North America

Hard Hat Courage initiative reaches 188,000 workers with mental health resources
Published on: 16 September 2025
A major industry initiative aimed at improving mental health support on construction sites in the US has already reached more than 188,000 workers
Canada launches C$13bn programme to tackle housing crisis
Published on: 16 September 2025
New federal agency, Build Canada Homes, to oversee affordable housing construction at scale 
Skanska expands role on university’s US$350m biotech institute
Published on: 16 September 2025
Additional contract goes to Skanska on US$350 million biotech facility build
Energy firms reveal plans to build advanced modular nuclear reactors in UK
Published on: 15 September 2025
A series of new UK-US commercial agreements are set to expand nuclear power development in Britain
Digital twin technology drives sustainability in iTwin4Good student competition
Published on: 15 September 2025
University students worldwide applied Bentley’s iTwin platform to tackle waste, energy, and land-use challenges.
Hyundai battery plant construction restart to take months, after US immigration raid
Published on: 12 September 2025
Construction of battery plant delayed after raids
Idaho airport selects Hensel Phelps for US$700m terminal expansion
Published on: 10 September 2025
Increase in air traffic has prompted a decade-long capital upgrade programme for Boise Airport
EPA plans permitting reforms to speed up US data centre construction
Published on: 10 September 2025
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced plans to reform its New Source Review (NSR) pre-construction permitting rules 
Contractor bags $181.8m Guam missile defence construction deal
Published on: 09 September 2025
Black Construction, a subsidiary of Tutor Perini, has secured a US$181.8m contract for the first phase of a new US missile defence facility in Guam.
Expanded US tariffs threaten €2.8bn of EU construction equipment exports
Published on: 08 September 2025
Expanded US tariffs are expected to impact €2.8 billion of annual EU construction equipment exports to the United States, according to the Committee for European Construction Equipment (CECE).
South Korea to fly 300 arrested Hyundai workers home after US construction site raid
Published on: 08 September 2025
South Korea has negotiated the release of around 300 South Koreans who were detained during a raid on the construction site of a Hyundai EV battery plant by federal enforcement agencies last week.
US construction employment drops again but worker shortages persist
Published on: 08 September 2025
US construction employment fell for the third month in a row in August but construction firms are still seeing shortages of skilled labour
Immigration raids pause construction of Hyundai battery factory in US
Published on: 05 September 2025
Immigration officials in the US have retained up to 450 workers
Fayat Group completes acquisition of LeeBoy
Published on: 05 September 2025
Fayat Group closes the purchase of US-based asphalt paving and maintenance equipment manufacturer 
Trump administration ‘troubled’ by Norway wealth fund’s divestment from Caterpillar
Published on: 04 September 2025
US government comments on sovereign wealth fund’s decision to divest from Cat
Weekly quiz: What are Cat’s increased tariff costs? | Why is US construction spend falling?
Published on: 03 September 2025
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Tariffs and worker shortages prompting deferral, cancellation, shrinking of US projects
Published on: 03 September 2025
Clients on construction projects in the US are choosing to defer, cancel or shrink projects amid ongoing policy uncertainty
VDMA: EU-US tariff deal a ‘slap in the face’
Published on: 01 September 2025
VDMA warns of job losses and an enormous competitive disadvantage for European companies 
Engineers in successful test of mini dam inspection robot
Published on: 01 September 2025
A miniature robot capable of undertaking inspections in dangerous and hard-to-reach areas of dams has completed a successful test in the USA
Caterpillar ups estimate of tariff costs
Published on: 29 August 2025
New tariff rules have increased net costs for the year
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