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Sector Analysis
Project Insight: Global Water and Sewage Construction Projects (Q3 2026)
This report provides a detailed analysis of water and sewage construction projects globally, based on projects tracked by GlobalData. Global Data is currently tracking water and sewage construction projects with a total value of $705.5 billion, including all projects from the early stages of pre-planning (announcement and study) to the execution stage. The global pipeline of projects remains considerably advanced, with 73% ($515.1 billion) of pipeline value generated by projects currently in the execution or pre-execution (design, tender, and award)...
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Thematic Analysis
Construction M&A Deals H1 2026 - Top Themes: Strategic Intelligence
This report analyzes the disruptive themes that have driven M&A activity in H1 2026 in the Construction Sector.
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Analyst Opinions
AI-designed Materials: Market Trends and Innovations
AI is reshaping materials development by allowing researchers to evaluate compositions, structures, properties, and processing conditions computationally before committing to physical synthesis. The report presents this as a shift from sequential trial-and-error toward connected workflows that combine materials data, predictive and generative models, physics-based simulation, laboratory testing, and production feedback across the full development lifecycle. The main value of AI lies in its ability to explore large design spaces, rank promising candidates, predict material behavior, and guide more informative experiments....
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Sector Analysis
Norway Construction Market Size, Trend Analysis by Sector, Competitive Landscape and Forecast to 2030 (H1 2026)
GlobalData forecasts that the Norwegian construction industry to expand in real terms by 1.6% in 2026, driven by investments in infrastructure and energy construction projects. The government in late June 2026, announced funding of NOK1.3 billion ($130 million) for the construction of ten zero-emission vessels, increasing the total to 22 such vessels already under construction as of late June 2026. In addition, the local government of Vestland approved the Atløysambandet project in mid-June 2026, involving an investment of NOK2 billion...
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Sector Analysis
Panama Construction Market Size, Trend Analysis by Sector, Competitive Landscape and Forecast to 2030 (H1 2026)
The construction industry in Panama is expected to grow by 5% in real terms in 2026, supported by rising investments in transport and energy sector projects, coupled with funding from major international funding institutions, such as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). According to the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC), Panama’s construction industry’s value-add grew by 2.7% in 2025, preceded by an annual growth of 4.6% in 2024. In April 2026, a government agency responsible...
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Sector Analysis
Russia Construction Market Size, Trend Analysis by Sector, Competitive Landscape and Forecast to 2030 (Q2 2026)
The Russian construction industry is expected to shrink in real terms by 5.2% in 2026 and 1.8% in 2027, owing to the ongoing economic uncertainty in the country caused by the Ukraine-Russia war and Middle Eastern conflict, increasing labor shortages, rising construction material costs, spending cuts to fund the war and a sluggish residential building activity. According to the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), Russia’s average construction activity volume index fell by 14.5% year-on-year (YoY) in the first four months...
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Sector Analysis
Oman Construction Market Size, Trend Analysis by Sector, Competitive Landscape and Forecast to 2030 (H1 2026)
GlobalData expects the Omani construction industry to grow by 2.5% in real terms in 2026, supported by increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country’s manufacturing and oil sector, coupled with rising investments in construction projects, particularly in non-oil and renewable sectors, amid a diversifying oil economy. In February 2026, during the Government Projects Forum 2026, Oman unveiled a massive OMR1.5 billion ($3.9 billion) development pipeline for 2026, including OMR475 million ($1.2 billion) in approved schemes and over OMR1...
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Sector Analysis
Sweden Construction Market Size, Trend Analysis by Sector, Competitive Landscape and Forecast to 2030 (H1 2026)
Following a decline of 1.5% YoY in 2025, the Swedish construction industry is expected to recover and register an annual real terms growth of 3.4% in 2026, supported by increase in investments in transport infrastructure, growth in construction production, and the government’s allocation under the latest 2026 Budget.In September 2025, the Swedish government announced its Budget for 2026. The budget is set at SEK1.5 trillion ($146.1 billion) as expenditure, marking an increase of 8.1% compared to the 2025 Budget, with...
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Sector Analysis
Romania Construction Market Size, Trend Analysis by Sector, Competitive Landscape and Forecast to 2030 (H1 2026)
The construction industry in Romania is expected to expand in real terms by 5.5% in 2026, supported by an increase in investments in civil engineering works and residential construction projects. According to the National Institute of Statistics (NIS), the average construction work index grew by 11.7% year on year (YoY) in the first four months of 2026, preceded by an annual growth of 8% in 2025. By segments, the average civil engineering work index grew by 14.4% YoY, while the...
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Sector Analysis
US Construction Market Size, Trend Analysis by Sector, Competitive Landscape and Forecast to 2030 (Q2 2026)
GlobalData forecasts that the US construction industry will return to growth in 2026, expanding by 0.6% in real terms after a 1.3% contraction in 2025. The headline figure masks an increasingly two-speed market with growth concentrated in infrastructure and energy and utilities sectors, while industrial construction enters an outright contraction, and residential output stabilizes from decline to flatline growth. For market participants, the defining challenge in 2026 is no longer the availability of demand but the cost of capital, but...
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