Skanska USA has released its Spring 2026 Construction Market Trends Report analysing material costs, the impact of tariffs, a changing labour market and regional and sector growth across the country.

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Micron Technology has picked Bechtel to build the first phase of what’s billed as the US’ biggest semiconductor plant in Clay, New York. Bechtel will use digital-enabled construction technologies, modularisation…

Detroit-headquartered contractor Wallbridge has broken ground on a $16bn, 1GW data centre called The Barn in Saline, Michigan developed by Related Digital for Oracle and Open AI. The 250-acre campus…

A US consortium of Kiewit, Stacy Witbeck and Herzog has won a contract to install the track, catenary system and communications infrastructure on a 192km stretch of guideway under construction…

A 50/50 joint venture between Webuild’s US subsidiary Lane Construction and Brayman Construction Corporation has signed a $1bn contract to deliver the Ohio River Tunnel clean-water project in Pennsylvania. Located…

Two Democratic representatives, Don Beyer and John B Larson, will introduce a bill to block the construction of President Trump’s 250ft-tall “Triumphal Arch”, planned on Memorial Circle, a roundabout near…

Earlier this month, Eco Material Technologies, the sustainable cement subsidiary of Dublin-headquartered materials giant CRH, opened an expanded materials testing and research facility at its campus in Taylorsville, Georgia. It…

The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) and Amtrak have appointed “Penn Transformation Partners”, a team of Halmar and Sweden’s Skanska, to be master developer for the $6bn renovation of New…

The blockade has sent ripples across the world’s supply chains but, while all eyes are on the price of oil, Gulf states are developing a more resilient infrastructure strategy. Coming…

A joint venture of STV and Turner Construction has won a contract from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to provide construction management services for the first…

Skanska has won four contracts, two in Sweden and two in the US, together worth over $1.4bn. It signed a $1bn design and build contract with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation…

Japanese contractor and materials company Sumitomo Forestry will buy 100% of the shares of Nevada-headquartered Tri Pointe Homes for $4bn. The company claims it is now the fifth largest housebuilder…

US engineering giant Bechtel has created the role of Senior Vice President of Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) Transformation to deliver projects using AI, robotics and digital technologies. Taking up…

Spain’s Ferrovial has landed a $1.078bn contract from the Caribbean District of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to widen and deepen a segment of the Río Piedras channel…

A team of US companies Traylor Bros. and Walsh Construction alongside Sweden’s Skanska has won a $1.29bn contract to build a segment of New York’s Hudson Tunnel Project. It’s the…

Construction has begun on a cricket stadium in California at Pomona, 50km east of downtown Los Angeles, set to host matches in the 2028 Summer Olympics. The globally popular sport,…

US contractor Tutor Perini has been ordered to pay more than $174m in damages for breaching its contract to build a 52-story, 755-room twin hotel development in Philadelphia. According to…

A joint venture of Bouygues Construction subsidiary Americaribe, Suffolk Construction and Florida architectural firm Zyscovich has won two design and build contracts in the US Virgin Islands worth a total…