The Quieter Infrastructure Megaprojects Boom

While the data center and semi-conductor fab construction booms gets the headlines, there is also a less covered boom in infrastructure megaprojects. Many are in transportation, energy, and military projects. Examples include:

• The $7 billion Penn Station Transformation project in New York City.
• The $1.4 billion I-535 Latnik Bridge Project in Minnesota, for which a contractor is expected to be announced in June.
• An additional, multi-billion dollar segment of the California High-Speed Rail Project, bidding later this year.
• The approximately $1 billion I-69 ORX Section 2 project over the Ohio River connecting Indiana and Kentucky, also bidding later this year.
• The approximately $12 billion Sepulveda Transit Corridor Program in Southern California with bidding starting in 2027 for the first of multiple contracts.
• An additional $4 billion in opportunities in the Indo-Pacific region, including military infrastructure improvements at Naval Base Guam.
• The Hudson Gateway Tunnel project, a $16 Billion rail project under the Hudson River connecting New Jersey and New York.
• Massachusetts $1 Billion bridge, rail, and signal replacement project connecting Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville.
• The Frederick Douglass Tunnel Improvement, Maryland, about $5.9 billion, a major Amtrak Northeast Corridor project.
• The Brightline West High-Speed Rail, Nevada–California, more than $21 billion, one of the largest rail megaprojects in the country.
• Calcasieu Pass LNG Export Terminal & Pipeline, Louisiana, about $15.1 billion, a major energy export project.
• Rio Grande LNG Phase 2, Texas, about $9 billion, another large energy export project.
• Kingston Energy Complex, Tennessee, a multibillion-dollar generation and storage project.

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David Shiller

David Shiller is the Publisher of LightNOW, and President of Lighting Solution Development, a North American consulting firm providing business development services to advanced lighting manufacturers. The ALA awarded David the Pillar of the Industry Award. David has co-chaired ALA’s Engineering Committee since 2010. David established MaxLite’s OEM component sales into a multi-million dollar division. He invented GU24 lamps while leading ENERGY STAR lighting programs for the US EPA. David has been published in leading lighting publications, including LD+A, enLIGHTenment Magazine, LEDs Magazine, and more.

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