The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has announced that $2.1bn has been awarded to four projects as part of its First Large Bridge Project Grants. Those chosen…

Spanish infrastructure group Ferrovial opened the 36km I-66 Managed Lanes toll road in Virginia at the end of November, completing one of the biggest public-private partnership (PPP) road projects in…

Taiwanese chip maker TSMC will more than triple its investment in Phoenix, Arizona from $12bn announced in 2020 to $40bn by adding a second factory (called a “fab”) to produce…

Modular housing company Plant Prefab has secured $42m in Series C and other funding to support expansion plans. The latest round was led by the venture capital arm of Brazilian…

Bechtel has won a contract on Intel’s biggest construction project, ever – building two new chip factories in New Albany, Ohio at a cost of $20bn.

Contractors will start a $7.1bn expansion of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport when the ground thaws this spring after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) gave the all-clear this week following an environmental review begun in 2018.

The United States’ Export-Import Bank has signalled interest in offering $3.05bn to support American involvement in building two more reactors at Cernavoda, Romania’s only nuclear power station. Bank president Reta…

A joint venture of Gilbane and Turner, in association with 34 Group, will be construction manager for the Buffalo Bills’ new NFL stadium in Orchard Park, New York State.

Skanska USA has promoted Myrrh Caplan to vice president of sustainability for its building operations.

This year, ground engineering specialist Treviicos expects to finish a decade-long project to shore up the Herbert Hoover Dike enclosing Lake Okeechobee in southern Florida.

Turner Construction, the biggest contractor in the US by revenue last year, will give Alabama’s Tuskegee University $70,000 a year to support students studying for degrees in construction, architecture and engineering.

Work has begun on a 10-sq-km industrial park in Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Thuan, the Vietnam News agency reports

Texas governor Greg Abbott has announced an $85bn, 10-year road building plan intended to improve transportation safety, address congestion and rural connectivity, and preserving roadways.

Balfour Beatty, as part of Colorado River Constructors (CRC) joint venture, achieved a milestone on the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) $674m Oak Hill Parkway project in Austin this month.

Amtrak has hired a team led by UK-headquartered Arup to begin designing the expansion of the United States’ busiest rail hub, New York Penn Station.

The John Harris Bridge (South Bridge) carries the I-83 over the Susquehanna River into downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (sully213/CC BY-SA 2.0)