News Jacobs builds California’s first wildlife overpass US engineer Jacobs has completed California’s first wildlife overpass as part of the Clinton Keith Road Extension Project in Murrieta in the south of the state. Jacobs planned, designed and…
News Man killed after falling 19 floors A 20-year-old man has died after falling from the 19th floor of a tower reported to be under construction in Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta police said they responded to a report…
News Amtrak boss quits amid White House criticism The chief executive of Amtrak, Stephen Gardner, resigned last week, citing a lack of confidence on the part of the Trump administration. “I am stepping down as CEO to ensure…
News Skanska to demolish and rebuild Florida elementary school Swedish contractor Skanska has signed a $47m contract to demolish and reconstruct parts of an elementary school in Florida. Osceola County hired Skanska to knock down portions of the Reedy…
News Granite Construction to build $70m section of Trump’s border wall US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has selected Granite Construction to build an 11km-long wall in Hidalgo County, Texas, on the Mexican border. The agency said the wall section will…
News Signature architects vie for Missouri art museum extension Six finalists – a veritable who’s who of architects – have been shortlisted for a $160m extension to Kansas City, Missouri’s Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The 61,000-sq-ft expansion will add…
News Kiewit lands $794m I-55 Bridge replacement, biggest in Tennessee history Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has picked Kiewit Infrastructure South to be construction manager for the $794m project to replace the 75-year-old I-55 Bridge over the Mississippi River near Memphis.…
News Aluminium alert: US jobs at risk from 25% tariff on critical metal President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium imported into the US took effect today, with likely cost hikes for construction, and a warning of 100,000 US jobs…
News UNStudio and HKS team win role on Austin’s light railway A team comprising Dutch architect UNStudio, America’s HKS and Denmark’s Gehl, has won a design contract for a 15km-long, 15-station light railway in Austin, Texas. Intended to open in 2033,…
News Skanska wins contracts in Sweden, Norway and California worth $139m Skanska has announced three contract wins: a $47m office in Sweden, a $37m school in Norway and a clinic in California worth $55m. In Sweden, the company will build a…
Markets Trump pauses tariffs after markets slide US President Donald Trump sowed more tariff confusion on Thursday when he paused the 25% tariffs on all goods coming into the US from Canada and Mexico that he put…
News Diller Scofidio + Renfro design ‘monolithic’ timber tower for Boston University New York architect Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) has unveiled its design for a 186ft-tall timber tower for Boston University, the tallest wooden tower in the northeast US. The 70,000…
News Balfour Beatty to build 1,000-bed student hall for University of Texas Balfour Beatty has won a $145m contract to build a 1,070-bed accommodation block for the University of Texas at Austin. The facility will contain single and double rooms with community…
News Work starts on biggest solar farm in US at Hanford nuclear site Solar power developer Hecate Energy has started to build what will be the US’ biggest solar farm on 10,300 acres at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington State, The New…
News New name for Holcim’s US spin-off Swiss cement-maker Holcim will name its new North American spin-off “Amrize”. It will be listed on the New York stock exchange under the ‘‘AMRZ’’ symbol, classed as a domestic issuer…
News Tariffs to cause ‘dire’ affordability crisis in Canada and US, housebuilders warn Housebuilders on either side of the 49th parallel have warned that President Trump’s 25% tariffs on Canadian imports, and Canada’s retaliatory tariffs, would drive up the cost of residential construction…
News Apple to spend $500bn on factories and more across US Apple has announced plans to spend $500bn across 50 US states over the next four years building data centres, corporate facilities, manufacturing spaces and television production studios. It will build…
News TSMC commits $100bn more to make advanced chips in Arizona The world’s biggest chip-maker, Taiwan’s TSMC, announced from the White House last night that it would add $100bn to the $65bn already committed to semiconductor manufacturing in the US, calling…