The Civil Engineering Portal - Big Project Watch

Big Dig (Central Artery/Tunnel Project)
Big Dig is the largest single civil construction project ever undertaken in the US.

Central Japan International Airport
Central Japan International Airport is an offshore airport. When completed, it will be the third largest airport in Japan.

China River Diversion
The river diversion mega-project is the largest ever planned.

Melbourne City Link
This Urban Tolly is the biggest infrastructure project in Australia.

Channel Tunnel Rail Link
The UK's biggest civil engineering projet.

Egnatia Highway
This project is a 680 kilometres highway with 11.25 km of tunnels and 105 bridges.

US 82 Greenville Bridge
The bridge with the main span of 1378 feet/420 meters will be the longest cable stayed span in the United States.

Heathrow Terminal Airport Expansion (Terminal 5)
New airport terminal building.

Strait of Messina Bridge Project
The bridge will link the island of Sicily and the Italian mainland. When completed, it would be the longest suspension bridge ever built.

Pisa Tower Restoration
The leaning Tower of Pisa, closed for repairs for more than 10 years, costs $25 million in restoration.

Rion-Antirion Bridge
It will be the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world.

West Coast Router Modernization(UK)
Upgrading the West Coast rail line linking London and Edinburgh in Scotland.

Singapore Deep Sewerage Station
Deep tunnel sewerage system consists of 90 km of deep tunnels and 170 km of link sewers and two treatment plants.

South Valley Development Project (Toshka & East Oweinat)
South Valley Development Project is one of the world�s biggest irrigation pumping stations which will drive water into the desert for one of the most ambitious, comprehensive desert reclamation projects ever.

The Three Gorges Dam
When completed, the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River will be the largest hydroelectric dam in the world.

T-REX project
I-25 freeway reconstruction and light-rail extension project undertaken in Denver, Colorado.

Venice Tide Barrier Project (The Modulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico project)
The project designed to protect Venice from flooding and erosion involves using a string of 79 inflatable gates to stem the flow of water through Venice's three inlets into its lagoon.

Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository Project
The purpose of the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project is to determine if Yucca Mountain, Nevada, is a suitable site for a spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste repository.