News Judge rules Texas law banning mandatory water breaks as ‘unconstitutional’ A judge in Texas has ruled that a June law signed by Governor Greg Abbott that takes away the right of construction workers to water breaks is unconstitutional.
News Funding finalised for Bechtel’s $18.4bn Texas LNG project Funding for the first three trains of the Rio Grande LNG plant in Brownsville, southern Texas, has been confirmed. NextDecade’s facility will have a liquefaction capacity of 27 million tonnes…
News Ferrovial subsidiary wins $200m water contract in fast-growing Pflugerville Ferrovial subsidiary PLW Waterworks has won a $200m contract to build a new wastewater treatment plant in Pflugerville, Texas, a fast-growing suburb of Austin. The plant will treat up to…
News First low-carbon, affordable homes printed in Texas A US-based 3D print construction company, Hive 3D, is printing five affordable homes made with near-zero carbon concrete in the tiny Texas town of Round Top, west of Houston. It…
News Work gets under way on pioneering “shared reality” venue in Dallas Rogers-O’Brien (RO) Construction has begun work on “Grandscape”, a 27m-diameter dome in Dallas that will be lined with LED screens to create an immersive entertainment venue. The “shared reality” project…
News Webber wins three Texas road jobs worth $265m The Texas Department of Transportation has picked Ferrovial subsidiary Webber for three road contracts in Texas worth a combined $265m. One is to expand 5.6 miles of the SL 335…
News Whiting-Turner to pay $1.2m to settle racial harassment suit at Texas data centre project This article contains language and references to actions that some readers may find distressing. Baltimore-based Whiting-Turner Contracting Company has settled a lawsuit with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)…
News Bjarke Ingels Group designs 60-acre Texan campground with printed hotel Danish architect Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and Texan 3D-printing company Icon will design the extension and refurbishment of a 21-acre campground in Marfa, west Texas, for hotelier Liz Lambert. El…
News UNStudio team to design expansion of Texas public transport system A team comprising Dutch architect UNStudio, America’s HKS and Denmark’s Gehl has been selected by the Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) to work on the architecture and urban design of Project…
News US government signs $22bn mobility deal with Austin, Texas The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has established a strategic partnership with the city of Austin, Texas, to develop mobility programmes worth some $22bn.
News Texas announces record-breaking $100bn road improvement plan The Texas Department of Transport (TxDOT) last week announced a 10-year, $100bn road building plan. The investment, a state record, is $15bn more than the 2023 Unified Transportation Programme and…
News Ferrovial strikes water in Texas with plant expansions worth $166m Ferrovial, through PLW Waterworks, has won a $146m contract to expand the wastewater treatment plant in Pflugerville, Texas. The work will nearly double the plant’s current capacity of 113 million…