Category: Current Affairs

The US municipal biosolids management market is projected to reach $4.8bn by 2035, as growing scrutiny of PFAS adds uncertainty to wastewater utilities’ management and disposal strategies. With no federal PFAS standard for biosolids currently in place, states are pursuing different regulatory approaches, creating a patchwork of requirements that is influencing industry spending and disposal…

Bentley Systems has announced the winners of its 2026 Year in Infrastructure (YII) Awards, with projects from across Asia-Pacific recognised for applications of digital twins, AI, geospatial modelling and digital delivery in infrastructure projects. The awards were announced on 8 Oct 2026 during Bentley Systems’ YII event in Singapore, which brought together infrastructure professionals from…

Water technology company Gradiant is expanding its India operations following five new design-build contract wins across semiconductor, printed circuit board (PCB) and solar manufacturing, alongside the appointment of a new country managing director and plans to increase its India workforce by more than 40% this year. The company has appointed Hari Prasad as managing director,…

Bentley Systems’ Year in Infrastructure (YII) Awards 2026 will take place in Singapore tomorrow, 6 Oct 2026, with 36 finalist projects recognised across 12 categories spanning the infrastructure lifecycle. The awards, now in their third decade, recognise infrastructure projects using Bentley software to address engineering and delivery challenges. This year’s finalists offer a useful snapshot…

Victoria has banned new data centres from residential areas and introduced requirements for operators to secure additional renewable energy and limit their use of drinking water, as Australia’s data centre boom faces growing scrutiny over its impact on local infrastructure. The Victorian government announced the new rules, saying data centres would remain important to the…

Gradiant has secured US$300m in new water infrastructure contracts from semiconductor manufacturers since the beginning of 2026, strengthening its position in the rapidly expanding US chip manufacturing market. The contracts cover five semiconductor fabrication sites across New York, Virginia, Idaho and Utah. Gradiant will provide ultrapure water (UOW) systems, high-recovery wastewater treatment, local scrubber reclaim…

Yokogawa Engineering Asia has launched an Industrial Cyber Resilience Center (ICRC) in Singapore to strengthen operational technology cybersecurity across South East Asia, Oceania and Taiwan. The centre will provide industrial operators with cybersecurity assessments, workforce training and simulated crisis exercises designed to identify capability gaps and improve their response to cyber incidents. Its launch comes…

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed an agreement with the Government of Madhya Pradesh to support three renewable energy projects expected to attract up to US$1bn in private investment. The agreement marks ADB’s first transaction advisory services mandate in India. Rather than financing the projects directly, the multilateral development bank will help the state…

Australian infrastructure and construction group CIMIC has secured a contract through its CPB Contractors subsidiary to upgrade a major section of the Kwinana Freeway in Western Australia (WA). CPB Contractors will deliver the project for Main Roads Western Australia alongside McConnell Dowell, Jacobs and Arup. CIMIC is an Australian engineering-led construction, services and infrastructure investment…

Water technology company Gradiant has secured a contract to deliver potable water and wastewater treatment infrastructure for a hyperscale AI data centre campus in West Texas, US. The turnkey contract places Gradiant in charge of the campus’s complete water and wastewater package, providing the developer with a single contractor for both systems. Gradiant said the…