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This is a list of megaprojects, which may be defined in the following categories: . Projects that cost more than US$1 billion and attract a large amount of public attention because of substantial impacts on communities, the natural and built environment, and budgets.
Megastructures often play a part in the plot or setting of science fiction movies and books, such as Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke. In 1968, Ralph Wilcoxen defined a megastructure as any structural framework into which rooms, houses, or other small buildings can later be installed, uninstalled, and replaced; and which is capable of ...
This is a list of buildings and other structures that have been envisioned. The X-Seed 4000 is one of the tallest structures ever conceived. Shown in this image is the Burj Khalifa (828 m (2,717 ft)), tallest structure in the world at the time of completion in 2010 to this year (2025), and the X-Seed 4000 project (4,000 m (13,000 ft)).
Pages in category "Megastructures" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. ... This page was last edited on 24 October 2021, at 10:07 (UTC).
[9] [10] NASA Vehicle Assembly Building United States: 1966 Kennedy Space Center, Florida: 32,374 m 2 (348,470 sq ft) 3.66 million m 3 (130 million cu ft) Originally built to enable simultaneous assembly and shelter for four Saturn V rockets. [11] The O2 United Kingdom: 1999 London: 104,634 m 2 (1,126,270 sq ft) 2.79 million m 3 (98.6 million ...
Megascale engineering (or macro-engineering) [1] is a form of exploratory engineering concerned with the construction of structures on an enormous scale. [2] Typically these structures are at least 1,000 km (620 mi) in length—in other words, at least one megameter, hence the name.
In 2006, Donna Schwartzbauer spent $15,000 on what she thought was a nice plot of land in Ross Township, Pennsylvania, just outside of Pittsburgh.She decided to build a house on it and make it her ...
Map of Sydney North Western Line and the City and South Western Line overlayed on top of the existing rail network: AUD $20.5 billion (Stage 1 and 2) [137] El Insurgente: Commuter rail Mexico: State of Mexico; Mexico City: 2.8 [138] 3.2 2015 Completed 2023 (Zinacantepec to Lerma) 2024 (Lerma to Santa Fe) Expected 2024 (Santa Fe to Observatorio)