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The White House ballroom project is publicly overseen at the presidential level with President Trump deeply involved in design decisions, while day-to-day delivery is being led by Clark Construction a...
Official U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data say roughly 702 miles of primary barrier and 76 miles of secondary barrier existed prior to January 20, 2025, leaving about 535 miles of the Sout...
Public reporting identifies the design and delivery team for the planned White House ballroom project as McCrery Architects (designer), AECOM (engineer/lead designer firm), and Clark Construction Grou...
Court filings related to the White House East Wing demolition show a contractor dispute in which ACECO alleged contractual problems and nonpayment while court declarations addressed design sequencing ...
Coverage identifies ACECO LLC (a Maryland demolition firm) as the contractor that carried out the East Wing tear‑down and a consortium led by Clark Construction as the prime contractor awarded the lar...
Available reporting shows the White House said the $300 million ballroom and removal of the East Wing are being financed by private donors rather than regular taxpayer appropriations, and the administ...
CBP has publicly awarded at least two sizable Trump-era border‑wall contracts: Granite Construction Co. won a $70.3 million award to build roughly seven miles in Hidalgo County, Texas (Rio Grande Vall...
Available sources name some contractors tied to demolition work and report a range of projected total project costs — but none of the provided articles publish a definitive, sourced list of every firm...
Available reporting identifies ACECO (also written Aceco/ACECO Engineering & Construction / ACECO LLC) as the demolition contractor that carried out the White House East Wing teardown beginning in lat...
Multiple outlets report that Clark Construction Group was named general contractor for the White House “ballroom” replacement/renovation project, with AECOM listed as engineer and McCrery Architects a...
The White House ballroom renovation is being overseen publicly by a team named by the White House: Clark Construction as lead contractor, AECOM as engineer and McCrery Architects as designer, with the...
Available public reporting establishes that (also styled BCCG Joint Venture) is a –based contractor that has received large and “” awards and an IDIQ tasking since 2023, but none of the provided sourc...
Several firms named in coverage of the White House East Wing/ballroom project — notably Clark Construction, AECOM, and ACECO — have long histories of federal work and large government portfolios, and ...
The clearest historical example of White House renovation that required explicit congressional appropriation is President Harry Truman’s postwar reconstruction, for which Congress authorized funding a...
Reporting supplied for this query highlights donors, demolition photographs and industry compliance questions around the White House East Wing project, but does not present or point to specific Federa...
Reporting shows the White House has insisted the East Wing demolition and planned ballroom will be paid for by private donors and the administration released a donor list that several outlets have rep...
Federal procurement for White House construction is governed primarily by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and oversight from the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), which the White H...
Legal fights over environmental reviews and easements, state-federal funding disputes, and use of statutory waiver authority slowed or complicated border barrier work through 2025; DHS waivers in Apri...
Available reporting shows Congress’s top Senate Democrats opened an oversight probe into donors and financing tied to President Trump’s privately funded $300 million ballroom that replaced the East Wi...
The White House has announced a new, privately funded 90,000 sq. ft. ballroom project attached to the East Wing, with the U.S. Secret Service responsible for “necessary security enhancements and modif...