News Lever Architecture wins Portland Museum of Art expansion The Portland Museum of Art (PMA) in New England has announced that American designer Lever Architecture has won a competition for a $100m campus expansion and unification project. The PMA…
News Harley-Davidson selects Heatherwick Studio for Milwaukee events space American motorbike maker Harley-Davidson has selected UK architect Heatherwick Studio to design a public park at its headquarters in Milwaukee. The project will repurpose the current Juneau Avenue campus into…
News US Highway Administration to spend $2.1bn on “nationally significant” bridges 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…
News Ferrovial cuts ribbon on $3.6bn toll road in Virginia 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…
News Taiwanese chip maker triples Arizona investment to $40bn 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…
News US modular housing firm Plant Prefab secures $42m for expansion 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…
News Bechtel lands role on Intel’s $20bn chip factory scheme in Ohio 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.
News FAA approves $7bn expansion of Chicago’s O’Hare 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.
News US offers $3bn to support Romania’s nuclear expansion 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…
News Turner Gilbane JV to build “intimidating” new Buffalo Bills stadium 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.
Companies Skanska USA appoints vice president of sustainability Skanska USA has promoted Myrrh Caplan to vice president of sustainability for its building operations.
Projects When the levee breaks: How they made Florida’s great lake safe, for now 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.
News Turner to give Alabama’s Tuskegee University $70,000 a year 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.
News Vietnam begins $520m industrial park amid national prosperity drive Work has begun on a 10-sq-km industrial park in Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Thuan, the Vietnam News agency reports
News Texas reveals $85bn congestion-busting roads plan 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.
Projects Balfour Beatty completes overnight bridge-beam lift in Texas highway overhaul 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.
News Arup-led team wins $73m preliminary design contract for expanded Penn Station 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.
News Spain’s FCC in running to upgrade nine major bridges in Pennsylvania The John Harris Bridge (South Bridge) carries the I-83 over the Susquehanna River into downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (sully213/CC BY-SA 2.0)