Construction, infrastructure, engineering and property development news from Kenya, Africa and international markets.
Mace is set to act as project and design manager for the development of 2.7bn Dubai Exhibition Center expansion. The global consulting and construction firm in London has proven more than capable for the task. Furthermore, the firm places…
In less than a year after being awarded under the DMRE’s Energy Storage Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (ESIPPPP), the Oasis 1: Mookodi battery energy storage systems (BESS) project reached commercial close on 16 October…
TxDOT just kicked off a big change for Houston’s highways. On October 16th, they held a groundbreaking ceremony to start work on the North Houston Highway Improvement Project. They’re beginning with a drainage project in East Downtown.…
Toyota has started construction of a $531 million rear axle production plant at its South Side facility, bringing in-house the production of drivetrain components for Sequoia SUVs and Tundra pickups built in San Antonio. Toyota will also…
Google’s landmark agreement with Kairos Power to secure up to 500 MW of nuclear power for its growing AI and cloud operations in the US continues to gain momentum after Kairos officially broke ground on the Hermes 2 Reactors Demonstration…
The city council of Frisco has approved a funding agreement for The Mix- a multibillion-dollar mixed-use development project that will receive up to $113 million for development purposes—a progression for the citys transformation.…
Updated 18th August 2025 –Burundi has laid the foundation stone of the 282-kilometre (175 mile) railway. The standard gauge railway project in Musongati will be 160 kilometres southeast of the capital Bujumbura. Moreover, the rail network…
The Biden-Harris administration announced plans Tuesday to provide up to $750 million in direct funding to Wolfspeed. This money will support Wolfspeed’s new silicon carbide factory in North Carolina that makes wafers for advanced computer…
The west African country Cameroon is undertaking a bold step in its overall infrastructural development, focusing on the road transport sector. In a recent reveal, Cameroon is embarking on the development of a key motor way project,…
Several large construction projects commenced in 2024 in the Phillipines, particularly in the second quarter. Probably the most notable is the Samal Island to Davao Bridge Project GlobalData, a data analytics company based in London, UK,…
The Malaba-Kampala Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project is a crucial, 273-kilometer infrastructure undertaking in Uganda, contracted to Turkish firm Yapı Merkezi and launched with the aim of revolutionizing the Northern Corridor trade…
For the people in the Philippines who want their daily commute to become a breeze, the government’s groundbreaking transport project, also called the Project of the Century, is well underway to make it a reality. The Metro Manila Subway…
Railroads have been seeing a revamp in their technologies over the past decade, with the latest being the use of hydrogen-powered trains in Germany. The revamp is gets a notch higher with Sun-Ways. The Swiss-based company has inaugurated…
The Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP) on Chicago’s South Side is quickly emerging as one of the nation’s most ambitious technology campuses, bringing together world-class research, advanced manufacturing, and pioneering…
The Beaulieu Park Station in Chelmsford that is still under construction is to open as Essex’s first new railway station constructed by J Murphy & Sons Ltd. The first completion year was in 2019, but the construction has faced many…
The north European enclosure dam, an architectural innovation proposed to save Northern Europe from the dangers of floods, which has been a case several years. Proposed by Dutch oceanographer Sjoerd Groeskamp and German researcher Joakim…
Nigeria’s Brass methanol project is gearing up as it is anticipated to receive about 270 million standard cubic feet of gas per day from the state-owned oil corporation and its partners. The facility, located on Brass Island in Bayelsa…
In recent updates, Snøhetta mountain refuge project takes shape as it unveils designs for a significant project on one of Europe’s UNESCO World Heritage sites. The project entails rebuilding the Refuge de Barroude, a mountain refuge in the…
Many years there has been an idea about building a bridge that would connect the African and European continents. The most reasonable place to make such bridge to Africa would be the Strait of Gibraltar where Africa and Europe are only 14…
The competition among countries to host the world’s tallest building has become very stiff. Thailand recently revealed its plans to construct the tallest building in the world in its capital Bangkok according to the country’s prime…
One of the biggest planned project in Dubai is the Dubai Metro Blue Line, one of the new rail extensions of the transportation system developed for the long-term prospective of Dubai. The line will be a 30 km one and the expansion will…
In a recent update that has placed Tanzania as a construction giant in East Africa region, the country has completed Magufuli Bridge. This bridge now stands as the longest bridge in Eastern Africa. The bridge is located at Lake Victoria…
Today, the latest schematics for a new Life Sciences Building at the Johns Hopkins East Baltimore medical campus have been presented to the Baltimore City Urban Design & Architecture Advisory Panel. Dozens of scientists from around Johns…
Winvic Construction Ltd, a leading main contractor specialising in the design and delivery of private and public sector construction and civil engineering projects, has announced the second project awarded to it under the Lincolnshire…
