Construction, infrastructure, engineering and property development news from Kenya, Africa and international markets.
Parsons Corporation has won a five-year contract worth US $56 million from Diriyah Company to deliver design and construction supervision services for the second phase of the project in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. The scope covers neighbourhood…
The Mirdad is a $545 million (AED 2 billion) mixed-use residential development being developed in Motor City, Dubai. Spearheaded by Union Properties, this project—emerging alongside other regional highlights like Modon tapping Trojan…
Competitive Power Ventures on Nov. 20, 2025, broke ground on its 1,350-megawatt Basin Ranch Energy Center in the Permian Basin, advancing one of West Texas’ largest new power projects as electricity demand surges. The project represents an…
As of 2025, a new wave of hyperscale and AI-ready data center campuses is reshaping Europe’s tech landscape with billion-dollar builds across Sweden, Norway, and the UK emerging as one of the continent’s largest. Here, we feature the top 3…
Eli Lilly & Company is making a bold statement with a $1.2 billion investment to expand its manufacturing campus in Carolina, Puerto Rico. The move underscores the island’s enduring role as a key pharmaceutical hub and highlights a broader…
Samsung E&A‘s US branch has secured a USD 475 million engineering, procurement, fabrication (EPF) contract to build a low-carbon ammonia production plant facility in West Terre Haute, Indiana. The contract, as announced by the Korean…
Houston American Energy Corp. has officially broken ground on its new Cedar Port Renewable Complex in Baytown, Texas, marking a major step in the company’s shift toward renewable and circular energy technologies. The company unveiled the…
Updated November 5, 2025- A groundbreaking ceremony was held for the geothermal-powered green fertilizer facility to be built by Kaishan in Naivasha, Kenya. KenGen and China’s Kaishan Group have officially broken ground on the construction…
The Port Houston authority has announced the completion of its portion of Project 11, a major dredging initiative aimed at widening the Houston Ship Channel. Work began in 2022 and covers the channel stretch from Bolivar Roads to Morgan’s…
Tanzania is making advances in construction of its $420 million gas-to-liquid plant, first of its kind in East Africa. The plant is expected to be one of the nation’s most transformative industrial projects that will produce various…
The Revival of U.S. Nuclear Energy: After decades of decline, the United States is witnessing a powerful resurgence in nuclear energy development. Once sidelined by cost overruns and regulatory hurdles, nuclear power is re-emerging as a…
Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation, Shikoku Electric Power (Yonden), Chubu Electric Power, and Saudi’s ACWA Power have secured financing agreements to develop Uzbekistan’s largest solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) project. The…
Saudi Arabia’s National Renewable Energy Program has entered its sixth phase, with the Saudi Power Procurement Company (SPPC) awarding contracts for four solar projects totaling 3 GW and one wind project. The program, supervised by the…
The Najran and Ad Darb Solar PV Plants are large-scale photovoltaic power developments planned in Saudi Arabia. Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar has secured contracts from the Saudi Power Procurement Company (SPPC) to deliver…
Greenvolt Group, through its subsidiary Greenvolt Power, has signed a €35 million project finance agreement with Ringkjøbing Landbobank to fund the construction and operation of a large-scale hybrid renewable energy project in Høegholm,…
The global engineering-firm Bechtel has announced a strategic initiative with NVIDIA to accelerate delivery of next-generation AI data-centres. By modularising NVIDIA’s existing blueprint for 1-gigawatt class facilities, Bechtel says it…
The nonprofit senior-living provider Brio Living Services has secured US $130 million to begin a major expansion of its Porter Hills Village campus in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Groundbreaking and civil-works pending financing mark this as a…
PowerCo’s Gigafactory Project is a battery cell manufacturing development being implemented in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. The project involves an investment of approximately US$7 billion in a large-scale production facility owned by…
Construction of the Ngong road bridge project is set for early completion as noted by the Ministry of Roads. The Ministry projects that the project will be completed by July 2026, more than a year earlier than initially planned. At the…
The One West Twelve Residences (also known as ONE W12) is a vibrant 23-story residential tower being developed in the Historic Overtown district of Miami, Florida. Spearheaded by a partnership between PMG, Lion Development Group, and…
AirTrunk-HUMAIN Data Center development continues to gain momentum in Saudi Arabia as the landmark $3 billion hyperscale campus moves from partnership planning toward project execution. Since the strategic alliance was announced in late…
Chicago has approved a construction permit for HydraVault to build a 20 megawatt AI ready data center in the South Loop. The project marks another step in the city’s expanding digital infrastructure and signals its growing role in advanced…
TotalEnergies and Aljomaih Energy & Water (AEW) have secured license to develop, build, and operate a 400 MW solar PV plant project in As Sufun, Hail Province, Saudi Arabia. The award was made by the Saudi Power Procurement Company (SPPC).…
HOLON Jacksonville autonomous shuttle factory is set to become the first U.S. production site for fully electric, self-driving “Mover” shuttles. On October 27, 2025, German mobility startup HOLON and U.S. partner InLight signed a term…
