Mega-projects as displacements*

Mega-projects, city-building and community benefits

Mega-projects figure prominently in the arsenal of contemporary city-building strategies. The allure is of a city redefined, placed on the world stage and able to improve services, facilities and revenues. Community attitudes to such projects are often mixed, with fears of gentrification, displacement or loss of existing city character. Although mega-projects are adopted to pursue global ambiti...

Analysis of the Espoo Convention as applied to mega projects: The case of Nord Stream

Challenges of mega construction projects in developing countries

Mega Construction Projects (MCPs) represent a strategic option towards achieving sustainable development objectives in developing countries. On the one hand, these projects are charaterised with the need for high design knowledge and technical skills; competent human resources and managerial capabilities as well as excessive cost investment. Conversely, developing countries experience shortage ...

Operationalizing Coordination of Mega-projects - a Workpractice Perspective

In this paper we propose a workpractice approach towards operationalizing the coordination of mega-projects. The approach matured over several years in development practice at Ericsson, a major supplier of telecommunication products and services worldwide. Key points in the approach are the management of critical dependencies and the construction of a communal understanding on how to coordinate...

Project Governance Framework for Mega Construction Projects (MCPs) in China: Lessons from SHITH and SHCBD projects

We analyse governance in two mega construction projects (MCPs): Shanghai Hongqiao Integrated Transportation Hub (SHITH) project and Shanghai Hongqiao central Business district (SHCBD). We suggest that the governance of mega construction projects in China needs the participation of construction headquarter and three coordination platforms, namely, design coordination platform, schedule platform ...