The US Army Corps of Engineers has published a provisional plan to protect the 12km San Francisco waterfront from floods caused by rising sea levels. It gave a rough estimate…

With an eye on 40 more years of growth, the Walt Disney Company is planning to spend up to $2.5bn over the next 10 years to expand its Disneyland Resort…

The US Department of Defence has announced plans to add renewable energy sources to the Pentagon. The building, the world’s second largest office, will be fitted with solar panels and…

Turner Construction has been selected to build a 700,000 sq ft data centre campus for Meta in Jeffersonville, Indiana. The $800m development will contain a number of buildings, and will…

The US Department of Transportation has given a $427m grant to a port and power project in northern California. The money will pay for a terminal at Humboldt Bay, a…

Stands used at the Las Vegas Grand Prix will be repurposed as seating for the 34,000-capacity Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, designed by US architect Populous. The modular stadium will…

A male worker for the has been awarded $40,000 by the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration after a sex discrimination lawsuit found he was paid less than female…

Energy company Saudi Aramco has chosen Spanish engineer Tecnicas Reunidas and China’s Sinopec to build a $3.3bn gas refinery in Saudi Arabia. Tecnicas Reunidas will own 65% of the project,…

Real estate company Matteson Capital has filed a request to increase the height of its mixed-use Legends Tower in Oklahoma 581m, which would make it the tallest building in the…

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has authorised another $2.5bn in private activity bonds for the 218-mile Brightline West high-speed railway planned between Las Vegas, Nevada and just outside Los…

A basketball stadium in North Carolina is to be renovated by a joint venture between contractors Turner and DA Everett, with architect Perkins & Will, consultant CAA Icon and concessions…

Work has been completed on Foster + Partners’ office for the city of Greenville, South Carolina. It is intended to be the “focal point” for a redevelopment programme and the…

Skanska has won a $146m contract from New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority to replace 21 subway escalators throughout the city. The design-build project also sees the company upgrading escalator machine…

A court in California says the city of Beverly Hills must stop approving construction projects because it is not complying with a state law that requires it to offer affordable…

Fourteen people were hospitalised at a construction project in New Haven, Connecticut, after potentially fatal levels of carbon monoxide accumulated in a building undergoing renovation, AP reports.  The cause of…

Japanese house manufacturer Sekisui House has agreed to buy US housebuilding giant MDC Holdings for $4.9bn. Sekisui House said the acquisition would make it the fifth largest housebuilder in the…

A 96-unit apartment complex built with Lego-style, snap-together blocks has opened its doors to residents in Palm Springs, Florida. It was put up by a small crew of unskilled workers…

Clark Construction Group has been selected by the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of Veterans Affairs for a $618m veterans’ health centre in El Paso, Texas. The…