Kennedy Center board approves $257-million overhaul and two-year shutdown as structural deficiencies, legal challenges and funding questions raise uncertainty over project scope and delivery timeline.
New Jersey, Michigan acquisitions by ICE show how building code occupancy rules and FEMA Zone AE designations expand detention retrofit complexity beyond interior fit-out
As the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security acquires warehouses for potential detention use, building code requirements and FEMA Zone AE floodplain rules signal regulatory complexity beyond standard industrial fit-out.
Can municipal water and sewer systems absorb sudden high-occupancy detention conversions, or do peak-day margins and pipe limits dictate expansion first?
A proposed ICE detention center in New Hampshire is causing political turmoil in the region as Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey calls on N.H. Gov. Kelley Ayotte to denounce the project.
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.
The federal government shutdown may be nearing an end after 41 days, but USDOT, EPA, and the Corps face weeks of delays as agencies reopen under tight funding limits by Jan. 30.
The first modern Golden Age of federal public works investment involved building the nation-changing Interstate Highway System starting in 1956, declared finished in 1992. What many considered the second was developed by the Biden administration and authorized by Congress to renew transportation infrastructure and propel transition to.more energy sources—but its fate now is unclear.
Spokeswoman announced reversal of sweeping Office of Management and Budget funding pause mandate to federal agencies, which generated confusion and concern and brought lawsuits and court-imposed restraining order.