From Los Angeles Metro to Rome’s Line C: The Most Extreme Metro Construction Sites

Beneath the world's major cities, a silent challenge is being fought. A battle against water, against time, against history. Building new metro systems requires crossing aquifers, unstable ground, arc...

Desalination, Green Roofs, Underground Cities: Infrastructure for Climate Resilience

21st-century cities are entering a new climate era. Increasingly intense heatwaves, tropical nights, power outages, and urban heat islands are transforming metropolises into environments that are incr...

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...

$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...

The New Zealand Paradox: Rich in Water Resources, Yet at Risk of a Water Crisis

In New Zealand, one of the world’s most water-rich countries, urbanisation, intensive agriculture and climate change are turning water management into a strategic infrastructure challenge. Auckland...

Lake Erie: Freshwater Sea Reviving Thanks to the Internet of Things

From a symbol of American industrial pollution to a global laboratory for smart water infrastructure: Lake Erie, the most fragile of the Great Lakes of North America, is becoming an experimental platf...

Clean Energy and Public Transport: Sustainable Infrastructure Changing the World

From public transport networks to hydropower plants, from water management systems to offshore wind complexes, infrastructure is becoming the driving force behind sustainability, redefining the relati...