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Award: Water infrastructures
Value: $721 million in total
Location: Austin and Fort Worth, Texas
Customer: Texas DOT; City of Fort Worth
A global infrastructure company will make significant improvements to existing water plants in the fast-growing cities of Austin and Fort Worth, Texas, according to a press release.
It will be built by Ferrovial, the Amsterdam-based civil engineering company two large water installations in Austin and Fort Worth. Through its Webber construction subsidiary, the company won contracts totaling about $721 million, according to a news release. The victories are another important boost for the company portfolio in the United Stateswhich already recorded significant growth to close the first nine months of 2025.
In Austin, the Texas DOT tapped Webber to build a 105-foot-deep pump station tied to the I-35 Capital Express Central Projecta reconstruction of the interstate through downtown Austin. The scope of work includes four concrete volute pumps capable of moving 260,000 gallons of stormwater per minute from the new drainage tunnels along the corridor. Webber began construction on the $426 million job in July and is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2028, according to the release.
In Fort Worth, the contractor won a $295 million contract to expand the Eagle Mountain Water Treatment Plant, one of the city’s drinking water facilities. The project will add 35 million gallons per day of potable water capacity, according to the release.
Project works include new ozone generation and disinfection systems, flocculation and sedimentation basins, biological media filters and a membrane filtration building. Construction is underway and expected to be completed in 2029, according to the contractor.
The wins expand Ferrovial’s pipeline of water projects in the United States, a segment company leaders have pointed to as part of their broader growth strategy for infrastructure work. The company plans to target highway, airport, energy and water projects, Ferrovial Construction CEO Ignacio Gastón told Construction Dive last month.
Other major contractors have also highlighted water work as a strong source of delay heading into 2026.
Jacobs CEO Bob Pragada recently told investors the water pipe has increased by about 50%and expects single-digit growth in the sector by 2026. AECOM CEO Troy Rudd also indicated similarly. work related to water as one of the strongest drivers of the future demand for civil construction during the last call for results of the company’s fourth fiscal quarter.
