Engineering Against Nature
When the adversary is geology, water and physics rather than the budget.
Some projects fight the physical world itself: Kansai's airport island sinking into Osaka Bay, Palm Jumeirah's dredged islands holding against the Gulf, the Ever Given's six days blocking the Suez Canal, and the Three Gorges Dam's 17-year programme to dam the Yangtze. This series looks at what happens when engineering ambition meets nature — and what the ledger looks like afterwards.
Series episodes
Kansai International Airport
The Sinking Island: How a ¥1.45 Trillion Airport Outran the Geology It…
Palm Jumeirah: The Island That Engineering Built and the Crash Nearly Sank
GPS-Guided Dredging, a Crescent Breakwater and an Honest Ledger: Marine…
Ever Given: Six Days That Stopped World Trade
How a 400-Metre Ship, a Sandstorm and a Chain of Contested Decisions…
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