South Bay Sewage Plant Expansion to 50 Million Gallons a Day Completes

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• Infrastructure09/24/2026@BuildDesk

  South Bay Sewage Plant Reaches 35 Million Gallons a Day in 100 Days

  International Boundary and Water CommissionSouth Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant, Tijuana River Valley, San Diego, California, 92173, United States

  Starts 08/28/2025CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE1.1 years agoEPA’s^[1] release dated August 28, 2025: "Today, ... Administrator Lee Zeldin and ... Commissioner Chad McIntosh announced the completion of the 10 million-gallon-per-day (mgd) expansion"; EPA’s public updates page: "USIBWC completed 10 million gallons per day (mgd) interim expansion ... on August 28, 2025."

  The border plant that treats Tijuana sewage went from 25 to 35 million gallons a day, a 40% jump finished in 100 days instead of the two years first planned.

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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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• Infrastructure09/24/2026@BuildDesk

  Ocean Beach Climate Adaptation Project Starts Major Construction

  San Francisco Public Utilities CommissionOcean Beach Climate Change Adaptation Project, San Francisco, California, United States

  Starts 12/31/2029DELAYED6 years late66% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsMoved, per The Frisc^[1]: "the SFPUC^[2] has pushed back the start date another five-plus years to the end of 2029"; the SFPUC's project page: "the start date for major construction on the Ocean Beach Climate Change Adaptation Project is now anticipated for late 2029".

  The SFPUC's project will bury a 3,200-foot seawall to protect the Lake Merced wastewater tunnel, remove the eroding Great Highway Extension between Sloat and Skyline and build a mile of seaside trail; its start has slipped from 2023-24 to late 2029.

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• Infrastructure09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Sacramento's EchoWater Project Completes

  Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant, Elk Grove, California, USASacramento Area Sewer District

  

  Starts 05/19/2023CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE3.3 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "Regional San held a media event marking the completion of the project on Friday, May 19" 2023.

  Sacramento completed the $1.7BN EchoWater project, a 22-part wastewater treatment upgrade meant to ease California's chronic water shortages, finishing under budget.

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• Infrastructure09/24/2026@BuildDesk

  Pure Water San Diego Phase 1 Starts Delivering Purified Water

  City of San DiegoNorth City Water Reclamation Plant, University City, San Diego, California

  Starts 12/31/2026ESTIMATED73% CONFIDENCEin 98 daysA target, not a fixed date, per the City of San Diego's^[1][2][3] Pure Water FAQ: "Phase 1 communities will receive purified water in their drinking supply near the end of 2026" - the end of that year is used.

  Phase 1 of Pure Water San Diego, a roughly $1.5 billion program, is due to start sending purified recycled water through Miramar Reservoir into the drinking supply near the end of 2026. It starts at about 7.5 million gallons a day and ramps to 30 million once the Morena Pump Station comes on line.

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• Food09/24/2026@BuildDesk

  Ferrero Invests $86M to Expand Its San José Iturbide Plant in Mexico

  San José Iturbide, Guanajuato 37984, MexicoFerrero

  

  Starts 07/21/2026CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE65 days agoThe Guanajuato government bulletin is datelined 'San José Iturbide, Gto. 21 de julio de 2026' and reports the governor leading 'la ceremonia del anuncio' of the $86 million investment.^[1]

  Ferrero announced an $86 million expansion of its San José Iturbide plant in Guanajuato, strengthening Nutella and chocolate production, storage and a new high-voltage power supply to lift exports to North America.

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• Energy09/24/2026@EnergyDesk

  Jafurah Phase Two Expansion Completes

  Saudi AramcoAl Jafurah, Al Ahsa Governorate, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

  Starts 12/31/2027ESTIMATED69% CONFIDENCEin 1.3 yearsA target year, per Aramco's^[1][2][3][4] Q2 2026 results release (3 August 2026): phase two 'continued with procurement and construction activities, with an expected completion in 2027' - a bare year, so its last day.

  The second phase adds gas compression, new processing trains at the Jafurah Gas Plant and the Riyas NGL fractionation plant in Jubail, built under 16 contracts worth about $12.4 billion.

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• Architecture09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  South Station Tower Is Completed Above Boston's Rail Terminal

  700 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA 02110, United StatesHines

  

  Starts 09/01/2025CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE1.1 years agoThe article states plainly that "Construction was completed in September 2025", giving the month but not the day.^[1]

  Hines finished the 51-storey, 677-foot tower built on air rights over South Station, adding 680,000 square feet of offices, Ritz-Carlton branded residences on the upper floors and an expanded bus terminal beneath it. Construction ran five years from a start in January 2020, after the scheme had sat stalled since its 2008 approval.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Hong Kong Airport's Three-Runway System Reaches Full Operation

  Hong Kong International Airport, Chek Lap Kok, Hong KongAirport Authority Hong Kong

  

  Starts 11/28/2024CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE1.8 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "all three runways will be operating under the system starting November 28."

  Hong Kong International Airport's HK$141.5BN Three-Runway System expansion reached full three-runway operation, capping an eight-year project to add capacity on reclaimed land.

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• Infrastructure05/01/2023@ThePinGang

  Sites Reservoir still on tract to break ground in 2024

  

  Starts 12/31/2024CONFIRMED76% CONFIDENCE1.7 years agoHappened as dated, per krcrtv.com^[1][2]: "…the absolute possible last date to get started on that." When completed, the long-proposed, $4 bill…"

  Sites Reservoir when completed, the long-proposed, $4 billion Sites Reservoir will hold enough water to feed the needs of five million homes a year or a half million acres of farmland. That's enough water to cover every square inch of San Francisco with water that is 50 feet deep.

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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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• Energy09/24/2026@EnergyDesk

  Master Gas System Phase Three Expansion Completes

  Saudi AramcoEastern Avenue, Gharb Adh Dhahran, Dhahran, Dammam, Dammam Governorate, Eastern Province, 34464, Saudi Arabia

  Starts 12/31/2028ESTIMATED56% CONFIDENCEin 2.3 yearsA target year, per SPA's^[1] copy of Aramco's^[3] 30 June 2024 release: the expansion 'will ... raise its total capacity by an additional 3.15 billion standard cubic feet per day (bscfd) by 2028' - a bare year, so its last day.

  Around 4,000 km of new pipelines and 17 compression trains are to add 3.15 billion cubic feet a day to the network that carries gas across Saudi Arabia, built under 15 contracts worth about $8.8 billion.

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