Top 25 Megaprojects of 2025

[@phillipgathright8001]

Infrastructure projects are more interesting to me than the latest look-at-me tall tower. Anything benefiting more people is truly an investment.

[@MaxSnowDude]

towers are good we need more housing units as we have a shortage

[@chsaumz]

@@MaxSnowDude towers like those usually don't include affordable housing

[@rubberduck3y6]

@@MaxSnowDude Luxury skyscrapers in the Middle East aren't going to do anything to relieve affordable housing shortages in North America or Europe.

[@DjouherLarfi]

اتفق معك زرت باريس و روسيا و سوف تعلم ان البناء الطويل شيء سخيف جدا انا افضل البنى التحتية

[@martythemartian99]

100% agree. Infrastructure is far more interesting than a man advertising how "small" he is. 🤣

[@artapples8417]

My new garden shed that I'm planning for this summer didn't make it to the list :(

[@chandanmishra8211]

Build it in Dubai , it will make to list😂

[@TheB1M]

Hhahahaha

[@Djamonja]

I added it to my top 25 list, don't worry ;)

[@aalan4296]

If it was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects then it should be on the list.

[@connorcore7008]

@@aalan4296 now that is something I would love to see

[@vongodric]

About Rail Baltica: We aren't dismantling existing railways or stations. On the contrary, in Estonia, there is a massive project to electrify nearly 100% of the existing railway network and increase speed limits to 160km/h operations. RB adds a new rail capacity and creates a new rail corridor, but it does not replace the existing infrastructure.

[@MultiCappie]

I think he meant dismantling the "Eastward focus" for the "Southward focus."

[@micha2909]

Will your countries convert the Russian gauge to European standard gauge (1435 mm)? It doesn't matter for local/regional passenger lines, but it would help long distance and freight operation.

[@vongodric]

@@micha2909 No. There are no plans to convert existing rail infrastructure gauges.

[@Constrantics]

I'm fascinated by the engineering and technology behind these projects. It's incredible what humans can achieve! 💪 Thanks for showcasing these amazing feats of construction! 🙏

[@varkonyitibor4409]

You should be converting your broad gauge network as well, or at least use concrete sleepers that support both gauges. You'll end up like spain, shere first they spent shittons of money to renovate broad gauge lines, but there isnt much traffic on them, and after that they started to build a high speed normal gauge network. If they started the cknversion back then, theywouldnt have two underperforming parallel rail networks as of now.

[@Ale7it]

You forgot about the bridge over the Strait of Messina in Italy, set to begin construction in a few months. It will be the world’s largest suspension bridge, with a three-kilometer span, 400-meter-high towers, a third-generation aerodynamic deck, and four suspension cables nearly 1.3 meters in diameter. The bridge will accommodate both road and rail traffic. The final design was signed off by the Danish company COWI, a global leader in the field, while construction has been entrusted to the world-leading Italian-Japanese consortium WeBuild & IHI.

[@KryptonianZ]

Check out the Huajiang Bridge in china 3km long 625m high from base of Huajiang grand canyon that is said to be finished end 2025

[@KepleroGT]

It will (hopefully) start construction this year but I doubt it will be completed before 2030

[@Ale7it]

@KepleroGT it will be completed in 2032

[@Vaeldarg]

@@KryptonianZ There are still construction companies in China that haven't gone bankrupt? At this point should probably put that money to keeping tunnels from flooding, building actual drainage systems instead of fake ones that don't protect from flooding, or bollards that are not hollow, rather than putting it into producing project plans never intended to actually be built because is actually just to attract gullible investors.

[@dominikvonlavante6113]

Oh wow. I didn't know that the decision has been made to build the Messina Bridge. That is very exciting

[@rubberduck3y6]

Will any of these shiny new Dubai skyscrapers have a working sewage system?

[@GansHanders]

Probaply not.

[@hellriddenB]

Got a feeling their only job will be to be shiny. My god, imagine the sea of ugly people (yeah, inside) who are going to live there

[@emikomina]

arabs have a lot of money, but they cant buy common sense

[@rundown132]

They have insta models for that

[@Sue-bekky]

I’m pretty sure fixed that problem years ago

[@cristi724]

The Dubai projects can all be moved into a "Top Constructions Projects that will be abandoned in a major recession"

[@M3n-s1p]

That’s what you wish

[@cristi724]

@@M3n-s1p no, that's how a real economy works, during recessions all unnecessary spending is cut. At least that's what happens in places with normal economies that are not propped up by the whims of a few absurdly rich elites.

[@maolcogi]

@@M3n-s1p I mean the whole city will be abandoned once we stop using fossil fuels.

[@greenchef6]

@@M3n-s1p The Burj Binghatti has not even started above ground construction.

[@michaelf8309]

This comment is so european from a place where nothing is built anymore therefore bitter towards the ones that do build.

[@jakobraahauge7299]

When I was a child La Sagrada Familia was a monument of the idea that things could take centuries, and we would dream about watching it completed despite the fact that it wasn't meant to happen. So weird that it may finish in my lifetime

[@Djamonja]

I liked it better when it was smaller, I feel like they added too much stuff to it.

[@jakobraahauge7299]

@Djamonja Yeah - don't know if it's just growing up, but it's like the magic leaves it as it nears it's completion

[@SeverityOne]

@@Djamonja But it was always meant to be this way. Also, have you actually visited it? Seen the intricate doors, with leaves and insects and reptiles? Seen the multicoloured light on the floor? The pillars that are like trees?

[@Djamonja]

@@SeverityOne Yes, I've been there several times. It always had intricate carvings with plants and reptiles. I like that stuff, I'm just saying it is too big and gaudy (almost like Gaudi) for my tastes. I know that it was sort of planned to be this way, I just don't like it as much as when it was older.

[@Larciliaa]

I love it 🥰 a rival to the cologne dome

[@meloriguardo]

Dubai will still be souless no matter how high they go

[@parkinsaw]

Just as long as they remember to install proper plumbing this time lol.

[@Melior_Traiano]

That Binghatti skyscraper has the ambience and class of a shisha bar.

[@Constrantics]

While these megaprojects are impressive, it's important to consider their environmental impact. Sustainability should always be a priority. 🌱 Let's build a better future for everyone! 🌎

[@kpwnage97]

Dubai never had a soul, never will the way they went

[@michaelphillips2079]

​@@Constranticsas long as "sustainability" isn't just a cover story for communist control, I'm on board.

[@watson956]

Re the Gordie Howe International Bridge - the two sides were connected a few months ago (July 2024, maybe?) and they've been working on the road beds, toll plazas, highway connections, other infrastructure, etc. Cheers from southern Ontario, and welcome to 2025!

[@PeggyMF2]

It was incredible to watch as the sides inched towards each other without any support from below. As they got close it looked like they weren't going to join. With tweeks from the suspension cables it all went together no problem. That was some feat of engineering and bravery and skill by the actual builders.

[@crotchwolf1929]

I've been following the construction progress on KZbin from the GHB's official channel. If you haven't seen it, they've documented the bridge's entire construction including the plazas and I75's modifications. youtube.com/@gordiehowebridge?si=mhu9lJ8JA1rYmD9R Hi from across the river in Detroit.

[@andreirachko]

It’s so weird that it will have tolls. Doesn’t it benefit both economic areas enough by itself?

[@blurefr]

@@andreirachko Someone has to pay for the construction. Every other bridge from the US to Canada is tolled so it's not like it's unusual.

[@watson956]

@@andreirachko Tolls will pay for operating expenses of the bridge (staffing, utilities, maintenance, vehicle costs, etc.). They might help to reimburse the investors for part of the costs as well, but that's a guess on my part.

[@joestrike8537]

"Ultimately, no one knows what to expect" - kinda sums up the entire world's current situation.

[@saintsaens21]

People have been saying that for 1 million years.

[@M3n-s1p]

And does that change anything?

[@refindoazhar1507]

Has been since forever. If the future is certain, we wouldn't be working hard to achieve it.

[@jimsvideos7201]

Number 1 is proof you can buy anything except taste.

[@oiartsun]

It's such a garish building, it looks like it's *trying* to attract the wealthy, which in my mind would be enough to dissuade the wealthy from buying property in it. But then remember that wealth and bad taste frequently go together.

[@mossessolomon441]

I think it's fine.

[@hhydar883]

It looks very unique and flashy which i think what Jacob&co really stands for

[@rhubarb2301]

i pray that dubai becomes a sacrificial building for all the insanely rich people with no taste. keep their garish buildings out of the rest of the world please!!!!

[@filipinordabest]

@@oiartsunThey’re buying property in a country with sharia law, I don’t think they got much taste in common with mine

[@u1zha]

5:47 "Replace" is not what Rail Baltica will do, it will supplement the "Russian gauge" network

[@DavidTonner]

Thanks!

[@aduck6678]

It’s awesome to see Iraq on the list! After going through so many wars, it’s finally finding some stability, and it’s cool to see a beautiful project popping up there. Iraq used to be a paradise for amazing projects like the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and other incredible places. Watching Iraq bring back some of that former glory is pretty great for both the country and the construction scene!

[@vieillebaie]

​@Melior_Traiano Descendants of the Mesopotamians are not Arabs, but Assyrians.

[@Aflooos]

​@@vieillebaie sumer and Babylon where not Assyrian. Though all of them are semetic

[@sam23696]

Iraq being the beacon of reason and peace recently in the middle all of its less-so neighbors has been such an odd thing from the perspective of a westerner. But something I hope continues.

[@jager6863]

The people that live in Iraq now are not the same people who build the ancient places you mentioned. The best neighborhoods to live in Iraq are just horrible compare to other places around the world. Unless the culture changes, big and shiny new building aren't going to change much.

[@Aflooos]

@jager6863 what kind of culture changes? We already have free healthcare.

[@Shadd0w]

Great video, just a small correction. AIN Dubai already opened up at the end of December and is running again. Source: took a ride this week

[@SP-ny1fk]

It's hard to feel excited about projects that will only benefit the rich and famous, tbh.

[@jameswalker366]

Redirect the jealousy into actually learning and improving yourself. Stop making excuses.

[@Sp4mMe]

The average new sewage facility provides for more than most of these, for sure.

[@elysian2765]

@@jameswalker366 No one said jelousy. Most people care more about infrastructure that will benefit a large number of people instead of tacky luxury apartments that only the 0.1% can afford-

[@yuriydee]

Yeah the first 5 projects were not interesting at all. Just another tall tower for the ultra wealthy. I guess impressive in terms of height but its not something that benefits society as say a new nuclear plant or a dam or bridge. Heck even getting an HSR built in USA is probably more impressive overall than a skyscraper in Dubai or UAE or wherever. In my biased view at least...

[@Sp4mMe]

@@elysian2765 And imo, even if they were 100% subsidized housing or whatever, it still would be ... just another tower. We've proven we can do those fairly reliably, and sure, there's impressive aspects to some of them, but it's hard to imagine any of those will be particularly memorable - there'll just be more towers next year. HSL and such projects just tend to completely change a region. Makes it more multi-faceted in what they do, why they are being build, and what sorta long term impact they might have ...

[@TomCRitucci]

Ads at the end are so much better than trying to lace them into the middle of the video. That concept started out alright but got completely out of hand when trying to sell construction viewers fine art. Kinda stepped away from the chanel for a while, but this video brought me back as I feel like it is back to the basics of what made me subscribe in the first place back when there was only around 100k subscribers.

[@MikeHarris1984]

Interesting seeing Iraq on the list. After decades under a dictator control and oppression, a war for 20+ years, now breaking out to become a modern city. Never thought I would see this in my lifetime.

[@SaraanSarangi]

Well white people always have very bizarre understanding of cities in islamic world. Im pretty sure you dont even know how good Tripoli in Libya is. Because all you have heard is gaddafi and war

[@Mu3az523]

Iraq is destroyed by Americans not the dictator

[@MithunOnTheNet]

"a war for 20+ years" The "war" that began in 2003 was an INVASION by the U.S.

[@Mo-or3so]

Security has also massively improved in Baghdad and the country as a whole which is good, Iraqis have been through enough as it is tbh

[@richardpark3054]

Baghdad a modern city? That's interesting. Considering that Iraq is a theocracy stuck in the 12th century. Modern? Sure. By 5th century standard.

[@mohammedalssamraey9581]

I can't believe Iraq has made it to the B1M thumbnail video!

[@عشتار533]

Ikr 😭

[@dronzer23]

Good to see iraq on the list, they deserve development and peace.

[@eshoandy]

@@A-Wesker-5 Yes, they do. America ravaged the Iraqi nation to bits.

[@عشتار533]

Thank you 🫶🏻

[@ahmedwanas46]

Of course yes​@@A-Wesker-5

[@katnisseverdeen4ever]

No they don't lol. They're bad people.

[@عشتار533]

@@katnisseverdeen4ever Seethe 🤫

[@toddinva]

I really wish you all would cover the massive expansion of the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel complex in Southeastern Virginia, USA. It’s a $4+ billion project consisting of 2 bored under water tunnels, massive bridge replacements, and bridge/road widenings. They finished boring the first tunnel and are now working on the second. It’s an incredible engineering project…. 😊

[@wonjun_kang]

I have little interest in the vanity towers in the Middle East, which often do not value the health and safety of the construction workers and definitely do not have a positive environmental impact from an embodied carbon point of view. These towers that are built for the sake of showing off should not be covered in the videos.

[@MagusFlorren]

i agree.

[@RemoteViewr]

Cry harder

[@rogerpersson6273]

Agree

[@M3n-s1p]

There are millions of people interested in these projects

[@RJH8770]

by your logic neither should 90% of the oversized projects or entire ghost cities in China or the many vanity projects built in America decades prior. Literally every culture builds monuments to show off their wealth or power since ancient times and it's not unique to the Middle East either

[@GLJosh]

Some people discuss 15-minute cities, some of these structures feel like a 15-minute elevator ride.

[@D.J.DarylsmusicChoices]

Happy New Year B1M. I enjoyed all of your construction videos. I was impressed what takes to build mega structures from airports , dams, railway and superstructures ski scrapers.🎉

[@Kost78]

Happy New Year from Romania!

[@SquallLeonhartlo]

I know you usually don't do videos like this, but would you mind doing a short biography of Zaha Hadid? She's involved in so many of the projects you mentioned in this list, but I personally don't know much about who she is/was, and I hope you might change that.

[@taiwanmark]

So exciting, I want to plan travel around some of these buildings! The ZHA and MAD projects are so brilliant.

[@solitivity]

10:45 "Hey, what do you want to do with the design on this building?" ...sees a bunch of construction materials laying in a pile... "DUDE! I've got the perfect idea!!!" 😂

[@RandyRydberg]

If you wanted to make a big building that looked like a pile of junk... here you go. God forbid the designer actually take the opportunity to design something beautiful, but that would take more effort. Now the people of that area have a giant pile of junk to look at for maybe a century. Good job.

[@counterfit5]

It's like going out to a wood pile and trying to come up with a logo for a black metal band

[@CharlesGregory]

One to watch for this year - Macquarie Point Stadium in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Not a globally significant size, but it is unique in that it will have the world's largest timber and ETFE roof. Site prep works have begun, construction on the stadium is scheduled for the end of 2025. A good option if you want to claim a trip to Australia as a business expense :D

[@InfernalGarish]

The Middle East trying to not waste money on ambitious mega projects (Impossible):

[@GansHanders]

Opulent and decadent mega projects.

[@cashewnuttel9054]

It's their money, not wat peypols.

[@Sue-bekky]

We don’t really have a say in how they use the money it’s their money, not our money

[@Frank-yj5lv]

they're trying to make money from tourism to diversify themselves from oil money

[@SeverityOne]

@@Sue-bekky Well, it _used_ to be our money. But we drive cars. 🙂

[@kpm.8]

Great Iraq, security, safety and development have returned 🇮🇶

[@MrDadyD]

Will the Dubai skyscraper have working septic and plumming this time around?

[@Sue-bekky]

Yes that problem I believe been fixed years ago

[@DavidRGD]

@@Sue-bekky Least they actually did but that myth (well the time when Burj Khalifa didnt have one in the first few years since it opened) will remain in the minds of the internet culture forever if Middle East skyscrapers came into their mind and this is what they first saw.

[@dennisdiede]

I always enjoy the intelligent way B1M explains things. Using one's brain, logic and understanding of reality is a something we need more of!!

[@NowFail205]

For me, infrastructure projects hold more value than another 'look-at-me' tall building. True progress lies in initiatives that uplift entire communities.

[@aussieVic0]

Thanks! But needs some corrections in what is written and what is spoken. He's "not officially" as "now officially" at the end. Thanks again for the fascinating information. Regards, soulVic

[@Jakerski]

Is there really a demand for these huge skyscrapers in Dubai? It’s seems like there’s more skyscrapers than people living there

[@giovannijunior]

There isn't, since most of the properties are empty. The point is Dubai lives for tourism, and new buildings and projects being delivered always attract tourists.

[@jameswilson5165]

@@giovannijunior Also, the "apartments" are investments made by the ultra-rich. Most will never be occupied.

[@ggogg5689]

Who said a Russian oligarch has to live in their Dubai apartment!

[@anywallsocket]

Literally a house of cards

[@Codraroll]

@@jameswilson5165 Don't forget the money laundering.

[@JezzaWezza]

Whilst not as big as the projects mentioned in this video South Australia has multiple big things happening this year. The River Torrens to Darlington project should hopefully make some more progress this year as vast sections of the land have been cleared ready for work to begin. The Tram line in Adelaide this year will be closing for 4 new bridges to replace 3 level crossings and a redo of an existing bridge due to the Torrens to Darlington tunnels passing underneath (it'll be having a section for traffic to exit for a connecting intersection heading to the city). It's apparently meant to be over 6 months from mid 2025 and reopening in late Jan 2026.

[@hatimghadhbanabood9893]

8:02 Faw port, Iraq 8:53 central bank of Iraq, by Zaha Hadid

[@ARKAT-IQ]

legend

[@MariaPotter-uo5pt]

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[@MariaPotter-uo5pt]

Only God knows how much grateful i am. After so much struggles I now own a new house and my family is happy once again everything is finally falling into place!!

[@DianaPhilips]

Wow that's huge, how do you make that much monthly?.. I have been looking for ways to be successful, please how??

[@MariaPotter-uo5pt]

It's Ms. Evelyn Vera doing, she's changed my life.

[@MariaPotter-uo5pt]

I started pretty low, though, $5000 thereabouts. The return came massive. Joey is in school doing well, telling me of new friends he's meeting in school. Thank you Evelyn Vera, you're a miracle.

[@AidenAlexander571]

Wow...I know her too she is a licensed broker and a FINRA agent she is popular in US and Canada she is really amazing woman with good skills and experience.

[@koohami]

love you to b1m team have a happy new year

[@brow30535]

It’s always nice to see some amazing projects, too often I feel like no one cares about doing something different and impressive anymore

[@alimanski7941]

I can't get over B1M casually glossing over the massive human rights issues reported in the NEOM project. It's not a sporadic thing that is independent of the construction aspect itself. It's especially absurd given the push B1M has given to mental health in construction.

[@DioBrando-h2x]

Westerners don't see people with slightly darker skin as human. It's horrible.

[@rogink]

Not just human rights. It'll have massive implications for bird migrations, as well as loads of other wildlife.

[@darthutah6649]

NEOM also isn't getting built

[@CorkyMcButterpants]

NEOM is a blatant criminal enterprise from end to end. Utterly deplorable... ...but so many delicious glossy renders to make this channel look good. Ridiculous.

[@SaraanSarangi]

​@@roginkyes they will destroy wildlife like europe did

[@DragonsAndDragons777]

The B1M, my favourite construction channel

[@Ali.Mohammed]

The Iraq that suffered from wars and destruction returned with all the strength is amazing

[@M3n-s1p]

باذن الله، بالتوفيق لنا ولكم يارب

[@AbbasHamed-s6h]

أحسنتم ❤

[@rhonir3209]

It always saddens me when I see those megaprojects in Dubai. So much money and so much eccentricism. They could rebuild the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, structures, that would last centuries and make people in the future leave in awe about our artisanry, or they could make a huge leap in renewable building/shaping the future of susatinable living. But they just build the most soulless seen-everywhere-around-the-world-but-even-more-expensive-and-bigger cities and towers... Could be really something but is just mediocre at best. At least the engineering's intersting

[@hiteshadhikari]

How do u think gardens are maintained? Until u plan it to be a forest

[@icey_boi_the_silly]

I swear there only began building that residential diamond building only to steal the title from New York. 😂 also that ferris wheel there was the most useless megaproject I've ever seen, literally the definition of vanity project.

[@erika002]

​@@hiteshadhikari bruh you missed the point. While yes, greenery has some technical difficulty in integrating to modern structures... ...Op was talking about the tasteless and useless vanity projects approved by rich people in that place.

[@hiteshadhikari]

@@erika002 while tasteless is sure but the sheer idea that they will build something like a hanging garden of lore is laughable People dont understand how much maintanence is needed for large gardens and even these structures with trees and plantations integrated with design

[@faolitaruna]

There were never any hanging gardens in Babylon.

[@tumadher]

Our Country Is Coming Back Again We Just Need Time 🇮🇶

[@hyperian_one]

Happy New Year, to you, Fred! As well as to the B1M and all it's viewers!

[@Constrantics]

I'm fascinated by the engineering and technology behind these projects. It's incredible what humans can achieve! 💪 Thanks for showcasing these amazing feats of construction! 🙏

[@benji9639]

Was expecting to see the Ark Project in Nigeria. A 120 thousand stadium like auditorium. It would be the largest indoor arena in the world. It's scheduled to be completed in November, 2025.

[@alexsuriano4712]

Glad to see the Gordie Howe bridge make this list! Two other construction projects happening in Detroit to keep an eye on are the Hudson's Detroit tower and the renovation/possible demolition of the Renaissance Center

[@nicksurface3513]

To summarize: Europe will build railways, hospitals and power plants while the rest of the world build skyscrapers.

[@SeverityOne]

And a basilica! Don't forget the stunning Sagrada Familia! I saw it in early 2024, and it's fabulous.

[@8ball708]

Nope. All four will be built everywhere.

[@MBSAS-b7v]

Railways, hospitals, and power plants are being built everywhere, not just in Europe

[@M3n-s1p]

Every area builds what you need Even Europe builds skyscrapers is not far from the rest of the world

[@GeN56YoS]

Even though I am pretty much against the current gov. of Iraq. It is ironically building all of those and then some! The underway projects are ambitious tbh

[@TheReaderOnTheWall]

I would have loved to see wooden structures, rammed earth, straw bales, bamboo, anything that indicates a shift in values in the construction sector.

[@colin.d]

It will be interesting to see as the year progresses just how many of these 25 actually make it to completion.

[@jur4x]

RB is already a bit shaky. They decided to cut funding to the branch through Riga.

[@urbanstrencan]

The B1M team, thank you for the amazing 2024, which brought us awesome video content and showed us inside insane construction projects. All the best in 2025 :)

[@arrjay2410]

Billions and Billions of Dollars (and other currencies) being spent on Megaprojects around the world for wealthy people to live in and to enable them to make more profits. Not a penny for places where ordinary people can live. The scale of homelessness in North America alone calls for a megaproject scale effort. Where will the people who clean and maintain these "structures" live. I don't see anything even close.

[@anonymouslyopinionated656]

so, living in an expensive flat in dubai enables me to make more profits than if i lived in a cheap place?

[@Fab666.]

The US simply doesn’t want to home the homeless, a trillion a year on military spending makes that very clear to see

[@Baello999]

I mean, most of these projects will benefit the common person. Other than the vanity projects of Persian Gulf kingdoms, these are all very useful infrastructure projects.

[@coreytaylor5386]

there are tons of apartment complexes being built, they just arnt shiny or cool enough for this channel to cover, though definitely not fast enough to put a dent into the crisis

[@katnisseverdeen4ever]

Child, they will live in a labour camp twenty kilometres away under the violent, alien rule of the Arab settlers who are citizens (Emiratis) of the alien occupation structure (the Arab territorial colony) which historically conquered and stole the land, and actively plunder and pillage all that actively Arab-colonized land at the expense of 90% of the region's actual endogenous inhabitants who are exploited to keep the Emirati citizens rich based on stolen oil wealth. Duh.

[@jbeach1964]

In a word, we love you too! I believe all of your followers and subscribers look forward to every exciting video ... Thank you for keeping us posted on these worldwide mega-structures! ❤🌍🌎🌏

[@jrdwtn6004]

Aww ..we love you too! Happy new year 🎉

[@u1zha]

Great to see the RVR trains and Riga's railway bridge in a B1M video! And how you spared Rail Baltica the dose of incredulousness that HS2 got

[@Cberk03]

Love this channel. Been subbed for years now

[@TheOtherSteel]

I'm glad you're covering all these projects, because I have twenty-five sets of questions.

[@siddhshah2024]

I think one that should be on this list is the Khavda Renewable Energy Park - the largest in the world. It'll be about 750 square kilometers and power 13 million homes. Better than any of those dubai skyscrapers.

[@benkendall7489]

It’d be really neat to see you make a recap of the projects from these videos at the end of the year to update us on how the projects have gotten on and if they completed!

[@ahm_n76]

The Iraqi CBI is the most beautiful

[@papics]

The Ain Dubai is definitely operating again, I enjoyed the views from it just a few days ago. It is unexpectedly impressive.

[@TheB1M]

Which projects are you most excited about? We want your top 3 below 👇

[@wongkst25419]

It did not appear: Metro Tunnel ($13 billion), Melbourne's first rapid transit

[@reeeo5781]

Make a video in the future on the Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base. Its a massive megaproject building an entire CBD from the ground up in just a few years. You mentioned the Oppo Headquarters by Zaha Hadid Architects in the area, you should cover the Tower C by Zaha Hadid Architects or any of the supertall skyscrapers there in a future video.

[@ovidiuciuparu6421]

@@wongkst25419is that starting/ ending in 2025 buddy?

[@LuisGrolez]

Dubai

[@harrypothead4575]

Nagdhunga-Naubise road tunnel, Xinjiang new expressway and Gwarko flyover✌️

[@khmerRat-r2r]

Happy new year 2025❤. Following from Korea ❤❤❤. I like your channel

[@DigSamurai]

Amazing stuff as usual. I live in Toronto so I've been following the drama of the One. The B1M rocks! 😎

[@counterfit5]

Oh, I walked by 270 Park Ave last month. Those columns at the bottom are absolutely massive.

[@ArchitecturalGiants-k9v]

A very good video, always fun to watch

[@TheB1M]

Thanks 👍

[@noodengr3three825]

The JP Morgan is my favorite of these. But that wood one in Japan intrigues me

[@9mileproductions]

Mine too!

[@alioscopy-glasses-free-3D]

Great stuff! Happy New Year 🎉

[@TheB1M]

Same to you!

[@cashewnuttel9054]

Do you think the Haitians will have a happy year this year?

[@ChristianMitchell-b3m]

Fantastic video and Happy New Year 🎆 🎉❤🎊😎

[@Supernaut2000]

Always a pleasurable watch and time well spent, thank you and happy 2025! Keep building on your reputation!

[@dudeOmzeh]

LETS GO! 🇮🇶

[@brasp]

having Detroit on B1M is so cool

[@magellanicspaceclouds]

Glad to see Iraq developing after years of war.

[@cashewnuttel9054]

Darn straight. Do you think when the US loses WW3, they'll be part of the judges to prosecute the American officials, just like the Allies prosecuting German and Japanese officials?

[@ovvsterancebaileysr3221]

You talk as if they overcome the war 2 years ago lol

[@magellanicspaceclouds]

@ovvsterancebaileysr3221 Recovering from war is not an easy task.

[@SD_1212-k1d]

Excellent program

[@TheOrangeProot]

Its kinda sad that a lot of these luxury middle eastern buildings are most likely being built with slave labor :/

[@alialghamdi.1804]

Who builds the skyscrapers in Europe and North America? Phd graduates? Or poor immigrants?

[@Yagamylights]

​@@alialghamdi.1804 Yeah their visas aren't gonna be held by the government

[@katnisseverdeen4ever]

​@@alialghamdi.1804 The difference is those societies allow for immigrants to become citizens, have legal protections for them, and vast apparatuses devoted to labour and human rights that monitor construction companies and provide recourse for the vulnerable. Even undocumented immigrants ("illegal") have human and legal rights in the United States. However, the Arab states, not even the colonies outside of Arabia (North Africa, the Levant, Near East) but also in the Gulf, are based on hyper-theft (of natural resources, land, and labour). They do not provide any form of legal wage or rights protections for labourers who do not have citizenship in the colony (the Arab states) and utilize the theft of the land to then exploit anyone who 'migrates' across the imaginary lines by creating different categories of human beings-citizens and migrant workers.The former has rights, controlling every aspect of the latter's very spatial existence (the migrant) is considered the 'right' of the former (the Arab settler), and so the state uses violent migration to the sites of work or inhabitation by migrants to regulate and control them These are societies with no historical memory of even their recent conquests (in the past few centuries) or the recent migrations (past few millennia) that brought Arab settlers to 'Arabia.' They feel entitled to exploit others because of their race. It's like the slavery era of the United States.

[@jgrywacheski]

Having the Gordie Howe Bridge at #9 is perfect. Not sure if they was done on purpose or just a coincidence.

[@M3n-s1p]

Why?

[@jamesdoyle5405]

One common thing in most of these projects is the amazing shapes achieved in glass. Glass seems to have had tremendous advances and I'd like to see more on how this has been achieved.

[@fernbedek6302]

HS2 at least has Canada's 'maybe high speed rail possibly sort of plan' beat.

[@dabluntz19]

I’m sure the conservatives will cancel it

[@fernbedek6302]

@ Probably. They don't want us to have nice things.

[@SevenandForty]

Speaking of Zaha Hadid Architects, there's also the Danjiang Bridge, which will be the longest single-tower cable stayed bridge in the world when completed, with a 450m main span (and also the widest cable-stayed bridge too, I believe, at 71m)

[@maartentoors]

Happy new year!!

[@TheB1M]

Same to you!

[@toparchitecture]

Those videos are so well made that every single minutes of them are interesting! Great job guys 👏👏

[@aymen1836]

Happy for iraq 🇮🇶

[@ashleykim4713]

Goog job B1M. Wishing you the best new year! 🎉🎉🎉

[@ayadyasin9045]

الله يرحمك زها حديد فخر العراق

[@jonaslilletun9891]

You guys should make a video on the art museum "Kunstsilo" in Kristiansand, Norway! An old grain silo, transformed into a modern art museum, truly exceptional stuff.

[@TheJDgaff]

“California is NEVER getting high speed rail.” “Vegas wants to get involved.” … “It’ll be done in 2 years.”

[@wongkst25419]

"Vegas" and "hsr" are words I would never have thought could go together.

[@f.g.9466]

California HS rail is a public project within the same state, extremely expensive, and involving a lot of politics, and like a project of that nature may not even necessarily be profitable (not saying it should). LA(ish) to Vegas HS rail crosses state boundaries, making it even harder to execute publicly, but it's a much simpler and cheaper project, and one that has a strong business case and promising to be profitable, so it's no surprise that a private company jumped in on the opportunity to do it.

[@ayoCC]

Vegas loves trains especially when it connects directly into the casino.

[@jur4x]

@@f.g.9466 And I wouldn't be surprised if Elon tries to derail it even further not that he is big friend of new potus.

[@thesenate1844]

Since only one county in Nevada outside Vegas has legal prostitution, Im suprised they didnt already have a well funded transport link there from Vegas

[@inigolobato4742]

So cool that you mention Bilbao!!

[@DaChaGee]

Old Oak Common isn't a small town on the outskirts of London. It's in Park Royal, within the North Circular.

[@UltimateSwordsmen]

"if you've been watching till this point, we love you" been watching since 200K subs! Love ya'll!

[@IamLegendaryguy1998]

The new Francis Scott Keybridge from Baltimore, Maryland should be on this list I’m sure they’re working on construction right now. Building the new bridge.

[@aidanbryant6375]

8:31 that’s the city from the Top Gear episode with the r8, 458 and mp4-12c. Not only was that whole airport abandoned but the entire city, that would’ve been such a fascinating thing to experience

[@Marcus51090]

I really don’t get the appeal of Dubai

[@silentgnome]

It's the city where millionaires hide their corrupted money... that's the appeal.

[@aymanla471]

Spot the jealous yank

[@Baello999]

Don't forget slavery! And wife beating! And no sewer system, because why build a flushing toilet when you can build artificial islands.

[@virajraundal7340]

weird choice ignoring Indian projects. Here are some: 1. Jewar airport - planned to be Asia's largest airport, proposed to have six runways. Coming partially online this year. 2. Navi Mumbai airport - Will be partially operational this year. Proposed traffic of 90M passengers by 2032. 3. Mumbai-Ahmedabad High speed rail - Longest via duct being built in the world. Also features undersea tunnels and is ~600km long.

[@RandySafeen-yy4dq]

I am about to watch the video. But I am sure that the video is great ❤ and i forgot happy new year 🎉🎆

[@TheB1M]

You too! Thanks for watching 🙌

[@Artista_Frustrado]

so excited for the big infrastructure projects love to see Cities embracing the trains & any public transit

[@user-mm1nt1it5v]

Cali hsr has not been “derailed” its still movving along and has actually cleared the entire right of way environmental review for construction. Theres been a lot of the project constructed so far and theyre going to be opening the central valley section first.

[@andrewreynolds4949]

They’re significantly behind schedule and bloated over budget, and it’s likely Trump will axe Federal funding for it

[@user-mm1nt1it5v]

@ Theyre still going to continue on if he does make that boneheaded decision. Shinkansen was behind schedule and over budget too but nobody cares once its finished. Its a hugely important project and its going to be finished one way or another. Theres troubles with being the first mover with something, the us did not have the established experience, but things are moving along much smoother now.

[@andrewreynolds4949]

@@user-mm1nt1it5v The CAHSR has been managed horribly and the costs are wildly out of proportion to any benefits it will bring if they ever finish it. Good riddance to the money pit if it gets cancelled; Look at how Brightline is managing their projects, in a realistic and affordable way instead of pie in the sky overspecification and waste.

[@user-mm1nt1it5v]

@ Theyre not comparable. People that think they are have no idea what theyre talking about. Brightline in florida had an existing rail line they used and just built a couple stations along it and bought the trains. Brightline west is building in an existing highway median in the middle of the desert and has no stations to build besides at each end. Cali is nearly as long as the entire east coast of America and they had no existing right of way or highway median to use so they had to buy every single parcel of land along the way and then in order to meet 220 mph speeds which brightline only goes half that they need to have the line 100% grade seperated in the central valley. That means moving every single road onto a bridge over the tracks or trenching the train below grade. It hasnt been perfect obviously and theres been a lot of growing pains along the way but when a country doesnt have the existing institutional knowledge or trained workforce because theyre doing something for the first time you make mistakes and have to learn as you go and hire more expensive experienced contractors. At this point though theyve hit their stride and massive amounts of the line will be ready to lay down track in the next couple years. I suggest you go look at how much of the work has been and how far along it is because its not stopping now and will be finished whether they get fed funds or not. Again the shinkansen way waaaaay over budget and went well over schedule but they were also doing it for the first time. Once it was done nobody cared about all that and were just happy they had the train and the same will be true of cahsr. Its going to be a transformational project and huge for cali and the us.

[@andrewreynolds4949]

@@user-mm1nt1it5v Yet no one stops to ask if CAHSR should be doing it that way in the first place. They're so unwilling to make specification compromises they doubled the cost of a major tunnel instead of eating an extra couple minutes of journey time. So far they're not even done with the central section, between a relatively small city and another relatively small city, neither of which will produce significant ridership; and that's one of the "easy" construction segments, where they don't have to deal with wetlands, mountains or very dense urban areas.

[@Suriya-z1w]

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