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The World's Best Construction Podcast — 203 episodes

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1

The Race to Save the UK's Palace of Westminster - #202

2

Why New York Just Built a 1930s Skyscraper - #201

3

The 200th Episode Extravaganza - #200

4

The $12.5BN Airport That Will Overhaul World Travel - #199

5

New York’s 2WTC Finally Breaks Ground - #198

6

Listener Q&A Special - #197

7

The Sphere Failed. Why Are They Building More? - #196

8

Abu Dhabi’s Gehry-Designed Performing Arts Centre - #195

9

Saudi Arabia’s New National Tennis Centre - #194

10

Norway is Building The World's Deepest Mega-Tunnel - #193

11

This Will Be the Second Tallest Building Ever - #192

12

New York’s Penn Station Plans Move Forward - #191

13

This Subway Will Change Canada's Most Important City - #190

14

Vancouver’s First Supertall Skyscraper - #189

15

New York’s 175 Park Avenue Moves Forward - #188

16

How Teams Are Working to Fix Chernobyl’s Dome - #187

17

How the World’s Most Remote Mega Build Went Wrong - #186

18

Vietnam’s $67BN High Speed Railway - #185

19

Projects we're Obsessed with in 2026 - #184

20

Switzerland’s $2BN Tunnel U-Turn - #183

21

A 70-Storey Skyscraper in Liverpool? - #182

22

Rotterdam's Latest Architectural Competition is Unhinged - #181

23

NYC's Two World Trade Center is Finally Going Ahead - #180

24

The Greatest Projects London Never Had - #179

25

Vietnam is Building the World’s Biggest Stadium - #178

26

Why India Built a $2BN Airport in a Swamp - #177

27

The Skyscraper That Ruined Paris - #176

28

Why the Bills Refuse to Build a Roof on New Highmark Stadium - #175

29

Why Britain Approved China's London Mega Embassy - #174

30

DC’s $2BN Stadium, Ethiopia’s New Airport & Dubai’s Mercedes-Benz City - #173

31

Work Resumes on the World's Next Tallest Building, the Jeddah Tower - #172

32

Is The LINE Really Dead? - #171

33

The Big Fat Construction Quiz of 2025 - #170

34

The Construction Videos That Defined 2025 - #169

35

Inside Europe’s New Mega-Tunnel Under The Alps - #168

36

The Epic Engineering Behind America's New Stadium - #167

37

The World's Tallest Megadam Will Block Central Asia - #166

38

Inside The $3BN Mega-Lab That Will Change The World - #165

39

Cambodia's New Airport Opens, Chicago's Lake Station Overhaul and more... - #164

40

Why Canada Blasted a Huge Hole Outside its Parliament - #163

41

Serbia’s Zaha Hadid Skyscraper, Gordie Howe Bridge Update, & Singapore’s New Waterfront Venue - #162

42

Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands Adds a Fourth Tower and London’s 130 Fenchurch Street Skyscraper - #161

43

Manchester United Scraps Stadium Design, and Do Logo's Belong on Skyscrapers? - #160

44

Baghdad's New District, Santander's New Miami Skyscraper, and Riyadh's Expo 2030 Site - #159

45

London’s 50 Fenchurch Street, Binghatti Flare Rises in Dubai, & Borneo’s New Port- #158

46

The September QUIZ - #157

47

Manchester's New Metro, Chicago O'Hare's $1.3BN Upgrade, and more - #156

48

Inside China’s Controversial London Mega-Embassy - #155

49

Listener Q&A Special - #154

50

This Huge Hole Should've Been America's Tallest Skyscraper - #153

51

France’s Tour Triangle Takes Shape - #152

52

Bangkok’s New Lantern District - #151

53

Abu Dhabi’s Zayed National Museum Takes Shape - #150

54

How THE LINE Will Be Built - #149

55

Is this Europe’s Most Disastrous Airport Ever? - #148

56

Why New York’s Leaning Skyscrapers Don’t Fall Over - #147

57

Why America is Hollowing Out a Mountain - #146

58

The Grenfell Tower Fire: London’s High-Rise Scandal - #145

59

A Little Quiz Never Hurt Anyone (Except Fred) - #144

60

The Secret Race to Save a New York Skyscraper From Collapse - #143

61

Spain's $100M Mega Build Broke Every Rule - #142

62

The World’s Tallest Hotel - #141

63

Why Europe is Building a $34BN Transport Mega-Hub - #140

64

The Insane Tunnels Under Big Ben - #139

65

My BIG FAT Greek Metro - #138

66

The Epic Plan to DEMOLISH The $160BN International Space Station - #137

67

The Railroad That Could CRIPPLE America's Economy - #136

68

The $17BN Plan to Make Iraq a Logistics Superpower - #135

69

Why Berlin Built a $7BN Empty Airport - #134

70

Why China is Building a New Road to Russia - #133

71

Inside Europe's $1BN Abandoned Mega-Build - #132

72

Delayed: Japan’s $64BN Levitating Bullet Trains are no Longer on Track - #131

73

The $3BN Mega Dam That Changes the Weather - #130

74

Overbudget: Britain's $57BN Nuclear Nightmare - #129

75

How This Nazi Megastructure Became Luxury Apartments - #128

76

Top 25 Construction Megaprojects of 2025 - #127

77

Big Fat QUIZ of 2024 - #126

78

The $100BN Plan to Save Tokyo - #125

79

Derailed: Germany's $60BN Railway Rescue Plan - #124

80

New York is Building a Skyscraper Jail - #123

81

Autumn Quiz Special - #122

82

Sydney is Building a $5BN Mega-Airport - #121

83

Canada's First Supertall Skyscraper is in Crisis - #120

84

Building a $1BN Mega-Telescope in the Desert - #119

85

Inside Saudi Arabia's Wild World Cup Stadiums - #118

86

This City is the Next Singapore - #117

87

Why Egypt Built an Olympic City Without the Olympics - #116

88

Why No One Wants This London Skyscraper - #115

89

Saudi Arabia Built a $16BN Clock Tower - #114

90

This Robot Could Change Skyscraper Construction - #113

91

These American Dams Are Falling Apart - #112

92

This is The World's Most Complex Construction Project - #111

93

Building the World’s Second Tallest Skyscraper - #110

94

Singapore’s New Metro Line is Construction Hell - #109

95

The $1BN Race to Save Notre Dame From Collapse - #108

96

The $64M Race to Save the Eiffel Tower - #107

97

How to Build an Arctic Airport - #106

98

The $3BN Plan to Fix Europe's Most Important Airport - #105

99

Inside the High-Security Fortress That’s Heating Paris - #104

100

The Crucial Skyscraper Test You've Never Heard Of - #103

101

Why Soviet-Era Nuclear Plants Are Being Dismantled - #102

102

The Race to Fix Australia’s Failed Dam - #101

103

The 100th Episode - #100

104

Why Construction Needs to Talk About Mental Health - #99

105

Is This $4BN Megaproject Pointless? - #98

106

The World’s Most Expensive Site - #97

107

The $3BN Plan to Connect Southeast Asia - #96

108

How to Build a 2KM Skyscraper - #95

109

Europe's Megaproject to Replace Russian Railways - #94

110

How Rectangular TBMs Work - #93

111

The Plan to Save New York's Emptiest Building - #92

112

Inside The World's Most Remote Infrastructure Project - #91

113

This $45BN Megaproject Will Forever Change Paris - #90

114

Sydney’s $64BN Mega Railway - #89

115

The Insane Engineering of London’s $5BN Super Sewer - #88

116

The $1BN Plan to Fix Paris’ Dirty Secret - #87

117

Why Japan is Hollowing Out a Mountain - #86

118

The $42BN Plan to Rebuild the World’s Unluckiest City - #85

119

The $7BN Mega-Tunnels You've Never Heard Of - #84

120

Why Russia Tried to Block This Canal - #83

121

The Race to Save the Panama Canal - #82

122

Hawaii's $10BN Railway Across Paradise - #81

123

The $140BN Race to Build America's First High-Speed Railway - #80

124

How (and Why) India Built the World’s Biggest Office - #79

125

Top 10 Construction Projects Completing in 2024 - #78

126

The Big Fat QUIZ of 2023 - #77

127

The SECRET Architecture of America's $1BN Fortress - #76

128

The Skyscraper That ENDED New York's Billionaires' Row - #75

129

The $1BN Megaproject to SAVE California - #74

130

The SECRET RULE Keeping Sydney Short - #73

131

Inside REAL MADRID’s $1BN Stadium Upgrade - #72

132

Turning LAS VEGAS Into an F1 TRACK - #71

133

Fred Vs Luke TRIVIA Showdown - #70

134

The BATTLE To Save New York's Oldest Skyscrapers - #69

135

Get Construction Talking LIVE from London - #68

136

Australia's $125 BILLION New Railway - #67

137

The Mystery of Dubai's FROZEN Mega-Wheel - #66

138

Have These SUPERCAR Skyscrapers Gone Too Far? - #65

139

Who Should Live on GROUND ZERO? - #64

140

Building The World’s BIGGEST Ever Cruise Ship - #63

141

Italy's $12BN Bridge MYSTERY - #62

142

The BATTLE To Build India's First Bullet Train - #61

143

The Quiz REMATCH - #60

144

How To Build a SPY HQ - #59

145

Australia's $6.3 BILLION New Railway Explained - #58

146

The Race to Replace a CRACKED DAM - #57

147

The Building That BROKE Taipei - #56

148

Summer QUIZ Special - #55

149

CANADA'S $30BN Gamble To Become An Energy Superpower - #54

150

The BILLION DOLLAR Plan to Save New York - #53

151

Construction’s MENTAL HEALTH Crisis - #52

152

The Race to SAVE Texas’ Failed Megabridge - #51

153

The Crazy SCANDAL Behind Building the Washington Monument - #50

154

The Tallest SKYSCRAPERS Under Construction in 2023 - #49

155

Austria is Digging a TUNNEL Like No Other - #48

156

Why America is REMOVING These Dams - #47

157

This Mega-Dam is the Size of LONDON - #46

158

The SAUDI ARABIA Episode - #45

159

The FAILED Plan to Save Venice - #44

160

The PROBLEM With New York's Skyscrapers - #43

161

The SHOCKING Story of New York’s Strangest Tower - #42

162

The INSANE Engineering of the Golden Gate Bridge - #41

163

The JEDDAH TOWER Episode - #40

164

The $7BN Plan to Save New York's MOST HATED Train Station - #39

165

The Middle Eastern Building Spree You WEREN'T Aware Of - #38

166

New York's $3BN Skyscraper GAMBLE - #37

167

INSIDE The Lab That Tests Elevator Free-Falls - #36

168

Engineering the World’s Most COMPLEX Office Building - #35

169

New York's LEANING Skyscraper - #34

170

Why Architects Put TREES on Buildings - #33

171

Europe is Building a 57KM Tunnel Through a MOUNTAIN - #32

172

Tokyo’s Earthquake-Resistant Supertall SKYSCRAPER - #31

173

The Secret Subway That Could SAVE New York - #30

174

The SECRET $4BN Tunnel Network Under Chicago - #29

175

New Zealand's $3.2BN FIRST EVER Subway - #28

176

Sydney’s $5BN Tunnel U-turn - #27

177

The Billionaire Building a $400BN CITY in the US Desert - #26

178

This $67BN High Speed Railway Will Transform ASIA - #25

179

The TOP Projects Completing in 2023 - #24

180

A Swarm of ROBOTS Has Built a Tunnel - #23

181

The RELENTLESS Evolution of The New York Skyscraper - #22

182

Fixing New York's MOST HATED Highway - #21

183

Abu Dhabi Has Built the World’s LARGEST Aquarium - #20

184

The INSANE SCALE of Europe's New Mega-Tunnel - #19

185

Why It’s SO HARD To Build a Skyscraper Here - #18

186

Why India DOESN'T Build Skyscrapers - #17

187

Egypt Built a SUPERTALL Skyscraper in the Desert - #16

188

Why a BILLIONAIRE Tried to Stop This Bridge - #15

189

Sweden's $100BN City Upgrade - #14

190

Delhi's $4BN RAILWAY Explained - #13

191

The ALL-NIGHT RACE to Fix an Airport Runway - #12

192

Why NYC's World Trade Center Is STILL Unfinished - #11

193

The World's DEEPEST Pool - #10

194

The REAL Height of The World's Tallest Buildings - #9

195

Kuala Lumpur's SKYSCRAPER Boom - #8

196

Why Your City is SO EXPENSIVE - #7

197

LIVE from San Diego w/ Mike Landers - #6

198

San Francisco's TILTING Millennium Tower - #5

199

HS2: The £100BN Railway Dividing a Nation - #4

200

Saudi Arabia’s LINE in the sand - #3

201

The World's First UNDERSEA Roundabout - #2

202

The US Government Wants to DESTROY These Towers - #1

203

Introductory Minisode