All articles by Thom Atkinson

WCN's editor-in-chief

Healthcare construction enters a new cycle of resilience, readiness and reinvention

The most revealing thing about the global healthcare construction pipeline is not its size, though $715.5bn is substantial by any…
A $505bn global bridge construction pipeline, but fewer easy wins

The global bridge construction pipeline still appears robust. GlobalData estimates its value at $504.8bn, spanning both stand-alone bridges and wider…
$1.8tn hospitality construction pipeline enters a more volatile age

International travel has regained momentum, but this is not a simple return to the old cycle. Figures cited in GlobalData’s…
Industrial construction pipeline faces a reality check on politics, power and delivery

Industrial construction has become one of the clearest expressions of economic strategy. What once looked like a fairly standard response…
Data centres are construction’s next battleground – if they can get built

Data centre construction have quietly become one of the most important forms of infrastructure in the modern economy. They underpin…

Thirsty cities, ageing pipes and desalination’s rise – water’s quiet construction boom

For years, water scarcity and associated infrastructure sat comfortably in the ‘future problem’ drawer, filed somewhere between melting ice caps…
Education construction is a $283.5bn opportunity. Delivering it will be harder

Education construction has become one of the clearest ways governments try to turn policy into something tangible. Classrooms, labs and…
Office construction’s next act: the pipeline is back, but the product has changed

For much of the post-pandemic period, the office sector has been treated as construction’s awkward problem child. Hybrid work cast…
GCC projects are still moving – but the real test may be what happens next

If you expected diggers to stop digging across the Gulf after hostilities began on 28 February, that hasn’t happened. Not…
Global construction heads into 2026 split, squeezed and surprisingly selective

Global construction outlook 2026. Credit: vectorfusionart/Shutterstock The global construction outlook for 2026 isn’t just cooling off. It’s reshuffling the deck.…

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