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Images | 9 striking construction photos from September 2026

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Neil Gerrard Senior Editor, Construction Briefing

01 October 2026

Construction Briefing showcases nine images of noteworthy construction sites and projects around the world from September 2026

Satellite imagery shows possible construction efforts on the Saudi Arabia East-West pipeline six days after damage following a drone attack, near Al Mesbaah, Al Madinah Province, Saudi Arabia, (Image: Vantor Handout via Reuters) Satellite imagery shows possible construction efforts on the Saudi Arabia East-West pipeline six days after damage following a drone attack, near Al Mesbaah, Al Madinah Province, Saudi Arabia, (Image: Vantor Handout via Reuters)

A completed tunnel boring machine, left, and on that bus currently being constructed during a program unveiling the first of two tunnel boring machines onsite in North Bergen on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect The first of two tunnel boring machines started tunnelling North Bergen in New Jersey, USA on 28 September for the construction of the $16 billion Hudson Tunnel. The two tunnel boring machines launching this fall will bore approximately one mile through the hard rock under the Palisades Cliffs in New Jersey to the Hudson County Access Shaft on the border of Weehawken and Hoboken. These two machines will be removed via the access shaft and replaced with a second pair of machines that will build the section of the tunnel under the Hudson River. (Image: USA Today Network via Reuters Connect)

Kenya's President William Ruto and Vice President Kithure Kindiki stand amid an array of XCMG heavy machinery, on the day of a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of an East African oil refinery in Lamu, Kenya. (Image: Reuters/Monicah Mwangi) Kenya’s President William Ruto and Vice President Kithure Kindiki stand amid an array of XCMG heavy machinery, on the day of a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of an East African oil refinery in Lamu, Kenya. (Image: Reuters/Monicah Mwangi)

Construction continues on the new Milwaukee Public Museum on the northeast corner of Sixth and McKinley streets in Milwaukee earlier in September. The new $255 million museum is scheduled to open in 2027. M.A. Mortenson is the main contractor on the project. (Image: USA Today Network via Reuters Connect) Construction continues on the new Milwaukee Public Museum on the northeast corner of Sixth and McKinley streets in Milwaukee earlier in September. The new $255 million museum is scheduled to open in 2027. M.A. Mortenson is the main contractor on the project. (Image: USA Today Network via Reuters Connect)

Doka is supplying formwork and engineering support for a major viaduct on Poland’s S19 Babica-Jawornik expressway section. The section forms part of Via Carpathia, the transnational route linking the Baltic region with south-eastern Europe. Work on the hilly section includes Flyover ES-26, an eight-span viaduct with tall piers, long spans and limited space for assembly. Doka’s scope covers both the construction of the piers and the balanced cantilever erection of the superstructure. (Image courtesy of Doka) Doka is supplying formwork and engineering support for a major viaduct on Poland’s S19 Babica-Jawornik expressway section. The section forms part of Via Carpathia, the transnational route linking the Baltic region with south-eastern Europe. Work on the hilly section includes Flyover ES-26, an eight-span viaduct with tall piers, long spans and limited space for assembly. Doka’s scope covers both the construction of the piers and the balanced cantilever erection of the superstructure. (Image courtesy of Doka)

Hungarian construction company V-HID has installed the first of two spans that will make up the new Közvágóhíd railway bridge in Budapest, Hungary. Located near Budapest Park and sitting above a street called Soroksári út that serves as a main artery into Budapest, it was not possible to close the road for the bridge's installation. Instead, bridge sections were fabricated close by and moved into place using specialist equipment and lift engineering expertise from Mammoet over a single weekend (Image courtesy of Mammoet) Hungarian construction company V-HID has installed the first of two spans that will make up the new Közvágóhíd railway bridge in Budapest, Hungary. Located near Budapest Park and sitting above a street called Soroksári út that serves as a main artery into Budapest, it was not possible to close the road for the bridge’s installation. Instead, bridge sections were fabricated close by and moved into place using specialist equipment and lift engineering expertise from Mammoet over a single weekend (Image courtesy of Mammoet)

Instead of using large crawler or mobile cranes, a heavy-lift luffing tower crane from Marr Contracting has installed a huge modular chimney stack on a major new project in London. Marr’s cranes have been working on construction of the North London Heat and Power Project (NLHPP). Over a two-month period, one of the M2480D cranes lifted multiple stack sections that formed a flue gas stack in excess of 100 metres high and weighing up to 60-tonnes into place. (Image: Marr Contracting) Instead of using large crawler or mobile cranes, a heavy-lift luffing tower crane from Marr Contracting has installed a huge modular chimney stack on a major new project in London. Marr’s cranes have been working on construction of the North London Heat and Power Project (NLHPP). Over a two-month period, one of the M2480D cranes lifted multiple stack sections that formed a flue gas stack in excess of 100 metres high and weighing up to 60-tonnes into place. (Image: Marr Contracting)

Construction crews work on building the formwork for the roller compacted concrete near Interstate 40 in North Carolina as rebuilding I-40 continues from Hurricane Helene flooding. Contractor Keller recently won an additional $650 million of work on the project. (Image: USA Today Network via Reuters Connect) Construction crews work on building the formwork for the roller compacted concrete near Interstate 40 in North Carolina as rebuilding I-40 continues from Hurricane Helene flooding. Contractor Keller recently won an additional $650 million of work on the project. (Image: USA Today Network via Reuters Connect)

Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze delivers a speech during the official presentation of Trump Tower Tbilisi, a proposed 70-storey skyscraper earlier announced by The Trump Organization and international developers that is expected to become the tallest building in the country, in Tbilisi, Georgia (Image: Reuters/Irakli Gedenidze) Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze delivers a speech during the official presentation of Trump Tower Tbilisi, a proposed 70-storey skyscraper earlier announced by The Trump Organization and international developers that is expected to become the tallest building in the country, in Tbilisi, Georgia (Image: Reuters/Irakli Gedenidze)

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