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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Tom Lee park in Memphis, designed by Chicago firm Studio Gang and New York landscape architect Scape, has opened to the public. The 12.5ha green area is named after an…

Californian contractor Granite has won a $215m tunnelling contract in Ohio and a $73m water project in Utah. In Akron, Ohio, Granite will build the 16.5ft-diameter Northside Interceptor Tunnel (NSIT)…

US carbon-negative concrete maker Partanna says it will set up a factory in Saudi Arabia after signing a collaboration agreement with the developer of the $63.2bn Diriyah tourism giga project.…

An upmarket New York contractor has been charged with defrauding its workers and breaking New York’s Workers’ Compensation and Labour laws. Both the All Luxury Contracting Corp and its president…

Demolition work has begun on the future site of an academic library in Charlotte, North Carolina, designed by Norwegian architect Snøhetta and US firm Clark Nexsen. The Charlotte Mecklenburg Library…

Swedish contractor Skanska has completed work on the 72,000 sq ft Joan Perry Brock Centre at Virginia’s Longwood University. The building is named after a local philanthropist and alumni of…