1. The Marina Bay Sands Resort. $8Billion.

A resort located in Singapore. It was developed by Las Vegas Sands and it’s the world’s most expensive standalone casino property. The cost of the whole project was $8 billion. The resort includes, besides the casino, a hotel with 2,561 rooms, 1,300,000-square-foot convention and exhibition center, an 800,000-square foot mall, a museum, two theatres, 7 celebrity chef restaurants, an ice-skating ring and, of course, the world’s largest atrium casino that has 500 tables and 1,600 slot machines.

2. The Emirates Palace.

The Emirates Palace is a luxury hotel that can be found in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. The hotel was designed by architect John Elliott RIBA. The cost to build it was 3.9 billion GBP. This amazing hotel opened its doors in November 2005. However, some of the restaurants and spas that are part of the complex only opened in 2006.

Source: http://www.homedit.com/10-of-the-most-expensive-buildings-in-the-world/

3. One World Trade Center, New York. $3.9Billion.


Height:1,776.02 ft.

Completion:2014.

One World Trade center is the same height as the Twin Towers which formally stood in the same place. Inside, the building has a stairwell dedicated to the firefighters lost in 9/11.

4. Burj Khalifa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. $1.5Billion.

Height:2,719.82 ft.

Completion:2010

The Burj Khalifa is the world's tallest building. The building uses the condensation from the air conditioning system to irrigate the landscaping.

5. Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort, Huzhou, China $1.5Billion.

Height:330 ft

Completion:2013

The resort, designed by MAD Architects, gets completely lit up and night and is meant to resemble the moon rising over Lake Tai. Every room in the hotel is designed to get daylight at all hours from every direction.

6. Bank Of America Tower, NY. $1Billion.

Height:1,200.01 ft

Completion:2009

The Bank of America Tower is the 4th tallest building in NYC and is used as a commercial office. The building reuses rainwater and has an "automatic daylight dimming system."


source: http://www.businessinsider.com/most-expensive-skyscrapers-world-2014-12

7. Jiaozhou Bay Bridge(or Qingdao Haiwan Bridge) is a 26.7 km (16.6 mi) long roadway bridge in eastern China's Shandong province, which is part of the 41.58 km (25.84 mi) Jiaozhou Bay Connection Project. As of December 2012, Guinness World Records lists the Jiaozhou Bay Bridge as the world's longest bridge over water (aggregate length) at 41.58 km (25.84 mi).


Construction cost: CN¥10 to 55 billion.

Designer: Shandong Gaosu Group.

Construction begin late 2007.

Construction end early 2011

Opened 30 June 2011


Source: wiki

8. Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Maryland. $778.3 Million.


The Chesapeake Bay Bridge (commonly known as the "Bay Bridge" ) is a major dual-span bridge in the U.S . state of Maryland. Spanning the Chesapeake Bay, it connects the state's rural Eastern Shore region with the more urban Western Shore. The original span opened in 1952 and with a length of 4.3 miles (6.9 km), width of 28 ft (8.5 m) (eastbound) and 38 ft (11.6 m) (westbound) was the world's longest continuous over-water steel structure, the parallel span was added in 1973. The bridge is named the "Gov. William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial Bridge" after William Preston Lane, Jr.who, as Governor of Maryland, initiated its construction in the late 1940s after decades ofpolitical indecision.

Source: http://www.therichest.com/rich-list/the-biggest/the-10-most-expensive-bridges-ever-built/?view=all


Wikipedia.

8. Burj Al Arab, United Arab Emirates. $650 Million.


Burj Al Arab (Tower of the Arabs) is a luxury hotel located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It has been called "The world's only 7 star Hotel" and is the third tallest hotel in the world, however, 39% of its total height is made up of non-occupiable space. Burj Al Arab stands on an artificial island280 m (920 ft) from Jumeirah beach and is connected to the mainland by a private curving bridge. The shape of the structure is designed to mimic the sail of a ship. It has a helipad near the roof at a height of 210 m (689 ft) above ground.

▶ The Lobby.

9. The palm Islands are two artificial islands, Palm Jumeirah and palm Jebel Ali, on the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. As at November 2014, only Palm Jumeirah has been completed. This island takes the form of a palm tree, topped by a crescent. When complete, Palm Jebel Ali will take a similar shape, both islands will be host to a large number of residential, leisure and entertainment centres and will add a total of 520 kilometres of non-public beaches to the city of Dubai. The creation of the Palm Jumeirah began in June 2001. Shortly after, the Palm Jebel Ali was announced and reclamation work began. A third island was planned and construction started, but this project was later remodelled and renamed to Deira Island.

The Palm Islands are artificial islands constructed from sand dredged from the bottom of the Persian Gulf by the Belgian company, Jan De Nul and the Dutch company, Van Oord. The sand is sprayed from dredging ships, guided by a Global Positioning System, onto the required area. The spraying process is known as rainbowing because of the rainbow-like arcs produced in the air when the sand is sprayed. The outer edge of each palm's encircling crescent is a large rock breakwater. The breakwater of the Palm Jumeirah contains over seven million tons of rock, each rock was placed individually by a crane, its position signed off by a diver, and given a Global Positioning System coordinate.

Palm Jumeirah was built entirely from sand and rocks (no concrete or steel was used to build the island). This was done in accordance with the order of the Prince of Dubai, who came up with the idea for the Palm Islands, as well as their design.

*.5.5 million cubic metres of rock brought from over 16 quarries in Dubai.

*.94 million cubic metres of sand brought from deep sea beds 6 nautical miles from the coast of Dubai.

Cost: Still Unknown.....

Source: Wikipedia

10. Three Gorges Dam, China.

Capacity: 22,500 MW.

Construction began December 14, 1994

Opening date 2008

Construction cost: ¥180 billion (US$26 billion).

Owner(s) China Yangtze Power(subsidiary of China Three Gorges Corporation).

Three Gorges Dam, one of the most expensive and powerful hydroelectric project ever built.


Source: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Gorges_Dam

Sile12:
10. Three Gorges Dam, China.

Capacity: 22,500 MW.

Construction began December 14, 1994

Opening date 2008

Construction cost: ¥180 billion (US$26 billion).

Owner(s) China Yangtze Power(subsidiary of China Three Gorges Corporation).

Three Gorges Dam, one of the most expensive and powerful hydroelectric project ever built.


Source: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Gorges_Dam

I recall someone embezzling over $16B to buy us darkness. . .

Sile12:
1. The Marina Bay Sands Resort. $8Billion.
A resort located in Singapore. It was developed by Las Vegas Sands and it’s the world’s most expensive standalone casino property. The cost of the whole project was $8 billion. The resort includes, besides the casino, a hotel with 2,561 rooms, 1,300,000-square-foot convention and exhibition center, an 800,000-square foot mall, a museum, two theatres, 7 celebrity chef restaurants, an ice-skating ring and, of course, the world’s largest atrium casino that has 500 tables and 1,600 slot machines.

Seriously, is this the same country Nigeria got her independence before her? Sad that we are still stuck here trying to achieve constant power supply and fighting ourselves. . .

Civil and Structural Engineering taken to the extreme. . . Waiting for when Japan's Shimizu mega city pyramid will become reality. . .

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all are terrific, asking myself, when will Africa have just one of the most expensive structure like these?

11. World's largest oil refinery.

Jamnagar,Gujarat,India. (1.24M Barrels per day).

Construction cost: Not confirmed.

Source: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oil_refineries

Feraz:
I recall someone embezzling over $16B to buy us darkness. . .

Seriously, is this the same country Nigeria got her independence before her? Sad that we are still stuck here trying to achieve constant power supply and fighting ourselves. . .

Civil and Structural Engineering taken to the extreme. . . Waiting for when Japan's Shimizu mega city pyramid will become reality. . .

The only problem we have in Nigeria or Africa at large is corruption and greed.
We value our pockets more than lives of fellow citizens, more than our names, integrity and reputation.

But whites values names, lives, history, record, integrity, and reputation.
Until we can have this mentality, we will never move forward.

simply Amazing

12. Some of the world's most expensive Airports.

▶ Kansai International Airport. $20 billion

The Kansai airport serves the Osaka, Japan area and is built on a 2.5-mile-long artificial island that is designed with a large sea wall to protect it from waves and other natural issues. The design has helped it to survive the 1995 Kobe earthquake. The airport features a bridge that was built at a cost of $1 billion and is made to help get people onto the island. A third terminal for Jetstar flights will more than likely cause the $20 billion total to go up.


▶ London Heathrow Airport. $10.5 billion.


▶ Beijing Capital International Airport. $8 billion.

Much of the total cost of the Beijing Capital International Airport came from the$3.8 billion expansion at Terminal 3 in recent years. Terminal 3 has 3.2 million square feet of space, more than 70 restaurants and a baggage area that handles a large barcode-based system for handling materials and can take in more than 19,000 pieces in one hour. The expenses are extremely high but the airport can take in 80 million people each year.

▶ Dubai International Airport. $6 billion.

Source: http://www.therichest.com/luxury/most-expensive/10-most-expensive-airports-ever-built-in-the-world/

13. One of the largest sport stadium in the world.

MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NewJersey. $1.6 billion.

Capacity: Over 88,000.

Source: http://www.therichest.com/sports/top-10-most-expensive-sports-stadiums-in-the-world/

14. World's largest cargo plane/carrier.

Antonov An-225 Mriya.

Maximum takeoff weight: 640 tonnes.

Cost: $300M.

Source: Wikipedia.

15. One of the most Advanced/High tech drones.

US RQ-4 Global Hawk.

Users: US Airforce, NASA.

Role: Surveillance.

Costs: $233 million.

Source: Businessinsider

16. Marquette Interchange. $810Million.

Tonnes: 60,000.

17. Los Angeles: Pregerson Interchange. $135 Million.


18. Seattle Interchange.


19. Chicago Interchange.

Source: http://usa.streetsblog.org/2014/07/01/8-monster-interchanges-that-blight-american-cities/

20. Japan’s new maglev bullet train is now the fastest in the world. 2014.

When it comes to building high-speed trains Japan is continuing to embarrass the rest of the world, with the latest line, approved by the government this Friday, capable of travelling the 178 miles from Tokyo to Nagoya in just 40 minutes.

Cost: Unknown

Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/japan-approves-construction-of-maglev-bullet-train-that-will-travel-178-miles-in-40-minutes-9802361.html

chineke! if earth can be like this. how heaven go come be

why cant nigeria have something like this, abi 9ja ground they allergic to this kind good tin

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21. Airbus A380. $428M

Cockpit crew: Two.

Seating capacity: typical 407-652 (3-class)644 (2-class)853 (1-class)12 couriers.

Length overall: 72.73 m (238 ft 7 in).

Wingspan: 79.75 m (261 ft 8 in)

Height: 24.45 m (80 ft 3 in).

Maximum take-off weight: 575,000 kg (1,268,000 lb)590,000 kg (1,300,000 lb).

Maximum landing weight: 394,000 kg (869,000 lb)427,000 kg (941,000 lb).

Maximum zero fuel weight: fuel weight369,000 kg (814,000 lb)402,000 kg (886,000 lb).

Maximum operating speed at cruise altitude: Mach 0.89 (945 km/h, 587 mph, 510 knots).

Maximum design speedin dive at cruise altitude: Mach 0.96 (at cruise altitude: 1020 km/h, 634 mph, 551 knots).

Take off run at: MTOW/SL ISA2,950 m (9,680 ft).

Landing speed:130-135 kn (240–250 km/h).

▶ Flight deck Airbus A380.

▶ Business class Airbus A380.

▶ Economy class Airbus A380.


▶ Bar Emirate Airbus A380.

Source: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A380

22. Most Technologically Advanced Hospitals in the World.

▶ Johns Hopkins Hospital. Baltimore, Maryland. Cost: $1.1Billion.


▶ Upper River Valley Hospital, New Brunswick, Canada.
Cost: $85M.

▶ . Asklepios Klinik Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany.

Cost: Unknown.


▶ Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.

Cost: Unknown.

Source: http://www.topmastersinhealthcare.com/30-most-technologically-advanced-hospitals-in-the-world/

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You're great man

Some Libraries of the world.

23. British Library.

Size (Numbers of items): 170M.

Budget: £141 Million.


24. National Library of China.

Size (Numbers of items): 31M.

Budget: Undocumented.


Source: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_libraries