US community pushback is reshaping data centre delivery
Across the US, public resistance to the land, water and electricity demands of AI facilities is intensifying ahead of the…
23 Oct 2026
Jackdaw approval narrows the North Sea’s construction bet
Consent for the Jackdaw gas field arrived in early autumn without fanfare, yet the timing made commercial sense. With wholesale energy markets shaken by prolonged conflict in the Middle East…
20 Oct 2026
The physical limits to industrial reshoring
As the global manufacturing buildout enters the final quarter of 2026, rhetoric about state-sponsored reshoring is colliding with on-the-ground realities. Over the past three years, governments in Washington, Tokyo, London…
13 Oct 2026
Saudi airport expansion faces a harder test as regional risks mount
Houthi strikes on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport killed 13 people over the weekend. The attacks come as Saudi Arabia presses ahead with one of the world's largest airport investment…
06 Oct 2026
Inside the stadium deadline economy
Brisbane’s RNA Showgrounds is due to move into construction immediately after the 2026 Royal Queensland Show (Ekka), six years before the city hosts the Olympic and Paralympic Games. At $287.5m,…
29 Sep 2026
The cybersecurity cost of digitalising construction
Digitalisation in construction improves collaboration and asset management, but it also introduces new cybersecurity and resilience risks. Tools such as BIM, common data environments (CDEs), mobile apps, and remote access…
28 Sep 2026
North America’s $298bn healthcare build-out is squeezing MEP, controls and commissioning capacity
North America now accounts for 40% of the world’s tracked healthcare construction value, around $298.4bn. More importantly, 74.7% of that total is already in pre-execution or execution. That concentration shifts…