$657M for Ferries Available From 3 FTA Grant Programs
The Federal Transit Administration announced $657 million in grants to upgrade ferry terminals, launch new routes, and purchase vessels, split across three programs: $105 million for passenger ferries, $98 million for electric or low‑emitting ferries, and $454 million for rural ferry services. The funding, drawn from the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, comes as the law expires on Sept. 30, making these the last federal dollars for ferry projects under the current framework. Applications are due May 11 2026, while separate DOT grants allocate $517 million for bridge rebuilds and $54 million for rural and tribal transportation projects.
Space Industry Campus Location North Of Austin Being Finalized
Developers are finalizing a Cedar Park research campus for the space industry, led by the Central Texas Spaceport Development Corp. The $78‑$108 million project will span 115,000 sq ft across four phases, including a secure information facility, an environmental test lab, a spacecraft building...
$266B in Building Carbon Costs Saved Thanks to BACnet, Study Shows
A University of New Hampshire study commissioned by ASHRAE finds that BACnet‑enabled building automation systems have avoided 1.4 billion tons of CO₂ since 1995, translating to roughly $266 billion in avoided climate costs. The model projects an additional 2.06 billion tons could be...
How Foresight Prevented $100M in Delays and Cut Reporting Overhead by 90% for a Global Data Center Portfolio
Foresight, an AI‑driven portfolio assurance platform, helped a multinational data‑center operator avoid roughly $100 million in construction delays and slash reporting overhead by about 90 %. By consolidating fragmented project data into a single real‑time dashboard, the solution gave executives visibility into...
Latest HS2 Land Disposal Expected to Begin This Year
The UK Department for Transport has appointed Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) as the delivery agent to manage the disposal of land and properties acquired for the cancelled HS2 Phase 2b eastern leg. The programme, covering more than 550 properties, will launch...
Hillwood, PowerHouse Advance $20B Joliet Data Campus as Midwest AI Buildout Accelerates
On March 19, 2026, Joliet’s city council voted 8‑1 to annex roughly 795 acres for a $20 billion AI‑scale data‑center campus backed by Hillwood and PowerHouse. The 24‑building, 6.9‑million‑sq‑ft campus will eventually host up to 1.8 GW of power, positioning it among...
Rolls-Royce SMR Secures Wylfa Contract and £599M Government Loan
Rolls‑Royce SMR has secured a commercial contract with Great British Energy‑Nuclear to lead the technology design for three 470 MW small modular reactors at the Wylfa site in North Wales. The UK government has also pledged a loan of up to...
How HVLS Fans Work with HVAC Systems to Improve Building Efficiency
HVAC systems consume roughly 35% of a building’s energy, and many facilities still run outdated, oversized equipment that creates temperature stratification and inefficiency. In large spaces, uneven air distribution forces HVAC units to work harder, raising costs and emissions. Adding...
El Paso to Build $16M Bus Maintenance Facility
El Paso is allocating $16 million to construct a new bus maintenance facility, replacing the Sun Metro shop damaged by a February 2025 blast. The project, financed through state and federal transit grants, aims to modernize the fleet’s upkeep, improve reliability, and support...
Caterpillar Debuts 150, 160 Motor Graders
Caterpillar unveiled its next‑generation 150 and 160 motor graders at ConExpo 2026, offering lever or joystick control options and a redesigned cab. Both models feature the new C9.3 engine, a nine‑speed transmission, and larger moldboards—12 ft standard on the 150 and 14 ft...
2 Million-Square-Foot Project Baccara Data Center Endorsed for Approval in Maricopa County, Arizona
Project Baccara, a 2‑million‑square‑foot hyperscale data‑center campus backed by DigitalBridge and developed by Takanock, has been endorsed for approval by Maricopa County’s planning and zoning commission. The site will house two one‑million‑square‑foot data centers and a 700 MW natural‑gas power plant,...
Singtel's Nxera and Telekom Malaysia Top Out Data Center in Johor
Singtel’s Nxera data‑center arm announced the topping‑out of the structural phase for its new Johor facility, the first 64 MW segment of a 280 MW campus designed for high‑intensity AI workloads. The joint venture with Telekom Malaysia, TM Nxera, expects the initial phase...
AWS Launches "Project Houdini" To Speed up Data Center Construction - Report
Amazon Web Services announced Project Houdini, a program that shifts most data‑center construction into a factory environment. The initiative uses 45‑foot modular “skids” pre‑installed with power, cooling, cabling, lighting, fire‑suppression and security, allowing sites to be ready in two to...
East West Rail Releases Route-Wide Final Consultation Plan
East West Rail (EWR) has opened an eight‑week, route‑wide public consultation covering the Oxford‑Cambridge corridor, despite the Planning and Infrastructure Act removing the statutory requirement. The consultation, running from 14 April to 9 June, includes 12 in‑person events and online webinars to...
Northwood Ravin Adding to Charlotte’s Providence Row
Northwood Ravin is expanding its Providence Row development in Charlotte with a new phase that will add 144 apartment units and 26 townhomes. The addition will raise the total rental inventory across the site to 829 units, complementing the 326‑unit...
Suffolk Tapped as Construction Manager for $1.2B Student Housing Project
Boston‑based Suffolk Construction has been selected to manage a $1.2 billion, multiphase student housing expansion for California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. The program will deliver roughly 3,600 new beds and renovate about 1,200 existing ones across two new...
Iron Mountain Tops Out Chennai Data Center, India
Iron Mountain celebrated the topping‑out of its Chennai CHN‑1 data center, a 23.2 MW facility that will go live later this year. The campus, built on a 4.3‑acre site in Ambattur, will eventually host two buildings delivering a combined 42 MW of...
Without Data Centers, Nonresidential Construction Would Be Down by 12.7%
Data centers drove March nonresidential construction growth. The Dodge Momentum Index rose 1.8% month‑to‑month, while commercial planning increased 7% overall. Excluding data‑center projects, construction activity would have fallen 12.7% year‑over‑year. The surge in data‑center builds offset declines in institutional, education,...
The LCP Group Originates $104.5M Construction Financing for Savannah Ritz-Carlton
The LCP Group originated a $104.5 million construction financing package for the Ritz‑Carlton Savannah, a 168‑key luxury hotel slated to open in the first quarter of 2028. LCP acted as lead arranger with Knighthead Funding and Siguler Guff, combining historic tax‑credit equity,...
Avison Young Appointed to Manage Typhoo Wharf Development Ahead of BBC’s Move
Avison Young has been appointed to manage the Typhoo Wharf redevelopment in Birmingham, a mixed‑use project that will eventually deliver 800,000 sq ft of residential and commercial space. The scheme includes 84,000 sq ft of new commercial premises for BBC Birmingham and 2,884 sq ft of...
£46M Littleborough Flood Risk Management Scheme Restarts After Winter Pause
The £46 million (≈$59 million) Littleborough Flood Risk Management Scheme has resumed work after a winter pause, aiming to bolster flood defenses for homes, businesses, and critical infrastructure across Greater Manchester. The joint venture between the Environment Agency and Rochdale Council includes...
La Brea Tar Pits to Close on July 6 for Renovation
The Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County announced that the La Brea Tar Pits and Page Museum will close on July 6 for a two‑year renovation. Phase one of a $240 million master plan, designed by Weiss/Manfredi, will expand the...
Construction’s Economic Outlook Is Increasingly Cloudy
Construction activity in early 2026 shows a mixed picture: overall backlog and starts rose, but the gains are almost entirely driven by data‑center projects linked to AI infrastructure. Contractors focused on data‑centers enjoy roughly four months more backlog than peers,...
Rendering Vs. Reality: Affordable Housing at 1435 W. 3rd Street in Westlake
West Hollywood Community Housing Corp is completing the Third Thyme affordable‑housing complex at 1441 W. 3rd Street in Westlake. The eight‑story building offers 104 one‑bedroom senior apartments, including 47 units for formerly homeless residents and two manager suites, while the remaining units target...
Cork Airport to Deliver Ireland’s Largest Solar-Powered Carport
Cork Airport announced Ireland’s largest solar‑powered carport, a 1.7 MW structure with 3,696 photovoltaic panels slated for completion in August 2027. The carport will generate about 1.5 GWh of renewable electricity each year—roughly 20% of the airport’s power needs—and cut CO₂ emissions by...
$5bn Qiddiya High-Speed Rail Extends Project Prequalification Submission Deadline
Saudi Arabia’s Royal Commission for Riyadh City has pushed the pre‑qualification deadline for the $5 billion Qiddiya high‑speed rail (Q‑Express) to 30 April, while the EPC‑Financing deadline stays at 16 April. The PPP‑styled project will run trains at up to 250 km/h, linking King...
Construction Works to Commence on Wylfa on Anglesey Nuclear Power Station in UK
The UK government has approved construction at the Wylfa on Anglesey site, launching a £2.5 bn (≈$3.2 bn) partnership with Rolls‑Royce to build three small modular reactors. The project is expected to create 3,000 construction jobs locally and support about 8,000 jobs...
Ohio Developer Sues ODOT over Forced $390k Road Improvement Demand
Ohio developer Lakefield Place Development LLC sued the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) in federal court, alleging the agency forced it to fund $390,622 in road improvements located more than a mile and a half from its planned 255‑unit subdivision....
Full Building Permit Issued for Development at 1628 W. Division
RDM Companies received a full building permit for a 13‑story, 141‑foot residential tower at 1628 W. Division in Chicago. Designed by Kennedy Mann, the project will contain 121 apartments ranging from studios to three‑bedrooms, plus 131 car and 93 bike parking spaces....
Gauteng Roads Dept Strengthens Internal Delivery Capacity
The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport (GDRT) is shifting to an internally driven delivery model, with the Road D781 project in Ekurhuleni as its flagship. The Heidelberg Construction Office will lead the effort, using in‑house expertise, plant and project‑management...
First Look: Veridian Project to Bring Modern Touch to Central Buckhead
The Veridian Buckhead development in central Buckhead is moving into its first phase, delivering eight high‑end townhomes on 119 Pharr Road. Each 3,500‑sq‑ft unit spans four levels, includes an elevator, rooftop terrace and four‑car garage, and is priced from roughly $2 million....
TDC to Break Ground on Second Phase of Medley in Johns Creek, Georgia
Toro Development Co. (TDC) and Ascentris secured a $90 million construction loan to break ground on Encore, the second phase of the 43‑acre Medley mixed‑use project in Johns Creek, Georgia. Encore will add 408 luxury apartments and 20,000 sq ft of ground‑floor retail,...
How Derome Erects Six-Storey Apartment Blocks in Three Days
Swedish timber maker Derome now erects a six‑storey, flat‑element apartment building in just three days, a speedup from one floor per week when the system launched 15 years ago. The acceleration stems from continuous, incremental refinements across product design, factory...
$409M Roosevelt Bridge Replacement Makes Headway with U.S.-based Parsons as Lead Designer
Parsons Corporation has been named lead designer for the $409 million Roosevelt Bridge replacement spanning Lake Texoma in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation selected the Zachry Construction/Traylor Brothers joint venture to build the new two‑mile, 63‑span structure, while the U.S....
Developer Collapses After Losing Bid to Evade £50m of Kent Infra Projects
London‑based Hodson Developments, the developer of the 5,750‑home Chilmington Green garden town in Kent, entered administration on 24 March after losing a bid to shed £50 million (≈$63.5 million) of section 106 infrastructure commitments. The firm had sought to alter 122 obligations, including a £30 million...
£100M Maintenance Framework Awarded for Kent Highways
Kent County Council has awarded a £100 million (~$125 million) highways maintenance framework split into six lots, each worth roughly £16.6 million (~$20.8 million). The contracts run for three years from 8 April 2026 to 7 April 2029, with an optional two‑year extension to 2031. The framework covers...
The New Mixed-Use Must: Data Centres
UK real‑estate giants are embedding large‑scale data centres into mixed‑use developments to capture AI‑driven demand. Projects such as Reef‑UBS’s Elevate campus in Stevenage will deliver up to 110 MW of power, while Aermont’s £1 bn (£1.25 bn) Pinewood Studios plan adds a 150 MW...
Demand for AI Data Centres Is Soaring – Is Construction Ready?
Global demand for AI‑focused data centres is accelerating, with JLL forecasting the market to double to roughly 200 GW of capacity by 2030, driving a $3 trillion investment cycle. The UK government is courting developers by designating data centres as Critical National...
McAvoy Go-Ahead for £65m Bradford Hospital Overhaul
The UK government has approved a £65 million (≈ $82 million) overhaul of Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust’s mental health facilities, with £50 million (≈ $63.5 million) coming from public funds. McAvoy will build a modular two‑storey ward block and refurbish two existing wards to...
First Cutterhead Rotation on Potomac River Tunnel
DC Water has launched its first tunnel boring machine, Mary, to begin excavating the Potomac River Tunnel, a key component of the $819 million Clean Rivers Program. The slurry TBM, equipped with a 6.4 m diameter cutterhead, will drive northward from West...
St. Kitts and Nevis Tenders Major Solar-Storage Project
St. Kitts Electricity Company (SKELEC) has opened a tender for the island’s first utility‑scale solar‑plus‑storage project, the Basseterre Valley development. The plan calls for 50 MW of solar generation paired with a 30.5 MW/30.5 MWh battery system, marking a major expansion beyond the...
Caterina Tunnel Breakthrough on Calabria HSR Lot 1A
Excavation of the Caterina Tunnel, a little over 1 km long, has been completed on Lot 1A of the Salerno‑Reggio Calabria high‑speed railway in southern Italy. The tunnel was bored using the 1,200‑ton TBM Mireille, equipped with a cutterhead larger than 10 m,...
Feel the Thunder? Oklahoma City’s $900M Continental Coliseum Begins to Form
Oklahoma City broke ground on the $900 million Continental Coliseum, a 750,000‑sq‑ft arena slated to open in late summer 2028 as the new home of the NBA’s Thunder. The project, the city’s most ambitious public construction effort, is financed by a voter‑approved...
Vingroup Launches Hanoi–Quang Ninh High-Speed Railway,Vietnam’s First High-Speed Railway
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Le Minh Hung inaugurated the groundbreaking of the Hanoi‑Quang Ninh high‑speed railway on April 12, 2026. The 120.2‑km line, built by VinSpeed—a Vingroup subsidiary—will operate at up to 350 km/h, slashing travel time between Hanoi and Halong Bay to roughly...
BOMA Canada Report: Commercial Building Owners Slow to Adopt AI Despite Interest
A BOMA Canada survey of 35 commercial‑building owners reveals a stark gap between AI awareness and actual deployment, with only 10% piloting or operating AI systems. Most respondents cite uncertain ROI, aging infrastructure, and a lack of in‑house expertise as...
South Africa's Eskom Selects Thyspunt as Preferred Site for Nuclear Plant Amid Heritage Risk
Eskom has selected Thyspunt on the Eastern Cape as the preferred location for a 5,200 MW nuclear power station, citing better grid access and existing infrastructure. The draft environmental scoping report, prepared by WSP Group Africa, notes no unmitigable environmental constraints...
Vinci Formally Appointed to £100m Derby Regeneration Scheme
Derby City Council has appointed a joint venture of Vinci UK Developments and Ion Developments as its strategic partner to deliver a £100 million (≈$125 million) city‑centre regeneration. The scheme will replace the former Assembly Rooms with three new buildings—DerbyMADE cultural hub, a...
European Toll Road Operators Can Handle the Transition Beyond Concession Maturity
European toll‑road concessions are approaching a critical inflection point, with roughly half of the continent’s network slated to reach maturity by 2035. The commentary notes that traffic volumes remain resilient, growing modestly in line with European GDP, which underpins revenue...
Beyond Winning Work: The Key to Contractors’ Sustained Growth
Contractors expanding into larger, more complex infrastructure projects often outgrow the risk frameworks that served smaller jobs. Misaligned contract language, indemnity clauses, and insurance programs can leave firms exposed to unexpected liabilities, cash‑flow strain, and reduced bonding capacity. American Global’s...
Balancing Control and Efficiency: When to Use Construction Takeoff Services
Construction takeoff services let contractors outsource the detailed material counting that underpins accurate bids. By feeding blueprints and MEP plans to specialized estimators, firms can free internal staff to focus on bid strategy and site management. The model shines when...