News Designer picked for $2bn New York subway extension Denmark-headquartered design and engineering consultant Cowi has been picked as lead designer for the second phase of the nearly $2bn Second Avenue Subway project in New York City. It will…
News Turner and FlatironDragados’ $2.6bn terminal opens at San Diego airport A joint venture of Hochtief subsidiaries, Turner Construction Company and FlatironDragados, has announced the opening of the new Terminal 1 building at San Diego International Airport (SAN). Work began on…
News US judge halts Trump’s attack on Revolution Wind A judge in Washington, DC on Monday granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s stop-work order against the nearly complete, 704MW Revolution Wind scheme being built off the eastern…
News Microsoft green lights second phase of “world’s most powerful AI” data centre Microsoft has confirmed it will invest an extra $4bn over the next three years at its complex in Fairwater, Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, creating what the company describes as the “world’s…
News ‘Insane and illegal’: States sue over Trump’s halting of Revolution Wind Last month, the Trump administration halted the nearly complete, 704MW Revolution Wind offshore wind project. Now, its developer and two states are suing to overturn what they say is an…
Perspectives Georgia ICE raid fiasco highlights flawed US immigration system Donald Trump justified his global tariff carpet-bombing campaign by saying it would encourage high-tech manufacturers to build factories in the US. But the raid led by US Immigration and Customs…
News Ground finally breaks on 3-billion-can-a-year drinks factory Ground has broken on a 2.3-million-sq-ft production, manufacturing and distribution facility for drinks makers Red Bull and Rauch, and can maker Ball Corporation, in Concord, North Carolina. The site will…
News GSK announces $1.2bn spend on AI and manufacturing facilities across US UK-headquartered pharmaceutical company GSK has announced plans to spend $1.2bn on manufacturing facilities and digital technology in the US. The investment includes building a biologics flex factory powered by AI…
News Tutor Perini to build $960m California children’s hospital Tutor Perini subsidiary Rudolph and Sletten has won a $960m contract to build the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland, California. The 277,500-sq-ft facility will be spread out across seven…
News Skanska lands three US jobs worth $256m Skanska has won three US contracts worth a total of $256m: a $116m job at the University of Virginia, a $73m signing at Longwood University and $67m contract in New…
Companies Bechtel hires veteran US diplomat to lead Central and Mid-East regions Bechtel has appointed US Ambassador Martina Strong as Region President for Central Europe and the Middle East. Strong most recently served as the US ambassador to the United Arab Emirates…
News Californian city to use AI to streamline building permits The city of Lancaster in southwest California has announced plans to use AI to streamline building permits in an effort to reduce planning bottlenecks while fast-tracking approvals, becoming one of…
News Trump changes tune on ‘illegal’ Korean workers after Georgia ICE raid President Trump appeared to show contrition yesterday over the ICE raid on 4 September that resulted in the six-day imprisonment of 317 South Koreans setting up a high-tech EV battery…
News ‘No one is sure where we’re going’: Building in Trump’s America Whether it’s ordering ICE raids on multi-billion-dollar construction sites or slapping huge tariffs on staple, imported materials, Donald Trump may be the most interventionist US president in the post-WWII period, and not in a good way for construction.
News Lawyer for detained workers in Georgia says ICE broke the law An Atlanta lawyer representing seven South Korean workers and five others who were detained last Thursday during a massive raid led by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on a $4.3bn EV battery plant under construction in Georgia has told GCR that ICE’s actions broke federal law.
News Clark, Herzog and more win $2.6bn in Amtrak contracts A trio of teams has won contracts worth a combined $2.6bn for new and upgraded Amtrak facilities in Boston, New York and Washington, DC. The design and build contacts for…
News Site comms system at JFK’s New Terminal One project ‘sets new standard for safety’ The consortium building the $9.5bn New Terminal One project at New York City’s JFK International Airport has installed a wireless emergency notification system that goes beyond what the traditional air…
News 62% of California voters say they want high-speed rail Despite President Trump’s action to cut billions in federal funding for the California High-Speed Rail project, a new poll finds that 62% of registered voters in the state – and…