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The World's Best Construction Podcast — 189 episodes

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1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

Projects we're Obsessed with in 2026 - #184

6

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

7

A 70-Storey Skyscraper in Liverpool? - #182

8

Rotterdam's Latest Architectural Competition is Unhinged - #181

9

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

10

The Greatest Projects London Never Had - #179

11

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

12

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

13

The Skyscraper That Ruined Paris - #176

14

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

15

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

16

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

17

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

18

Is The LINE Really Dead? - #171

19

The Big Fat Construction Quiz of 2025 - #170

20

The Construction Videos That Defined 2025 - #169

21

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

22

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

23

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

24

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

25

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

26

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

27

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

28

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

29

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

30

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

31

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

32

The September QUIZ - #157

33

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

34

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

35

Listener Q&A Special - #154

36

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

37

France’s Tour Triangle Takes Shape - #152

38

Bangkok’s New Lantern District - #151

39

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

40

How THE LINE Will Be Built - #149

41

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

42

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

43

Why America is Hollowing Out a Mountain - #146

44

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

45

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

46

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

47

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

48

The World’s Tallest Hotel - #141

49

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

50

The Insane Tunnels Under Big Ben - #139

51

My BIG FAT Greek Metro - #138

52

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

53

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

54

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

55

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

56

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

57

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

58

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

59

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

60

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

61

How This Nazi Megastructure Became Luxury Apartments - #128

62

Top 25 Construction Megaprojects of 2025 - #127

63

Big Fat QUIZ of 2024 - #126

64

The $100BN Plan to Save Tokyo - #125

65

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

66

New York is Building a Skyscraper Jail - #123

67

Autumn Quiz Special - #122

68

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

69

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

70

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

71

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

72

This City is the Next Singapore - #117

73

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

74

Why No One Wants This London Skyscraper - #115

75

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

76

This Robot Could Change Skyscraper Construction - #113

77

These American Dams Are Falling Apart - #112

78

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

79

Building the World’s Second Tallest Skyscraper - #110

80

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

81

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

82

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

83

How to Build an Arctic Airport - #106

84

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

85

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

86

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

87

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

88

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

89

The 100th Episode - #100

90

Why Construction Needs to Talk About Mental Health - #99

91

Is This $4BN Megaproject Pointless? - #98

92

The World’s Most Expensive Site - #97

93

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

94

How to Build a 2KM Skyscraper - #95

95

Europe's Megaproject to Replace Russian Railways - #94

96

How Rectangular TBMs Work - #93

97

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

98

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

99

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

100

Sydney’s $64BN Mega Railway - #89

101

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

102

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

103

Why Japan is Hollowing Out a Mountain - #86

104

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

105

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

106

Why Russia Tried to Block This Canal - #83

107

The Race to Save the Panama Canal - #82

108

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

109

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

110

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

111

Top 10 Construction Projects Completing in 2024 - #78

112

The Big Fat QUIZ of 2023 - #77

113

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

114

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

115

The $1BN Megaproject to SAVE California - #74

116

The SECRET RULE Keeping Sydney Short - #73

117

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

118

Turning LAS VEGAS Into an F1 TRACK - #71

119

Fred Vs Luke TRIVIA Showdown - #70

120

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

121

Get Construction Talking LIVE from London - #68

122

Australia's $125 BILLION New Railway - #67

123

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

124

Have These SUPERCAR Skyscrapers Gone Too Far? - #65

125

Who Should Live on GROUND ZERO? - #64

126

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

127

Italy's $12BN Bridge MYSTERY - #62

128

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

129

The Quiz REMATCH - #60

130

How To Build a SPY HQ - #59

131

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

132

The Race to Replace a CRACKED DAM - #57

133

The Building That BROKE Taipei - #56

134

Summer QUIZ Special - #55

135

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

136

The BILLION DOLLAR Plan to Save New York - #53

137

Construction’s MENTAL HEALTH Crisis - #52

138

The Race to SAVE Texas’ Failed Megabridge - #51

139

The Crazy SCANDAL Behind Building the Washington Monument - #50

140

The Tallest SKYSCRAPERS Under Construction in 2023 - #49

141

Austria is Digging a TUNNEL Like No Other - #48

142

Why America is REMOVING These Dams - #47

143

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

144

The SAUDI ARABIA Episode - #45

145

The FAILED Plan to Save Venice - #44

146

The PROBLEM With New York's Skyscrapers - #43

147

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

148

The INSANE Engineering of the Golden Gate Bridge - #41

149

The JEDDAH TOWER Episode - #40

150

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

151

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

152

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

153

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

154

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

155

New York's LEANING Skyscraper - #34

156

Why Architects Put TREES on Buildings - #33

157

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

158

Tokyo’s Earthquake-Resistant Supertall SKYSCRAPER - #31

159

The Secret Subway That Could SAVE New York - #30

160

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

161

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

162

Sydney’s $5BN Tunnel U-turn - #27

163

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

164

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

165

The TOP Projects Completing in 2023 - #24

166

A Swarm of ROBOTS Has Built a Tunnel - #23

167

The RELENTLESS Evolution of The New York Skyscraper - #22

168

Fixing New York's MOST HATED Highway - #21

169

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

170

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

171

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

172

Why India DOESN'T Build Skyscrapers - #17

173

Egypt Built a SUPERTALL Skyscraper in the Desert - #16

174

Why a BILLIONAIRE Tried to Stop This Bridge - #15

175

Sweden's $100BN City Upgrade - #14

176

Delhi's $4BN RAILWAY Explained - #13

177

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

178

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

179

The World's DEEPEST Pool - #10

180

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

181

Kuala Lumpur's SKYSCRAPER Boom - #8

182

Why Your City is SO EXPENSIVE - #7

183

LIVE from San Diego w/ Mike Landers - #6

184

San Francisco's TILTING Millennium Tower - #5

185

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

186

Saudi Arabia’s LINE in the sand - #3

187

The World's First UNDERSEA Roundabout - #2

188

The US Government Wants to DESTROY These Towers - #1

189

Introductory Minisode