The biggest jobs in the US and around the world, from groundbreaking to topping out.
A joint venture of Skanska and Stacy Witbeck has started work on the 6.7-mile line in Los Angeles, which is meant to take pressure off traffic in the East San Fernando Valley, according to Construction Dive.
Why it matters: A transit line this size runs for years and spins off a long tail of subcontracts, from utility relocation to track and systems work.
A Gilbane and Turner joint venture has reached the top of the Wadsworth Center Laboratory, a five-story state lab with about 663,000 square feet of space, Global Construction Review reports.
Why it matters: Topping out hands the job to enclosure and interior trades, the busiest stretch for mechanical, electrical and finishing subs on a lab building.
Crews placed concrete on the latest of four deck quadrants over Dyer Avenue and the Lincoln Tunnel Expressway on Oct. 24, ENR reports. The deck, due in 2027, will hold staging during construction and later become green space, while a new building west of the terminal is due by 2030.
Why it matters: This is the first visible piece of a decade-long rebuild of the country's busiest bus terminal, with more phases still to be let.
Audi will make Q7, Q8 and Q9 SUVs at the Middle Georgia Megasite in Peach County, near Macon. ENR reports that grading is planned for 2027 and full construction for 2028, with output of up to 200,000 vehicles a year in the early 2030s and about 4,500 jobs.
Why it matters: Neither the designer nor the contractor has been announced, so every package on this plant is still ahead. Sitework, MEP and specialty subs in the Southeast should start watching now.
Construction Dive's latest roundup follows the big cloud companies pressing on with new campuses while some states consider restrictions and design expectations keep changing.
Why it matters: Data centers are the largest pipeline of electrical and mechanical work right now, and state rules increasingly decide where that work goes.