A joint venture of Salini Impregilo and The Lane Construction has won a $580m contract to build the Northeast Boundary Tunnel (NEBT) project in Washington, DC.
Renewable Energy Systems (RES) is set to move forward with the construction of the Copenhagen Wind Project in New York.
KBJ, a joint venture (JV) of Kiewit Energy Group, Black & Veatch Construction, and JGC US Projects, has won an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Jordan Cove LNG to engineer and construct an LNG export terminal in Coos Bay, Oregon.
Roxul, a producer of stone wool insulation products and part of the Rockwool Group, has unveiled its plan to build a new manufacturing facility in West Virginia, US.
The government of Alberta is set to provide CAD1.53bn ($1.17bn) in funding for the construction of the first stage of Green Line LRT in Calgary.
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (CB&I) has bagged an EPC contract worth $200m to establish two LNG storage tanks for Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass export facility in Southwest Louisiana, US.
Siemens has broken ground on a $300m expansion of Siemens Healthineers manufacturing and R&D facility for laboratory diagnostics in Walpole, Massachusetts.
Waterfront Toronto has secured CAD1.25bn ($962m) in funding from the governments of Canada, Ontario and Toronto for the Port Lands Flood Protection project.
US-based integrated energy firm Entergy has secured an approval from the Louisiana Public Service Commission for the construction of the Lake Charles Power Station, a 994MW combined-cycle power plant in Westlake, Louisiana.
The Los Angeles City Council has given the green light to plans for the George Lucas' Museum of Narrative Art.
Germany-based luxury carmaker BMW has unveiled its plans to invest $600m to expand its Spartanburg manufacturing plant in South Carolina, US.
US-based pharmaceutical firm Pfizer has started construction on its new research and development (R&D) and process development facility in Missouri, US.
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Board has allocated $1.4bn in budget and partnership agreements for extension of San Gabriel Valley’s Metro Gold Line.
Petrochemical company Braskem is set to move forward with the construction of a new polypropylene factory next to its existing production facilities in La Porte, Texas.
The MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada has broken ground on an expansion of its conference centre.
The government of Canada has earmarked funding of up to CAD1.09bn ($820m) for the Ottawa Light Rail Transit Stage 2 Project.
US-based retailer Costco has broken ground on a $300m chicken processing facility in Fremont, US that is expected to generate overall $1.2bn in economic activity in Nebraska.
Skanska has signed a $1.26bn contract with Empire State Development Corporation (ESD) and developers Related Companies and Vornado Realty Trust to transform the James A Farley Post Office in New York into a train hall and commercial complex.
PCL Construction Management has bagged a design-build contract worth CAD1.1bn ($831.8m) for the new Calgary Cancer Centre project in Southern Alberta, Canada.
Salini Impregilo and The Lane Construction have begun construction on the $188m Three Rivers Protection and Overflow Reduction Tunnel (3RPort) in Indiana, US.