Construction companies behind White House ballroom scrub websites

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00:00Now to the White House. Several Maryland-based firms involved in the demolition of the East Wing

00:07and construction of the new 90,000-square-foot ballroom have taken their websites, and in some

00:13cases their social media accounts, offline. That includes Aseco, the demolition company,

00:18whose excavators were seen leveling the East Wing. As CBS News first reported, the firm's

00:24website now reads simply, this site is under construction. Yelp even froze reviews about

00:30hostile posts targeting the company. Another contractor, EAI Roloff, which hauled debris from

00:36the site, replaced its homepage with a simple note, undergoing routine maintenance. Evan

00:42McCrary Architects, the design firm named by President Trump, has stripped its website down

00:47to a single page, just photos and a generic email address. Larger companies like Clark

00:53Construction continue to highlight their role, but the smaller local firms appear to be lowering

00:58their profiles amid growing public backlash over the renovation. The project, privately financed

01:04and valued at roughly $300 million, replaces the former East Wing with what the president

01:10calls a world-class ballroom.