Avanta Residential has announced the ground-breaking of a new neighbourhood at The Colony outside Austin, the capital of the state of Texas, in the US.
Swedish construction firm Peab has secured a contract worth $14.3m (SEK122m) to rebuild Highway 35 south of Linköping on the stretch between Sandtorpet and Björkåkla.
UK-based construction services provider Willmott Dixon has secured a contract worth £12.8m to construct an operational hub for the Gloucestershire Constabulary.
British construction & regeneration group Morgan Sindall has been shortlisted to deliver the proposed £65m Carlisle Southern Link Road (CSLR) in Cumbria County, UK.
BAM has announced the completion of groundworks for a new polar research building at British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera Research Station, Antarctica.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced the commencement of construction on the $180m Empire State Line, in Niagara and Erie Counties in the US.
Clark Construction Group in collaboration with Reeves Young commences construction on the $67m Canton Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion Project in Canton, Georgia, the US.
Sweden-based property management and construction company Fabege and multinational construction and development company Skanska Sweden are acquiring around 150,000 m2 of land in Solna, Sweden, as potential for urban development has opened up in the area.
A feasibility study by Foster + Partners and COWI has supported the re-opening of Hammersmith Bridge across the Thames in west London, the UK, for pedestrians and cyclists next summer.
The North East Rail Line between Albury-Wodonga and Melbourne has been upgraded, as the main contracted construction works saw completion on the $235m railway project in Victoria, Australia.
Both UK-based, Mace and AFC Energy have joined together in a UK-first strategic partnership to decarbonise the construction industry using hydrogen power.
The Ontario government in Canada is continuing with the Yonge North Subway Extension, as it shifts to the next planning stage.
The UK Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps has announced the cancellation of the Oxford-Cambridge (Ox-Cam) expressway, following confirmation of the project not being cost-effective.
Create Developments, a sister concern of Create Construction, has received planning consent for the construction of the £48m Hampton by Hilton hotel in Trafford, Greater Manchester, in the UK.
Serbia’s focus on secure, climate-friendly and better-connected railway infrastructure development will be supported by the World Bank, as the European nation plans to upgrade its 3,735 km rail network.
The ground-breaking ceremony for the civil construction of Singapore Land Transport Authority’s (LTA) Integrated Train Testing Centre (ITTC) was presided by Minister for Transport Ong Ye Kung.
Perbena Emas, Pansar's subsidiary, has won a construction contract worth $118m to develop the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak’s (Unimas) Teaching Hospital in Kota Samarahan town, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Britain construction firm Taylor Woodrow has inked a pre-construction services deal to support the construction of 10,000 homes at £6bn Meridian Water development in London, UK.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced the ground-breaking for the century old National Urban League’s new headquarters in Harlem.
US-based Clark Construction Group has begun construction on a $271m project to expand Savannah Convention Center in Georgia, US.