Mega Builds

A wide-eyed, joyous and infectiously fun look at how human ingenuity and enormous machines are tackling some of the biggest engineering challenges the world has dared to take on. A ceaselessly uplifting and positive book. – Mark Cooper-Jones, author of This Way Up by the Map Men
With more globe-trotting than an international spy and access to structures that would make a Bond villain wince mid-monologue, Mega Builds reveals the feats shaping the 21st century and the mind-boggling world the next generation stands to inherit. – Chris Broad, author of Abroad in Japan
Fred has a gift for turning megaprojects into stories you can feel, and his perspective is equal parts grounded, inspiring, and forward-looking.’ – Grady Hillhouse, author of Engineering in Plain Sight and creator of Practical Engineering
This is a superb counterpoint to the usual media negativity around big projects that are the product of human ambition. Mills rightly celebrates how thinking big is often the right answer. – Christian Wolmar, author of Blood, Iron and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World

Fred Mills is a British filmmaker and the founder of The B1M YouTube channel. The B1M is the largest and most subscribed-to construction channel globally, boasting over 4 million subscribers.

Fred has gained unprecedented on-the-ground access to some of the world’s largest megaprojects, traveling to locations from California to Japan. His experiences include walking inside a nuclear fusion reactor, climbing megatall skyscrapers, and becoming a leading advocate for mental health within the construction industry. These experiences and insights have established him as the top construction influencer worldwide.

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