California governor Gavin Newsom will use a new law to try and expedite a $2bn mixed-use development with low-income housing near Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles. The 3ha “Fourth…

Webuild’s US subsidiary, Lane Construction, has won a $299m contract to widen the Seminole Expressway and Florida State Road 417, a beltway that circles Orlando. Lane Construction’s scope of work…

The governing board of America’s National Science Foundation (NSF) has set a $1.6bn ceiling on its contribution to the cost of building giant telescopes. The decision means that one of…

American engineer Bechtel will donate $7m to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), to be spent on support for 500,000 construction workers over the next five years. The company…

Danish architect Bjarke Ingels Group and Kansas-based designer HNTB have won a competition to imagine a baseball stadium for the Athletics baseball team. The team, commonly known as the As,…

Construction has begun in Nashvillle on a home stadium for American football team the Tennessee Titans. The $2.1bn New Nissan Stadium will cover 1.7 million sq ft and accommodate up…

The Nieri Department of Construction, Development and Planning at South Carolina’s Clemson University has enjoyed a 100% job placement rate for its undergraduate construction science and management majors for the…

Mercedes-Benz has announced plans to develop an apartment block in Miami, designed by New York’s SHoP Architects on behalf of US real estate company JDS Development Group. “Mercedes-Benz Places” will…

US start-up Solarcycle has announced plans to invest $344m in a factory to make glass for solar panels in Cedartown, Georgia. The aim is to make the solar industry more…

Total construction spending in the US hit $2.1 trillion in January, nearly 12% (11.7%) higher than the figure for January 2023, the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) said Friday.…

As the call for inclusive PPE gains momentum globally, Nyaisha Sullivan delves into the lessons the UK can take from the United States on ensuring PPE inclusivity. Personal protective equipment…

Six people have been accused of running a construction safety training school in the US that issued certificates to some 20,000 students who did not undertake the 40 hours of…

A joint venture of Flatiron, Fred Smith Company, and designer ICE of the Carolinas has won the $449.9m Triangle Expressway Southeast Extension project in North Carolina. It will add 6.6…

A joint venture between Dutch engineer Arcadis, British contractor Mace and American consultant Parsons has been chosen as the delivery partner for the $16bn Hudson Tunnel Project. The scheme involves…

Four executives in Oklahoma have pleaded guilty to rigging bids and fixing prices on more than $100m worth of public transportation infrastructure contracts in the state. Stanley Mark Smith, a…

Skanska has begun modifying the capacity of the lower bowl of New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium to meet FIFA requirements ahead of the 2026 World Cup. New York and New Jersey…

A joint venture between McCarthy Building and JT Vaughn Construction will construction manage a 4.5 million sq ft children’s hospital in Dallas. The 552-bed paediatric campus be an addition to…

Vinci Highways has agreed to buy NWP HoldCo, the company holding the concession for Denver’s tolled Northwest Parkway, a 14-km section of the city’s ring road. NWP HoldCo is currently…