Skanska USA has set up a “data solutions team” to improve project efficiency, cost certainty, client value, and employee satisfaction. Led by company veterans Will Senner and Amy Jones, it…

A joint venture between Skanska and New York-based civil engineer Halmar International has signed an $868m contract to build a transport hub at JFK International Airport in New York. The…

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has conditionally committed to a $9.2bn loan to a joint venture of Ford and Korean conglomerate, SK On, to build three battery factories, one…

A paper by oceanologists at the University of Rhode Island claims New York will sink by 1-2mm a year under the weight of its buildings. The Weight of New York…

South Korean companies Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution say they will build a $4.3bn plant to make batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) in Savannah, Georgia. It’ll be sited…

New York City is getting its first apartment building to be heated and cooled by its own geothermal plant. Set to be New York’s largest, the system is expected to…

After just seven months on site, work is nearly finished on a high-rise apartment building in Oakland, California that the developer calls the “tallest beamless mass plywood panel structure in…

The first phase of Honolulu’s metro system, a 17.7km line connecting Kualaka`i Station in east Kapolei and the Hālawa Station near Aloha Stadium is due to open to the public…

A team made up of Danish architect Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), Boston’s William Rawn Associates and Nashville-based EOA Architects has won a contract to design a new home for the…

The national security advisers of the US, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and India met on Sunday to discuss building a rail network to link the Gulf states, other Arab countries,…

Construction has begun on a project to turn the Dairy Cattle Barn building in Michigan’s former state fairground into a Detroit transit hub. The 52,000 sq ft building will connect…

Six teams have been shortlisted from 154 entries to a competition to design the modernisation and expansion of the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA). The six teams in the running…

Boston and Philadelphia have entered Arcadis’ ranking of the world’s 10 most expensive cities to build in. It’s the first time the pair appeared in the top 10 since 2018.…

A report by the Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) has estimated that $158bn is needed to fix the US’ non-federal dams, although this falls to $34bn if repairs…

Ferrovial Construction has been selected by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) as the “Best Value Proposer” for the $79m upgrade of an intersection of the I-85 highway in Atlanta.…

A joint venture between Webuild subsidiary Lane Construction and US company Superior Construction has been awarded a $1bn contract to rebuild the Westshore Interchange in Tampa, Florida. The scope of…

The US State Department has broken ground on a US embassy building in Vietnam. The ceremony was held in Hanoi, and attended by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, as well…

Swedish group Skanska has won two contracts in the US, a $67m manufacturing upgrade project and a $60m civil works job in Arizona. Skanska will upgrade a manufacturing facility in…