News Funds raised for $1.9bn data centre in Arizona 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…
News University to turn 1980s LA shopping mall into cutting-edge labs The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has bought a disused shopping mall in West Los Angeles for $700m to turn it into a cutting edge research hub. With $500m…
News California website shows progress of every infrastructure project 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…
News Amtrak got $12bn for improvements since November Amtrak and its partners have received just over $2.1bn in grants from the Federal Railroad Administration to improve and expand Amtrak services across the US. Of that, $2bn will go…
News Florida woman sentenced to year in prison and $8.9m repayment A Florida woman has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the US and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). She has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison…
News Construction firm pleads guilty after fatal fall on its property A construction firm in Long Island, New York pleaded guilty on Friday (5 January) to three criminal charges after a worker fell from a roof on the company’s own property…
News Aecom to study bus-rail scheme for LA’s busy Vermont Avenue Los Angeles transit authority LA Metro has picked an Aecom-led joint venture to advance plans for a bus rapid transit system along Vermont Avenue, one of the city’s most congested…
News Gordie Howe bridge is $700m over budget and 10 months late 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…
News $5bn electric vehicle plant accelerates in Atlanta Californian EV maker Rivian has selected Chicago contractor Clayco to build a 1,800-acre manufacturing plant outside Atlanta, Georgia. The company, which makes SUVs and pick-ups, had previously planned to build…
News Skanska wins three contracts in US worth $428m Skanska has won a hospital expansion in Oregon, a Marine Operations Centre in Rhode Island and a war memorial restoration in Tennessee. The schemes have a total value of $428m.…
News US to finance $225m Ukrainian rail link with Europe The US has earmarked $225m for a 75km rail line connecting a future transport hub in Lviv, western Ukraine, to the EU’s Trans-European Network. The memorandum of understanding was signed…
News US construction wages hit $35 an hour 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…
News US grants $6bn to Californian high-speed rail schemes The US Department of Transport has awarded grants worth a total of $6.1bn to two high-speed rail schemes in California. The money was disbursed under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law enacted…
News Hensel Phelps to manage construction of Texan airport terminal US contractor Hensel Phelps has been chosen as construction manager for a 17-gate terminal at San Antonio International Airport. The company will subcontract 85% of the work on the $1bn…
News Studio Gang designs Shakespearian theatre for New York’s Hudson Valley American architect Studio Gang has revealed its design for a theatre campus in the town of Garrison, in New York State. The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival project is anchored by…
News Foster + Partners, Gilbane and CannonDesign chosen for $5bn Minnesota healthcare scheme A team comprising UK architect Foster + Partners and US firms CannonDesign and Gilbane Building have been picked for a $5bn healthcare project in the city of Rochester, Minnesota. Healthcare…
News Dow to build $6.5bn net-zero plastics plant in Alberta The board of US chemical company Dow has given the green light to a US$6.5bn petrochemical plant in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. Dow said the ethylene cracker and derivatives plant will…
News Florida businessman sentenced in $3.5m tax fraud case 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…