Top 400 Contractors say cracks in consumer confidence are becoming more evident as owners cancel some projects and pause others amid confusion over the Trump administration’s “America First” agenda.
Genentech, a South San Francisco, Calif.-based subsidiary of European biotech company Roche Group, plans to build a $700-million manufacturing facility in North Carolina.
Construction on a $341-million water quality improvement project for California’s East Bay Municipal Utility District reached the halfway mark this summer as crews began concrete pours at portions of a large drinking water treatment facility located 65 ft beneath ground level.
General Matter, a nuclear energy firm, has signed a lease with the U.S. Energy Dept. to build a $1.5-billion commercial uranium enrichment facility at a former federal production site in Paducah, Ky.
The $239.5-million rehab of the American River Bridge in Sacramento, Calif., will reach a milestone this month, with the CM/GC joint venture of Granite Construction Inc. and California Engineering Contractors completing final deck pours.
Turner Construction has started building a 46-story commercial office tower on Madison Avenue in Manhattan. The 930,000-sq-ft project, designed by Kohn Pederson Fox, includes an underground entrance that will provide access to Grand Central’s Madison Concourse between 44th and 45th Street.