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Images | 9 of the best photos from the world of construction in September
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30 September 2025
Construction Briefing showcases standout images from the global construction industry in September.
Construction equipment in operation during the building of the gargantuan Stargate data centre in north Abilene, Texas, USA. The 1,100 acre facility is the flagship site among a series of new data centre developments for ChatGPT creator OpenAI. Over 6,400 construction workers are involved in its construction, which is scheduled for completion in mid-2026. (Image: USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect).
Mammoet designed a bespoke gantry system with a capacity of 900 tonnes to lift four tunnel boring machines out of a shaft above underground tunnels for the HS2 high-speed railway in the UK. Mammoet extracted the TBMs from the Green Park Way vent shaft, 35m above the twin tunnels, on a difficult site on the outskirts of London that sits near two live railways. Collaborating with contractor Skanska Costain Strabag JV and TBM manufacturer Herrenknecht, Mammoet extracted the front and middle sections of each TBM in a single lift and placed them onto SPMTs, transporting them to a disassembly area on site. Design of the system took nine months and each of the four lifts took 24 hours. (Image courtesy of Mammoet).
The first pair of 500-metre-long steel rails are laid onto a ballastless track slab between Xi’an East and Lantian in China for the Xi’an-Shiyan high-speed railway. China Railway Fourth Engineering Bureau, a subsidiary of China Railway Group Limited (CREC) is primarily responsible for track laying on the entire line, totalling 512 kilometres. (Image courtesy of China Railway Group).
Officials continue recovery work on Samsen Road in front of Vajira Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, after the street collapsed into a large sinkhole. Bangkok’s governor Chadchart Sittipunt suggested that construction work on the MRT Purple Line under the city could have contributed to the collapse. Roadworks were also underway at the time. (Image: Teera Noisakran/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect)
A construction worker uses powered access equipment to work on the eye of a large woman Hanfu sculpture in front of the Hong Kong skyline on 28 September 2025. (Image: Vernon Yuen/Nexpher Images via Zuma Press Wire).
Arizona-based civil general contractor Pulice, a FlatironDragados company, has won a $27 million construction manager at risk (CMAR) contract to deliver phase two of the runway 12R-30L reconstruction project at Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, Arizona, USA. The total value of the first and second project phases exceeds $46 million. (Image courtesy of Pulice).
Construction workers walk past the installation “Pulled by the Roots” by Argentine artist Leandro Erlich during the BOG25 International Art Biennial at Plaza de Lourdes, in Bogota, Colombia. (Image: Reuters/Nathalia Angarita).
A drone view shows rotor blades and other parts for the ongoing construction of the Revolution Wind offshore wind turbine farm, staged on the State Pier in New London, Connecticut, USA. The Revolution Wind project, which is a joint venture between the Danish company Ørsted and Skyborn Renewables, is located 15 miles off the coast of Rhode Island and is 80% complete with all offshore foundations in place and 45 of 65 wind turbines installed. Earlier this month, a federal judge ruled that Ørsted can restart the nearly-complete project after Revolution Wind sought a temporary injunction to lift a stop-work order issued by the Trump administration on 22 August. (Image: Reuters/Brian Snyder).
The main bridge system of Jiuzi Bridge, the first steel truss and arch shell collaborative system bridge in China, has been connected successfully. China Railway First Bureau is building the 1,500m-long structure, located in the Sino-Singapore Suzhou-Chuzhou Industrial Park in Chuzhou, Anhui Province. It consists of a roadbed section, a steel main bridge, and cast-in-place beam bridge sections. The 260m-long main bridge features four spans and is divided into two levels, one for motor vehicles and one for non-motorised vehicles. (Image: China Railway Group).
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