Bechtel Delivers Largest Greenfield Program in Its 118-year History
Following a six-year global design and construction effort, Bechtel announced today it has completed construction of the Curtis Island LNG program with Australia Pacific LNG starting sustained production from Train 2 of its facility. Bechtel has now delivered all six liquefied natural gas (LNG) production trains to three customers – QGC, Santos GLNG, and Australia Pacific LNG – on Curtis Island, off the shore of Queensland, just north of the city of Gladstone. The three simultaneous construc...
Ireland’s Construction Sector is “Missing Out On Much-Needed Female Talent” by Not Addressing Gender Imbalance
DUBLIN – The construction sector in Ireland must improve gender diversity if it is to tackle the industry-wide skills shortage, according to integrated infrastructure services firm AECOM. The current gender imbalance, with men accounting for more than 90% of the sector’s employees, means construction is “missing out on much-needed female talent”, the company warns. More than 50 key decision-makers from Irish construction and property companies recently attended an AECOM workshop to explore w...
CRG AND Venture One Break Ground on New One Million Sq. Ft. Distribution Center at Gateway 57
Co-developers CRG, the real estate development group of Clayco, and Venture One Real Estate broke ground today on a 1,000,560 square-foot distribution center in University Park, Ill. The state-of-the-art 36’ clear cross-dock distribution facility will be occupied by Georgia Pacific upon completion. A joint venture between CRG and Venture One, the Georgia Pacific distribution center is the first building in Gateway 57 Industrial Park in University Park, a 127 acre development located at the n...
Arup and Amey to Design NSW M4 Smart Motorway Project
Arup, working with Amey, will deliver the M4 Smart Motorway project, the first of its kind in New South Wales. The commission includes all technology and civil works, spanning from detailed design through to construction support services. The M4 Smart Motorway project will introduce intelligent technology to monitor traffic conditions, manage congestion and respond to incidents in real-time on the existing M4 Western Motorway. The project aims to increase traffic throughput, with a potenti...
Bouygues TP/Laing O'Rourke JV welcomes Government approval of Hinkley Point C
Yesterday’s announcement by the UK Government of its approval to proceed with construction of the Hinkley Point C new nuclear power station has been warmly welcomed by the project’s main civils works contractor team. The project will be one of the largest infrastructure construction schemes in Europe, and construction will commence shortly with Bouygues TP and Laing O'Rourke (BYLOR), two of Europe’s most dynamic engineering and construction specialists, working together in joint venture to de...
Parsons “Gives Back” by Building a Footbridge in Colombia
PASADENA, CA (September 14, 2016) – Parsons, in partnership with Bridges to Prosperity, recently sent an 11-member team of its infrastructure and construction experts to La Guaya—a small town of 1,000 people outside of Bogota, Colombia—to build a 58-m footbridge over the La Guaya River. The river was impassable in bad weather, requiring the community to take a 2-hour detour to access markets, schools, and medical services. The new bridge provides the La Guaya community with access to necessary s...
Metrolink Second City Crossing on Track as Final Rails are Laid in the City
Main construction works on a new Metrolink line through the heart of Manchester city centre are expected to finish before Christmas, with the final rails now laid. The £165 million Second City Crossing, due to open next year, will allow more frequent, reliable and flexible services to run on the busy tram network, which now hosts more than 35 million journeys a year. Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) opened the first phase of the route, from Victoria Station through...
Jacobs Wins Contract from INEOS for LAO Unit in Texas
PASADENA, Calif. - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today it received a contract from INEOS Oligomers to design and build a large linear alpha olefin (LAO) unit at the INEOS petrochemical complex in Chocolate Bayou, Texas. The LAO unit is expected to come online in November 2018, with a production capacity of 420,000 metric tons per annum. Jacobs is providing engineering, procurement and construction services for the new unit, which is based on proprietary and differentiated...
Gilbane Building Company Begins Construction of the Luxury 1000 Park Avenue Project
Atlanta, Georgia – September 2016 – This signature high-rise residential tower will be located in the heart of the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta. Gilbane Building Company, a leader in construction services and multi-unit construction, is serving as the construction manager for Wood Partners, a progressive multifamily investment firm in Atlanta. The 27-story luxury tower will offer 267 units of apartments and four stories of parking with podium-level parking deck and private garage options....
Imperial College White City Handover
Laing O’Rourke has handed over a £200m science building to Imperial College London. The Translation & Innovation Hub will be located on the college’s 25-acre White City Campus in West London. The new site houses laboratories, incubator and accelerator space as well as flexible office space, and will provide a place for corporate partners, fast-growth companies, spin-outs, start-ups and entrepreneurs to work alongside Imperial academics to grow ideas and translate cutting-edge research into...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
