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WHY CONSTRUCTION MEGA PROJECTS FAIL-AND HOW TO FIX THEM - VOLUME 2 of 2: Focusing on transforming lessons from project failure into enterprise-wide pr
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ISBN13: 9798189508301
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 28 2026
Pages: 362
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 28 2026
Pages: 362
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
WHY CONSTRUCTION MEGA PROJECTS FAIL - VOLUME 2 OF 2
From Project Recovery to Enterprise Project Excellence Construction mega projects represent some of the most ambitious and strategically important investments undertaken by governments, developers, multinational corporations, and public institutions. They create transportation networks that connect nations, energy systems that power economies, healthcare facilities that improve quality of life, industrial complexes that support manufacturing, and digital infrastructure that drives the modern world. Yet completing a project is only one milestone in a much longer journey. The true measure of project success is not merely achieving substantial completion, but delivering infrastructure that performs safely, efficiently, sustainably, and profitably throughout its operational lifecycle.
From Project Recovery to Enterprise Project Excellence Construction mega projects represent some of the most ambitious and strategically important investments undertaken by governments, developers, multinational corporations, and public institutions. They create transportation networks that connect nations, energy systems that power economies, healthcare facilities that improve quality of life, industrial complexes that support manufacturing, and digital infrastructure that drives the modern world. Yet completing a project is only one milestone in a much longer journey. The true measure of project success is not merely achieving substantial completion, but delivering infrastructure that performs safely, efficiently, sustainably, and profitably throughout its operational lifecycle.
While Volume 1 examined the principal reasons why construction mega projects fail during planning, design, procurement, commercial management, construction execution, project controls, and stakeholder management, Volume 2 focuses on an equally important question: How do organizations consistently achieve project excellence? This volume presents a comprehensive collection of enterprise frameworks that enable organizations to transform isolated project success into repeatable organizational capability. Drawing upon international best practices, modern project management principles, digital transformation strategies, governance systems, and decades of practical experience in delivering complex infrastructure, this book provides a structured roadmap for institutionalizing excellence across every phase of the project lifecycle. Beginning with testing, commissioning, operational readiness, project handover, and asset lifecycle management, the book then explores project recovery, organizational transformation, digital technologies, Artificial Intelligence, resilience, enterprise governance, portfolio management, knowledge management, competency development, Centers of Excellence, integrated operating systems, and global project excellence models. Each chapter introduces a practical management framework supported by:
- Learning objectives
- Structured management methodologies
- Governance models
- Performance indicators
- Maturity assessments
- Best practices
- Framework integration tables
- Discussion questions
- Executive-level practical exercises
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