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ABSTRACT Construction megaprojects, large‐scale, complex, and capital‐intensive, are particularly prone to inefficiencies, cost overruns, delays, and environmental degradation due to fragmented workflows, stakeholder misalignment, and resource intensity.
Abdelazim Ibrahim +5 more
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Do classics exist in megaproject management? [PDF]
This special issue asks, “Do classics exist in megaproject management?” We identify three types of classics: conventional, Kuhnian, and citation classics. We find that the answer to our question depends on the definition of “classic” employed.
Turner, JR +3 more
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Comparisons as a discursive tool: shaping megaproject narratives in the United Kingdom
The mobilization of narratives is essential in integrating people and constructing identities that help in navigating complexity, uncertainty, and conflictuality.
Sergeeva, Natalya, Ninan, Johan
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Double Unseeing or Glimpses of Recognition? Expert and Community Visions for Hydrogen Megaprojects
Short Abstract Online ethnography and deliberative workshops covering expert and community hydrogen visions in Milford Haven, South Wales. Experiences of life on the periphery and previous experiences of industrial development led to community scepticism over hydrogen's benefits.
Gareth H. Thomas, Karen Henwood
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TRANSPORTATION AT THE MILLENNIUM: In Search of a Megaproject Lens
Penetrating the complexity of publicly funded megaprojects- those costing in excess of $1 billion-is no small task, but it can be a rewarding one. Five tiers of rich descriptors emerge from the literature: history and purpose; context; project structure;
Wendy Haynes
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Sustainability and Megaproject Development
Megaprojects, also referred to in the literature as Large Engineering Projects or Major Projects, are generally defined as large-scale investment initiatives worth 1b€/$ or more and, facing similar problems independent of the country where they are ...
Favari, Edoardo +7 more
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THE CHAINMAKER: How Intermediaries Sustain Urban Policy Initiatives over Time
Abstract Practitioners implementing urban climate initiatives are frequently faced with the intermittent nature of urban projects and the short‐termism of policy experiments. In this conjuncture, understanding how urban transformations are advanced necessitates grasping how small‐scale efforts are carried forward or sustained despite these brief time ...
Hanna Hilbrandt +2 more
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The Giza Pyramid : learning from this megaproject [PDF]
Purpose: This paper demonstrates the contemporary relevance of the management of the Great Pyramid of Giza project. Design/methodology/approach: The paper uses evidence from the literature from many disciplines concerning both the objectives and ...
Kozak-Holland, MP, Procter, CT
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Chinas Megaproject – Global Security Analysis [PDF]
The People’s Republic of China (China) is taking serious steps in accordance with its global development strategy of the One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative.
Jeremić, Zlatan
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Abstract In this chapter, we propose a strategic framework for capacity-building in cross-border transport megaprojects. First, we make the case for infrastructure megaprojects as wicked policy fields marked by a complex web of stakeholders' interests and characterized by uncertainty and entrenched value divergence and conflict ...
Giovanni Esposito, Andrea Terlizzi
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