Article Posted date
31 October 2025
We are in an era of significant disruption. Protection of national interests are at the top of the agenda. Economies are being reshaped. Alliances and supply chains are being rewired. The frequency and severity of weather events are increasing. And social expectations and norms are being revised.
This edition of Emerging Trends in Infrastructure and Transport 2025 is intended to help public and private sector infrastructure players adapt. Within this report, we identify the 10 trends that we believe will impact the infrastructure sector over the coming years.
- Funding: The Great Privatization.
- Supply chain: In search of standards.
- Sustainability: Fixing the missing middle.
- Digitization: Seeing value from digital twins.
- New asset classes: Smarter infrastructure requires smarter strategies.
- Construction: Innovation unlocked.
- Resilience: Complacency will likely lead to catastrophe.
- Capacity: Delivering the pipeline.
- Energy transition: Prioritizing pragmatism.
- Shipping: Has the party ended?
