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Picking the top civil engineering projects of all time is tough, so we’ll look at three lists. The first list was created by Forbes and features the most over-budget large construction projects. The second list was created by the Civil Engineering Department at Norwich University and includes both ancient and modern structures. Third is a video, “72 Great Engineering Structures,” created by The McCormick School of Engineering and covers the globe.
In all three lists, we’ve added links to stories IndustryTap has written about some of these projects.
Top Over Budget Construction Projects:
- Channel Tunnel
- Three Gorges Dam
- Boston’s Big Dig
- Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Great Belt Fixed Link
- Denver International Airport
- World Trade Center Transportation Hub
- Montréal Olympic Stadium
- Budapest Metro Line 4
- Millennium Dome
- Wembley Stadium
- Elbphilharmonie
Top All-Time Great Projects
- The Great Pyramid
- The Great Wall of China
- Aqueduct of Segovia
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Panama Canal
- Hoover Dam
- Golden Gate Bridge
- English Channel Tunnel
- Burj Khalifa aka Dubai Tower
- Qingdao Hawaiian Bridge
72 Great Engineering Structures
- Millau Viaduct, France
- Petronas Twin Towers Malaysia
- Mount Rushmore, USA
- Suez Canal, Egypt
- Red Square, Russia
- Brooklyn Bridge, USA
- Channel Tunnel, English Channel, UK
- Palm Islands, United Arab Emirates
- Great Wall, China
- Wembley Stadium, England
- Skshardham, India
- Teotihuacan, Mexico
- Acropolis, Greece
- Empire State Building, USA
- Autobahn, Germany
- Baha’i Terraces, Israel
- Burj Al Arab, United Arab Emirates
- Boston Big Dig, USA
- Beijing Forbidden City, China
- Christ the Redeemer, Brazil
- Times Square, USA
- Kansai International Airport, Japan
- Eiffel Tower, France
- Rungrado May Day Stadium, North Korea
- Panama Canal, Panama
- Ice Hotel, Sweden
- Augusta National Golf Course, USA
- Aswan High Dam, Egypt
- Golden Gate Bridge, USA
- Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
- The World Islands, United Arab Emirates
- Large Hadron Collider, Switzerland
- Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Iraq
- Moai Statues, Chile
- Hadrian’s Wall, England
- Karnak Temple Complex, Egypt
- Kyomizu Dera, Japan
- Sydney Opera House, Australia
- Delta-Zuiderzee Works, Netherlands
- Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
- Taj Mahal, India
- Hagia Sophia, Turkey
- Hong Kong International Airport, China
- Saladin Citadel, Egypt
- Hoover Dam, USA
- Stonehenge, England
- Burj Khalifa, United Arab Emirates
- Lighthouse of Alexandria, Egypt
- Thames Barrier, England
- Xi’an Terracotta Army, China
- Chichen Itza, Mexico
- Three Gorges Dam, China
- London Underground, England
- Trans-Siberian Railway, Russia
- Banaue Rice Terraces, Philippines
- Coliseum, Italy
- Great Sphinx of Giza, Egypt
- Canton Tower, China
- Temple of Artemis, Greece
- Angkor Wat, Cambodia
- Statue of Liberty, USA
- Machu Picchu, Peru
- Potala Palace, China
- Akashi, Kaikyo Bridge Japan
- Chrysler Building, USA
- Shanghai International Circuit, China
- Taipei 101, Taiwan
- Itaipu Dam, Paraguay, Brazil
- City of Petra, Jordan
- Shanghai World Financial Center, China
- CN Tower, Canada
- Grand Coulee Dam, USA
The following video shows images of all these structures:
Related articles on IndustryTap:
- 5 Of The Most Exciting Civil Engineering Projects Happening Right Now
- How Will Environmental & Sustainable Engineering Work?
References and related content:
- The Top 10 Most Impressive Civil Engineering Projects of All Time – Visual Capitalist
- Top 10 Most Impressive rojects | Master of Civil Engineering – Norwich University Online
