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The B1M
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The world’s largest, most subscribed-to (and best) video channel for #construction with 4M YouTube subs. Hosted by @Fred_Mills. We LOVE this industry 🏗
Joined December 2011
- Nairobi's Central Station is set for an upgrade. Designed by Atkins, the new terminal will feature shell-like roof structures fanning out from either side of its platforms - bit.ly/3zHS4vo #architecture #construction #infrastructure
- Belgium’s long-awaited Gare de Mons is (finally) open. Designed by Santiago Calatrava, the $374M structure is intended to act as a ‘monumental bridge’ stretching for 160-metres over the station platforms and connecting Mons’ historic centre with new urban developments to the
- BREAKING: Saudi Arabia's 1KM tall Jeddah Tower could restart construction in 2025 and complete in 2028. This early stage mock-up 4D model, created by Freeform 3D and shared exclusively with @TheB1M, shows how the megatall skyscraper could be completed and includes indicative
00:00 - What a construction project. The aptly-named “Extremely Large Telescope” is currently being built on top of a mountain in the middle of Chile’s remote Atacama Desert, more than 150–kilometres away from the nearest city. Construction teams have broken the build down into
- Replying to @Truthful_astHello! We're so sorry that this has happened. We've looked into it internally and it was mistake in how we credited the image. The image appears similar to one from SpaceX and in a complex video it was labelled incorrectly. We've now blurred the SpaceX credit in the video and
- Saudi Arabia has announced plans for King Salman Gate, a 12 million square metre mixed-use development next to AlMasjid AlHaram, the site's Sacred Mosque. The project is planned to improve access to the site and integrate with public transport networks, improving the overall
- Construction works to completely rebuild Chicago's State/Lake station have officially begun. Situated on the Chicago Loop and first opened in 1895 (130 years ago), the station is one of the city's most historic transit hubs. The $440M overhaul, designed by SOM, will see the
- With plans to pedestrianise London's Oxford Street now moving ahead, there's been plenty of debate around what form its remodelling could take — including on our latest episode of The World's Best Construction Podcast, where we discussed the idea of a new 'urban garden' down the
- After more than two decades of development, the Grand Egyptian Museum has officially opened on Egypt’s Giza Plateau. Designed by Heneghan Peng Architects, the huge complex brings together over 100,000 artefacts, including the complete Tutankhamun collection displayed in one
- Poland is constructing an entire new airport from scratch. CPK will sit 37-kilometres west of Warsaw and have capacity for 40M passengers a year when it first opens.
- Zaha Hadid's breathtaking Leeza SOHO skyscraper for your Wednesday 👌
- New York has a new icon. After several years of construction, 270 Park Avenue – a $3BN skyscraper and the new global headquarters of JP Morgan Chase – is now officially open. Designed @FosterPartners, the supertall structure stands 423-metres above the streets of Manhattan’s
- This 210-metre biology-inspired skyscraper has been imagined for Lower Manhattan - bit.ly/3cn60zO #architecture #construction #skyscraper
