{"product_id":"mega-builds-ten-colossal-construction-projects-that-will-change-our-world-9780753561614","title":"Mega Builds: Ten Colossal Construction Projects That Will Change Our World","description":"\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW SCIENTIST\u003c\/i\u003e BEST NEW POPULAR SCIENCE BOOK OF 2026 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--- \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eModern engineering is rewriting the rulebook and revolutionising how we live.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy the end of this book, you'll learn: \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\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe trajectory of our civilisation is being authored today all around us, not in words on a page, but in steel and concrete. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeet the projects and people set to transform our very experience of life on earth.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMega Builds: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780753561614\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320","brand":"Fred Mills","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52933933072565,"sku":"9780753561614","price":35.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mega-builds-ten-colossal-construction-projects-that-will-change-our-world-9780753561614","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}