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Construction and engineering firms that pursue federal infrastructure work will see the benefits flowing from a $21.2-billion boost in infrastructure funds in a newly enacted $1.3-trillion package for fiscal year 2018.
Despite President Trump’s re-tightening U.S. policies toward Cuba, construction industry firms and heavy-equipment makers still hope there will be avenues to provide products and services there.
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For the moment, a San Francisco federal court judge’s April 25 preliminary injunction has stalled President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to make “sanctuary” jurisdictions, which shelter undocumented immigrants, unable to receive federal grants and funds, including billions of dollars for highway construction, seismic upgrades and other public infrastructure projects.