US-based infrastructure contractor Flatiron, together with its joint venture partner Blythe Development, has secured a contract to build three additional segments of the Winston-Salem Northern Beltway in Forsyth County, North Carolina.
The Los Angeles City Council has authorised a 30-year, $4.9bn contract with LAX Integrated Express Solutions (LINXS) to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the Automated People Mover (APM) project at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
Mosaic Transit Group, a consortium of Aecon Group, ACS Infrastructure Canada and CRH Canada Group, has been chosen by Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario as preferred proponent for the Finch West Light Rail Transit (LRT) project in Toronto, Canada.
Louis Berger, a part of a consortium led by DB Engineering, has secured a project management and construction management services contract, including design review, from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) for Mumbai Metro Line 4 in India.
US-based construction consulting firm Hill International has received a contract from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), India to provide general consultancy services for the $2.26bn Mumbai Metro Line 4 as part of a consortium comprising DB Engineering & Consulting and Louis Berger Consulting.
Network Rail, in partnership with Gatwick Airport, Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership and the Department for Transport, has submitted proposals to Crawley Borough Council for the transformation of Gatwick Airport station.
Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx are seeking bids from potential firms to design build, finance, operate and maintain the GO Rail expansion project in Canada.
The OHL Group, through its Czech unit OHL, has won a €172m contract from the Railway Infrastructure Administration (Sprava zeleznicni dopravni cesty) for the modernisation of the Sudomerice-Votice railway line in the Czech Republic.
UK-based professional services company Turner & Townsend has been appointed to provide commercial services for two major programmes of Highways England, including the A303 Stonehenge scheme.
A consortium of Sacyr, Wills Bros and Somague has been appointed by the UK Department for Infrastructure as the contractor for the construction of the A6 Dungiven to Drumahoe Dualling Scheme in Northern Ireland.
Work has begun on two major upgrades on the M1 Pacific Motorway at Beresfield and between the Kariong and Somersby interchanges in Australia.
Sound Transit has commenced the construction of the on East Link light rail guideway in the BelRed area of Bellevue in the Washington state, US.
Reliance Infrastructure has been awarded Rs.4.41bn ($67.7m) engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the rehabilitation and upgrading of National Highway (NH)-66 (formerly, National Highway - 17) in India.
The Lane Construction, the US subsidiary of Italian company Salini Impregilo Group – has won a $181m design-build contract to widen Interstate 85 (I-85) in Cherokee County, South Carolina, US.
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), Dubai, has awarded two contracts for phases 3 and 4 of roads leading to Expo 2020 project which will cost AED 1.3bn ($354m).
Pacific Highway upgrade between Port Macquarie and Kempsey in Australia has been completed and the last 5km of dual carriageway on the Oxley Highway to Kundabung section is now open to traffic.
Dubai-based DP World has won a 30-year concession for the management and development of a greenfield multi-purpose port project at Banana, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with an option of a 20-year extension.
A partnership of Mott MacDonald and Ramboll, together with architect Pascall+Watson (P+W), has been appointed as design engineers for new arrivals terminal and the redevelopment of the existing terminal at London Stansted Airport.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, city officials and airline partners have signed an $8.5bn agreement to modernise Chicago O’Hare International Airport.
Danish consultancy services provider Cowi has secured a contract to provide the detailed design for the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link bridge in India.