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Megaprojects give Substantial Boost to New York Market

The 20 largest regional projects to break ground in 2022 had a boosted combined construction value of $25.2 billion
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Justin Rice
March 13, 2023

The 20 largest regional projects to break ground in 2022 had a boosted combined construction value of $25.2 billion.


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Oxford Professor's Latest Book Examines Roots of Project Failure

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Peter Reina
January 25, 2023

Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner's "How Big Things Get Done" stems from Flyvbjerg's work at Oxford University studying megaprojects.


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UC San Diego Health’s 10-story Jacobs Center

New Study Says Cost of Megaprojects Rising Quickly in US

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Johanna Knapschaefer
June 19, 2019

New study says an urgent need for infrastructure is driving growth in megaprojects, but they are not always well managed


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Legislators Probe UK Crossrail's Late Arrival

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Peter Reina
January 23, 2019
Internal friction spills out amid scrutiny of London project's $19B cost and schedule woes
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Megaprojects in Distress: Rethinking the Theory

Robert Prieto
December 7, 2017

The status quo of megaprojects these days is not good, with as many as two-thirds significantly disappointing on budget and schedule.


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Megaprojects

Critics Counter Oxford Research on Viability of Large Dams

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Luke Abaffy
September 20, 2016

Critics from industry and academia are raising questions about a study from the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School about the true cost of large hydropower dams.


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Bechtel’s Brief

Haunted by Grim Statistics on Megaprojects

A call by Brendan Bechtel to improve schedule and cost performance
August 24, 2016

Brendan Bechtel, soon to be chief executive of the engineering and construction company that bears his family’s name, sounded an alarm about the industry’s performance on megaprojects with words as plainly spoken as any you will hear at a conference.


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Risk Management

How Does the Rio Olympics Construction Measure Up?

Despite fanfare, Olympic Games are still costly and challenging engineering projects
Augusto Diniz
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Tudor Van Hampton
August 12, 2016

The construction industry continues to study the multiyear buildup of the Rio Olympics as a costly and challenging engineering project that provides lessons for future cities hosting large programs such as the Summer Games.


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Citing Budget, Alaska Shelves a Pair of Megaprojects

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Tim Newcomb
July 13, 2016
Alaska’s financial difficulties led Gov. Bill Walker (R) to shut down two slow-moving megaprojects before construction started on either.
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Oxford's Atif Ansar and Bent Flyvbjerg
Project Management

Are Megaprojects Worth the Risk?

Oxford University researchers say too many large, global projects fail because they are driven by false assumptions
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Peter Reina
April 18, 2016

Megaprojects are increasingly gaining worldwide popularity, often justified by claimed economies of scale and future expansion.


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