News Hyundai and LG Energy to build $4.3bn battery plant in Georgia South Korean companies Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution say they will build a $4.3bn plant to make batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) in Savannah, Georgia. It’ll be sited…
News New York gets first geothermal apartment building New York City is getting its first apartment building to be heated and cooled by its own geothermal plant. Set to be New York’s largest, the system is expected to…
News 19-storey plywood tower nears completion in Oakland After just seven months on site, work is nearly finished on a high-rise apartment building in Oakland, California that the developer calls the “tallest beamless mass plywood panel structure in…
News Honolulu metro to open next month The first phase of Honolulu’s metro system, a 17.7km line connecting Kualaka`i Station in east Kapolei and the Hālawa Station near Aloha Stadium is due to open to the public…
News Bjarke Ingels team to design $500m Tennessee Performing Arts Centre A team made up of Danish architect Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), Boston’s William Rawn Associates and Nashville-based EOA Architects has won a contract to design a new home for the…
News US “meets with Gulf States and India” to discuss rail and sea network The national security advisers of the US, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and India met on Sunday to discuss building a rail network to link the Gulf states, other Arab countries,…
News Former Detroit fairground converted into transit hub Construction has begun on a project to turn the Dairy Cattle Barn building in Michigan’s former state fairground into a Detroit transit hub. The 52,000 sq ft building will connect…
News David Chipperfield, Diller Scofidio + Renfro among contenders for Dallas Museum of Art Six teams have been shortlisted from 154 entries to a competition to design the modernisation and expansion of the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA). The six teams in the running…
Markets US dominates league of most expensive cities to build in Boston and Philadelphia have entered Arcadis’ ranking of the world’s 10 most expensive cities to build in. It’s the first time the pair appeared in the top 10 since 2018.…
News $158bn needed to fix America’s dams A report by the Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) has estimated that $158bn is needed to fix the US’ non-federal dams, although this falls to $34bn if repairs…
News Ferrovial in line for $79m crash-reduction upgrade on Atlanta’s I-85 Ferrovial Construction has been selected by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) as the “Best Value Proposer” for the $79m upgrade of an intersection of the I-85 highway in Atlanta.…
News Webuild joint venture lands $1bn Florida interchange contract A joint venture between Webuild subsidiary Lane Construction and US company Superior Construction has been awarded a $1bn contract to rebuild the Westshore Interchange in Tampa, Florida. The scope of…
News US team starts building $1.2bn Hanoi embassy The US State Department has broken ground on a US embassy building in Vietnam. The ceremony was held in Hanoi, and attended by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, as well…
News Skanska wins two US contracts worth $127m Swedish group Skanska has won two contracts in the US, a $67m manufacturing upgrade project and a $60m civil works job in Arizona. Skanska will upgrade a manufacturing facility in…
Markets US contractors group urges more immigration and training as vacancies soar A US contractors group has urged government to reform immigration and boost training as the construction sector’s unemployment rate fell and the total number of job openings hit a near-record…
News US Department of Transport to spend $350m over five years on wildlife crossings A $350m pilot programme has been unveiled by the US Department of Transportation to reduce accidents by building animal crossings above and below roads, and increasing warning signs and tracking…
News Granite to build facilities worth $126m in Guam for US Marines Californian contractor Granite has been awarded a $127m deal to build structures at a US Marine Corp base in the Pacific island of Guam. The task involves building an equipment…
News Skanska lands $111m extension to Oregon hospital contract Swedish contractor Skanska has won a $111m extension to a $63m contract awarded in September 2022 by Oregon Health & Science University. The work involves the university’s hospital in Portland,…