Development And Growth

Mega Infrastructure Works and Sustainable Development: From Ethiopia to Amazon River

There are infrastructure projects whose greatest value lies not in their engineering scale, but in their social impact. From Africa to the Amazon River, dams, bridges, and airports meet essential need...

From Øresund Bridge to International Space Station: Impossible Infrastructure Works

Building the world’s tallest dam, digging an underwater tunnel, assembling a space station in low Earth orbit, establishing a base in Antarctica: some feats seem impossible, until civil engineering tu...

From Rome’s Gemelli Hospital to the Cleveland Clinic: Revolution in Cardiology

From the hospital to the healthcare ecosystem. New healthcare infrastructure is redefining the approach to cardiovascular diseases by integrating digital technologies, medical research, telemedicine, ...

Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C.: New Tunnels Against Stormwater and Sewage in Rivers

Allegheny, Pennsylvania’s county where Pittsburgh is the capital, has awarded a contract to excavate the first of three tunnels under its streets in order to capture and treat more stormwater and raw ...

From Rome’s Metro to SoFi Stadium: Record Infrastructure Investments

Behind the world’s most iconic structures lie extraordinary investments. Infrastructure such as Rome’s Metro Line C, the SoFi NFL stadium, Apple Park in Cupertino, and One World Trade Center in Manhat...

From Zaha Hadid’s Gem to Canary Wharf: Railway Stations of Speed and Sustainability

Contemporary railway stations are not just transit hubs: they combine high-speed rail, intermodality, and urban regeneration. The Naples Afragola Station, the Bologna Central Station, Melbourne’s Sout...

The Feast of the Rock Giants

The Agaro Dam, in Italy's Ossola Valley, stands as one of the symbols of Italian hydropower and renewable energy. Built in the 1930s at 1,600 meters above sea level, this gravity dam holds back its ow...

Naples-Bari High-Speed Rail: The First Journey Toward the Future of Southern Italy

With the inauguration of the Naples-Cancello section, the first segment of the future Naples-Bari high-speed/high-capacity rail line comes into operation, representing one of the most important railwa...

250 Years of the United States in 9 Mega Works: From Brooklyn Bridge to Hoover Dam

In 2026, the United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. From the National Road that opened up the conquest of the West to the Golden Spike transcontinent...