US News
17 years later, Tampa’s Straz Center begins $80 million expansion

17 years later, Tampa’s Straz Center begins $80 million expansion
After years of planning and fundraising, construction has officially started on the $80 million expansion of Tampa, Florida’s Straz Center for the Performing Arts. A groundbreaking ceremony was held April 6 at the center’s grounds along the Hillsborough...
Projects , US News

Trump administration issues order to stop construction on New York offshore wind project
NEW YORK - The Trump administration issued an order Wednesday to stop constructi...
Projects , US News

The $1.8B frontier: SpaceX to build new Gigabay Florida Starship assembly facility
SpaceX is investing $1.8 billion to build a new Starship assembly facility and l...
US News

A’s remain on track for June groundbreaking for Las Vegas stadium
LAS VEGAS — The Athletics are moving toward the next major step in their relocat...
US News
Latest News

17 years later, Tampa’s Straz Center begins $80 million expansion
After years of planning and fundraising, construction has officially started on...
Projects , US News

Trump administration issues order to stop construction on New York offshore wind project
NEW YORK - The Trump administration issued an order Wednesday to stop constructi...
Projects , US News

The $1.8B frontier: SpaceX to build new Gigabay Florida Starship assembly facility
SpaceX is investing $1.8 billion to build a new Starship assembly facility and l...
US News

A’s remain on track for June groundbreaking for Las Vegas stadium
LAS VEGAS — The Athletics are moving toward the next major step in their relocat...
US News

Canada’s LNG industry set to take flight as interest reignites in Alaska megaproject
CALGARY — Hundreds of kilometres up the Pacific coast from where Canada’s first...
US News

Microsoft says it’s ‘slowing’ some AI data center projects, including $1B plan for Ohio
OHIO — Microsoft said it is “slowing or pausing” some of its data center constru...
US News

Trump reverses course on some tariffs but won’t change duties on Canada
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump partially reversed course Wednesday on...
US News

New U.S. import tariffs an additional challenge for Los Angeles fire recovery
The U.S. government has declared sweeping tariffs of 10 per cent on all imports,...
US News

The latest leak in the Keystone oil pipeline continues its troubled history
NORTH DAKOTA — The latest leak in the Keystone oil pipeline in North Dakota on T...
US News

Pennsylvania’s largest coal-fired power plant, now retired, to become gas-powered data center campus
HARRISBURG, PA. — The owners of what was once Pennsylvania's biggest coal-fired...
US News

City to spend $22.5M to fix hurricane-damaged Tropicana Field roof, aiming for Rays return in 2026
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — The once and possibly future home of the Tampa Bay Rays w...
US News

U.S. energy department invites AI data center development at Los Alamos and other federal lands
LOS ALAMOS — The U.S. Department of Energy said it has identified 16 federal sit...
US News

Houston’s convention district begins a $2 billion transformation project
The George R. Brown Convention Center (GRB) in Houston has been described as “a...
US News

$4.6 billion Atlanta toll road project one of the largest in the United States
Designs are being completed for a $4.6-billion project that entails building and...
US News

Big-D Midwest breaks ground on Settler’s Ridge apartments
ST. PAUL, MINN. — Big-D Midwest recently announced construction is underway on p...
US News

Nashville group finds partner in search for land that could become the site of an MLB-ready stadium
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Music City Baseball is teaming with a property company in hop...
US News

San Antonio and Detroit among the U.S. cities most vulnerable to tariffs: report
OTTAWA — San Antonio, Detroit and Kansas City are the three American cities most...
US News

Circuit of the Americas expands for Texans looking for fun in the sun
It’s been over 12 years since the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) first opened ne...
US News

Trump will announce auto tariffs at a White House news conference
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday will announce tariffs on auto...
US News

A year after the Baltimore bridge collapse, a long road to recovery is ahead
BALTIMORE — A year after the catastrophic collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott...
US News

Maryland failed to assess the vulnerability of its Francis Scott Key Bridge long before it collapsed
BALTIMORE — The Maryland Transportation Authority failed to complete a recommen...
US News

IMPACT conference sessions see great interest in AI and mass timber
Approximately 1,200 union workers, contractors, owners and other industry repres...
US News

Life sciences complex slated for Detroit’s ‘fail jail’ site
In local parlance it’s known as the “fail jail” site, a partially constructed ey...
US News

Tariffs on lumber and appliances set stage for higher costs on new homes and remodeling projects
WASHINGTON — Shopping for a new home? Ready to renovate your kitchen or install...
US News

Tampa Bay Rays withdraw from planned $1.3 billion ballpark in St. Petersburg, citing storms, delays
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — The Tampa Bay Rays have withdrawn from a $1.3 billion pro...
US News

Development seeks to transform Grand Rapids’ old industrial site
Factory Yards is an ambitious Grand Rapids, Mich. mixed housing retail and event...
Projects , US News

Facing competition from Big Tech, states dangle incentives and loosen laws to attract power plants
HARRISBURG, PA. — Facing projections of spiking energy demand, U.S. states are p...
US News

Port of Houston readies itself for massive fuel facility developments
The Port of Houston is witnessing a surge in energy facility infrastructure on t...
US News

Chicago hotel a symbol of city’s Pullman rail car heritage
Hotel Florence is a 144-year-old Queen Anne beauty that once graced the company...
US News

One year in, the Titans still on target for finishing their enclosed stadium by February 2027
NASHVILLE, TENN. — The Tennessee Titans are in the midst of a major rebuilding...
US News

PWC-NY survey raises awareness of advantages for women in construction
NEW YORK — A recent survey conducted by the New York chapter of Professional Wom...
US News

Applications open for second cohort of New York City Mass Timber Studio
NEW YORK, N.Y. — The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) has...
US News
Most Read News

‘You, sir, are not a change’: Party leaders target Carney in final election debate
MONTREAL - Liberal Leader Mark Carney spent his first English election debate pr...
Government

The first lawsuit is filed over the deadly nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican Republic
SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC — The first known lawsuit has been filed again...
OH&S

California sues to stop Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom sued the Trump administration...
Economic , Government

Trump administration issues order to stop construction on New York offshore wind project
NEW YORK - The Trump administration issued an order Wednesday to stop constructi...
Projects , US News

Ontario to table legislation that will speed up mine development
TORONTO — Ontario is set to table legislation that it says will speed up the dev...
Resource

Ontario to loosen internal trade, remove barriers on labour mobility
TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is urging all of his fellow premiers to join...
Government

Carney, Poilievre align on pipelines as Trump and trade loom over French debate
OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre ali...
Government

The tariff war impacts on U.S. manufacturing construction
There is no absence of news that should be grabbing our attention these days. Re...