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.…

Mace Consult will acquire the US cost consultant and project management company Turton Bond for an undisclosed sum. The deal aims to boost Mace Consult’s presence in the Americas, where…

What’s the mood among US project owners right now? We asked George Swetz, Executive Vice President & General Manager of Skanska Integrated Solutions (SIS), based in Boston. The prevailing tone…

American data centre company Quality Technology Services (QTS) has announced a $10bn campus in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Developed in partnership with the City of Cedar Rapids, the 612-acre site will…

Six huge, prefabricated structural modules have been placed onto foundations to form the framework for the first phase of Dallas Fort Worth’s (DFW) new Terminal F. They were moved overnight…

US engineer Jacobs has won a contract to build a car rental building and a transport link to the main terminal at Denver International Airport. The project will consolidate all…

ABB Robotics is working with San Francisco’s Cosmic Buildings to build modular structures on site in Pacific Palisades as the Los Angeles neighbourhood recovers from January’s devastating wildfires. The AI-enabled…