Category: Urban Construction

China Starts $1.5bn Pumped-Storage Plant as Water-Power Campaign Gathers Steam

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 25, Work starts in June on a 1.4GW pumped storage power plant in the northern Chinese province of Shanxi, the latest start in China’s intense campaign to build hundreds of...

2025-03-25

Road Upgrades Worth $697M Advance in NSW, Australia

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 24, The Australian federal government and New South Wales (NSW) state government have jointly committed A$1.1bn ($697.9m) to advance major road upgrade projects within Sydney&rs...

2025-03-24

Larsen & Toubro Secures Construction Contract In India

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 24, Larsen & Toubro’s (L&T) Buildings & Factories (B&F) vertical has obtained a significant contract from the Brigade Group, a real-estate developer, marking the largest r...

2025-03-24

Plan Approved for Bradfield, Australia’s ‘First New City in 100 Years’

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 24, Plans for a central park have been approved for Bradfield City Centre, a new 10,000-home district and business hub planned in a rural area south of the under-construction We...

2025-03-24

China’s CCECC to Invest $1.4bn in Africa’s Tazara Line for 30-Year Concession

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 24, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) will invest $1.4bn in an upgrade of Africa’s longest railway – the 1,860km Tazara line that connects Zam...

2025-03-24

Bidding Opens for Saudi Arabia’s 2Km-Tall Tower

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 24, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has invited contractors to bid for the project management role on a 19 sq km North Pole business district in Riyadh, which ...

2025-03-24

Trump Agency Lists Buildings for Sale After Real Estate Reversal

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 24, The Trump administration took a tentative step back into the real estate market on Friday, beginning the process to list eight properties for possible sale after scuttling a...

2025-03-24

YIT Commences Construction of $54M Residential Building

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 17, Finnish construction company YIT has initiated the construction of the Asunto Oy Espoon Seaside project, a 15-storey residential building in Keilaniemi, Espoo, Finland. The ...

2025-03-22

AMIS Development Begins Construction of Woodland Terraces Project in Meydan, UAE

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 22, AMIS Development, a Dubai-based real-estate builder, has commenced construction of Woodland Terraces, a Dh130m ($35.3m) luxury residential project in District 11, Meydan, Un...

2025-03-22

Dubai’s RTA Completes Sheikh Zayed Road Traffic Enhancements

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 21, The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, has announced the completion of traffic enhancements on Sheikh Zayed Road. These improvements were ca...

2025-03-21

Jacobs Selected to Deliver Utility-Scale Quantum Computer Facility in Australia

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 21, Jacobs has been chosen by US-based company PsiQuantum to provide master planning, schematic design, and owner’s engineer services for a utility-scale quantum computer ...

2025-03-21

Heatherwick Adds “Cabinet of Curiosities” to Seoul Convention Centre

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 21, UK-headquartered architect Heatherwick Studio has won a design competition to renovate the façade of Seoul’s Coex convention centre, replacing the current glass...

2025-03-21

Vietnam Revives Million-Home Pledge With Mass Housing Contract

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 21, The Vietnamese government has picked Hanoi-based conglomerate Vingroup to build 500,000 affordable housing units, half of the million units the government promised by 2030 f...

2025-03-21

Lane Completes Girder Installation for 495 NEXT Project in Virginia

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 20, Lane, the US subsidiary of construction company Webuild Group, has achieved a significant milestone in the 495 Express Lanes Northern Extension (495 NEXT) project in Virgini...

2025-03-20

HCC and Tata Projects Win $252.9m Contract for Indore Metro Project in India

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 20, A consortium of Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) and Tata Projects has secured a Rs21.91bn ($252.9m) contract to build an 8.65km-long corridor, which is part of the Indo...

2025-03-20

Africa’s Richest Man to Build Nigeria’s Biggest Port

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 20, The president of Nigerian conglomerate Dangote Group plans to build Nigeria’s biggest seaport at the Olokola Free Trade Zone in Ogun State. Ogun state is the second mo...

2025-03-20

Mexico to Spend $6.1bn on Water, Sewage and Flood Defences

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 20, Mexico will invest $6.1bn on 17 water projects in regions hit by drought and flooding over the next six years. One of the programme’s flagship projects will be the reh...

2025-03-20

Granite Construction to Build $70M Section of Trump’s Border Wall

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 20, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has selected Granite Construction to build an 11km-long wall in Hidalgo County, Texas, on the Mexican border. An aerial image of the b...

2025-03-20

Tim FU Launches First “Fully AI-Driven Architectural Project”

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 20, London-based architect Studio Tim Fu has won a contract to design the 22,000-sq-m Lake Bled Estate in Slovenia, which it describes as the world’s first fully AI-driven...

2025-03-20

‘Fiscal Bazooka’: Germany Approves €500Bn Infrastructure Fund

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 20, Germany’s parliament the Bundestag yesterday voted 513-207 in favour of a €500bn emergency fund to tackle the country’s crumbling infrastructure, relieving ...

2025-03-20

NYAB to Build First Section of North Bothnia Railway Line in Sweden

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 19, Nordic construction company NYAB has been awarded a Skr144m ($14.1m) contract by the Swedish Transport Administration to construct the initial segment of the North Bothnia L...

2025-03-19

Currenc to Construct Hyperscale AI Data Centre in Johor, Malaysia

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 19, Fintech company Currenc Group has unveiled plans to acquire land spanning 100 acres in Johor, Malaysia, for the development of a hyperscale AI data centre (AIDC). The campus...

2025-03-19

Kiewit Lands $794M I-55 Bridge Replacement, Biggest in Tennessee History

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 19, Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has picked Kiewit Infrastructure South to be construction manager for the $794m project to replace the 75-year-old I-55 Bridge ...

2025-03-19

Sisk Achieves 70% Carbon Savings in Low-Carbon Concrete Tech Trial

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 18, John Sisk & Son has achieved over 70% carbon savings after testing a new low-carbon concrete technology at its Wembley Park project site in London. The trial project was bas...

2025-03-18

Mace Selected for London Gatwick Pier 6 Extension Project

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 18, Construction company Mace has been appointed for the £140m ($181m) extension of Pier 6 at London Gatwick Airport in the UK. Mace completed the original Pier 6 in 2005....

2025-03-18

AfDB Pledges to Help Ethiopia With New $7.8bn Airport

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 18, The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed an agreement with Ethiopia to collaborate on the construction of a $7.8bn international airport in Addis Ababa. Bole Internati...

2025-03-18

Mexico’s Azteca Stadium to Be Renovated for 2026 World Cup

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 18, Mexico City’s Azteca stadium will be extensively renovated before the 2026 World Cup Finals tournament. Pele celebrating Brazil’s victory over Italy in the 1970 ...

2025-03-18

£10M Boost for Port of Nigg Revamp

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 18, Public investment of up to £10m is planned for a major redevelopment project at Port of Nigg in the Highlands. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has approved the ...

2025-03-18

Balfour Beatty Starts Northern Virginia Science Center Construction in US

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 17, Balfour Beatty US has commenced construction of the Northern Virginia Science Center in Dulles, Virginia. Completion is set for late 2026. The project, undertaken for the Sc...

2025-03-17

L&T and Lantania to Construct Desalination Plant in Saudi Arabia

Wedoany.com Report-Mar 17, Larsen & Toubro’s (L&T) Water & Effluent Treatment (WET) segment, in a joint venture with Spanish infrastructure company Lantania, has secured a contract to construct ...

2025-03-17