infrastruttura no. 46 Mega-project ambitions in Saudi Arabia are creating a cash crunch in Riyadh for Vision 2030. From the PGA Tour to the 2032 World Cup and a new airline, Saudi Arabia has been on a spending binge since 2020. But de factor ruler MBS's "giga-projects" are starting to
infrastruttura no. 40 The global risk and claims consultancy HKA has released its sixth annual root cause analysis of global problem construction projects, concluding that a "triple design whammy" caused nearly half of them. The Sixth Annual CRUX Insight Report, Forewarned is Forearmed, reviewed 1800 projects in 106 countries valued
infrastruttura no. 36 The longest underground rail tunnel in the world has been under construction in the Alps for a decade - but it won't open until 2032 at the earliest. The Brenner Base Tunnel (BBT) is a 30-mile-long, $11B mega-project on the border of Italy and Austria that cuts
infrastruttura no. 29 From Ukraine to Indonesia, can "mega-P3s" help the world meet its mega-project moment? The world's mega-project moment continues to unfold, from significant federal investments in America's surface transportation and rail infrastructure networks to much larger programs like NEOM in Saudi Arabia, new capital cities for Indonesia (Nusantara)
A bridge connecting mainland southern Italy to Sicily has been a long-elusive goal for Italian engineers - and not just due to the Bel Paese's febrile politics. In 2005, the Italian government awarded a turnkey contract to a WeBuild-led joint venture (at the time known as Impregilo S.p.A.