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Arkansas allocates over $153 million for water and wastewater projects

Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced more than $153 million in water and wastewater funding to support improvements to waterlines, sewer systems and septic programs. The funding will assist 52 e...

New Zealand and Iceland sign geothermal cooperation agreement at COP 30

New Zealand and Iceland signed a Memorandum of Arrangement on 20 November 2025 to deepen cooperation on geothermal energy development. The agreement was signed at COP 30 in Belem, Brazil, by Climate...

EU launches €1 billion industrial heat decarbonization pilot auction

The European Commission is running a European-wide, €1 billion ($1.16 billion) pilot auction to support industrial heat decarbonization. Made available under the EU Innovation Fund, the IF25 Heat Auc...

Francis Scott Key Bridge reconstruction costs climb to $5.2 billion as reopening shifts to 2030

Reconstruction efforts for the Francis Scott Key Bridge have entered a significantly more complex phase as updated assessments place total replacement costs between 4.3 and 5.2 billion dollars. Revis...

Project InnerSpace launches geomap europe geothermal mapping platform

On November 19, 2025, in Boston, Project InnerSpace announced the launch of GeoMap Europe, a continent-wide geothermal mapping and prospecting platform that consolidates decades of subsurface data to...

Reliability frameworks for large-scale solar pile foundations

The rapid growth of utility-scale solar installations in the United States has elevated the importance of structural reliability for foundation systems. In 2023, approximately fifteen million steel p...

VR, remote labs, and the future of civil engineering education

Civil engineering programs now treat virtual labs as essential. Students run structural tests, soil behavior analyses, and systems modeling from laptops with professional-grade tools. The rapid pivot...

Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research launches national geotechnical database

The Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) has announced the development of a national geotechnical database, a strategic digital platform aimed at supporting Kuwait’s smart-city ambitions,...

Denmark phases in stricter CO₂ emissions rules for building sector

Denmark has updated its national building regulation framework (BR18) to introduce stricter whole-life carbon emissions limits for new buildings, effective from 1 July 2025. The revised requirements...

UK risks missing out on major geothermal energy opportunity

The United Kingdom faces a significant risk of falling behind in the deployment of geothermal energy despite its substantial potential, according to a recent industry analysis by Energy & Infrast...

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