2024

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After it was looted during the 2011 revolution in Egypt, the Damietta Steel Bridge—one of the world’s oldest steel swing bridges—has been rehabilitated and transformed into a tourist and cultural attraction featuring a conference hall, lecture rooms and art galleries.

Despite six major flood events, COVID-19 restrictions, substandard soil conditions and a remote site location, the largest weir to be built in Queensland, Australia, since World War II now is operating and achieving what it was designed to do—provide water security for the region where it is located while protecting aquatic wildlife.

Building on advances at similar tunnels in China, the Dalian Bay Undersea Tunnel team had to solve numerous technical challenges and adapt to cold site conditions to complete the first cross-sea immersed tube tunnel in the northern reaches of the country.

From 120 contest entries, this year's Global Best Projects judges selected 35 winning projects—located in 19 different countries—for demonstrating construction and design excellence while overcoming tremendous challenges.

Spanning a length of 473.25 m including its approaches, India’s first cable-stayed bridge is a critical component of the ambitious 345-km-long railway line planned by the government to link the Kashmir Valley with the broader Indian Railways network, bolstering connectivity and economic development in the region.