In a bid to shed non-profitable operations, Stockholm-based contracting giant Skanska AB will reduce its global workforce by 3,000, new CEO Anders Danielsson said on Feb. 2.
According to several sources close to the project, Rhode Island-based Gilbane Building Co. has been chosen as general contractor for the 22-million-sq-ft, $10-billion flat-screen-panel manufacturing campus to be built by Taiwanese electronics maker Foxconn in Mt. Pleasant, Wis. Gilbane.
As the Trump administration weighs restrictions on a critical workforce component, state construction officials are watching the DACA debate carefully.
Tomas Carlsson to boost slumping results at $6.1B constructor; industry loses bridge innovator Cliff Freyermuth, architect Michael Quinn and PR strategist Bruce Ross.
From brick-and-mortar construction projects to providing school meals, U.K. contractor Carillion PLC was a major government supplier before spiraling debt forced it into bankruptcy on Jan. 15.