Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions, a developer and operator of infrastructure projects for the college and university market and part of Balfour Beatty Investments, has reached financial close on a public-private partnership project to develop an on-campus housing and dining community at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW), US.
Roy Anderson, a subsidiary of construction company Tutor Perini, has won a contract worth approximately $88m from the Charleston County Aviation Authority for a new five-storey, parking garage at Charleston International Airport in Charleston, South Carolina, US.
Nucor, an American company producing steel and related products, has announced plans to build a modern, $1.35bn plate mill in the US Midwest.
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has won a $92m contract from the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to deepen and widen the Corpus Christi Ship Channel (CCSC) from the Gulf of Mexico to Harbor Island, as part of the Channel Improvement Project (CIP).
British packaging company DS Smith has broken ground on a new facility in Lebanon city of Boone County, Indiana, US.
Italian energy firm Enel, through its US renewable subsidiary Enel Green Power North America, has commenced construction on 450MW High Lonesome wind farm in Upton and Crockett Counties, Texas, US.
Juneau Associates has won its first Illinois tollway prime professional services contract for construction observation and management on the I-294 Central Tri-State.
The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) has received a $149m Full Funding Grant Agreement from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the OC Streetcar Project in Orange County, California, US.
The University of Texas at Austin (UT), US, and ArenaCo, a team comprising the Oak View Group (OVG), Live Nation, C3 Presents and Matthew McConaughey, will build a modern, 10,000-seat arena on campus that will be home to Texas Men’s and Women’s basketball games, graduations, concerts and other events.
American real estate developer Presidio Residential Capital and Coastal Community Builders have secured approval from the San Luis Obispo City Council, California, to develop San Luis Ranch, a 131-acre mixed-use community in San Luis Obispo.
Katy Boardwalk District development team has announced plans for a new lakefront destination, which will serve as a hub for entertainment, community and culture, anchored by a full-service conference centre hotel, and a 90-acre nature preserve in Katy, Texas, US.
Crow Holdings Capital-Real Estate (CHC-RE), in partnership with Rob Riner Companies, is developing a new, four-building industrial park in the South Fort Worth submarket in Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), US.
Granite Construction has been selected by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) as the construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC) for the $410m Highway 101 Carpinteria to Santa Barbara project, and for the $113m Cosumnes Bridge Replacement CM/GC project in Sacramento County.
Internet search giant Google has announced that it will invest more than $1bn (£760m) to establish a new campus in Manhattan, New York City.
McLaren Health Care and Michigan State University officials broke ground on a $450m health care campus at the University Corporate Research Park in South Lansing, Michigan, US, marking the beginning of construction on the acute care hospital portion of the project.
A joint venture between Walsh Group subsidiary Archer Western and Herzog Contracting Group has been selected by the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) for a $783m (£598m) contract to design and build the Cotton Belt commuter rail line in Texas, US, with assistance from lead designer Jacobs Engineering.
Ground was broken on Monroe Blocks, a mixed-use development in Detroit, Michigan, and Danish architecture company Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s first project in the US.
Technology company Apple will establish a $1bn new campus in north Austin as part of a major expansion of its operations in the US state of Texas.
US-based Mana Investments and Hunter Street Partners have unveiled plans to transform the vacant Sunset Office Plaza in California, US into a mixed-use project, known as The Well at Sunset.
A joint venture of Fluor and Walsh Construction has won a $1.2bn contract from the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to design and build the $2.1bn Phase One of the Red and Purple Line Modernization (RPM) Program.