A consortium, led by VINCI Construction (Dodin Campenon Bernard, lead company; VINCI Construction France; VINCI Construction Grands Projets and Botte Fondations), together with Spie batignolles (Spie batignolles Genie Civil and Spie batignolles Fondations), has been awarded a contract by RATP as part of the Grand Paris Express programme.
A consortium comprising BAM-PGGM and Habau has achieved financial close on the Availability Model A10/A24 AS Neuruppin to AD Pankow road project in Germany.The construction volume is €650m.
UK-based rail infrastructure manager Network Rail has unveiled a £47bn, five-year plan to support economic growth, generate jobs and improve railway services in the country.The strategic business plan (SBP) will determine Network Rail’s funding needs for the five years to 2024 (control period 6 (CP6)).
Virgin Hyperloop One, backed by British entrepreneur Richard Branson, has inked an intent agreement with the Indian state of Maharashtra to construct a hyperloop transportation system between Mumbai and Pune.
Canadian design firm Stantec has been selected as the lead engineer for the $1.9bn design-build commuter rail expansion for Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in Nassau County, New York.
Tutor Perini/Parsons, a joint venture between Tutor Perini and Parsons Transportation Group, has secured a $1.41bn fixed-price contract from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for the $2.7bn, one million ft2 Newark Airport Terminal One design-build project.
Highways England has launched a consultation on plans to upgrade the A417 near Birdlip in Gloucestershire on the South West route.
French engineering group Egis along with its local partner Team Consult has been appointed as the project consultant for Bangkok monorail project, Pink Line Monorail.Pink Line, the first monorail project in Thailand, is estimated to cost THB53.5bn (€1.3bn).
Network Rail has published a Strategic Business Plan (SBP) to invest more than £2bn in the Anglia route to enable more trains, faster services and better connections in the five years from 2019–2024.
Hawaii Governor David Ige has announced plans for a new $1.1bn Diamond Head Concourse at the Daniel K Inouye International Airport, also known as HNL.
US-based infrastructure services firm AECOM, along with partner luis vidal + architects, has won a design contract from the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) for the modernisation of Boston Logan International Airport’s Terminal E.
Construction of junction 10a on the M20 near Ashford in Kent, England is set to begin in the first half of 2018 as work will start on setting up a site compound ahead of main construction.
The Australian federal government has given approval of the environmental impact statement (EIS) for the expansion of Townsville Port in Queensland, Australia.
The S2IP consortium has been awarded a contract to the deliver civil project management works for the new rail tunnel link between Lyon and Turin.
Israeli company Shikun & Binui has secured a $309m contract to build an airport in the African country of Uganda.
A joint venture between CPB Contractors and Seymour Whyte Constructions has won a contract to build a 12.5km duplication of the Western Highway between Buangor and Ararat in Australia.
King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) has signed a contract with Metito Saudi (Metito) for the design and construction of a solar powered seawater desalination plant worth SAR220.4m ($58.75m).
A joint venture team of Fluor Corporation has been selected to design-build, finance, operate and maintain the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Automated People Mover project for the Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA).
Ralph L Wadsworth Construction Company (RLW), subsidiary of Sterling Construction Company, has been selected by the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) to revamp a road segment in Salt Lake County, Utah.
Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) has won an EPC contract worth INR8.82bn ($138.47m) from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for the six-laning of Aurangabad to Bihar–Jharkhand border (Chordaha) section of NH-2 in the state of Bihar.