A judge in Texas has ruled that a June law signed by Governor Greg Abbott that takes away the right of construction workers to water breaks is unconstitutional.

Funding for the first three trains of the Rio Grande LNG plant in Brownsville, southern Texas, has been confirmed. NextDecade’s facility will have a liquefaction capacity of 27 million tonnes…

Ferrovial subsidiary PLW Waterworks has won a $200m contract to build a new wastewater treatment plant in Pflugerville, Texas, a fast-growing suburb of Austin. The plant will treat up to…

A US-based 3D print construction company, Hive 3D, is printing five affordable homes made with near-zero carbon concrete in the tiny Texas town of Round Top, west of Houston. It…

Rogers-O’Brien (RO) Construction has begun work on “Grandscape”, a 27m-diameter dome in Dallas that will be lined with LED screens to create an immersive entertainment venue. The “shared reality” project…

The Texas Department of Transportation has picked Ferrovial subsidiary Webber for three road contracts in Texas worth a combined $265m. One is to expand 5.6 miles of the SL 335…

This article contains language and references to actions that some readers may find distressing. Baltimore-based Whiting-Turner Contracting Company has settled a lawsuit with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)…

Danish architect Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and Texan 3D-printing company Icon will design the extension and refurbishment of a 21-acre campground in Marfa, west Texas, for hotelier Liz Lambert. El…

A team comprising Dutch architect UNStudio, America’s HKS and Denmark’s Gehl has been selected by the Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) to work on the architecture and urban design of Project…

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has established a strategic partnership with the city of Austin, Texas, to develop mobility programmes worth some $22bn.

The Texas Department of Transport (TxDOT) last week announced a 10-year, $100bn road building plan. The investment, a state record, is $15bn more than the 2023 Unified Transportation Programme and…

Ferrovial, through PLW Waterworks, has won a $146m contract to expand the wastewater treatment plant in Pflugerville, Texas. The work will nearly double the plant’s current capacity of 113 million…

US engineer Bechtel has completed work on the Cutlass Solar project, a photovoltaic farm capable of providing 20,000 homes with zero-carbon electricity in Fort Bend, southwest Texas. The development will…

The first phase of a major mixed-use development in the city of Frisco in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area will break ground this week. Texas developer StreetLights Residential is managing…

Swedish contractor Skanska has won a design-and-build contract worth €56m in Houston and will invest €45m in a residential project (pictured) in Helsinki. In the US, Skanska will work with…

Construction has begun on the 100-home Wolf Ranch community in Georgetown, Texas, which is being printed by a“ fleet of robots”. The project was designed by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels…

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) says “productive communications” have now taken place with the builders of the $930m New Harbor Bridge in Corpus Christi amid a dispute over the safety of its design.

Texas governor Greg Abbott has announced an $85bn, 10-year road building plan intended to improve transportation safety, address congestion and rural connectivity, and preserving roadways.