Business of Blowouts: measuring the true cost

Business of Blowouts: measuring the true cost
There are many reasons why projects blow out. (Image: NZME)
Andy Fyers
Murray Jones
Cost overruns on major infrastructure projects, or blowouts, have become so common that the costs of new project announcements are generally taken with a large grain of salt.But is the assumption that all projects blowout fair?At BusinessDesk, we wanted to understand more about the frequency and magnitude of cost overruns in major publicly-funded infrastructure projects. To get a sense of this, our investigative team looked into the first and final costings of 55 major projects.Of those, 40 came in over budget, 12 were on budget, and just...

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