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Judy Schreiner details her trip through Saudi Arabia into war-torn Kuwait in the aftermath of the Gulf War to document the rebuilding work as well as efforts to bring the nation's heavily damaged oil fields back online.

Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk recently announced plans to spend approximately $1.2 billion to build a new production facility in Odense, Denmark.

With desalination in Spain an important strategy amid ongoing water shortages partially linked to climate change, a plant in Torrevieja—a coastal Mediterranean city in the country's southeast—plans to boost its output of desalinated water by 50%.

US contractor McDermott International Ltd. has been awarded a front-end engineering contract by a unit of Spain-based energy company Repsol to develop the Polok and Chinwol oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico.

Bechtel-Westinghouse plant now is set for delayed commercial operation in 2036, with the first concrete to be poured in 2028.

Rail Baltica, a multinational effort to integrate Baltic Sea nations into Europe’s rail network, is showing progress at various locations along its 870-km route.

The project includes a 430,560-sq-ft clinical building and parking garages. Work on the new main hospital entrance, demolition of existing buildings and landscaping will continue into 2028.

Rhode Island has adopted several International Code Council and Modular Building Institute standards for off-site construction.

ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics

Environmental advocates see their concerns validated about the continued buildout of new terminals, but business groups characterize the study as at least a partial political justification for the administration pause of new project approvals.