Infrastructure

From California’s I-10 to Norway’s E39: 5 Symbols of Road Safety

From the Milan–Naples highway to the I-10 in Los Angeles, from the Pedemontana Lombarda to the fjords along the E39 in Norway, right through to the Singapore Expressway: five road infrastructure proje...

From Three Gorges Dam to Kansai Airport: Great Masterpieces of Civil Engineering

Five major infrastructure projects have redefined the boundaries of civil engineering: from the Panama Canal to China’s Three Gorges Dam, from Osaka Bay’s Kansai International Airport to the Hoover Da...

$50 Trillion for Bridges, High-Speed Rail, Energy and Other Infrastructure by 2050

In its latest Global Infrastructure Outlook, PwC forecasts that $151.1 trillion will be invested worldwide by 2050 to address major challenges posed by climate change, urbanisation, and new global meg...

From Naples-Afragola to King’s Cross: The Stations of the Future Are Intermodal Hubs

From simple transit points to true intermodal hubs capable of integrating high-speed rail, metro systems, buses, airports, and urban services. Major railway stations are changing their face across the...

From Washington D.C. to Dubai: 5 Infrastructure Projects that Engage with Water

From the Anacostia River Tunnel in Washington D.C. to the dams and polders in the Netherlands, from the tidal energy plant in Brittany to the artificial island in Dubai: discover how hydraulic enginee...

Sagrada Família, Barcelona: Anticipation for Pope Leo XIV’s Inauguration

Barcelona’s Sagrada Família, one of Spain’s most famous landmarks, which Pope Leo XIV is due to visit in the coming days, is one of the most extraordinary examples of how artists, artisans and archite...

The Chokepoints Crisis and the Return to Railways

The geopolitical crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, and operational difficulties in the Suez Canal are driving global trade toward major terrestrial rail corridors. Freight...

From Himalayas to Andes: Infrastructure Built at the Extremes (and Where to Find It)

From the GERD in Ethiopia to the Karakoram Highway amongst the glaciers, from the Rogun Dam to Ushuaia International Airport: infrastructure in extreme environments arises from the challenge of transf...

Pioneers Beneath the Alps

The Fréjus Road Tunnel is more than just a mountain tunnel: it symbolises a Europe that crosses the Alps rather than being held back by them. Built by true pioneers of civil engineering, it has connec...