News JCB announces second US factory UK headquartered machinery maker JCB plans to build a 67,000-sq-m factory on a 400 acre plot in San Antonio, Texas. It will be the company’s second in the US following…
News Work begins on Goldman Sachs’ $500m Dallas HQ Construction has begun on an 800,000 sq ft workspace and 1.5 acre urban park at investment bank Goldman Sachs’ Dallas Campus. Some 5,000 employees will work at the building, which…
News In God’s back yard: California’s religious bodies to start building homes Starting next year, churches, mosques, and synagogues in California will be able to build social housing on land they own without environmental or other local planning reviews. A law colloquially…
Innovation Hadrian bricklaying robot upgraded for US market Australian construction robotics company FBR has begun testing the latest iteration of its Hadrian X bricklaying robot. The machine now takes the form of a three-axle truck with a 32m-long…
News Turner to raise the roof with Seattle airport expansion Hochtief’s US subsidiary Turner Construction has won a $399m contract to expand C Concourse at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). Starting next year Turner will nearly triple the concourse’s floor area…
News World’s largest medical complex to have low-carbon concrete extension Mexican cement company Cemex is to provide 20,000 cubic yards of low-carbon concrete for an extension to Houston Methodist’s Centennial Tower, the world’s largest medical complex. Structural work on the…
News Japan’s Sumitomo Forestry to buy US’ JPI for $215m Japanese wooden housing and materials company Sumitomo Forestry has spent $215m to acquire a majority stake in US housebuilder JPI. JPI will keep its name and maintain its headquarters in…
News Four face decades in prison over multi-million dollar cancer fraud Four people have been indicted over a $5-10m extension to a cancer centre in Florida, awarded by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). A reimbursement of $4.8m is being…
News US government to restore Native American sacred site after losing 15-year legal battle The US government has agreed to restore a sacred First Nation site in Oregon after a 15-year battle in the Supreme Court. The Place of Big Big trees, on the…
News Snøhetta’s expansion of Norwegian–American Museum in Iowa is complete The Vesterheim Norwegian–American Museum in Decorah, Iowa, has just been given an 8,000 sq m building designed by Norwegian architect Snøhetta. The Commons, as the extension is called, will contain…
News Mass Timber Studio scheme aims to give NYC designers a love of wood A New York funding body has launched a project to encourage construction professionals in the city to make greater use of mass timber in their buildings. The New York City…
News US earmarks $7.5bn to improve nation’s water infrastructure The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched a $7.5bn fund as part of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA). Low-interest loans will be awarded to infrastructure for…
News Performing arts facility opens at NY World Trade Centre site The Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) has opened, the final public segment of the rebuilt World Trade Center site following the 9/11 attacks. The 138ft-tall, cube shaped PAC NYC…
Companies Perkins & Will opens Philadelphia office Chicago-headquartered architect Perkins & Will has opened an office in Philadelphia, its 23rd in North America. The branch will serve the Northeastern US, with clients based in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland…
News $2bn Americana theme park planned for Oklahoma A $2bn, 1,000-acre development that includes a 125-acre theme park has been planned for northeast Oklahoma, west of Grand Lake on Route 66. The first phase of the American Heartland…
News $1bn in contracts for Ferrovial in Florida and Texas Ferrovial subsidiary Webber has won nine road projects in Texas and Florida together worth more than $1bn. One of the nine is in Florida, to reconstruct one of the busiest…
News Skanska finishes $256m Massachusetts school renovation Skanska has completed the $256m, 451,000-sq-ft renovation and extension of the Belmont Middle and High School in Massachusetts, designed by Perkins & Will. The new four-floor high school will accommodate…
News Skanska wins $834m Washington I-405 corridor contract Skanska has signed an $834m contract with the Washington State Department of Transportation to expand and improve a 7.2km section of the I-405 corridor in Bothell. The project will create…