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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Ferrovial on Friday reported an adjusted EBITDA of €1.3bn in 2024, a 38.9% increase year over year in like-for-like terms. Revenue grew 6.7% to €9.1bn, and net profit amounted to…

Intel said on Friday that the opening of two chip-making plants (“fabs”) currently under construction in Ohio will be delayed until 2030 and 2031. The company had initially intended to…

Aecom will act as lead designer for the Phase 2 final design of the $3.57bn East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit system. It’s part of the San Fernando Transit…

Jacobs has won a contract to inspect all 85 bridges on 127 track-miles of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS). MTS racked up 75.6 million passenger trips in the…

The Texas chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has given infrastructure in their state an overall grade of ‘C’ this year, meaning it’s mediocre and requires attention.…

The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has been selected to design a 60,000 sq ft extension to a contemporary art gallery in Manhattan. The New Museum was designed by Japanese…

California yesterday announced an expansion of its programme to release public land for housing development. The office of Governor Gavin Newsom also launched a web portal to make it easier…

Maryland Governor Wes Moore and the Maryland Department of Transportation this month unveiled the design concept for the new Francis Scott Key Bridge that will replace the one knocked over…

Fluor has appointed chief operating officer Jim Breuer as chief executive effective 1 May, while current chair and CEO David E. Constable will take up the role of executive chairman…

A joint venture between US contractors Tutor Perini and O&G has won a $3.8bn deal to build a prison in Manhattan for New York City’s Department of Design and Construction…

US Secretary of Transportation Sean P. Duffy yesterday ordered the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to investigate whether $4bn pledged by the Biden administration for the California High-Speed Rail project should…

The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), a US trade body, has published its list of America’s best contractors in various fields. The results are judged by the total number of…