Halmar, Skanska partnership named developer for New York Penn Station renovation

Dive Brief: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and the Amtrak Board of Directors on Wednesday named Penn Transportation Partners, a partnership between design, development and construction firms Halmar and Skanska, as the master developer for the New York Penn Station renovation. The $8 billion project includes expanding track capacity, a new Eighth Avenue entrance to a […]

The top commercial contractors of 2026: ENR

Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: For the sixth year in a row, New York City-based Turner Construction is the No. 1 contractor in the country by revenue, according to Engineering News-Record’s 2026 Top 400 Commercial Contractors list released Wednesday. The […]

Construction starts jumped in April as more project types broke ground

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Contractors continued pouring concrete on massive data centers and power plants in April. This time, however, a swath of other kinds of projects also turned dirt. Total starts jumped 9% month over month in April to a […]