Far East Consortium and The Co-op have filed a planning application with the Manchester City Council for Angel Meadow, a £235m residential project in Manchester, UK.
Irish building materials firm James Hardie Building Products has unveiled plans to build an advanced fiber-cement building products manufacturing plant in Prattville, Alabama that will entail an investment of up to $220m
Australian construction firm John Holland has secured a contract to refurbish the St Andrew’s Ipswich Private Hospital in Queensland, Australia.
FLSmidth, a Danish engineering services provider, has secured a contract worth over €100m for the construction of cement plantin North Africa.
Developer Downing has submitted plans for the new £75m creative arts building at Leeds Beckett University in Leeds, UK.
Turner Construction has started work on a $120m building that will be home to the Carl H. Lindner College of Business at the University of Cincinnati.
UK-based construction services firm ISG has completed work on a £55m project at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) - creating a new home for the Faculty of Business and Law.
Sacyr Construction, in association with Combined Group Company, has completed the development of a 152-hectare semi-urban zone in Bani Hajer, Qatar.
Shapoorji Pallonji Mideast, part of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, has secured a contract worth AED1.5bn ($408m) from the UAE-based property developer Nakheel to build The Palm Gateway triple tower and beach complex on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah.
University of Central Florida (UCF) has broken ground on the first building on its new campus in Orlando, Florida.
McCarthy has begun construction on a transformation project at the east end of Washington University’s Danforth Campus in St. Louis, Missouri.
UK-based construction firm Balfour Beatty has completed piling work for the £150M residential project, The Madison, in London, UK.
IJM Perennial Development, a joint venture between IJM Corp and Perennial Real Estates Holdings, has unveiled a large-scale integrated mixed-use waterfront development in Penang, Malaysia.
Education Realty Trust (EdR) and Cornell University have broken ground on a new housing project for the university’s graduate and professional students.
Majid Al Futtaim has broken ground on a new AED2.6bn ($707M) shopping mall in Sharjah, UAE.
UK-based Kier Group has been chosen to deliver a new laboratory building in Newcastle, UK.
Swedish property firm Vasakronan AB has signed a SEK2.34bn ($264.5M) long-term loan agreement with Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) for the revamp and construction of green buildings in Stockholm and Gothenburg.
SEIDCO General Contracting has been selected as the main contractor by Dubai Properties for its Bellevue Towers residential project in Dubai [pictured].
Real estate developer HB Reavis has acquired a site in London’s South Bank, known as One Waterloo, with planning permission for an 88,000 sq m development.
Abu Dhabi-based Aldar Properties has selected Trojan General Contracting as the main contractor for the first three precincts of Yas Acres, a flagship development on Yas Island.