Europe is still betting billions on offices
Hybrid working was supposed to change office economics. It has certainly changed the product: shorter commitments, flexible space and buildings…
14 Sep 2026
Australia gains ground as $4tn roads market hits a funding test
A $4tn global roads market should offer contractors an abundance of choice. Instead, that value is becoming harder to judge from headline spending alone. GlobalData’s Q3 2026 tracking shows 71%…
08 Sep 2026
How the World Cup sharpened North America’s hospitality build-out
For North American hospitality developers, the 2026 FIFA World Cup put a hard date against years of investment. GlobalData tracks $484.3bn of leisure and hospitality projects in the region, the…
12 Aug 2026
MENA’s water projects are forcing contractors to choose where they compete
The most useful figure in GlobalData's Q3 2026 water data isn't the $705.5bn worth of projects it monitors around the world; it is the $515.1bn that is already in the…
05 Aug 2026
Alberta’s school building programme matters far beyond Canada
At first glance, Alberta's latest school building programme appears to address demographic growth. More than 40 projects will add or upgrade over 39,000 student places across Calgary, Edmonton and the…
30 Jul 2026
Hormuz shock turns oil and gas megaprojects into economic tests
Almost $2.5tn of the world's GlobalData’s tracked oil and gas projects has already reached pre-execution or execution. That would once have been taken as a sign of unusually strong visibility.…
21 Jul 2026
Vadhavan anchors India’s port ambitions as global investment tops $513bn
The $6bn Vadhavan Port development has become the flagship project within India's $59.5bn port construction pipeline, reinforcing the country's position as home to the world's largest tracked national portfolio of…