{"product_id":"9780753561614-mega-builds","title":"Mega Builds","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTen Colossal Construction Projects That Will Change Our World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the incredible, fact-packed new book shining a light on the world’s biggest engineering challenges, and what they tell us about our future.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW SCIENTIST\u003c\/i\u003e BEST NEW POPULAR SCIENCE BOOK OF 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A ceaselessly uplifting and positive book.’\u003c\/b\u003e – Mark Cooper-Jones, author of \u003ci\u003eThis Way Up\u003c\/i\u003e by the Map Men\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Reveals the feats shaping the 21st century.’\u003c\/b\u003e – Chris Broad, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAbroad in Japan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eModern engineering is rewriting the rulebook and revolutionising how we live.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMega Builds\u003c\/i\u003e, Fred Mills – the founder of global construction platform The B1M - takes you inside ten of the most extraordinary engineering projects that are reshaping our modern world.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom a 170km-long smart city in Saudi Arabia, to Japan’s levitating railway and France’s bold quest for limitless energy, Mills delivers an eye-opening tour of the biggest engineering challenges set to change the world as we know it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy the end of this book, you’ll learn:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy the world’s biggest city has been built in the worst place imaginable.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhere the vision of a single ruler in the desert is rewriting our understanding of what’s possible.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat drives us to build ever-higher buildings and design ever-faster trains.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd above all, how the dizzying scale of human imagination will inform the future of the man-made world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in Fred’s signature accessible style, \u003ci\u003eMega Builds\u003c\/i\u003e demystifies the complexities while exploring the economic, environmental and societal stakes of building at unprecedented scale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe trajectory of our civilisation is being authored today all around us, not in words on a page, but in steel and concrete.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeet the projects and people set to transform our very experience of life on earth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMega Builds:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003efascinating exploration of the world’s biggest and boldest construction projects\u003c\/b\u003e.’ – Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Fred has \u003cb\u003ea gift \u003c\/b\u003efor turning megaprojects into\u003cb\u003e stories you can feel.’\u003c\/b\u003e – Grady Hillhouse, author of \u003ci\u003eEngineering in Plain Sight \u003c\/i\u003eand creator of Practical Engineering\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eSuperb… \u003c\/b\u003eMills rightly celebrates how thinking big is often the right answer.’ – Christian Wolmar, author of \u003ci\u003eBritish Rail\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of the Railway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56409873154422,"sku":"9780753561614","price":20.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41438731_8eab7f5f-3ae0-413b-8424-4030f4f26833.jpg?v=1779934884","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780753561614-mega-builds","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}