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The 1% gift to humanity: The Human Genome Project II. [PDF]

open access: yesCell Res
Liu W   +20 more
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Megaprojects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
“Megaprojects” is a term used to refer to projects and events that encompass large-scale projects in size, cost, space, time, energy, and influence. They are synonymous with large engineering projects, complex projects, large transport or energy projects,
Shankar Sankaran   +5 more
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Narratives in Megaprojects

open access: yes, 2023
This book is a novel contribution to a field dominated by conventional approaches to project management; it is about narratives in megaprojects. Among the questions examined in this original new book are: - What are narratives?
Natalya Sergeeva, Johan Ninan
core   +4 more sources

Megaprojects and Risk

2003
Megaprojects and Risk provides the first detailed examination of the phenomenon of megaprojects. It is a fascinating account of how the promoters of multi-billion dollar megaprojects systematically and self-servingly misinform parliaments, the public and the media in order to get projects approved and built.
Flyvbjerg, Bent   +2 more
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Contemporary Megaprojects

2021
Contemporary megaprojects have evolved from the discreet, modernist projects undertaken in the past by centralized authorities to encompass everything from large-scale construction to space exploration. Contemporary Megaprojects explores how these projects have been impacted by cutting-edge technology, the private sector, and the processes of ...
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Megaprojects, megateams and motivation

Physics World, 1994
The size of experimental collaborations in high-energy physics has increased dramatically over the last two decades. In the early 1970s a "big" team might have numbered 50 scientists. A collaboration today at CERN's Large Electron–Positron (LEP) collider could involve 500.
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Megaproject Oversight

Public Works Management & Policy, 1999
The U.S. General Accounting Office pegs the cost of the Boston Central Artery/ Tunnel (CA/T) Project at $10.8 billion and warns of increases. Public officials in Massachusetts fear that the very magnitude and complexity of this multibillion dollar megaproject creates a magnet for waste, fraud, and abuse of public funds.
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