Construction

With tight deadlines, construction often doesn't stop for the weather.

With private money at a record level and projects ready to go, the president decides the partnerships are "more trouble than they're worth," leaving states to make their own deals with investors and to hope for federal funding.

Rural America, which supported Trump in the election, could be left out of water and road building investment as states and the president leverage private investment. Trump's plan offers little detail on federal spending and timing. Adding to the uncertainty, a presidential adviser has indicated that states should help themselves.

States, unions, campaign advisers and consultants flood the White House with proposals. The president’s pledge to cut regulations and his condition for funding – “If you have a job that you can’t start within 90 days ... it doesn’t help us” – risks leaving critical construction and repair behind.

Here's where we talk about diminished unions and immigration.

Mass unemployment during the Great Depression led to hundreds of thousands of infrastructure projects all over America.

Dams are costly and have gone out of style. We also know more about their environmental impact.

The heavy-equipment company says it has the “highest integrity.”

The latest innovation in construction recalls Lincoln Logs.