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Mega Builds

Ten Colossal Construction Projects That Will Change Our World

From the Great Pyramids of Giza to the Panama Canal: audacious building projects have been moulding history for millennia. These awe-inspiring undertakings are testament to the dizzying scale of human ambition and imagination, every megastructure a marker in the long story of human progress.

Today’s world is no different. In Mega Builds, YouTube sensation Fred Mills charts the story of how ten colossal megaprojects are reshaping our modern world. Nations and corporations are competing in an extraordinary bid to redraw the global geopolitical order and reset the boundaries of what might be possible for humanity.

Whether it’s reporting from inside a hollowed-out mountain in a corner of Japan, on the world’s longest rail tunnel or the first-ever undersea roundabout deep beneath the remote Faroe Islands, this is science fiction made real. And Fred gives us a front row seat to a fascinating, fact-packed guided tour around the world, shining a spotlight on the incredible multi-trillion-dollar feats of engineering that serve as new chapters in the story of what’s to come.

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  • Imprint: WH Allen
  • ISBN: 9780753561614
  • Length: 304 pages
  • Price: £22.00
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