Beijing has told a dozen local governments to halt or delay infrastructure projects to limit debt increases, Reuters reports.  Local governments in China have some autonomy in how they implement…

A judge in Hong Kong today ordered one of China’s biggest property developers, Evergrande, to liquidate in light of its more-than $300bn debt burden and failure to come up with…

Luxembourg’s government has offered assistance to elements of its construction industry in the six months between February and July 2024. The two sub-sectors of the industry that are deemed to…

A male worker for the has been awarded $40,000 by the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration after a sex discrimination lawsuit found he was paid less than female…

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has authorised another $2.5bn in private activity bonds for the 218-mile Brightline West high-speed railway planned between Las Vegas, Nevada and just outside Los…

Germany’s plans to base its energy transition on a fleet of hydrogen-fuelled power plants may fall victim to the country’s growing economic malaise, leading to a continued reliance on coal,…

US employers group the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and its Louisiana chapter filed suit this week in federal court to block the Biden administration’s effort to mandate project…

Data centre developer EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure has raised $1.9bn, partly from a “green loan”, to build a facility in Mesa, southern Arizona. The project will be part of a 3.1…

The state of California launched a website yesterday tracking the progress of state and federal infrastructure projects and how taxpayers’ money is being spent on them. The build.ca.gov site aims…

The Gordie Howe cable-stayed bridge under construction between Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan is 10 months behind schedule and C$700m over budget, the authority building it has said. Funded by…

Average wages for US construction site and office workers rose by 5.9% over the year to November, hitting $34.96 an hour, says employers group the Associated General Contractors of America…

An Orlando businessman will serve up to 30 months in prison for conspiracy to defraud the US government of $3.5m in tax revenue. Wendel Algarin was found guilty of aiding…

The final steel beam for 270 Park Avenue has been lifted into place, marking the topping out of JPMorgan Chase’s 423m skyscraper in Manhattan, designed by UK architect Foster +…

Confidence in China’s embattled property sector took another hit this month when a major Shanghai developer revealed it had filed a $1.38bn lawsuit against a steel company accusing it of…

Two luxury homes in Hong Kong owned by Xu Jiayin, the chairman of beleaguered Chinese property developer Evergrande, have been seized by a creditor. Located in the upmarket Peak district,…

Three former executives of a San Francisco planning and design firm have been charged with bribing employees of the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection (DBI). Prosecutors claim they paid…

China has taken steps to restrict the number of public–private partnerships (PPPs) entered into by local government bodies, citing their role in rising debt. Sources familiar with the matter told…

Spanish contractor ACS, Europe’s third largest construction group after Bouygues and Vinci, has hired French banking group Société Générale and Bank of America to sell its services unit, Clece, newspaper…