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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

Two construction workers have died after becoming trapped under rubble at JFK International Airport in New York. According to New York and New Jersey Port Authority, the two were “relocating…

UK-headquartered architect Heatherwick Studio has designed a community library for Howard County Libraries in Maryland, USA with a focus on wellbeing and diversity. Located on the central promenade of the…

US battery manufacturer Entek plans a $1.5bn, 340-acre greenfield factory in Terre Haute, Indiana to make lithium battery separator components for electric vehicles. The US Department of Energy granted the…

Californian headquartered prefabricated building company Mighty Buildings will open a 3D printed building factory in Monterrey, northern Mexico, to cater to the US market. It will make all components needed…

A joint venture between UK company Balfour Beatty and local minority-owned contractor Metcon will undertake a $650m expansion programme at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) in North Carolina. The team will…

Nine US states with concrete interstate highways will test sensors developed by Purdue University that tell engineers when a section of road is ready for heavy traffic. Attached to rebar…

Seven contractors have been chosen by the US Navy to carry out some $2.5bn in projects, of which four fifths will be located on the South Pacific island of Guam…

New Jersey-headquartered bridge maker Acrow has supplied two modular steel bridges to keep traffic flowing during a major bridge replacement project on the busy Interstate 91 (I-91) in Northampton, Massachusetts.…

US engineer Jacobs has been awarded a $249m architecture and engineering contract by the US Navy for renovation, repair and the construction of facilities. The job was awarded to Jacobs…

US contractor Kiewit and South African civil engineer Knight Piesold have begun preliminary works on the Klamath River Renewal Project, the largest of its kind in American history. KRRP comments…

Six people have been charged as a result of “Operation Wrecking Ball”, an investigation by Los Angeles’ Lafayette Police Department, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and the District Attorney’s Office.…

Panasonic Energy has picked a joint venture of Turner Construction and Yates Construction to build a $4bn plant for electric vehicle batteries in De Soto, Kansas. The project will take…

Designs have been unveiled for the Indy Eleven, a 20,000-seat soccer stadium that will become the centrepiece of the $1bn Eleven Park neighbourhood, a mixed-use project in downtown Indianapolis. Eleven…