North America

Construction to start Vancouver’s CAD$500mn Stanley Park water tunnel project
Published on: 08 November, 2024
Construction has started on Vancouver’s Stanley Park Water Supply Tunnel project
US university commits $500mn to construction including a space institute
Published on: 08 November, 2024
A US university is committing half-a-billion dollars to construction
UK and US continue interest rate cuts but sound caution on pace of reductions
Published on: 08 November, 2024
Both the Federal Reserve in the US and the Bank of England have cut key interest rates but have sounded caution over the pace of further reductions.
Trimble goes live with machine-guidance module for track loaders
Published on: 08 November, 2024
Trimble has announced new availability of its Trimble Siteworks Machine Guidance Module
US Fed cuts rates again, construction should benefit
Published on: 08 November, 2024
The US Federal Reserve again cut the Federal Funds Rate at its 7 November meeting
New York City’s US$1.45bn coastal resiliency project finishes first phase
Published on: 06 November, 2024
New York City completed the first phase of its billion-dollar coastal project
Contractor receives nearly US$100 million in settlement over Golden Gate Bridge
Published on: 06 November, 2024
A US-based contractor received US$97 million in settlement over work on the Golden Gate Bridge
Wood for data centres? This tech giant is relying on mass timber to achieve carbon goals
Published on: 05 November, 2024
A major tech firm is using mass timber to construct data centres, which it says reduces its carbon footprint
Stellar acquires fuel and lube equipment manufacturer
Published on: 05 November, 2024
Stellar Industries has acquired a fuel and lube equipment manufacturer
US$2.5bn ‘Disney-like’ theme-park project delayed
Published on: 04 November, 2024
A more than US$2-billion plan to build a theme park in Oklahoma, US, has been pushed back
Caterpillar exec: ‘Problem solvers’ required to deliver energy transition solutions
Published on: 04 November, 2024
Speaking at the Power Progress Summit, Caterpillar’s Rob Hoenes emphasized the need to deliver options to meet customers where they are in their energy transition journey
Q&A with Skanska USA’s Scott Cannon on construction’s skills shortage
Published on: 01 November, 2024
Read a Q&A with Skanska’s Scott Cannon on how internships can help support construction’s labour market
US$435 million hospital contract for Skanska
Published on: 31 October, 2024
Skanska has signed a more than US$400-million contract for a hospital build in the US
US firm receives $1bn for California healthcare campus project
Published on: 31 October, 2024
Contractor to build a healthcare campus in California, US, for US$1 billion
Construction sales down for Caterpillar
Published on: 30 October, 2024
Caterpillar Q3 2024 construction sales decline in all regions except one
North America makes up nearly half of Ferrovial’s construction order book
Published on: 30 October, 2024
North America now accounts for nearly half (49%) of Dutch-Spanish infrastructure group Ferrovial’s construction order book.
The year of the bridge: Will the trend to modernise the world’s aging infrastructure continue?
Published on: 30 October, 2024
Bridge construction is booming globally as countries bolster metro connections and modernise their ageing infrastructure, and the trend looks set to continue, reports Mitchell Keller
COWI wins Hudson River engineering contract in New York
Published on: 29 October, 2024
The ground stabilisation work on the Hudson River aims to strengthen the seabed on the east side of the river
Construction of major US lithium production site could power up by 2025
Published on: 28 October, 2024
A project to build a major new lithium-boron production site in the US could start construction in 2025
Tutor Perini subsidiary wins US$1bn New York tunnel project
Published on: 24 October, 2024
A Tutor Perini subsidiary was selected for a billion-dollar tunnel project in New York
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