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The Washington Times

17/04/2012

Why Congress should be concerned about Honolulu's pricey $5.3 billion rail to nowhere

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The Sydney Morning Herald

23/03/2012

The bigger picture: think small and dream of life in a better world

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Forbes

19/03/2012

Five Ways to Rein in a Runaway IT Project Before It Happens

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Las Vegas Review Journal

29/02/2012

Hold on to your wallets if feds build train

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Business Week

28/02/2012

Niche Programs Blossom at B-School

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IEDP

22/02/2012

Oxford University to design and deliver a one year program to UK Government Civil Servants

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The Financial Times

08/02/2012

Saïd Nails Down Major Civil Servant Training

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Wall Street Journal

07/02/2012

Oxford University, England Sets Up Leadership School for Civil Servants

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Press Release from Oxford University

07/02/2012

Improving UK Government’s Leadership of Major Public Projects

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The Independent

07/02/2012

Civil Servants will learn how to save £40bn

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Cabinet Office News

07/02/2012

Announcement by Minister for the Cabinet Office : New Approach to Leadership of Major Public Projects

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The Times

07/02/2012

Back to school for civil servants who waste public money

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The Telegraph

07/02/2012

School for civil servants to learn how to manage major projects

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Hawaii Reporter

06/02/2012

Difference between Hawaii's Rail and Weather Forcasters

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AJC

05/02/2012

Toll project spurs nagging questions

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The New York Times

27/01/2012

Does California need high speed rail?

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Business Insider

24/01/2012

China's explosive debt growth can't continue much longer

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Wall Street Journal

10/01/2012

Californian high speed rail fibs

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The Record

07/01/2012

Rail transit piles risk on risk, scholar warns

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Newsday

06/01/2012

Akst: Spend for Infrastructure - honestly

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The Telegraph

17/11/2011

Expat education: distance learning ideal for broadening your horizons

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Sydney Morning Herald

29/10/2011

Cost rail projects properly to bring down the bills

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The Atlantic

28/10/2011

The Webb Telescope: Late and Overbudget, but Still Worthwhile

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The Economist

14/10/2011

Business-school research: The physics-envy problem

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straight.com

08/09/2011

TransLink's 2012 Supplemental Plan and Outlook imparts intentional inaccuracy

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Information Week

07/09/2011

IT Greatness Vs. IT Risk

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Project

06/09/2011

Private firms in a flap over black swan projects

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Holyrood

05/09/2011

City lights

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Huffington Post

29/08/2011

California Bullet Train: Cost Of High-Speed Rail Project Balloons

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itp.net

27/08/2011

One in six major IT projects go 200% over budget

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Information Age

26/08/2011

Private sector IT projects just as bad as in public sector

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BBC News

26/08/2011

'Black swans' busting IT budgets

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Public Service

24/08/2011

One in six IT projects 'out of control'

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The Wall Street Journal

24/08/2011

IT Fails to Deliver on Time and Within Budget

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Washington Examiner

23/08/2011

Traveling back to the future on intercity buses

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Computer Weekly

23/08/2011

Why major IT projects are more likely to fail than any others

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Computer Weekly

22/08/2011

Failed IT projects demolish big businesses and executive careers, say researchers

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The Times

22/08/2011

'Black swans' fly out of control; Growing threat from high-cost, hi-tech projects

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Silicon

22/08/2011

Five ways to stop your IT projects spiralling out of control and overbudget

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ABC Radio National

20/08/2011

Huge IT cost blow-outs

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The Economist

15/08/2011

Tres grand vitesse, tres grand cost overrun

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CBS San Francisco

09/08/2011

California High-Speed Rail Costs Skyrocket

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Foreign Policy

06/08/2011

Standard & Poor's piss-poor political science

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Business Insider

25/07/2011

The Economics Of China's High-Speed Rail

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The Washington Examiner

14/07/2011

Why big projects usually exceed cost estimates

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Forbes

13/07/2011

Why We Shouldn't be Building Large Infrastructure Projects

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Journal of Commerce

13/07/2011

Procurement alliances key to securing water work: report

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Bloomberg

08/07/2011

Too Many Public Works Built on Rosy Scenarios

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Hawaii Reporter

05/07/2011

Honolulu: Mega Rail Project in a Micro City

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Daily Commercial News and Construction Record

23/06/2011

Procurement alliances will be key to securing water work, C.D. Howe Institute report finds

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TransportXtra

03/06/2011

Legal threat to consultant as toll road traffic fails to materialise

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Courier-journal.com

17/05/2011

Costs piling up for Ohio River Bridges Project traffic study

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City Journal

06/04/2011

Of Space Ships and Bullet Trains

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Washington Examiner

05/04/2011

Manhattan Moment: Space Shuttle Program is a Cautionary Tale for Ambitious Infrastructure Projects

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The Calgary Herald

27/03/2011

Airport Tunnel Report Should Be Released by City

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Project Manager Today

03/2011

Research Sets the Benchmarks

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BlueOregon.com

25/03/2011

The Costly Risks of Mega-projects like the Columbia River Crossing

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Free Malaysia Today

06/03/2011

MRT Price Tag: Where to Draw the Line?

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Free Malaysia Today

03/03/2011

RM51 Billion for Under-used MRT?

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Miller-McCune.com

08/02/2011

High-Speed Heaven or Boondoggle Express

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Financial Times

26/01/2011

Reputations Are Made by Great PR

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The Wall Street Journal

16/10/2010

Where Infrastructure Estimates Come Up Short

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The Wall Street Journal

15/10/2010

When Construction Costs Runneth Over

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Examiner.Com

29/08/2010

California High Speed Rail: Results for Hire: Fact Check

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Examiner.Com

16/08/2010

California High Speed Rail - Results for Hire & Mega Project Estimate Failures

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MercuryNews.com

15/08/2010

Who will pay for California's high-speed rail system?

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The Times of India

03/08/2010

Sea link contractor seeks anotehr Rs 680 cr for overheads in project

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KALW News

02/08/2010

Judge Quentin Kopp defends high-speed rail

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KALW News

21/07/2010

The Planning Problem: A documentary on high-speed rail

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The Seattle Times

15/07/2010

Management plan for Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement tunnel minimizes chance of cost overruns

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The Seattle Times

12/07/2010

Hidden challenges of Highway 99 tunnel

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San Francisco Chronicle

09/07/2010

California High Speed Rail Authority opts to ignore ridership problems

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Dave Ross Show
KIRO 97.3 FM, Seattle

05/07/2010

Radio interview

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The Seattle Times

22/06/2010

Drilling a Highway 99 tunnel thrills industry pros

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Financial Times

06/06/2010

Radical transport thinking sparks dispute

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Business Journal

04/06/2010

Seattle mayor’s viaduct tunnel vision

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Hindustantimes

01/06/2010

Want to study part-time at Oxford?

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Project

04/2010

Janet Smart in Project magazine

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Star Bulletin

13/04/2010

Rail is a gravy train only for its promoters by Panos D. Prevedouros
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Examiner.Com

12/04/2010

Ohio 3C train plan closely tracks 'Gridlock' author's scenario of 'strategic misrepresentation' by John Michael Spinelli
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Coronado Common Sense

08/03/2010

Taken For A Ride: Parsons Brinckerhoff Exposé By Tara Servatius
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Project Finance International

10/02/2010

Construction risk - What risk?
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World Finance

17/12/2009

Managing mega projects
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Times Online

18/11/2009

Fast Track to Success
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The Straits Times

17/11/2009

Infrastructure investment: Do it the right way

The Banker

10/2009

Comment on infrastructure stimulus initiatives
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Crosscut

20/10/2009

Is the tunnel a boondoggle?
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The Seattle Times

17/10/2009

Alaskan Way Viaduct tunnel claims: Who's right? 
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Northwest Hub 

17/10/2009

Bore, Baby, Bore? Sightline Report Compares Cost Overruns of Seattle-Area Tunnels
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Sightline Daily

16/09/2009

Bridging the Political Divide
by Roger Valdez
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ePM Training Services

14/09/2009

Why do so many projects overrun their budget?
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Rail Magazine

09/09/2009

Rail 626: Network Rail shows weakness of high speed rail business case
by Christian Wolmar
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Sightline Daily

31/08/2009

Why do we get megaproject costs wrong?
by Clark Williams-Derry
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Western Standard

20/07/2009

Train wreck - Alberta's high-speed train proposal is on collision course with fiscal reality.
by Mark Milke
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TransportXtra

08/05/2009

MSc aims to halt overruns to transport project costs
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The Seattle Times

03/05/2009

Tunnel's cost may fool us all
by Danny Westneat
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bd

24/04/2009

Absolution ain’t a modern solution
by Paul Morrell
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Insight

04/2009

How to keep megaprojects on target

TimesOnline

31/03/2009

When getting it right or wrong, size matters
by Carol Lewis
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TimesOnline

29/05/2008

A breeding ground for future leaders - The ability to successfully manage a big project is a great indicator of leadership potential.
by Carol Lewis
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Mint

19/05/2008

A history lesson in master planning
Failure to deliver projects on time, and to budget, can stunt growth - India's history of programmes, such as the Taj Mahal, shows how important it is to invest in skills.
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Financial Times

25/10/2007

New research centre at Oxford
by Ursula Milton

PMWorldToday

Volume IX - Issue IV - April 2007

Saïd Business School at University of Oxford and BT to Establish World's First Research Centre for Major Programme Management
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Silicon.com

13/03/2007

Mega-projects research centre unveiled - New project management skills needed
by Gemma Simpson
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ComputerWeekly.com

13/03/2007

Oxford and BT establish major programme management research centre
by Antony Savvas
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ComputerworldUK

12/03/2007

Oxford University plans BT Centre for Major Programme Management
by Tash Shifrin
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