Megaobra

Construction

Balneário Camboriú buries 3,700 segments in a mega project worth R$ 53 million to try to curb flooding at Praia Central, but the flood solution changes access to Avenida Atlântica and disrupts drivers’ routines for 30 days.

Carla Teles 15/06/2026 at 17:26

Construction

Thailand abandoned plans to cut through the country with a canal and chose a $28 billion mega-project on land: the Southern Landbridge will have 90 km, two giant ports, a railway, a highway, and pipelines to connect two seas and challenge the Strait of Malacca without handing over the strategic route to China.

Valdemar Medeiros 03/06/2026 at 19:52

Construction

Saudi Arabia will build a US$ 490 million cultural mega-project in Diriyah, with a 45,000 m² modern art museum in the historical cradle of the Kingdom to transform the city into a global showcase of art and architecture.

Carla Teles 06/05/2026 at 12:25

Construction

The mega project of R$ 230 million in São Bernardo will feature a 350-meter cable-stayed viaduct, promising to reduce traffic in the surrounding area of the Paço by up to 40% and is already among the largest road interventions in the ABC region.

Carla Teles 17/04/2026 at 09:04

Construction

Mega engineering project in the desert creates giant trenches to capture water, store millions of liters, and transform dry soil into productive forest using simple techniques and extreme planning.

Carla Teles 23/03/2026 at 23:15

Estrada de isopor em Itajaí explica como o viaduto reorganizou o tráfego entre BR-101 e SC-486.

Construction

Styrofoam Road? New Technology Beneath the Asphalt Accelerated Delivery of R$ 60.4 Million Mega Project in Itajaí by Nine Months, Opened Second Overpass, and Changed Traffic Between SC-486 and BR-101 in Northern SC

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 24/02/2026 at 09:54

Brasil na disputa por sediar a megaconstrução do maior edifício esférico do mundo que supera Sphere de Las Vegas: Esfera gigante do projeto Moon tem 312 m de altura, hotel de 4.000 quartos e uma esfera que vende a sensação de caminhar na Lua

Interesting facts

Brazil Aims to Host Mega Construction of Luxury Building that Promises to Dethrone Sphere in Las Vegas: Project Moon, the 312-Meter Giant, Featuring a 4,000-Room Hotel and a Sphere That Offers the Experience of Walking on the Moon

Flavia Marinho 19/02/2026 at 08:12

Megaobra entre Brasil e Argentina cria nova ponte sobre o rio Uruguai, reposiciona a fronteira como corredor logístico estratégico e amplia o peso do Brasil no comércio regional.

Construction

R$ 214 Million Mega Project Finally Takes Off, Will Connect Brazil to Argentina and Promises to Become the Most Strategic and Powerful Bridge in All of Latin America by 2030 in the Coming Years

Bruno Teles 12/12/2025 at 09:29

O primeiro terminal de contêineres privado do Brasil quer receber os maiores navios do mundo e amplia a estrutura.

Ports and Shipyards

Brazil’s First Private Container Terminal Aims to Accommodate the World’s Largest Ships and Accelerates Mega Project in SC

Sara Aquino 30/11/2025 at 08:37

Com R$123,5 milhões do Novo PAC, a megaobra no Rio de Janeiro terá 5 km de galerias para proteger 165 mil moradores das chuvas

Construction

With R$123.5 Million From The New PAC, The Mega Project In Rio De Janeiro Will Have 5 Km Of Galleries To Protect 165,000 Residents From The Rains

Carla Teles 28/08/2025 at 22:39

Ponte - construção - megaobra - trabalhadores

Construction

The Construction Of This Brazilian Bridge Cost 33 Lives, But It Is Believed That The Actual Number May Be Over 400

Noel Budeguer 19/05/2025 at 15:10

Megaobra na BR-280: túnel duplo de 1 km e investimentos de R$ 1 bilhão transformam rodovia em SC, com 70% do projeto já concluído!

Construction

Massive Project on BR-280: 1 Km Double Tunnel and R$ 1 Billion Investments Transform Highway in SC, With 70% of the Project Already Completed!

Valdemar Medeiros 04/03/2025 at 12:19

Balneário Camboriú buries 3,700 segments in a mega project worth R$ 53 million to try to curb flooding at Praia Central, but the flood solution changes access to Avenida Atlântica and disrupts drivers’ routines for 30 days.

Saudi Arabia will build a US$ 490 million cultural mega-project in Diriyah, with a 45,000 m² modern art museum in the historical cradle of the Kingdom to transform the city into a global showcase of art and architecture.

The mega project of R$ 230 million in São Bernardo will feature a 350-meter cable-stayed viaduct, promising to reduce traffic in the surrounding area of the Paço by up to 40% and is already among the largest road interventions in the ABC region.

Mega engineering project in the desert creates giant trenches to capture water, store millions of liters, and transform dry soil into productive forest using simple techniques and extreme planning.

Styrofoam Road? New Technology Beneath the Asphalt Accelerated Delivery of R$ 60.4 Million Mega Project in Itajaí by Nine Months, Opened Second Overpass, and Changed Traffic Between SC-486 and BR-101 in Northern SC

Brazil Aims to Host Mega Construction of Luxury Building that Promises to Dethrone Sphere in Las Vegas: Project Moon, the 312-Meter Giant, Featuring a 4,000-Room Hotel and a Sphere That Offers the Experience of Walking on the Moon

R$ 214 Million Mega Project Finally Takes Off, Will Connect Brazil to Argentina and Promises to Become the Most Strategic and Powerful Bridge in All of Latin America by 2030 in the Coming Years

Brazil’s First Private Container Terminal Aims to Accommodate the World’s Largest Ships and Accelerates Mega Project in SC

With R$123.5 Million From The New PAC, The Mega Project In Rio De Janeiro Will Have 5 Km Of Galleries To Protect 165,000 Residents From The Rains

The Construction Of This Brazilian Bridge Cost 33 Lives, But It Is Believed That The Actual Number May Be Over 400

Massive Project on BR-280: 1 Km Double Tunnel and R$ 1 Billion Investments Transform Highway in SC, With 70% of the Project Already Completed!

Libya built over 4,000 kilometers of underground pipelines to bring water from the Sahara to coastal cities in a project that the government itself called the Eighth Wonder of the World.

Desert sand, previously discarded for being too smooth for concrete, becomes an ecological brick in the United Arab Emirates, dispensing with Portland cement, curing at room temperature, and attempting to transform dunes useless for construction into raw material for a new arid engineering.

He transformed an abandoned plastic water tank into an underground house in the “hobbit hole” style, using only repurposed pallet wood, without heavy machinery or expensive labor.

Toyota launches “family hybrid van” with 7 or 8 seats, 1.8 hybrid engine, fuel consumption of up to 23.8 km/l, and a price equivalent to about R$ 104,000 without taxes, below the Tiggo 8 Pro Plug-in Hybrid sold in Brazil: meet the Noah Hybrid 2026 in Japan.

China transforms desert-devastated area into the world’s largest artificial forest, planting trees for 60 years, blocking sand that reached Beijing, and creating a “green lung” of 92,000 hectares in a region once considered lost.

With 70 tons of rock removed by hand and an 800-year-old abandoned cave, a former businessman transforms a dark shelter into a modern home carved in the heart of the forest.

Engine without traditional cylinder head could change the future of hybrids: Aramco creates DHE technology that simplifies mechanics, promises to reduce consumption by up to 25%, and challenges decades of evolution in combustion engines.