Construction, infrastructure, engineering and property development news from Kenya, Africa and international markets.
Jeddah Economic Company (JEC) has signed an estimated SR8bn ($2.1bn) contract with the local Saudi Binladin Group (SBG). This is to resume construction work on what will soon be the world’s tallest tower – the 1,000-metre-plus Jeddah Tower…
Major construction is now underway at Amtrak’s King Street Coach Yard in Seattle’s Sodo neighborhood, where a $300 million project is transforming the facility into a state-of-the-art maintenance hub for the upcoming Amtrak Airo fleet. The…
The Museum of Science and History (MOSH) in Jacksonville is one step closer to its visionary riverfront campus, thanks to the city’s approval of $50 million in funding. The city committed $50 million to the project as part of its 2025-29…
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art has chosen Weiss/Manfredi as the lead architect for its new $170 million expansion following a hard-fought international competition. The Board of Trustees of the museum voted on the final choice following a…
The Chicago City Council has greenlit a new LG Group development in the Fulton Market area with a two-tower project at 170 N. May St. and 175 N. Racine Ave. The estimated cost of the whole development will be around $300 million. It is a…
The anticipated multi-billion Iringa-Msembe Road project is underway after the World Bank granted credit to the government of Tanzania. This was through the Ministry of Finance and Planning to implement the Tanzania Transport Integration…
New York has one of the highest electricity prices in the United States and as such, it has made various efforts to encourage people to move to renewable energy in a bid to help reduce prices. There are a number of programs that have been…
Gaithersburg Approves $1.2B Lakeforest Mall Redevelopment Project. WRS Inc. won final discretionary approval from Gaithersburg city lawmakers to redevelop the shuttered Lakeforest Mall with a massive, $1.2 billion mixed-use project.…
The WestConnex Project is a major transport infrastructure development being implemented in Sydney, Australia’s largest city. This mammoth project is designed to help address traffic jams, cut travel time, and improve linkages between…
Bellwether Onshore Wind Farm by Acciona Energía is being developed as a flagship renewable energy hub for Western Australia’s Wheatbelt, targeting around 3 GW of capacity sited across 100,000 hectares of agricultural land in the shires of…
LaGuardia Airport has also been undergoing massive upgrade that has cost $8 billion to convert the airport into a first world airport. The renovation works were completed in 2022 to solve numerous problems, and Flightradar24 users pointed…
The Grand Paris Express is Europe’s largest current infrastructure project, a massive expansion of the Paris rapid transit network that aims to transform the Greater Paris region. The multi-billion euro undertaking involves the creation of…
The Bogotá Metro is not only an informative project but also an infrastructural one that aims at dealing with the acute traffic problems in Bogotá and contribute to the process of the city’s sustainable urbanization. being Bogotá’s first…
The long-awaited Outer Ring Road BRT project is finally taking off after the government secured Ksh7.6 billion to fund its construction. This ambitious venture aims to decongest Nairobi’s notorious traffic, offering a critical transport…
ÖBB’s next-generation Nightjet is reshaping overnight rail travel across Europe — but the celebrated night-train revival has run into turbulence, as the same period that brought sleek new trains has also forced the Austrian operator to cut…
Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) project is one of the most ambitious electricity transmission developments in the United Kingdom. It is under construction since September 2024 following regulatory approval by Ofgem in August the same year,…
Boto gold mine in Senegal is in the process of installing a a power plant to better carryout its operations as commissioning date nears. The mine has been assessed to have mineral reserves of 31.5 million tons of ore grading 1.6 g/t gold.…
Recent developments around Uganda’s Karuma Hydropower Plant highlight a growing paradox of success. The 600 MW facility, fully operational since 2024, is now driving a significant rise in national electricity supply and utility revenues,…
The $1.6 billion road upgrade project in Riyadh is a planned infrastructure initiative involving the rehabilitation and expansion of the city’s road network. The municipality signed five contracts with a combined value of approximately…
The Austin City Council has approved substantial funding for the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA) expansion project, benefiting both the project and its contracted companies. The Council approved about $1.9 billion in…
Update 27th June 2025 – German engineering giant Siemens has expressed keen interest in participating in the construction of Vietnam’s North-South high-speed railway, among other major infrastructure initiatives in the country. The…
The construction works of Europe’s tallest and most technically sophisticated purpose- built commercial lab building has started on site at Canary Wharf, London. In a joint partnership, Canary Wharf Group (CWG) and Kadans Science Partner…
Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a renewal of its Operations & Maintenance (O&M) agreement covering the 105 MW Ndola power plant owned by Independent Power Producer Ndola Energy Company Ltd (NECL) in Zambia. The power plant is located…
Platinum Contracting has completed construction on La Cova in South Shore at Lake Las Vegas, expanding Southern Nevada’s largest lakeside master planned community. As the general contractor for the landmark project, the heavy civil…
