Why Europe is Building a $34BN Transport Mega-Hub
Infrastructure 30 Apr 2025
Deep in the south of Sweden, 13 nations have come together to build one of the biggest science projects in human history. It's a multi-billion dollar mega lab that acts like a gigantic microscope, except this one has a particle accelerator and makes nuclear reactions.
Scientists will use it to explore the atomic structure of materials. But what exactly is it, why are so many countries involved and how does it work? We took a tour of the European Spallation Source to find out.
King Salman Gate will rise next to AlMasjid AlHaram, Mecca's Sacred Mosque, and create some 900,000 praying spaces.
Designed by Santiago Calatrava, the $374M structure was first unveiled in 2006, but has been plagued by budget overruns and delays.
On 30 September, we brought construction's leading voices on mental health together at the Gherkin in London.