$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…
30 Mar 2026
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 to capex cycles, commodity demand and corporate expansion now carries…
19 Mar 2026
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 and long-term pension liabilities. That fiction has expired. Today, 2.2…
17 Mar 2026
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 campuses are not abstract promises; they are physical proof that…
10 Mar 2026
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 doubt on demand, valuations swung unpredictably and lenders grew cautious.…
04 Mar 2026
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 yet. Across the GCC, construction sites are largely operating as…
03 Mar 2026
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. As we move further into 2026, growth hasn’t collapsed, but…