News Lane bags $337m contract to widen I-85 in North Carolina Webuild Group’s US subsidiary Lane has won a $337m contract to widen a 16km section of the I-85 highway in Gaston County, North Carolina, a busy commuter route in the…
News Engineers shake tallest steel structure for quake resilience Engineers at the University of California San Diego have earthquake-tested a 10-story, 100-foot-tall steel structure, saying it’s the tallest steel structure ever tested with an earthquake simulator, also known as…
News Granite wins $111m Salt Lake City road job Californian contractor Granite has won a $111m contract from the Utah Department of Transportation for road works in the region. Granite’s scope of work includes 5km of rehabilitation work on…
News White House puts Fed chair under pressure over $2.5bn HQ renovation No one welcomes construction disputes, but when the initiator is the President of the United States, it’s even less welcome. Last Thursday, President Donald Trump’s director of the Office of…
News Skanska tops out timber New York AI research building Construction has topped out on Skanska’s Artificial Intelligence and Quantitative Biology building at New York’s Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL). The three-storey building is made from cross-laminated timber and will…
News Balfour Beatty breaks ground on $260m apartment building in Washington, DC UK-headquartered Balfour Beatty has broken ground on a $260m luxury apartment building in southwestern Washington DC for developer Republic Properties. The 356-unit building at 1301 Maryland Avenue South West, called…
News Skanska, FlatironDragados to build $1bn Washington DC rail bridge A joint venture between FlatironDragados and Skanska has landed a $1bn contract from the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority to build the Long Bridge North railway bridge in Washington DC. The…
News Ground breaks on $750m New York hospital expansion Ground has broken on a $750m expansion of White Plains Hospital in Westchester County, New York, designed by architects Payette with Suffolk Construction as construction manager. The 10-storey, 500,000-sq-ft expansion…
News Longest concrete segmental cable-stayed bridge in North America opens in Texas North America’s longest concrete segmental cable-stayed bridge opened to traffic on 28 June. The $1.3bn New Harbor Bridge over the ship channel at the port of Corpus Christi in Texas…
News Turner to manage Foster + Partners’ One Beverly Hills Turner Construction Company has been appointed overall site manager on the 17.5-acre “One Beverly Hills” scheme in Beverly Hills, California, masterplanned by UK-headquartered architect Foster + Partners. Turner will be…
News Contractor sent to prison for stealing workers’ wages The owner of a New York rigging contractor was sentenced to six months in jail and five years probation after pleading guilty to stealing $169,500 from seven of his employees.…
News Trump’s policy chaos is shrinking private construction, employers group says US construction spending in May saw its biggest year-on-year slump in six years as developers delay or cancel projects amid confusion over US President Donald Trump’s policies on tariffs, labour…
News Tutor Perini to redevelop New York’s Midtown Bus Terminal for $1.8bn Tutor Perini has won a $1.87bn contract to construct the Staging and Storage Facility and Ramp Structure components of the Midtown Bus Terminal Redevelopment Program in New York City. Tutor…
Companies FlatironDragados merges three companies into New York civils spin-off Three subsidiaries of contractor FlatironDragados have been spun off to form a civil construction business in New York and New Jersey. The three units concerned – Schiavone Construction, John P…
News Skanska lands $250m Boston airport parking garage contract Skanska has landed a $250m contract from the Massachusetts Port Authority to build a new parking garage at Boston’s Logan Airport Terminal E. Replacing the current garage, the new, 67,400-sq-m…
News Work begins in Milwaukee on ‘world’s tallest’ mass-timber tower Construction has begun on a 31-storey mass-timber building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. According to its developer, Neutral, when complete it will be the tallest of its kind in the world. The…
News Texas Instruments to spend $60bn on seven new US factories American semiconductor maker Texas Instruments (TI) is spending $60bn on seven manufacturing plants on three sites – two in Texas, and one in Utah – which it says will create…
News Skanska starts $98m expansion of Oregon’s Redmond Municipal Airport Skanska this month starts a $98m project to expand Redmond Municipal Airport in Redmond, Oregon. Due to finish in early 2028, the project will add around 7,400 sq m of…