert-tells-u-s-senators-canada-is-a-key-ally-on-critical-minerals/feed 0 Cosm immersive experience adding to an entertainment-focused Detroit /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/cosm-immersive-experience-adding-to-an-entertainment-focused-detroit /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/cosm-immersive-experience-adding-to-an-entertainment-focused-detroit#respond Fri, 16 May 2025 08:05:44 +0000 /?p=462229 Cosm is adding to downtown Detroit’s drive to be an entertainment-hospitality destination district. The Inglewood, Calif.-based “shared reality” company will open its fourth immersive experience dome in the heart of downtown Detroit next year or in early 2027. Think of it as a planetarium-like environment taken up a few notches. In fact, Cosm is the […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/05/cosm-immersive-experience-adding-to-an-entertainment-focused-detroit/feed 0 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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