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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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.

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…

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…

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…

The $232m, 31-acre Compton High School has been completed and will open to 1,800 students this school year in Compton, south of downtown Los Angeles. Andre Romelle Young, also known…

Construction has begun on a $1.3bn terminal expansion at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, which involves adding a new satellite concourse, Concourse D. It will have 19 gates for narrow-body aircraft…

UK-headquartered machinery maker JCB has won a $45m contract to supply 4CX backhoe loaders to the US Marine Corps over the next five years, along with operator training and attachments.…