This Week's Top Five Stories in Construction
How WSP is Building Bridges Across the World
As a global leader in professional services, WSP leverages integrated engineering and scientific expertise to foster resilient communities.
Its 75,000-strong team of "Visioneers" operates in over 50 countries, delivering innovative solutions across the infrastructure, energy and environmental sectors. WSP combine a vast global reach with deep local insights to drive human progress.
At the end of 2025, WSP had 30 of its Transport and Infrastructure experts travel to Rwanda with Fika, a US-based non-profit previously known as Bridges to Prosperity, to help construct bridges that will transform daily life for thousands.
EDP and Start Campus Align on Large-Scale Infrastructure
Start Campus and EDP have signed a memorandum of understanding that could hardwire renewable energy into the next wave of data centre developments in Portugal.
The partnership centres on the Sines Data Campus, a 1.2 GW development on the Atlantic coast of the country. It is described as one of the largest and most sustainable data ecosystems in Europe.
Start Campus is backed by Davidson Kempner Capital Management and has previously put the total combined investment for the Sines campus at around US$9.96bn.
This agreement states that EDP will become the preferred long-term partner for green energy solutions for Start Campus.
The two companies intend to work together on technical, commercial and strategic options to bring new renewables online in step with demand from large-scale computing.
How Construction Partners Will Power new Hospital Buildings
The New Hospital Programme (NHP) has appointed 10 construction partners marking a key milestone in the UK’s largest hospital building scheme in a generation.
As one of the NHS's infrastructure projects the NHP is looking to redefine how England’s healthcare facilities are designed and constructed.
What Holcim's Sustainability Solutions Mean for Construction
Swiss construction company Holcim has released its 2025 sustainability results, revealing progress in carbon reduction and circular building practices.
Holcim operates across 43 global markets, delivering cement, ready-mix concrete and building solutions for infrastructure, residential and commercial projects.
The company's latest Full Year Results and Sustainability Statement highlight its approach to addressing the construction sector's environmental impact through material innovation and operational changes.
The construction industry faces mounting pressure to reduce its carbon footprint, with cement and concrete production accounting for significant global emissions.
Holcim's recent results could indicate how major construction materials suppliers are responding to this challenge through product development and sustainability targets.
How GRIDSERVE Drives Sustainable EV Charging Construction
When Toddington Harper founded GRIDSERVE in 2017, the UK's electric vehicle landscape was starkly different. Public charging was patchy, unreliable and often frustratingly slow. Range anxiety deterred millions of drivers from making the switch.
Toddington had a game-changing idea: to use solar power to charge EVs. Today, GRIDSERVE's proprietary technology helps thousands of drivers charge their vehicles using the power of the sun through its "Sun-to-Wheel" energy ecosystem.
The concept is built on a straightforward premise. Just one acre of solar panels in England can generate enough energy to power a million miles of EV driving annually. Combined with advanced battery storage, the result is clean, renewable energy available around the clock.
