Building on Shifting Ground: How Trump's Executive Orders Are Shaking Up the Construction Industry

This client alert digest discusses the flood of executive actions issued by President Trump during the first week of his second presidency and their profound effect on the construction industry. Immediate impacts potentially include cost increases and delays arising from tariffs on imports, immigration policies impacting the construction workforce, and the end of regulations and subsidies relating to climate change. 

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• Executive Orders Impacting Construction Tracker (2025)
  Refer to this tracker for up-to-date information on key Trump administration executive orders affecting the construction industry. 

• Trump Defangs Labor Dept.'s Contractor Bias Watchdog
  Read this Law360 article for an overview of President Trump’s executive order titled "Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity," which revokes President Johnson’s 1965 Executive Order 11246. That prior order was a key legal authority enforced by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to promote diversity and police bias among federal contractors.

• Force Majeure Clause (Construction Contract)
  Utilize this clause to address events beyond the parties' control and which may cause project delays and/or contract defaults.

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