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megaproject

Noun

Meaning

megaproject (plural megaprojects)

A very large public investment project, especially one costing more than one billion US dollars.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Named Waterline Square, the ambitious-in-design megaproject enlists three high-profile architecture firms for each of the buildings: Rafael Viñoly ArchitectsRichard Meier & Partners. Source: Internet

It's a long ways off from being finished, but "Brooklyn's newest neighborhood" (as the marketing materials have, somewhat groan-inducingly, termed the megaproject) is well on its way, for better or for worse. Source: Internet

Williams said after years of hesitation, the government must now grapple with an unsustainable ferry system amid a "ruinous" financial crunch — huge debt levels, an unfinished and over-budget megaproject and tanking oil royalties. Source: Internet

Thomas P. Hughes Rescuing Prometheus, New York, Pantheon, 1998 Wiley Online Library 19 June 2013, Megaproject Management - Lessons in Risk and Project Management from the Big Dig, pp415-418 The engineer of record is HNTB/FIGG. Source: Internet

However, questions have been raised of the legality of a caretaker government approving such a megaproject. Source: Internet

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