News Canada launches first rail engineering course amid historic transit boom Canada used to be the only G7 country without a dedicated pathway to a rail engineering degree, but with an explosion in rail transit mega projects now underway, that has…
News Skanska teams up with university to coach small building firms Skanska and the University of South Florida have kicked off the fifth cohort of their joint “Mentor Protégé Program”, a free 12-week course aimed at helping small, local construction businesses…
News Balfour Beatty unveils $338m of US education projects in one week UK-headquartered contractor Balfour Beatty this week announced four education-related projects in the US together worth $338m. Three are residential and hospitality projects in Florida worth $168m, and the fourth is…
News Zaha Hadid Architects designs Uzbekistan science and literature centre UK firm Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has unveiled the design for the Alisher Navoi International Scientific Research Centre in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent. The 23,000 sq m development will…
News Turner Construction wins three US university contracts Turner Construction has won three contracts from three US colleges: the University of California Merced, the University of Kentucky and Case Western Reserve University. In California, Turner will provide construction…
Trends No one leaves without a job: University can’t produce enough construction grads The Nieri Department of Construction, Development and Planning at South Carolina’s Clemson University has enjoyed a 100% job placement rate for its undergraduate construction science and management majors for the…
News OMA’s underground campus chosen for extension to Seoul’s Hongik university Dutch firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has been chosen to design the extension of an urban campus for Hongik University in Seoul. The college, a private facility focusing on…
News “Healing” medical training facility for University of Toronto Dutch architect MVRDV and Canada’s Diamond Schmitt have designed a building for the University of Toronto’s Scarborough Campus. The project will give the Scarborough Academy of Medicine and Integrated Health…
News Work begins on Harvard research district masterplanned by Studio Gang and Henning Larsen Construction has begun on a research, enterprise and innovation centre being developed by Harvard University and real estate company Tishman Speyer in Allston, Boston. The masterplan of the 900,000 sq…
News Skanska wins two contracts worth $198m in Texas and Kentucky Swedish contractor Skanska has won two deals worth a total of $198m: a STEM building for Texas State University and renovation work for the Mercy Health Lourdes Hospital Tower in…
News Nasa and Berkeley to build 36-acre space centre near San Francisco Nasa and the University of California at Berkeley are to collaborate on the development of a 36-acre site in San Jose for research into aviation and space exploration. The 1.4…
News Broad Construction to build Australian robotics and manufacturing centre Australian contractor Broad Construction is to build a Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing Centre in the campus of a Queensland university. Technical and Further Education Queensland (TAFE) is working on the…
News Doors open for CIOB’s 10th Global Student Challenge The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) is once again looking for the next generation of international industry leaders for the 10th annual Global Student Challenge. First launched in 2014, the…
News Skanska expands Virginia’s Longwood University Swedish contractor Skanska has completed work on the 72,000 sq ft Joan Perry Brock Centre at Virginia’s Longwood University. The building is named after a local philanthropist and alumni of…
News Galaxy-inspired design for Smithsonian’s Bezos Learning Centre Chicago architect Perkins & Will has won a design competition for the Bezos Learning Center, a new facility at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. Located…