{"product_id":"mega-builds","title":"Mega Builds","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","brand":"Random House (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45786456784943,"sku":"9780753561614","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/2855\/6847\/files\/imageloader_f2fdddcf-fd0c-44ae-a8cf-5dd443bccbb1.jpg?v=1786143245","url":"https:\/\/tssbooks.com\/products\/mega-builds","provider":"tssbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}