Construction, infrastructure, engineering and property development news from Kenya, Africa and international markets.
The Trump administration is weighing a $1 billion payout to shutdown East Coast offshore windfarm projects. The administration is devising this new strategy in an aim to throttle the country’s offshore wind industry after its earlier plan…
AlphaGen has tabled its proposal for 819MW Gowanus and Narrows Repowering Projects to strengthen grid reliability in New York City. The proposal highlights a portfolio of complimentary solutions that are designed to ensure grid reliability…
Oman real estate deals worth $2 billion dominated headlines at International Market of Real Estate Professionals 2026 (MIPIM), signaling a strong push toward economic diversification and urban expansion. The agreements, announced in…
The Incheon Port Authority (IPA) has announced the commencement of superstructure construction at the Incheon New Port Phase 1-2 container terminal — marking the transition from five years of complex substructure works into the…
The largest conglomerate in Africa, Dangote Industries Limited, has inked a $4.2 billion, 25-year natural gas supply deal with China’s GCL Group. This deal will foresee the Chinese firm power the Dangote Ethiopia Fertilizer Plant.…
State regulators in New Jersey have selected a large battery storage project in Bergen County to participate in a program aimed at strengthening grid reliability as electricity demand rises across the region. The New Jersey Board of Public…
GameChange Solar Benban project in Egypt is gaining momentum after GameChange Solar secured a 258 MWp solar tracker order for the massive Benban Solar Park. The agreement will supply advanced tracker systems that improve photovoltaic…
NEOM has officially cancelled the $1 billion The Line tunnels contract in northwest Saudi Arabia following retraction claims. In a stock exchange announcement filed on 13 March, South Korean contractor Hyundai E&C said that Neom cancelled…
Flow Power has signed offtake agreement with Octopus Australia for the Blind Creek solar farm and battery storage project in New South Wales (NSW). The Blind Creek power offtake deal follows the project’s recent financial close and ongoing…
VinFast said it plans to resume construction of its long-delayed electric vehicle manufacturing factory in North Carolina this year, reviving one of the largest EV factory projects announced in the United States. The Vietnamese automaker…
Nevada’s Governor Joe Lombardo provided critical updates on the progress of the $3bn Thacker Pass lithium project. The facility is deemed one of the most significant energy and critical minerals developments underway in the United States.…
Samsung SDI has secured a $1 billion (1.5 trillion won) battery supply deal for energy storage systems (ESS) to a U.S.-based energy firm whose name has not yet been made public. The prismatic batteries will be manufactured at the StarPlus…
Australia’s Gold Coast Arena project is set to transform Queensland’s entertainment infrastructure ahead of the 2032 Summer Olympics. Global entertainment giant Live Nation Entertainment has committed approximately $480 million to develop…
BHP has commenced construction of a sixth car dumper at its Nelson Point iron ore port facility in Port Hedland, Western Australia, marking the formal start of works on the $1.4 billion (approximately US$900 million) Port Debottlenecking…
As Tanzania gears up to co-host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar has announced a major TSh 388.8 billion (about Ksh 19 billion) investment that will foresee the construction of a…
Kenya is considering to extend a colonial-era railway to its north-western oil fields. This will involve the construction of Nakuru-South Lokichar Railway which will create a new route to transport crude to an Indian Ocean port by 2030.…
Ashtrom Renewable Energy, the US-focused independent power producer and renewable energy subsidiary of Israel’s Ashtrom Group, has reached financial close on a $200 million bank financing facility with BHI — the US branch of Bank Hapoalim,…
Turner Construction and Aligned have topped out the Aligned IAD-06 data center campus in Frederick, Maryland. The achievement marks the completion of structural phase for the 72MW facility. The two story 450,000 sq. ft. data center is…
Live Nation Entertainment is exploring plans to develop a new 2,500-capacity music venue in downtown Bentonville, Arkansas, in partnership with The Momentary. The proposed venue, called Bentonville Ballroom, would be built adjacent to the…
A new mid-size concert venue designed by Populous is set to open in early 2027 as part of the expanding OCVIBE entertainment district surrounding the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The 5,000-capacity concert hall will become the…
Accelerated Infrastructure Capital (AIC), a Hong Kong- and London-based digital infrastructure investor, and its Vietnamese co-developer KinhBac City Development Holding Corporation (KBC) have signed a memorandum of understanding with the…
Turner Construction Company has announced the commencement of vertical construction on the $900 million expansion of Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania — one of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s largest and…
Kenya is set to develop a $2.9 billion gas-fired power plant near Mombasa Port to improve electricity production. The 1,200-megawatt facility comes at a time when increasing electricity demand needs to be addressed. The plant also signals…
Winnipeg’s North End Water Pollution Control Centre upgrade has reached a major milestone in the city’s $3.2 billion wastewater modernization program. The project represents the largest infrastructure investment in Winnipeg’s history and…
