A megaproject is a very large investment project. Altshuler and Luberoff (2003) define megaprojects as "initiatives that are physical, very expensive, and public." On his website on megaprojects, Bent Flyvbjerg defines megaprojects as typically costing in excess of US$1 billion and attracting high levels of public attention because of substantial impacts on communities, environment, and budgets. Invest redirects here. ... A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service. ... Community is a set of people (or agents in a more abstract sense) with some shared element. ... Budget generally refers to a list of all planned expenses. ...

Megaprojects include bridges, tunnels, motorways, railways, airports, seaports, power plants, dams, water projects, oil and gas extraction projects, public buildings, information technology systems, aerospace projects, and weapons systems. Boston's Big Dig and the Channel tunnel between France and the UK are examples of megaprojects. This article is about the edifice. ... An underground pedestrian tunnel between buildings at MIT. Note the utility pipes running along the ceiling. ... A motorway (United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, and some Commonwealth nations) is both a type of road and a classification. ... Categories: Stub | Commercial item transport and distribution | Transportation ... A power station (also power plant) is a facility for the generation of electric power. ... DAMS is a racing team from France, involved in many areas of motorsports. ... Big Dig is the unofficial name of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (CA/T), a massive undertaking to reroute the Central Artery (Interstate 93), the chief controlled-access highway through the heart of Boston, Massachusetts, into a 3. ... The British terminal at Cheriton in west Folkestone, from the Pilgrims Way. ...

Sources and Further Readings

• Alan Altshuler and David Luberoff, Mega-Projects: The Changing Politics of Urban Public Investment (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 2003). ISBN 0815701292
• Bent Flyvbjerg, Nils Bruzelius, and Werner Rothengatter, Megaprojects and Risk: An Anatomy of Ambition (Cambridge University Press, 2003). ISBN 0521009464

External links

• What is a megaproject?
• Big Dig Projects: Are They Worth It?