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. 32 The President's National Infrastructure Advisory Council has approved a report that recommends a federal strategy for addressing America's water crisis. Building twenty-first century infrastructure to meet the country's water needs - let alone maintaining what's already in place - won't be easy, so the National Security Council
infrastruttura no. 31 America's wind and solar power potential is being held back by local red tape. Recent research from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory published in the journal Nature Energy says “setback” ordinances could ultimately reduce America’s wind power potential by 87% and solar power potential by 38%
Global installed wind power generation capacity has increased more than 8x since 2007, to over 840 gigawatts in 2021. How? One reason is that manufacturers are churning out ever larger turbine blades - some are longer than a football field now - which helps reduce project costs. But installing these