Construction

Chile

POWERCHINA Signs Contracts for Two Substation Expansions in Chile

POWERCHINA has secured contracts from Chilean companies Transelec and CGE, as well as French company Engie, to expand two critical substations in Chile. These p…

Nuclear waste

Collaborative Partner Selected for Swedish Repository

Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (SKB), Sweden’s radioactive waste management company, has selected Swiss construction group Implenia as its partn…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Russia to Accelerate New Nuclear Plant in Its Far East

A roadmap has been established for the selection, construction, and commissioning of two VVER-1000 nuclear power units in Russia’s Primorsky Krai by 2035.…

United States

Hilton to Build 160 Hotels in Africa

Hilton, a prominent US hotel company, aims to open 160 new hotels in Africa, nearly tripling its current 63 properties on the continent in the coming years.A re…

Power Construction

Spain’s Regulator Revises Power Grid Regulations After April 2025 Blackout

Spain’s National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC) has revised the technical standards governing the country’s voltage control service, essential f…

Morocco

Morocco to Build Africa’s First Offshore Windfarm Near Its ‘Windy City’

Morocco has launched Africa’s first offshore wind project, a 1GW wind farm off the coast of Essaouira, announced during a UN conference in Nice, France, in Jun…

Mali

Mali Breaks Ground on $130BN-A-Year Gold Refinery

Mali has officially launched construction of a major gold refinery in Senu, on the southern outskirts of Bamako. The project is a strategic move by the governme…

Malaysia

Populous Designs 45,000 Capacity Stadium for Malaysia

Kansas-based architectural firm Populous, in collaboration with Malaysia’s Hijjas Architects + Planners, has revealed the design for the new Shah Alam Spo…

Solar Cell

T1 Energy Advances $850M Solar Cell Facility Development in US

T1 Energy has advanced its $850 million G2_Austin 5GW solar cell facility in Texas by selecting Yates Construction for preconstruction and site preparation serv…

Singapore

Japanese-Singapore Team to Build Tunnels Under Changi-T5

A joint venture between Japan’s Penta-Ocean Construction Company and Singapore’s Koh Brothers Building & Civil Engineering has secured a contract wo…

United Arab Emirates

Work Begins on Dubai’s 30KM Blue Line

Construction has officially commenced on Dubai’s $5.6 billion Blue Line metro project, a major expansion of the city’s transport infrastructure. The…

Power Construction

Malaysia PM Says $10 Bln Committed to National Grid Upgrade

At the Energy Asia conference held on Monday, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced that Tenaga Nasional (TENA.KL), the state utility company, has al…

China

Shanghai Group to Put a Wind-Powered Data Centre Under the Sea

A collaboration of state and private sector partners in China has initiated a project to construct an offshore wind-powered data center submerged beneath the se…

Ethiopia

Ethiopia Restarts Scheme to Build Tallest Tower in Sub-Saharan Africa

Ethiopia has resumed a project to construct a $445 million, 62-storey headquarters for Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) in Addis Ababa, set to become the tallest …

United States

Walsh Construction to Replace Decrepit Providence Bridge for $339M

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) awarded a $339 million contract to Walsh Construction Company for the full replacement of the I-95 Washing…