Articles Tagged with ''federal spending''

The FY 2026 NDAA is now law, codifying progressive design-build and multiyear contracting that could reshape how defense agencies procure and deliver military construction projects.

Key infrastructure programs face a slow climb back as agencies tackle large workloads without additional resources.

Pennsylvania landed a rare manufacturing expansion that merges public financing, automation and clean-energy design, potentially remaking the region’s industrial future. 

A limited Volcker Alliance study on asset deferred maintenance exposes broad gaps in state transparency—prompting ENR to dig deeper into capital-budget records. 

Routine inspections, compliance outreach, training, whistleblower investigations and rulemaking are suspended.

Multiple forecasts point to digital infrastructure and southern U.S. markets as key growth engines

The budget reconciliation bill also cuts support for clean energy projects and appropriates funding for some construction projects.

The bill, passed with the vice president's tie-breaking vote, phases out tax credits for EV charging infrastructure next year and for wind and solar projects finished after 2027—but a new clean energy tax is cut, nuclear power gets added incentive and contractors gain a desired tax break

Bill allows project sponsors to pay "opt-in fee" for expedited environmental reviews, and calls for repeal of sections of the Inflation Reduction Act.

A congressional analysis shows President Donald Trump steered Corps of Engineers funding for flood risk reduction projects to states with Republican administrations.