New York City is getting its first apartment building to be heated and cooled by its own geothermal plant. Set to be New York’s largest, the system is expected to…

Jewellery seller Tiffany & Co has announced the opening of the “Landmark” addition to its flagship 727 Fifth Avenue shop. The 1940 limestone building is often seen as an example…

New York City’s Department of Design and Construction (DDC) yesterday broke ground on a $92m project to build an abandoned animal care centre in the Baychester neighbourhood of the Bronx.…

Six construction companies and eight individuals have been charged with fraud and corruption in the New York area following a wide-ranging investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney. The indictment charges…

The Gilder Center, an extension of New York’s American Museum of Natural History, is opening to the public tomorrow. The centre was designed by local firm Studio Gang with a…

US contractor Tutor Perini has won a $3bn design-and-build contract for a prison in Brooklyn, awarded by New York City’s Department of Design and Construction (DDC). Tutor Perini beat a…

Chicago architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has designed the Climate Exchange, a net-zero campus for Stony Brook University, a New York public research institute. The 400,000 sq ft exchange…

Two construction workers have died after becoming trapped under rubble at JFK International Airport in New York. According to New York and New Jersey Port Authority, the two were “relocating…

A joint venture of the Netherlands’ Arcadis and American civil engineer Vanasse Hangen Brustlin (VHB) has won a $700m contract from New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority to carry out more…

The redevelopment into residencies of an art deco skyscraper in Lower Manhattan has been completed and is now open to the public. One Wall Street, a 1930s office tower designed…

A report from New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) has found that across the state, the construction fatality rate increased from 10.2% to 11.1% per 100,000 workers…

Swedish contractor Skanska has won a construction management deal to build an offshore wind hub, which will be connected to two wind farms. Two offshore wind farms, Empire Wind and…

A new law came into effect this month in New York State that raises the maximum fine levied on contractors who cause death or serious injury by negligence from $10,000…

US market maker Citadel Securities has put forward proposals for a supertall tower in New York City, and has hired US architect Foster + Partners to handle the design, the…

Skanska has been commissioned by New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to improve circulation at New York City’s Grand Central-42nd Street Station. It sits next to Grand Central Terminal in…

Skanska USA has won a $480m contract from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to build the new Jamaica Bus Depot in the borough of Queens in New York City. Starting…

Skanska USA and joint venture partner ECCO III Enterprises have completed the $460m phase one of the New York State Department of Transportation’s (NYSDOT) Hunts Point Interstate Access Improvement program…

A pair of high-rise towers on Brooklyn’s Greenpoint waterfront has been completed for New York real estate companies Brookfield Properties and Park Tower Group. The duo, known as Eagle +…