3 ways US President Trump’s flurry of executive orders could impact construction

Mitchell Keller Managing Editor, American Cranes & Transport

17 January 2025

Republican President Donald Trump is being inaugurated to the US’ presidency on 20 January, and he’s expected to sign a record number of executive orders on his first day in office. How will they impact construction?

Answers to that question will come with caveats, as a US president’s executive orders do not have the full effect of law.

However, federal agencies are bound to the directives of executive orders, which have the ‘force of law’. Ultimately, executive orders serve as inter-governmental policy dictations and can have…

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