Sellafield Ltd has selected its preferred partners for the Project and Asset Care Execution (PACE) framework, a £3.6 billion initiative to deliver site-wide asset maintenance and construction. The initial nine-year framework covers process handling, decommissioning, and nuclear infrastructure. It focuses on off-site construction, local employment, apprenticeship investment, and small-business supply chain opportunities across West Cumbria through 2041.
Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) has partnered with SoftBank Group to form a new joint venture aiming to scale autonomous construction equipment for major infrastructure developments. Supported by SoftBank's financial backing alongside a separate $225 million direct investment, the venture will accelerate the commercialisation of hardware and software solutions that allow mixed fleets of heavy machinery from various manufacturers to operate autonomously across complex job sites.
Principal Asset Management and Longevity Partners have launched REsponsible Asset Solutions, a platform aimed at decarbonising institutional real estate. The joint venture combines $108 billion asset manager Principal’s investment experience with Longevity Partners’ engineering and implementation capabilities. Tested across 14 pilot properties, the model targets an overall 37 per cent drop in energy use while creating over $10 million in additional value at asset exit.
Design and consulting firm WSB has acquired Poly, Inc., an established architecture and engineering outfit headquartered in Dothan, Alabama. The deal expands WSB’s presence in the Southeast and along the Gulf Coast while enhancing its municipal, environmental and federal design capabilities. Poly brings extensive technical expertise, including a background of designing more than 130 military training ranges across the US and overseas.
L&T Energy Hydrocarbon Onshore has signed a contract to construct an ultra-mega gas compression project for a client in the Middle East. Following a letter of award in FY26, the firm will deliver new onshore infrastructure to process sour gas. The scope includes engineering, procurement and construction of compression plants alongside two 230 kV extra-high-voltage substations to power the site.
Saudi Arabia's Acwa has signed a major deal with Indonesia's state salt firm PT GARAM to build a $400 million integrated facility in East Java. The plant will process 62,500 cubic metres of desalinated water daily alongside 500,000 tons of high-purity industrial salt per year. The initiative aims to reduce Indonesia's reliance on salt imports while delivering crucial industrial water supplies.
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