Populous, a 265-room hotel designed by Studio Gang, has opened in downtown Denver. The name is taken from “populus tremuloides”, Colorado’s native aspen, which is also referenced in the colour…

Danish international consultant Cowi last week successfully moved a 290-foot-long steel network-tied arch bridge into place for a complex grade separation project in the city of Corona in southwestern California.…

Four executives and a corporation were sentenced last week in the US state of Georgia for participating in a long-running conspiracy to fix prices, rig bids and allocate jobs for…

The US Small Business Administration (SBA), a federal agency, said this week it has no money left for disaster loans after two destructive hurricanes, Helene and Milton, ripped through southeastern…

Snøhetta’s design for the Far Rockaway Library has opened in the borough of Queens, New York City. The $39m project will act as a community space and educational resource for…

The Biden-Harris administration this week unveiled a series of pledges made by some state and city governments along with cement manufacturers, construction firms, developers and tech companies to use lower-emission…

Google will buy nuclear energy from small modular reactors (SMRs) built and run by California’s Kairos Power as the internet giant races to secure enough clean electricity to power artificial…

Japan’s Kengo Kuma and Associates will be the lead designer for the Global War on Terrorism Memorial, which will be located at the National Mall in Washington, DC, close to…

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) yesterday canceled this year’s annual convention in Tampa, Florida over safety concerns as Tropical Storm Milton is forecast to hit Florida’s west coast…

A team at MIT has published a research paper detailing its work on printing bricks made from recycled glass that can be interlocked like Lego pieces. The use of printing…

A Skanska-led joint venture with McCourt Construction and Aetna Bridge Company has won a $625m design-build contract from the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) to rehabilitate 15 structurally deficient…

Architect Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and landscape architect Scape have announced plans to redevelop a former industrial site on an island in the city of Norwalk, southeast Connecticut. A coal-fired…

UK construction tech startup Automated Architecture (AUAR) is shipping two of its robotic “pop-up micro-factories” to the US in its first foray into automated housebuilding in North America. Packed into…

New Jersey roadbuilder MV Contracting has agreed to pay $950,000 to resolve allegations it represented itself as a disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) to obtain federal contracts, while not accepting any…

The owner of a contractor in West Virginia has been charged with harbouring undocumented workers. If convicted, he faces a lengthy sentence in federal prison. Hetzon Marroquin Reyes, the owner…

The Crow Museum of Asian Art, designed for the University of Texas by American architect Morphosis, has opened in Dallas. The museum will exhibit art from countries such as China,…

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has been chosen to design 17 residential buildings for the New Jersey Performing Arts Centre (NJPAC), which the practice designed in the late nineties. The…

A joint venture led by Skanska has won a $848m contract from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) to expand the Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers. Skanska has…