California yesterday announced an expansion of its programme to release public land for housing development. The office of Governor Gavin Newsom also launched a web portal to make it easier…

Maryland Governor Wes Moore and the Maryland Department of Transportation this month unveiled the design concept for the new Francis Scott Key Bridge that will replace the one knocked over…

Fluor has appointed chief operating officer Jim Breuer as chief executive effective 1 May, while current chair and CEO David E. Constable will take up the role of executive chairman…

A joint venture between US contractors Tutor Perini and O&G has won a $3.8bn deal to build a prison in Manhattan for New York City’s Department of Design and Construction…

US Secretary of Transportation Sean P. Duffy yesterday ordered the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to investigate whether $4bn pledged by the Biden administration for the California High-Speed Rail project should…

The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), a US trade body, has published its list of America’s best contractors in various fields. The results are judged by the total number of…

US senators are demanding answers from the Trump administration over what they say are damaging consequences for energy infrastructure and housing after deep and sudden staffing cuts at government departments…

A New York State Supreme Court judge has ordered the suspension of the $1bn Kensington Expressway Project in Buffalo because the state’s department of transportation (NYSDOT) did not conduct an…

German construction consultant Drees & Sommer has acquired US project and cost consultant VVA in a bid to expand in North America. Stuttgart-registered Drees & Sommer employs some 6,500 people…

UK architect Heatherwick Studio has designed a redevelopment of the Belvedere, a riverfront park in Louisville, Kentucky. The park, which is the size of four American football pitches, is located…

Skanska has announced the substantial completion of the $19.8m Essex Road Bridge replacement project in San Bernardino County, California for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). Starting in May 2023,…

The US National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and the state of Bavaria will build a radio telescope on top of Germany’s highest mountain. Their Wetterstein Millimetre Telescope will go up…

Arizona’s three biggest utilities have joined forces to assess the feasibility of adding more nuclear generating capacity to the state, news site Arizona Republic reports. The companies – Arizona Public…

Austin, Texas is looking for a construction team to design and build its first light rail system. The body in charge, Austin Transit Partnership (ATP), wants work on a 10-mile…

A joint venture of Tutor Perini and its heavy civil engineering subsidiary, Frontier-Kemper Constructors, has won a $1.18bn contract to dig the Manhattan Tunnel, a project that prepares the ground…

New York’s Mayor’s Office has announced that a $500m renovation and redevelopment project will take place at One and Two UN Plaza, which contains the Manhattan headquarters of the UN…

US house builders have welcomed Donald Trump’s 30-day pause on his plan to impose 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, but they urge more dialogue to make the…

Californian contractor Granite has signed an $88m contract with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to expand a section of the Ortega Highway State Route 74 near to Lake Elsinore.…