US News Archives - constructconnect.com Canada's construction news Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:06:04 +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 In win for Trump, oil giant Shell walks away from major New Jersey offshore wind farm /dcn/news/usa/2025/02/in-win-for-trump-oil-giant-shell-walks-away-from-major-new-jersey-offshore-wind-farm /dcn/news/usa/2025/02/in-win-for-trump-oil-giant-shell-walks-away-from-major-new-jersey-offshore-wind-farm#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2025 11:00:36 +0000 /?p=430335 NEW JERSEY — In the first serious fallout from President Donald Trump’s early actions against offshore wind power, oil and gas giant Shell is walking away from a major project off the coast of New Jersey. Shell told The Associated Press it is writing off the project, citing increased competition, delays and a changing market. […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/02/in-win-for-trump-oil-giant-shell-walks-away-from-major-new-jersey-offshore-wind-farm/feed 0 A South Florida luxury condo project is planned for site where building collapse killed 98 people /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/a-south-florida-luxury-condo-project-is-planned-for-site-where-building-collapse-killed-98-people /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/a-south-florida-luxury-condo-project-is-planned-for-site-where-building-collapse-killed-98-people#respond Fri, 31 Jan 2025 11:05:15 +0000 /?p=429410 SURFSIDE, FLA. — A Dubai-based developer plans to build a 12-storey luxury condominium project on the South Florida site where a building collapsed in 2021, killing 98 people. DAMAC International said that it planned to build The Delmore on the site where the Champlain Towers South partially collapsed in Surfside, Florida, outside Miami in June […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/a-south-florida-luxury-condo-project-is-planned-for-site-where-building-collapse-killed-98-people/feed 0 New player arrives in US Steel-Nippon takeover saga with the goal of quashing it /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/new-player-arrives-in-us-steel-nippon-takeover-saga-with-the-goal-of-quashing-it /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/new-player-arrives-in-us-steel-nippon-takeover-saga-with-the-goal-of-quashing-it#respond Wed, 29 Jan 2025 11:20:27 +0000 /?p=429002 CLEVELAND — An asset manager is seeking to quash Nippon Steel’s takeover of U.S. Steel and oust the leadership of the U.S. steelmaker after taking a stake in the company. Ancora Holdings Group, with $10 billion in assets, reported acquiring a 0.18 per cent stake in the Pittsburgh company. It said U.S. Steel CEO David […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/new-player-arrives-in-us-steel-nippon-takeover-saga-with-the-goal-of-quashing-it/feed 0 Plan to ‘cap’ I-75 in downtown Detroit moving ahead /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/plan-to-cap-i-75-in-downtown-detroit-moving-ahead /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/plan-to-cap-i-75-in-downtown-detroit-moving-ahead#respond Wed, 29 Jan 2025 09:10:45 +0000 /?p=428953 Detroit is moving forward with a plan to cap part of Interstate 75 which bisects downtown, cutting the central business district off from a burgeoning entertainment and residential district immediately north. The plan would also help complete a massive renewal in the central business district itself and integrate a plan for the $1.5 billion District […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/plan-to-cap-i-75-in-downtown-detroit-moving-ahead/feed 0 Investigators getting closer to determining technical cause of Surfside condo collapse /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/investigators-getting-closer-to-determining-technical-cause-of-surfside-condo-collapse /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/investigators-getting-closer-to-determining-technical-cause-of-surfside-condo-collapse#respond Tue, 28 Jan 2025 09:00:06 +0000 /?p=428660 Investigators are closing in on determining the technical cause of the collapse of Champlain Towers South, a 12-floor beachfront condominium in Surfside, Fla., in the early-morning hours of June 24, 2021. However, a final report on the tragic collapse is still more than a year away. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/investigators-getting-closer-to-determining-technical-cause-of-surfside-condo-collapse/feed 0 Trump signals 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports could be coming Feb. 1 /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/trump-signals-25-per-cent-tariffs-on-canadian-imports-could-be-coming-feb-1 /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/trump-signals-25-per-cent-tariffs-on-canadian-imports-could-be-coming-feb-1#respond Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:58:47 +0000 /?p=427009 WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump suggested his administration could move ahead with 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs on Canadian imports on Feb. 1.  He delivered the deadline on Monday evening at the White House as he signed a stack of unrelated executive orders.  “We are thinking in terms of 25 per cent on Mexico […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/trump-signals-25-per-cent-tariffs-on-canadian-imports-could-be-coming-feb-1/feed 0 U.S. defense contractor to build 4,000-worker advanced manufacturing facility in central Ohio /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/u-s-defense-contractor-to-build-4000-worker-advanced-manufacturing-facility-in-central-ohio /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/u-s-defense-contractor-to-build-4000-worker-advanced-manufacturing-facility-in-central-ohio#respond Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:00:16 +0000 /?p=426767 COLUMBUS, OHIO  — U.S. defense contractor Anduril Industries is preparing to build a massive advanced manufacturing facility in central Ohio, adding a planned 4,000 jobs to the area’s burgeoning high-tech sector, state officials announced recently. The Cosa Mesa, California-based defense technology company plans to begin construction of what it’s calling “Arsenal 1” as soon as […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/u-s-defense-contractor-to-build-4000-worker-advanced-manufacturing-facility-in-central-ohio/feed 0 Trump is holding off on tariffs, but betting Day 1 moves can cut energy prices and tame inflation /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/trump-is-holding-off-on-tariffs-but-betting-day-1-moves-can-cut-energy-prices-and-tame-inflation /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/trump-is-holding-off-on-tariffs-but-betting-day-1-moves-can-cut-energy-prices-and-tame-inflation#respond Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:41:14 +0000 /?p=426750 WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is holding off on tariffs during his first day and placing a big bet that his executive actions can cut energy prices and tame inflation. But it’s unclear whether his orders will be enough to move the U.S. economy as he promised. Orders coming Monday, including one tied to Alaska, are […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/trump-is-holding-off-on-tariffs-but-betting-day-1-moves-can-cut-energy-prices-and-tame-inflation/feed 0 Multibillion-dollar upgrades proposed for Houston’s NRG Park /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/multibillion-dollar-upgrades-proposed-for-houstons-nrg-park /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/multibillion-dollar-upgrades-proposed-for-houstons-nrg-park#respond Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:25:12 +0000 /?p=425875 NRG Stadium is 22 years old and getting a bit frayed. That’s not surprising given the facility’s hectic 12-month schedule. The good news is that go-aheads have been granted for stadium upgrades, albeit slowly. Just under $3 million for various projects were approved in December 2024, following an earlier approval in November for $35 million […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/multibillion-dollar-upgrades-proposed-for-houstons-nrg-park/feed 0 Biden’s big semiconductor law will ramp up U.S. chip production — but at a high cost, report finds /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/bidens-big-semiconductor-law-will-ramp-up-u-s-chip-production-but-at-a-high-cost-report-finds /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/bidens-big-semiconductor-law-will-ramp-up-u-s-chip-production-but-at-a-high-cost-report-finds#respond Fri, 17 Jan 2025 11:00:03 +0000 /?p=425569 WASHINGTON — A sweeping 2022 law, touted by President Joe Biden as a way to revive U.S. manufacturing of semiconductors and reduce the country’s reliance on foreign-made computer chips, will “sharply increase production’’ of semiconductors in the United States. But it will do so at a high cost and might not deliver the best bang […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/bidens-big-semiconductor-law-will-ramp-up-u-s-chip-production-but-at-a-high-cost-report-finds/feed 0 As flames linger, talk turns to rebuilding Los Angeles neighborhoods leveled by wildfires /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/as-flames-linger-talk-turns-to-rebuilding-los-angeles-neighborhoods-leveled-by-wildfires /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/as-flames-linger-talk-turns-to-rebuilding-los-angeles-neighborhoods-leveled-by-wildfires#respond Thu, 16 Jan 2025 14:20:09 +0000 /?p=425455 LOS ANGELES  — Staggered after one of the most destructive natural disasters in Southern California history, thousands of heartbroken families, burned-out business owners and beleaguered leaders across Los Angeles County are beginning to ponder another monumental task: rebuilding what was lost and charting a path forward. Alex Rosewood and nearly her entire family in Altadena, […]

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]]> /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/as-flames-linger-talk-turns-to-rebuilding-los-angeles-neighborhoods-leveled-by-wildfires/feed 0 Philadelphia 76ers reportedly reverse course, won’t build contentious $1.3B downtown stadium /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/philadelphia-76ers-reportedly-reverse-course-wont-build-contentious-1-3b-downtown-stadium /dcn/news/usa/2025/01/philadelphia-76ers-reportedly-reverse-course-wont-build-contentious-1-3b-downtown-stadium#respond Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:05:34 +0000 /?p=425257 PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers have decided not to build a $1.3 billion downtown stadium, a surprising move that comes just weeks after the team received approval for the controversial project from the city council. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported multiple council members had confirmed the change in plans. The team has struck a deal with […]

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