News Construction begins on $100m Chicago film studio A groundbreaking ceremony has been held for Regal Mile Studios in Chicago’s South Side, a 380,000 sq ft project spread across a seven-acre media campus and sound stage, with a…
News Skanska to build science centre in Virginia Swedish contractor Skanska has signed an $80m contract to build a 38,000 sq m science centre at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. The facility will accommodate…
News Sacramento airport plans $1.3bn expansion The Sacramento County Department of Airports has announced a $1.3bn expansion for Sacramento International Airport (SMF). The SMForward programme involves work on six projects, including a $140m pedestrian walkway linking…
News New York raises penalty for negligent site deaths to $500,000 A new law came into effect this month in New York State that raises the maximum fine levied on contractors who cause death or serious injury by negligence from $10,000…
News Italy’s Rina buys Patrick Engineering to enter US infrastructure market Genoa-based consulting engineer Rina has entered the US infrastructure market with the acquisition of Chicago consultant Patrick Engineering. Patrick was founded in 1979 and is active in the America’s transport…
News PAU to design Niagara Falls heritage project around former canal New York-based Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) has been chosen to design the $12m Downtown Niagara Falls Development Strategy, a redevelopment project located around a former canal. The USA…
News Form Energy plans $760m battery factory in West Virginia America’s Form Energy has announced a $760m iron-air battery plant on a 55-acre plot in West Virginia’s northern panhandle. The factory will be built along the Ohio River in the…
News Gaming giant Las Vegas Sands plans multi-billion casino on Long Island New York-listed gaming and resort giant Las Vegas Sands aims to build a multi-billion-dollar casino and resort complex on the site of the recently renovated Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on…
News Skanska to replace 90-year-old bridge in Barstow, CA as city braces for population surge Skanska has won a $30m contract to replace a near-century-old, steel-and-timber bridge over a big rail yard in Barstow, California as the Mojave Desert city braces for a doubling of…
News Balfour Beatty lands major hotel contract in booming Miami Beach London-listed Balfour Beatty has won a contract to build the 17-storey, 800-room Grand Hyatt Miami Beach Convention Center Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. It was appointed by two southern Florida…
News Foster + Partners to design 411m skyscraper for New York finance firm US market maker Citadel Securities has put forward proposals for a supertall tower in New York City, and has hired US architect Foster + Partners to handle the design, the…
News Skanska wins US contracts in Arizona and Virginia worth $201m Swedish contractor Skanska has won two contracts worth a total of $201m, one to build a $103m academic building for Virginia State University, the other for a $98m data centre…
News Webuild wins $218m highway contract in Orlando, Florida Webuild’s US subsidiary Lane Construction has landed a $218m contract to widen and upgrade 6km of Interstate 4 (I-4) in Orange County, Florida. Once completed, the project will reduce traffic,…
News Aecom to study idea for second container terminal in Prince Rupert, BC Aecom will conduct a feasibility and design study for a second container terminal at Canada’s third-biggest port in Prince Rupert, northern British Columbia. The terminal would double the port’s annual…
News Skanska hired to fit more commuters into Grand Central-42nd Street Station Skanska has been commissioned by New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to improve circulation at New York City’s Grand Central-42nd Street Station. It sits next to Grand Central Terminal in…
News Lever Architecture wins Portland Museum of Art expansion The Portland Museum of Art (PMA) in New England has announced that American designer Lever Architecture has won a competition for a $100m campus expansion and unification project. The PMA…
News Harley-Davidson selects Heatherwick Studio for Milwaukee events space American motorbike maker Harley-Davidson has selected UK architect Heatherwick Studio to design a public park at its headquarters in Milwaukee. The project will repurpose the current Juneau Avenue campus into…
News US Highway Administration to spend $2.1bn on “nationally significant” bridges The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has announced that $2.1bn has been awarded to four projects as part of its First Large Bridge Project Grants. Those chosen…