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…
News Mexico cancels road repair tenders and calls in the army Mexico’s transport ministry has cancelled 559 highway maintenance tenders and asked the army to take on the work instead, newspaper El Economista reports. The cancellation on 6 February appears to…
News Mota-Engil starts 2024 with $1bn of projects in Angola and Mexico Portuguese contractor Mota-Engil has signed three contracts in Angola and another in Mexico together worth $1.1bn. The company’s African subsidiary said Monday that Angola’s public works ministry had picked it…
News Chinese machinery group to ‘generate $5bn investment’ in Mexico Chinese construction machinery group Lingong Machinery (LGMG) plans to build an industrial hub in the northeast Mexican state of Nuevo León that it says will generate $5bn in investment. Mexico…
News Mexico plans to connect Maya Rail with interoceanic line The Maya Railway under construction in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula will connect with a second line being built to link the country’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts, Mexico Daily News reports.
News Mexico revives Querétaro high-speed railway nine years after cancelling it The government of Mexico has hired Canadian rail operator Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) to carry out a feasibility study for a 220km high-speed railway between Mexico City and the…
News Testing of Mexico’s $7.4bn Mayan train line to start in August, president says Mexico’s president Andrés Manuel López Obrador said construction is 80% complete on the 480km stretch of the Maya train line that runs from Campeche to Cancún across the top of…
News Texas company to build $14bn LNG plant in Mexico Texan energy company Mexico Pacific will build a $14bn liquified natural gas (LNG) plant at Puerto Libertad in the Mexican state of Sonora. Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador tweeted…
News 3D home printer Mighty Buildings opens factory in Mexico Californian headquartered prefabricated building company Mighty Buildings will open a 3D printed building factory in Monterrey, northern Mexico, to cater to the US market. It will make all components needed…
News Expansion of Mexico’s Anahuacalli Museum wins 2023 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize The expansion and remodelling of the Anahuacalli Museum in Mexico City by Taller and Mauricio Rocha has been crowned the winner of the 2023 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP).…
News Tesla plans to invest $10bn in world’s largest EV factory US car-maker Tesla is planning to begin work in three months on the world’s largest EV factory in northern Mexico, Reuters reports. Jesus Nava, the mayor of the Nuevo Leon…