News Builders welcome Trump’s 30-day tariff pause US house builders have welcomed Donald Trump’s 30-day pause on his plan to impose 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, but they urge more dialogue to make the…
News Trump’s tariffs will stoke US housing crisis, builders say Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on goods imported from Canada and Mexico, announced Saturday, will raise the cost of vital materials used in residential construction and fuel the housing affordability crisis,…
News Mexico celebrates completion of Tren Maya After four years of work, Mexico has completed the 1,540km Tren Maya railway, with recently elected president Claudia Sheinbaum inaugurating the final section on Monday. She opened the seventh and…
News Mexican road workers uncover 1,400-year-old pyramid A road building project in Mexico has uncovered the base of a pyramid that may be about 1,400 years old. The discovery, made in June, was reported by the National…
News Mexico to spend $1.6bn on port expansions Mexico’s new president Claudia Sheinbaum said her government will spend $1.6bn expanding six seaports to promote industrial growth. On the Pacific Coast, the ports of Manzanillo, Ensenada, Lázaro Cárdenas, and…
News California to start building an extra Mexican border crossing California will start work next month on a new port of entry at its border with Mexico, Governor Gavin Newsom said yesterday.
News World Bank lends Mexican developer $301m to build green housing The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank, will lend $301m to a developer in Mexico to build “affordable, green housing”. The loan is going to developer and…
News Mexico to build a million homes buyable with zero-interest mortgages The newly elected president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, has launched a plan to build a million homes people can buy with zero-interest mortgages. Her “Housing and Regularisation Programme” aims to…
News Foxconn to build ‘very, very enormous’ Nvidia plant in Mexico Taiwanese chipmaker Foxconn plans to build one of the world’s largest assembly plants for US tech company Nvidia in Guadalajara, Mexico, Reuters reports. The plant will bundle Nvidia’s GB200 superchips…
News Mexican port plans $600m expansion to tap US ‘nearshoring’ boom The Port of Lázaro Cárdenas on Mexico’s Pacific coast will invest $617m to expand its capacity over the next six years to meet American companies’ growing demand for “nearshoring”, the…
News Mexico’s new president has ambitious plans for infrastructure The newly installed president of Mexico has set out plans to build 3,000km of railways, a million homes, and a series of logistics hubs as part of an ambitious national…
News Italian company wins $100m deal to build Mexican cable-car system Italian cable-car specialist Leitner has won a $100m contract to build a transport system in Morelia, capital of the central Mexican state of Michaocán.
News Winners named for €300m Mexican road project Spanish construction group Rubau and Mexican civil engineer VISE have won a €300m public–private partnership contract to build and maintain a toll road between the towns of Silao and San…
News China’s Sinoboom is building a factory in Mexico Chinese lifting equipment manufacturer Sinoboom has broken ground on a 186,667-sq-m factory in Silao, central Mexico. It will have the capacity to produce 20,000 units a year, including scissor lifts,…
News Vast solar-powered hydrogen plant planned for Mexico Singaporean renewable energy company Aslan Energy Capital plans to build a massive green hydrogen scheme in the northeast Mexican state of Sonora. According to website Mexico Business, the company, which…
News Bobcat breaks ground on $300m factory in Mexico US-headquartered equipment maker Bobcat has broken ground on a $300m, 700,000-sq-ft factory in Mexico. The plant will produce select compact track and skid-steer loader models. It is designed by US-based Shultz + Associates Architects,…
News Construction begins on 190m-tall tower in Guadalajara Construction has begun on “Legend”, a 190m-tall, mixed-use tower in the central Mexican city of Guadalajara. The tower was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) in collaboration with Mexico…
News Construction begins on €800m BMW battery plant in Mexico BMW has announced that construction has begun on an expansion of its factory in San Luis Potosí, central Mexico. The 80,000 sq m extension will make high-voltage batteries for the…