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WHY CONSTRUCTION MEGA PROJECTS FAIL-AND HOW TO FIX THEM - VOLUME 1 of 2: Comprehensive framework-driven approach to diagnosing and preventing failure

WHY CONSTRUCTION MEGA PROJECTS FAIL-AND HOW TO FIX THEM - VOLUME 1 of 2: Comprehensive framework-driven approach to diagnosing and preventing failure

Subramanian, Balachander

Paperback

Real EstateTechnology & EngineeringGeneral Construction & Renovation

ISBN13: 9798189322655
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 27 2026
Pages: 526
Weight: 1.53
Height: 1.06 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The successful delivery of construction mega projects remains one of the greatest challenges facing governments, developers, contractors, consultants, investors, and infrastructure organizations worldwide. Every year, trillions of dollars are invested in highways, airports, metro systems, railways, ports, tunnels, bridges, power plants, industrial facilities, smart cities, water infrastructure, hospitals, and urban developments. These projects are expected to stimulate economic growth, improve quality of life, create employment opportunities, and shape the future of nations.

Yet despite remarkable advances in engineering, digital technologies, project management methodologies, and construction practices, the global construction industry continues to experience an alarming rate of project failure. Cost overruns exceeding billions of dollars, multi-year schedule delays, contractual disputes, quality failures, safety incidents, stakeholder conflicts, and operational underperformance have become common characteristics of many mega projects across both developed and developing economies.

The paradox is striking. Modern organizations possess sophisticated Building Information Modeling (BIM), Digital Twins, Artificial Intelligence (AI), predictive analytics, drones, Common Data Environments (CDE), enterprise resource planning systems, advanced scheduling software, and integrated project controls. Nevertheless, project delivery performance has not improved at the same pace as technological advancement.

The reason is simple.

Construction mega projects do not fail because of technology.

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