News Iran signs nuclear deal with Russia, opens door to US cooperation Russia has agreed to help Iran to build a greenfield nuclear power plant (NPP) and to further expand its existing facility in Bushehr on the country’s Gulf coast, the Mehr…
Perspectives Offshore wind provides jobs, investment and clean power. Trump is killing it On April 16th, 2025, the Trump administration conducted a targeted attack on offshore wind in the US. The Bureau of Ocean Energy management (BOEM) issued a formal and meticulously worded…
News Trump tariff chaos makes Dow pause $8.4bn plant in Canada US chemical producer Dow has pressed pause on its plan to build the world’s first net-zero chemical plant in Canada, broadcaster CBC reports. It was planning to invest US$6.5bn on…
News Plug pulled on more university projects amid funding uncertainty Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri has become the latest US university to halt major construction projects as the Trump administration sows confusion over funding. It hit pause on a…
News Will Trump’s tariffs make a white elephant of Canada’s new bridge to Detroit? Canada’s C$6.4bn Gordie Howe International Bridge linking Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan is due to open in September, but President Trump’s trade war on Canada could make it a white…
News ‘Devastated’: $300m US recycling plant cancelled over tariffs A US company has cancelled plans to build a $300m plastic waste recycling plant in Erie, Pennsylvania, citing concerns about the financial case for the project in light of cuts…
News Siemens rail chief killed in helicopter crash Agustin Escobar, Global CEO of Rail Infrastructure at Siemens Mobility, died with his family yesterday in New York City when a sight-seeing helicopter they were in fell into the Hudson…
News ‘Tulsa’s Stonehenge’ to be completed after agreement of federal grant Work has begun on the reconfiguration of the I-44/US-75 interchange in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The $252m project attracted attention after its first phase left a series of bridge piers locals named…
News LA Rams plan $10bn ‘Rams Village’ in San Fernando valley American football team the Los Angeles Rams have announced plans for a $10bn property development called “Rams Village” in the Woodland Hills district of the San Fernando Valley. The 52-acre…
News Microsoft pauses new data centre construction Microsoft says it will slow or pause work on some data centres currently at an early construction stage. Cloud operations president Noelle Walsh said in a LinkedIn post that the…
News Lawsuit claims ‘cartel’ of big US equipment rental firms inflated rates for years US law firm Berger Montague has filed a class action antitrust lawsuit in Chicago district court against an alleged “cartel” of some of the country’s biggest construction equipment rental companies,…
News Texas legislators debate bill that could derail $30bn high-speed railway The Texas legislature will debate a bill that would make building a high-speed railway in the state more difficult, the Houston Public Media website reports. If passed, “Bill 1402” would…
News JCB boosts size of new Texas factory to cope with Trump’s tariffs UK-based construction machinery maker JCB will increase the size of a new factory being built in Texas to soften the impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs. The company said today that…
News Skanska to replace New Jersey’s Pulitzer Prize-winning bridge for $421m Skanska has signed a $421m contract with the New Jersey Transit Corporation to replace a 435m-long rail bridge in Middlesex County. The scope of work on the Raritan River Bridge…
News Schneider Electric to spend $700m on US expansion French automation and energy company Schneider Electric says it will spend $700m in the US over the next two years developing its manufacturing capacity, digitalisation and energy infrastructure for artificial…
News University halts work on $300m research hub amid Trump funding freeze The University of Arizona (U of A) has stopped construction of an estimated $300m biomedical research hub in downtown Phoenix as the Trump administration slashes university funding. Planned since 2022,…
News Hyundai to spend $21bn in US in next three years South Korean car manufacturer Hyundai says it will spend $21bn in the US between now and 2028 to boost in-country vehicle production, localise supply chains, and improve its energy infrastructure.…
News Developer confirms fatality at 19-storey Atlanta high rise US developer CIM has confirmed that its high rise under construction in Atlanta, Georgia was the scene of a fatality last week, as police released more details of the incident…