Golden Gate Bridge District Approves Final $1BN Seismic Retrofit Phase

More like this

• Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  San Francisco's Millennium Tower Fix Declared a Success

  301 Mission Street, San Francisco, California, USA

  

  Starts 06/21/2023CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE3.3 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: the pile-driving and load-shifting project "was finished earlier this month," in an article published June 21, 2023.

  Engineers completed a $100M underpinning project meant to arrest the sinking and tilt of San Francisco's Millennium Tower.

  $100M

  0.68

  00
• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Golden Gate Bridge Opens to Pedestrians

  Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, USA

  

  Starts 05/27/1937CONFIRMED75% CONFIDENCE89.3 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "opened on May 27, 1937".

  San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, a mile-long suspension span across a notoriously treacherous strait, opened to the public with a Pedestrian Day that drew roughly 200,000 walkers.

  0.67

  00
• 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.

  $1.7B

  0.66

  00
• Architecture09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Salt Lake Temple Completes Seismic Base-Isolation Retrofit

  Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, UT, United StatesThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

  

  Starts 06/30/2026CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE85 days agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "Starting Thursday, June 25, construction crews removed over 1,500 bolts connecting 392 plates to the base isolators."

  Crews finished installing a base-isolation system beneath the 19th-century Salt Lake Temple as part of an estimated $2.4 billion project to let the building float free of the ground during a major earthquake.

  $2.4B

  0.66

  00
• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  LA's New Sixth Street Viaduct Opens as the 'Ribbon of Light'

  6th Street Viaduct, Santa Ana Freeway, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, 90021, United States

  

  Starts 07/09/2022CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE4.2 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "Dramatic new 6th Street Bridge opens, delivering a 'love letter' to Los Angeles," reported the day of the public opening.

  Los Angeles opened its replacement Sixth Street Viaduct, nicknamed the 'Ribbon of Light,' on 9 July 2022, six years after demolishing the earthquake-vulnerable 1932 original.

  $588M

  0.64

  00
• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Messina Strait Bridge Wins Final Design Approval

  Torre Faro, Messina, Sicily, ItalyStretto di Messina

  

  Starts 08/06/2025CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE1.1 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "approved the final project for a permanent connection between Sicily and Calabria".

  Italy's government gave final approval to build a suspension bridge across the Strait of Messina, reviving a project that had stalled for over 50 years.

  €13.5B

  0.64

  00
• Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  MTA's $68.4BN 2025-2029 Capital Plan Gets Final Approval

  2 Broadway, Manhattan, New York, NY, USAMetropolitan Transportation Authority

  

  Starts 06/18/2025CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "the MTA's^[3] 2025-2029 Capital Plan has been approved so quickly by the CPRB".

  New York's MTA won final approval for a record $68.4 billion five-year capital plan aimed at modernizing the aging subway, from new train cars to next-generation train control.

  $68.4B

  0.63

  00
• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Major Construction Begins on the New Long Bridge Over the Potomac

  Long Bridge, Potomac River, Washington, D.C., United StatesVirginia Passenger Rail Authority

  

  Starts 01/12/2026CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE254 days agoVPRA's notice says the work windows "begin January 12, 2026, and will continue until the project's completion in 2030".^[1]

  The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority moved the Long Bridge Project into full construction, opening daytime work windows through the Washington, D.C. construction zone because the District's noise and vibration rules bar the work at night. A new two-track bridge beside the century-old Long Bridge will give a continuous four-track corridor between Arlington and L'Enfant Plaza, relieving the worst passenger-rail bottleneck on the East Coast.

  0.63

  00
• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  The Portal Brings Caltrain Into the Salesforce Transit Center

  425 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94105Transbay Joint Powers Authority

  

  Starts 12/31/2035DELAYED9 years late40% CONFIDENCEin 9.3 yearsTJPA's^[1] project page gives an "anticipated revenue service date of 2035, funding dependent", a year rather than a day, so it sits at the end of that year.

  The Portal takes Caltrain, and later California High-Speed Rail, underground from Fourth and King into the train box already built beneath the Salesforce Transit Center, with a new underground station at Fourth and Townsend. TJPA's July 2025 indicative estimate put the capital cost at about $7.57 billion, of which the federal government has pledged $3.38 billion.

  $7.6B

  0.63

  00
• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  SFO's Terminal 3 West Expansion Opens

  Terminal 3, San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA 94128San Francisco International Airport

  

  Starts 09/01/2027ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 343 daysThe builder's announcement says the expansion "is scheduled to open in the fall of 2027", a season rather than a day.^[1]

  Turner broke ground on 5 September 2024 on the $2.6 billion modernization of SFO's Terminal 3: a 200,000-square-foot expansion, 650,000 square feet of renovation and a new six-story building holding airline lounges and operational offices. The eastern addition follows in 2029.

  0.63

  00
• Infrastructure09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Tokyo Unveils $109BN Resilience Project

  Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Shinjuku, Tokyo, JapanTokyo Metropolitan Government

  

  Starts 12/15/2022CONFIRMED77% CONFIDENCE3.8 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "In December 2022, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government unveiled the Tokyo Resilience Project."

  Tokyo's Metropolitan Government unveiled an 18-year, ¥17 trillion ($109BN) Resilience Project to fortify the city of 40 million against earthquakes, typhoons, tsunamis and volcanic activity.

  $109B

  0.63

  00
• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Network Rail Completes the London Bridge Station Redevelopment

  London Bridge Station, London SE1 9SP, UKNetwork Rail

  

  Starts 05/09/2018CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE8.4 years agoNetwork Rail's^[3] own history page states London Bridge station was officially reopened by the Duke of Cambridge on Wednesday 9 May 2018.

  Network Rail finished its five-year, roughly £1 billion rebuild of London Bridge station as part of the Thameslink Programme, and Prince William officially reopened the unified station on 9 May 2018. The project gave the station a single new concourse and step-free access to every platform.

  0.63

  00