Construction

A manufacturing worker.

Americans must embrace lifelong learning and training to thrive in the future of work

Ron Painter · July 18, 2019 12:30 pm

How to do infrastructure right

Nicole Gelinas · June 7, 2019 3:00 am

In this June 5, 2014 photo, a Border Patrol agent uses a headset and computer to conduct a long distance interview by video with a person arrested crossing the border in Texas, from a facility in San Diego. Hit with a dramatic increase of Central Americans crossing in South Texas, the Border Patrol is relieving staffing woes by enlisting agents in less busy sectors to process arrests through video interviews.

Here’s how US border officials want to spend $20.8B in 2020

Anna Giaritelli · May 9, 2019 9:35 pm

In this March 2, 2019 file photo, a razor-wire-covered border wall separates Nogalas, Mexico, at left, and Nogales, Ariz.

Army Corps rescinds border wall contract, admits it 'improperly excluded' companies from bidding

Anna Giaritelli · May 9, 2019 7:00 pm

In this Jan. 9, 2019 photo, construction crews install new border wall sections seen from Tijuana, Mexico. The government is working on replacing and adding fencing in various locations, and Trump in February declared a national emergency to get more funding for the wall.

National Security

Construction company sues Army Corps, calls border fence bid process ‘highly flawed’

Anna Giaritelli · May 7, 2019 4:22 pm

Emergency crews work at the scene of a construction crane collapse where several people were killed and several others injured Saturday, April 27, 2019, in the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle. The crane collapsed near the intersection of Mercer Street and Fairview Avenue near Interstate 5 shortly after 3 p.m.

Construction crane collapse kills four in Seattle

Zach Halaschak · April 28, 2019 4:36 pm

French soldiers patrol along the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Friday, April 19, 2019.

Changes for Notre Dame? France debates whether to rebuild or add modern elements

Diana Stancy Correll · April 19, 2019 4:38 pm

Kris Kobach and fellow border hawks join Army Corps in Arizona to see company’s border fence proposal

Anna Giaritelli · April 16, 2019 6:45 pm

Stewart Williams works with a crew removing border-related construction to replace it with a new border wall on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, as seen from Tijuana, Mexico.

US company makes Trump $3.3B border offer: Quick turnaround on 218 miles of steel fence, roads, and tech

Anna Giaritelli · April 3, 2019 12:08 am

A woman walks on the beach Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, next to the border wall topped with razor wire in Tijuana, Mexico.

Mexicans arrested in Tijuana for stealing razor wire from the top of border fence

Anna Giaritelli · March 20, 2019 3:44 pm

Trump officials watch demonstration on how the border wall might be built

Anna Giaritelli · March 14, 2019 4:25 pm

The U.S. Capitol is seen behind some snowmen during a snowstorm.

Blame the weather for February’s weak job growth, not Trump’s economy

James Langford · March 8, 2019 8:02 pm