Among the awards are grants to aid 52 capital construction projects.

Funding will boost 146 climate resilience projects for 102 Tribes and 9 Tribal organizations.  

About $8B of proposed wind and solar projects may be at risk under the new province edict, but 500-MW Buffalo Plains onshore wind generator is set to operate by year-end.

The National Labor Relations Board says it is actively considering next steps in the case.

The proposal includes new $8-billion, five-year program to upgrade FAA facilities, radar systems.

Heavy and civil engineering construction was the strongest sector, adding 12,500 positions in February.

Most of President Joe Biden’s March 7 speech to a joint session of Congress centered on domestic issues, but he also announced one construction-related overseas action.  

The agency aims to strengthen U.S. manufacturers and boost jobs, but removing the 40-year-old general waiver has drawn criticism from industry groups.

Greenhouse gas cuts from already built gas-fired power plants are being addressed in a separate rulemaking, agency chief Michael Regan said, with some in Congress pushing that it be proposed by year end.

Kings Bay naval base, on the Georgia-Florida border, has been the U.S. Navy hub for nuclear ballistic missile submarines since the 1980s, says the team submission, with operations halted for the first time to enable an estimated $627M upgrade of its unique drydock and other infrastructure that was completed last year.