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The World's Best Construction Podcast
Join Fred Mills, Liam Marsh, and Luke Bligh as they discuss news and trends from the construction, engineering and architecture industries in a relaxed atmosphere. Grab a coffee or cuppa tea and enjoy The World's Best Construction Podcast by The B1M
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Episodes
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Abu Dhabi’s Zayed National Museum Takes Shape - #150
This week we're covering the latest news in construction, including: Abu Dhabi’s Zayed National Museum takes shape = https://www.instagram.com/p/DMAinkSMxag/…
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How THE LINE Will Be Built - #149
This week, we're trying something a little different and discussing this week's news in construction. Together, we cover: Saudi Arabia reveals more…
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Is this Europe’s Most Disastrous Airport Ever? - #148
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Is this Europe’s Most Disastrous Airport Ever?". Liam is away this week, so it's just Fred & Luke asking…
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Why New York’s Leaning Skyscrapers Don’t Fall Over - #147
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Why New York’s Leaning Skyscrapers Don’t Fall Over". Together, we're dissecting one of NYC's most unusual…
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Why America is Hollowing Out a Mountain - #146
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Why America is Hollowing Out a Mountain". Together, we're discussing how America is building something…
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The Grenfell Tower Fire: London’s High-Rise Scandal - #145
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "The Grenfell Tower Fire: London’s High-Rise Scandal". For this very important and sobering episode of the…
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A Little Quiz Never Hurt Anyone (Except Fred) - #144
This week, the infamous World’s Best Construction Podcast QUIZ returns in a Fred Vs Liam special. Is this our best game show episode yet? This episode is…
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The Secret Race to Save a New York Skyscraper From Collapse - #143
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "The Secret Race to Save a New York Skyscraper From Collapse". In 1978, New York City came close to…
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Spain's $100M Mega Build Broke Every Rule - #142
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Spain's $100M Mega Build Broke Every Rule". Together, we discuss how The Guggenheim Bilbao changed…
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The World’s Tallest Hotel - #141
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "The Insane View From the World’s Tallest Hotel". Together, we breakdown the construction of another UAE…
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Why Europe is Building a $34BN Transport Mega-Hub - #140
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Why Europe is Building a $34BN Transport Mega-Hub". Together, we breakdown the construction of Poland's…
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The Insane Tunnels Under Big Ben - #139
This week, LUKE'S BACK and we're digging into The B1M's recent video "The Insane Tunnels Under Big Ben". Together, we breakdown the construction of Central…
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My BIG FAT Greek Metro - #138
This week, Fred Mills and Liam Marsh dig into The B1M's video on Greece's $3BN new metro system. Later in the episode, we cover: China's new Zaha…
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The Epic Plan to DEMOLISH The $160BN International Space Station - #137
This week, Fred Mills and Liam Marsh dig into The B1M's huge new video all about the plan to demolish the International Space Station (ISS) with the help of a…
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The Railroad That Could CRIPPLE America's Economy - #136
This week, Fred Mills and Liam Marsh dig into The B1M's epic new video on US infrastructure, produced with Amtrak and Procore. Luke Bligh is recovering from an…
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The $17BN Plan to Make Iraq a Logistics Superpower - #135
This week, Fred and Liam dig into The B1M's latest video, all about "The $17BN Plan to Make Iraq a Logistics Superpower". Luke is sadly unwell this week. We…
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Why Berlin Built a $7BN Empty Airport - #134
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Why Berlin Built a $7BN Empty Airport". Luke is away for this episode, so Fred and Liam breakdown the…
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Why China is Building a New Road to Russia - #133
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Why China is Building a New Road to Russia". In the mountains where Europe meets Asia, a controversial…
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Inside Europe's $1BN Abandoned Mega-Build - #132
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Inside Europe's $1BN Abandoned Mega-Build". Together, we talk about Fred's experiences of going inside…
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Delayed: Japan’s $64BN Levitating Bullet Trains are no Longer on Track - #131
This week, we're digging into The B1M's most recent long-form video "Delayed: Japan’s $64BN Levitating Bullet Trains are no Longer on Track". Liam's away this…
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The $3BN Mega Dam That Changes the Weather - #130
This week, we're digging into The B1M's most recent video "The $3BN Mega Dam That Changes the Weather". In short, India's record-breaking new infrastructure…
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Overbudget: Britain's $57BN Nuclear Nightmare - #129
This week, we're digging into The B1M's most recent video "Overbudget: Britain's $57BN Nuclear Nightmare". In this episode, the lads ask what went wrong at…
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How This Nazi Megastructure Became Luxury Apartments - #128
This week, we're digging into The B1M's most recent video "How This Nazi Megastructure Became Luxury Apartments". In this poignant episode of the podcast, we…
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Top 25 Construction Megaprojects of 2025 - #127
This week, we're digging into The B1M's most recent video "Top 25 Construction Megaprojects of 2025". We'll give you 25 chances to guess what this episode is…
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Big Fat QUIZ of 2024 - #126
This week, the QUIZ returns with a special variety gameshow episode covering 2024 in construction. Enjoy one of our funniest and unhinged episodes yet! We end…
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The $100BN Plan to Save Tokyo - #125
This week, we're digging into The B1M's most recent long-form video "The $100BN Plan to Save Tokyo". Together, the lads discuss Japan's epic plan to…
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Derailed: Germany's $60BN Railway Rescue Plan - #124
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Derailed: Germany's $60BN Railway Rescue Plan". Germany, a country known for it's efficiency, has a big…
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New York is Building a Skyscraper Jail - #123
This week, Fred and Liam are back from Dubai, and we're digging into The B1M's recent video "New York is Building a Skyscraper Jail". You read that right. Is…
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Autumn Quiz Special - #122
This week, the QUIZ returns with a special 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' style episode. There's even a 'Fast & Furious' round - yes, you read that correctly…
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Sydney is Building a $5BN Mega-Airport - #121
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Sydney is Building a $5BN Mega-Airport". Australia's constructing a multi-billion dollar airport to save…
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Canada's First Supertall Skyscraper is in Crisis - #120
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Canada's First Supertall Skyscraper is in Crisis". Together, we look inside the messy battle to build The…
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Building a $1BN Mega-Telescope in the Desert - #119
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Building a $1BN Mega-Telescope in the Desert". This construction project in Chile is truly out of this…
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Inside Saudi Arabia's Wild World Cup Stadiums - #118
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Saudi Arabia is Building a Stadium on The Line". We're evaluating all of the spectacular projects planned…
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This City is the Next Singapore - #117
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "This City is the Next Singapore". This airport could change the fate of an entire country - the Techo…
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Why Egypt Built an Olympic City Without the Olympics - #116
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Why Egypt Built an Olympic City Without the Olympics". Egypt is building a huge Olympic City in the…
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Why No One Wants This London Skyscraper - #115
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Why No One Wants This London Skyscraper". We're keeping it local, and looking further into the battle to…
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Saudi Arabia Built a $16BN Clock Tower - #114
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Saudi Arabia Built a $16BN Clock Tower". The Makkah Royal Clock Tower in Mecca, Saudi Arabia pushes…
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This Robot Could Change Skyscraper Construction - #113
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "This Robot Could Change Skyscraper Construction". The lads discuss an innovation that could transform…
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These American Dams Are Falling Apart - #112
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "These American Dams Are Falling Apart". The lads discuss why some of the USA's most important (and…
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This is The World's Most Complex Construction Project - #111
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "This is The World's Most Complex Construction Project". The lads chat to Fred about his travels to the…
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Building the World’s Second Tallest Skyscraper - #110
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Building the World’s Second Tallest Skyscraper". The lads chat to Fred about his travels to the top of…
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Singapore’s New Metro Line is Construction Hell - #109
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Singapore’s New Metro Line is Construction Hell". This is a BIG project on the small island nation. Later…
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The $1BN Race to Save Notre Dame From Collapse - #108
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "The $1BN Race to Save Notre Dame From Collapse". This is how France's iconic Notre Dame Cathedral was…
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The $64M Race to Save the Eiffel Tower - #107
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "The $64M Race to Save the Eiffel Tower". The Paris landmark is in danger and we're here to talk about it…
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How to Build an Arctic Airport - #106
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "How to Build an Arctic Airport". Together, we find out why airport construction in Greenland is (quite…
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The $3BN Plan to Fix Europe's Most Important Airport - #105
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "The $3BN Plan to Fix Europe's Most Important Airport". Amsterdam Airport Schiphol's bid to redeem itself…
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Inside the High-Security Fortress That’s Heating Paris - #104
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Inside the High-Security Fortress That’s Heating Paris". Fred went inside the Equinix data centre that's…
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The Crucial Skyscraper Test You've Never Heard Of - #103
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "The Crucial Skyscraper Test You've Never Heard Of". This is where the world's biggest skyscrapers are put…
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Why Soviet-Era Nuclear Plants Are Being Dismantled - #102
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Why Soviet-Era Nuclear Plants Are Being Dismantled". Step inside the complex world of nuclear…
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The Race to Fix Australia’s Failed Dam - #101
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "The Race to Fix Australia’s Failed Dam". The ironically named "Paradise Dam" in Queensland, Australia is…
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The 100th Episode - #100
This week, we're celebrating our hundredth episode with a special 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' style quiz and an open Q&A. This special episode is sponsored…
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Why Construction Needs to Talk About Mental Health - #99
This week, Fred is joined by Procore's Sasha Reed to discuss mental health in construction as part of our Get Construction Talking initiative. Learn more about…
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Is This $4BN Megaproject Pointless? - #98
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Is This $4BN Megaproject Pointless?". Stockholm is in a race to fix it's traffic congestion. But will…
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The World’s Most Expensive Site - #97
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "The Skyscraper Built on The World’s Most Expensive Site". Land in Hong Kong is expensive - very…
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The $3BN Plan to Connect Southeast Asia - #96
This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "The $3BN Plan to Connect Southeast Asia". Singapore and Malaysia are closely connected in many ways - but…
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How to Build a 2KM Skyscraper - #95
This week, we're digging into The B1M's latest video "Experts Explain Saudi Arabia’s 2KM Skyscraper". Together, the lads react to the news that Saudi Arabia…
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Europe's Megaproject to Replace Russian Railways - #94
This week, Fred's away so it's just Liam & Luke and we're digging into The B1M's latest video "Europe's Megaproject to Replace Russian Railways". Together, we…
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How Rectangular TBMs Work - #93
This week, we're digging into The B1M's latest video "Redeveloping the World’s Most Terrifying Airport". Hong Kong is one of the world's most well-known…
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The Plan to Save New York's Emptiest Building - #92
This week, we're digging into The B1M's latest video "The Plan to Save New York's Emptiest Building". This topic is all about one of the world's most…
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Inside The World's Most Remote Infrastructure Project - #91
This week, we're digging into The B1M's latest longform video "Inside The World's Most Remote Infrastructure Project". Fred tells us about his first-hand…