News Vienna Airport ditches plan for €2bn third runway Vienna Airport (Flughafen Wien) has decided not to proceed with its planned third runway, citing a “massive increase” in its cost, a lack of support from airlines and a 17-month-long…
News US shutdown will hurt construction, contractors warn Employers’ group the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) has warned that the US federal government shutdown, now in its 13th day, could undermine construction projects across the country. It…
News Trump funding freeze puts NYC megaprojects in limbo Two critical New York City transport megaprojects – the $16bn Hudson Tunnels project and the $2bn 2nd Avenue Subway extension – ended the week in limbo after the Trump administration…
News US judge halts Trump’s attack on Revolution Wind A judge in Washington, DC on Monday granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s stop-work order against the nearly complete, 704MW Revolution Wind scheme being built off the eastern…
News ‘Insane and illegal’: States sue over Trump’s halting of Revolution Wind Last month, the Trump administration halted the nearly complete, 704MW Revolution Wind offshore wind project. Now, its developer and two states are suing to overturn what they say is an…
News 62% of California voters say they want high-speed rail Despite President Trump’s action to cut billions in federal funding for the California High-Speed Rail project, a new poll finds that 62% of registered voters in the state – and…
News California sues Trump administration over $4bn rail claw-back The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) is suing the Trump administration over what it called the administration’s “illegal termination” of around $4bn in federal grants awarded during the Biden administration…
News “Optimism bias”: Delayed or cancelled giga-projects risk $1.5 trillion worldwide loss A report by UK-headquartered Mace has analysed 5,000 mega- and giga-projects worldwide, finding that 11% are at risk of delays or cancellation, with a potential loss of $1.5tn in global…
News Trump threatens funding for California fast rail, but 67% of voters support it As the Trump administration threatened this week to cancel around $4bn in funding for California’s under-construction high-speed railway, a survey showed 67% of voters in the state support the project.…
News Hawaii’s $2.4bn telescope scheme axed for lack of funds Work on a $2.4bn telescope sited on top of a volcano in Hawaii is set to be abandoned after the body funding decided to prioritise other schemes and areas of…
News Plug pulled on more university projects amid funding uncertainty Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri has become the latest US university to halt major construction projects as the Trump administration sows confusion over funding. It hit pause on a…
News Hundreds of Dutch power projects at risk over nitrogen confusion Dutch grid operator Liander has warned that 317 of its construction projects are at risk because the government has delayed a decision on how to combat nitrogen pollution, the NL…
News ‘Devastated’: $300m US recycling plant cancelled over tariffs A US company has cancelled plans to build a $300m plastic waste recycling plant in Erie, Pennsylvania, citing concerns about the financial case for the project in light of cuts…
News Kenya terminates $1.3bn Rift Valley Highway deal with Vinci Kenya has decided to terminate a €1.3bn road-building contract with a consortium led by French contractor Vinci Highways and is expected to give it to an unnamed Chinese company, Reuters…
News Microsoft pauses new data centre construction Microsoft says it will slow or pause work on some data centres currently at an early construction stage. Cloud operations president Noelle Walsh said in a LinkedIn post that the…
News Transport secretary orders probe into California High-Speed Rail US Secretary of Transportation Sean P. Duffy yesterday ordered the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to investigate whether $4bn pledged by the Biden administration for the California High-Speed Rail project should…
News Sweden rejects 30GW of offshore wind projects near Kaliningrad Sweden has vetoed the construction of 13 offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea, saying they could impede military operations. The rejected farms together would have had around 30GW of…
News Work on VinFast’s $4bn North Carolina EV plant stalled amid downsizing plans Work has paused at Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast’s $4bn factory in North Carolina as officials review the company’s proposals to shrink it. Questions have been asked about the…