The Department Announces Construction Award for the U.S. Consulate General in Milan
The Department of State has awarded Caddell Construction Company LLC of Montgomery, Alabama the construction contract, managed by Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO), for the new U.S. Consulate General in Milan, Italy. SHoP Architects of New York is the architect. The approximately 10-acre campus will provide a secure, sustainable, and resilient platform for U.S. diplomacy in Milan and across northern Italy. In addition to the new Consulate building, the project includes restoration of the h...
New Sustainable Hybrid Sandwich Elements Combine Concrete and Wood
Hybrid construction offers construction companies a more sustainable way of building without changing their current building methods. Metsä Wood and its partners have designed a hybrid sandwich wall element, which will renew offsite construction. The innovation combines concrete with Kerto® LVL (laminated veneer lumber). The lighter weight of the hybrid sandwich wall elements proved to be a valuable benefit in the first construction project at Metsä Fibre’s Rauma sawmill. Hybrid constructio...
MHTN ARCHITECTS WINS LEARNING BY DESIGN’S GRAND PRIZE FOR WEST BOUNTIFUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
The Student-Centered School Promotes Collaboration, Creativity, and Sustainability SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH— OCTOBER 13, 2021— MHTN Architects, a nationally recognized, multidisciplinary architecture firm specializing in student life and educational design, received Learning By Design’s Grand Prize for designing West Bountiful Elementary School in Utah. The 65,000-square-foot, two-story school features several learning studios with sliding doors and portable furniture to provide more flexibi...
Skanska builds rental apartments in Helsinki, Finland, for EUR 68M, about SEK 690M
Skanska has signed a contract with Union Investment to build rental apartments in Helsinki, Finland. The contract is worth EUR 68M, about SEK 690M, which will be included in the Nordic order bookings for the fourth quarter 2021. The 33-storey building encompasses 288 rental apartments, totaling approximately 18,400 square meters. The building will represent the highest energy efficiency class and include rooftop solar panels that will generate some of the electricity used by the property....
Department of State Breaks Ground on New Office Annex for U.S. Embassy in Bangkok
The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations celebrates the groundbreaking of the new office annex for the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok. Chargé d’Affaires Michael Heath and Director-General Witchu Vejjajiva of the Department of American and South Pacific Affairs, Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs were joined by other distinguished guests for the ceremony. The new project, located on the site of the original Embassy campus across from the current Chancery, will support the continued growth of U.S.–Thai...
The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations Announces Design-Build Award for the U.S. Consulate General in Lagos
The Department of State has awarded Pernix Federal, LLC of Lombard, Illinois the $319 million design-build contract for the new U.S. Consulate General in Lagos, Nigeria. The 12.2-acre site for the new Consulate General is part of Eko Atlantic, a development led by South Energyx Nigeria Limited in collaboration with Lagos State. The location will provide the future diplomatic campus and its neighbors with access to sustainable, modern infrastructure, including an 8.5 km seawall designed to prot...
Skanska builds school in Malmö, Sweden, for about SEK 400M
Skanska has signed a contract with Stadsfastigheter in Malmö to build a new upper secondary school in Malmö, Sweden. The contract is worth about SEK 400M, which will be included in the order bookings for Sweden for the third quarter 2021. The new school will be four stories high and will have a total area of almost 15,000 square meters. The new building includes school premises, a canteen and a café. The upper secondary school will be the first in many years to be built in the city and will h...
The Department of State Dedicates New U.S. Embassy in Maputo
In a display of the enduring friendship and strategic partnership with Mozambique, U.S. Ambassador Dennis Walter Hearne, Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) Managing Director Tracy Thomas, Mozambican Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Ernesto Max Tonela, Maputo City Secretary of State Vicente Joaquim, and Maputo Province Governor Julio Parruque today dedicated the new U.S. Embassy in Maputo, Mozambique. The new campus provides a secure, innovative, sustainable, and resilient p...
Skanska divests office building in Kiruna, Sweden, for about SEK 260M
Skanska has divested an office building in Kiruna, Sweden, to Luleälven Fastigheter AB for about SEK 260M. Construction of the six-storey building will start in 2021 and transfer of the property will take place in connection with completion in 2023. The transaction will be recorded by Skanska Sweden in the Commercial Development stream in the third quarter 2021. The office building, named Börsen H1, will be located on the town hall square in the new Kiruna city center, adjacent the town hall....
Skanska Builds New Hotel in Helsinki Airport
Skanska has signed a contract with KOy Apron to build a hotel developed by LAK Real Estate Oy in Helsinki Airport, Finland. The contract is worth EUR 86M, about SEK 870M, which will be included in the Nordic order bookings for the third quarter of 2021. The hotel will be the largest hotel in Finland with over 700 rooms totaling about 37,800 square meters. It will have five restaurants, spa, gym, and excellent services for meetings and conferences. The building is expected to receive a LEED Go...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
