Construction, infrastructure, engineering and property development news from Kenya, Africa and international markets.
The construction of the Burj Khalifa metro station expansion works by state-owned RTA and Turkish Mapa Group begins in Dubai. Known as the Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall metro station, the scope of implementation entails expansion and upgrade.…
Anthropic On Monday signed a 20-year lease to use Justified Data Campus in Kentucky. This lease showcases Anthropic’s involvement in data centers in the US with the company planning a major build-out in the country. The data center is…
Israel has launched a new offshore natural gas exploration licensing round in the Mediterranean Sea, marking the country’s fifth competitive tender process for offshore acreage as it seeks to expand domestic gas reserves. The tender is…
Oxford Sewage Treatment Works is set for a £340 million upgrade after Thames Water’s contractor, Murphy, named AECOM as its exclusive design partner for the project. The scheme will raise treatment capacity by approximately 40%, expand…
Brisbane Airport sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project is complete, making the airport the first in Australia with dedicated infrastructure capable of supplying SAF directly into its existing jet fuel distribution network. It also marks…
The Vitex Wonderland facility in Western Sydney has officially opened, marking a A$250 million bet on Australian medicine making by one of the country’s largest contract manufacturers. Vitex Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd, the Chami family…
Billbergia Group and alternative asset manager Metrics Credit Partners have made an early start to construction after securing City of Sydney approval for Castlereagh Place. This project is a $3.5 billion mixed-use development that…
The construction of the $500M Qiddiya Speed Park F1 circuit in Saudi Arabia is advancing as QIC issues latest updates. An Exclusive Viewing Lounge is being built at the Speed Park in Qiddiya Entertainment City. Once complete, its aim is…
Vietnam has stepped up its search for international partners for its revived nuclear power program, with state utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN) confirming discussions with Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) over participation in the…
The federal government of Canada and that of Alberta have formally laid out plans for a new indigenous co-owned west coast crude oil pipeline linking Alberta’s oil sands to Canada’s Pacific coast. The proposed 1 million-barrel-per-day…
The TSMC Arizona $20 billion investment has cleared its final regulatory hurdle in Taiwan, with the Ministry of Economic Affairs approving the capital injection into TSMC’s wholly owned American subsidiary this week. The approval marks the…
Project Secures Federal Funding Commitment: The North Coast Transmission Line, a multi-phase project twinning BC Hydro’s existing 500-kilovolt power line between Prince George and Terrace, secured $3.5 billion in federal funding Thursday…
A consortium led by Microsoft and Singapore-based digital infrastructure company Lightstorm has unveiled plans to develop a new high-capacity undersea cable project linking India with Malaysia and Singapore, strengthening one of Asia’s…
Project Reaches Final Investment Decision: The Greenlight Electricity Centre, a 932-megawatt gas-fired combined cycle power plant planned for Sturgeon County, Alberta, reached a positive final investment decision Wednesday, clearing the…
Saudi International Cricket Stadium project has taken a major step forward after Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a strategic agreement to develop a modern international-standard cricket venue in Jeddah. The initiative supports Saudi…
The Klostermansfeld BESS in Germany has entered construction as a 1,000 MW facility with up to 5,700 MWh of storage capacity, making it the largest battery energy storage project in the country and one of the biggest under development…
The United Kingdom’s drive to expand its nuclear generating capacity has received another significant boost after Polish billionaire Michal Solowow unveiled plans to invest up to £35 billion (US$48 billion) for the development of 14 small…
Site mobilization will begin in the coming weeks for the Fleming Solar Farm, a 235-megawatt-peak (MWp) photovoltaic project in Fleming County, Kentucky, ACCIONA Energía announced. The step marks an early construction milestone as the…
Construction has begun on the 28-megawatt solar facility that will power America’s first commercial-scale cobalt processing facility, advancing EVelution Energy‘s $450 million Arizona project intended to help build secure U.S. critical…
Chungcheong industrial construction is moving into a major development phase after detailed plans confirmed a $90 billion investment across South Korea’s central region. The long-term construction program will deliver new semiconductor…
The World Bank’s Board of Directors has approved $265 million in financing for the Ifahsa Pumped Hydropower Storage Project in Morocco. This funding is set to support one of Africa’s largest clean-energy storage projects. The project is…
India’s ambition to become a global manufacturing and critical minerals powerhouse has received a major boost following the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Abu Dhabi-based International Holding Company (IHC) and…
The proposed 185-acre data center in Hoffman Estates by Karis Critical has been cancelled as the firm bows out. The firm has withdrawn its request to rezone land for the controversial data center project in Illinois. Its scope entailed…
Purported developers of the $14bn “Project Marvel” data center in Bessemer, Alabama have been identified as QTS. QTS Data Centers was identified as the company looking to build in Bessemer. The firm is a leading provider of data centers…
