Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Thu September 18, 2025
JS Link America to Invest $223M in New Rare-Earth Magnet Facility in Columbus, Ga.
A major international employer is setting up shop in Columbus, Ga. JS Link America, a U.S.-owned subsidiary of JS Link, a Korean company, said in a news release through the office of Gov. Brian Kemp that it will invest $223 million to create a rare-earth permanent magnet facility in the western Georgia city....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed September 17, 2025
B&O Museum Reimagines for Bicentennial
Baltimore's B&O Railroad Museum has welcomed train enthusiasts and history buffs for decades. The first commercially chartered railroad in the country chugged into gear in 1827 from this site. The museum also contains the South Car Works building, the oldest continuously operating railroad repair facility in the United States, if not the world (1869-1990)....
Knoxville News-Sentinel - Tue September 16, 2025
University of Tennessee at Knoxville Begins Work on $199M Chemistry Building
Construction on the University of Tennessee (UT) at Knoxville's new Chemistry Building on Cumberland Avenue is under way with a target completion date of 2029. UT leaders lobbied for years for the $199 million project, urging Gov....
postregister.com, Interesting Engineering - Tue September 16, 2025
INL, Aalo Atomics Break Ground On New Idaho Reactor
Representatives from Aalo Atomics and Idaho National Laboratory (INL) broke ground on Aug. 28 on Aalo-X — the first experimental extra modular nuclear reactor (XMR), according to postregister.com....
mysanantonio.com - Tue September 16, 2025
EdgeConneX Begins Work On $440M Data Center Near Austin
EdgeConneX is beginning to build a $440 million data center facility in Cedar Creek on the outskirts of Austin, according to mysanatonio.com. EdgeConneX, which is headquartered in Herndon, Va., plans to build a 578,000-sq.-ft....
NextDecade and Reuters - Tue September 16, 2025
Bechtel Wins $9B in Contracts for Rio Grande LNG Projects
Houston-based NextDecade announced that Reston, Virginia-based Bechtel finalized $9 billion in contracts for construction work on Train 4 and Train 5 at its Rio Grande LNG Facility in Brownsville, Texas....
Texas Department of Transportation - Tue September 16, 2025
Abbott Touts 10-Year, $146B Investment in Transportation
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Aug. 21, 2025, a new 10-year transportation plan with a projected investment of more than $146 billion. The plan by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will invest in local roads and major congestion relief projects to meet the demands of Texas' growing population and a thriving economy....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue September 16, 2025
Callan Marine Finishes Port of Corpus Christi Work
Callan Marine Ltd. recently delivered the Port of Corpus Christi's fourth and final phase of its $625 million Ship Channel Improvement Project (CIP). Construction on the first phase began in 2018, with the final phase starting in September 2023....
Texas A&M University System and connectcre.com - Tue September 16, 2025
$250M Aplin Center Gets Approval From Texas A&M Regents
Texas A&M University System Regents on Aug. 28, 2025, approved building the Aplin Center at Texas A&M University — a three-story, 211,724-sq.-ft. home for experiential learning in hospitality, retail and food and nutrition sciences that will double as Aggieland's new front door for prospective students and visitors....
houstonchronicle.com - Tue September 16, 2025
City of Conroe Set to Build New East Side Fire Station
Construction will soon begin Conroe's $4.7 million east side fire station after the City Council on July 10, 2025, OK'd a popular construction contract method, houstonchronicle.com reported. The council approved a design-build method for the project....
