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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Stad Ship Tunnel Construction Pushed to Early 2027

  Stadlandet, Norway

  

  Starts 01/01/2027DELAYED3 years late64% CONFIDENCEin 100 daysGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: "the aim of starting construction in the beginning of 2027."

  Norway's plan to blast the world's first full-scale ship tunnel through the Stad peninsula has cleared its funding hurdles, with construction now set to begin in early 2027.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  BQE Rebuild Pushed Back to a 2030 Start

  Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Brooklyn, New York, USA

  

  Starts 12/31/2030DELAYED70% CONFIDENCEin 4.3 yearsStreetsblog's^[3] report of 24 August 2026 on the new mayoral plan - 'Construction will start in 2030, wrap up in 2040', a 10-year $4 billion rebuild - is newer than the NYC^[2] DOT project page's 2029 start, which is where the pin's earlier date came from. No day is given, so it is dated to the last day of 2030.

  New York's plan to rebuild the crumbling triple-cantilever section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway now targets a 2030 construction start after yet another mayoral reset.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  IHC Merwede Delivers the Oleg Strashnov Crane Vessel to Seaway Heavy Lifting

  Van Cralingenweg 1, Krimpen aan den IJssel, NetherlandsIHC Merwede

  

  Starts 04/01/2011CONFIRMED80% CONFIDENCE15.5 years agoOffshore Energy^[3] reported Seaway Heavy Lifting took delivery of the new-build Oleg Strashnov crane vessel on 1 April 2011.

  Dutch shipbuilder IHC Merwede delivered the Oleg Strashnov, a 183-metre DP3 crane vessel able to lift 5,000 tonnes, to Seaway Heavy Lifting on 1 April 2011. The ship went on to become one of the most powerful monohull crane vessels used in offshore construction.

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• Infrastructure09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Afsluitdijk's Storm-Proofing Upgrade Wraps Up in the Netherlands

  Breezanddijk, Afsluitdijk, NetherlandsLevvel

  

  Starts 06/01/2023ESTIMATED64% CONFIDENCE3.3 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "completed the work in 2023."

  The Levvel consortium finished reinforcing the 32-kilometre Afsluitdijk sea wall with tens of thousands of custom concrete blocks so it can withstand a one-in-10,000-year storm.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Edda Freya Launches as a Hybrid-Powered Subsea Construction Vessel

  Kleven Verft, Klubbenesvegen 39, 6065 Ulsteinvik, NorwayØstensjø Rederi

  

  Starts 08/15/2015CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE11.1 years agoOffshore Energy's^[3] photo report documented the Edda Freya construction vessel launching (hitting the water) at Kleven's yard on August 15, 2015.

  Shipbuilder Kleven Verft floated out the Edda Freya at its Ulsteinvik yard, a hybrid-powered subsea construction vessel later chartered to DeepOcean for pipeline and platform repair work like the mission the documentary follows.

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• Marine09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  The Houston Ship Channel's Project 11 Widening Finishes

  Houston Ship Channel, Galveston Bay reach near Morgans Point, TexasPort Houston

  

  Starts 12/31/2029ESTIMATED63% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsPort Houston's project page describes "expediting the process to complete the work in 2029", a year rather than a day, so it sits at the end of that year.^[1]

  Project 11 widens the channel by 170 feet along its Galveston Bay reach, from 530 to 700 feet, and deepens upstream segments to 46.5 feet so the largest container ships can pass one another. Dredging began in 2022; Port Houston finished its own segments in October 2025 and the US Army Corps of Engineers is completing the rest, with the spoil building bird islands, marsh and oyster reef.

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• Gaming09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Futuroscope Opens Mission Bermudes, Mack Rides' First Rocking Boat

  Futuroscope, Avenue René Monory, Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, FranceFuturoscope

  

  Starts 06/28/2025CONFIRMED77% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoTheme-park trade press (Coaster101^[3], Lift Hills and Thrills) reported Mission Bermudes' public opening date as June 28, 2025.

  Futuroscope closes out its €300 million Vision 2025 expansion with Mission Bermudes, the debut installation of Mack Rides' Rocking Boat system, which lets its vessels drift like real boats before climbing onto coaster-like track.

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• Infrastructure09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Jakarta Sets September 2026 Groundbreaking for Its Giant Sea Wall

  Jakarta Bay, Jakarta, Indonesia

  

  Starts 09/30/2026ESTIMATED70% CONFIDENCEin 7 daysEstimated: the January target was September 2026, but on 3 September 2026 CNN Indonesia^[2] reported Governor Pramono is "menunggu arahan dari pemerintah pusat" (awaiting the central government's direction) rather than confirming it, and on 20 August he said "Ini kan pemerintah pusat. Kita menunggu saja" when asked if it would go ahead in September.

  Jakarta's government targeted September 2026 to break ground on its 19km stretch of a hybrid concrete-and-mangrove sea wall, part of a revised, roughly 500km national coastal defence plan that has replaced the earlier Garuda-shaped bird design.

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• Transport06/23/2017@ThePinGang

  France Aims to Transport Passengers on High-Speed Driverless Trains by 2023

  SNCF

  

  Starts 01/01/2023UNVERIFIED73% CONFIDENCE3.7 years ago

  The French government-owned railway, SNCF's project “drone trains” plans to put driverless trains on tracks by 2023.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  New Wharf Completed at Rothera Research Station, Antarctica

  Rothera Research Station, Adelaide Island, AntarcticaRoyal BAM Group

  

  Starts 04/16/2020CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE6.4 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "For the first time, polar ships have moored at a new £40 million wharf".

  BAM completed a new £40 million, 74-metre steel wharf at the British Antarctic Survey's Rothera Research Station so the new polar vessel RRS Sir David Attenborough could dock and resupply the base.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Wilhelmsen Launches Tønsberg as the World's Largest Ro-Ro Ship

  Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard, Nagasaki, JapanWilhelmsen Group

  

  Starts 10/02/2010CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE16.0 years agoWikipedia's^[4] MV Tønsberg article gives the launch date as 2 October 2010, built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the Wilh. Wilhelmsen Group and noted as the largest RoRo ship in the world when built.

  Wilh. Wilhelmsen launched the 265-meter Tønsberg at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Nagasaki shipyard, the largest roll-on/roll-off vessel ever built at the time. The ship carries luxury cars, SUVs, and outsized construction equipment across the world's oceans.

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• Architecture06/21/2017@ThePinGang

  Dubai to Add the World's First Rotating Skyscraper to Its Skyline by 2020

  

  12/01/2020 - 12/02/2020CONFIRMED80% CONFIDENCE5.8 years agoHappened as dated, per interestingengineering.com^[1]: "…“Dynamic Tower” which is expected to be completed in 2020. Th … line by 2020 Dubai will be home to t…"

  Dubai will be home to the first rotating skyscraper, dubbed the “Dynamic Tower” which is expected to be completed in 2020. The 42-meter skyscraper will be made of a series of 80-story-high rotating condos each costing a whopping $30 million.

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