Megaprojects in malaysia (briefly)

MEGAPROJECTS

definition

AINUL JASMEEN AINUL ZUHAIRI

What is megaprojects?

• Sometimes called “major program”• Extremely large-scale investment project• Usually cost more than US$ 1 billion• Attracting a lot of public attention because of substantial impacts on

communities, environment and budgets• "Mega" also implies the size of the task involved in developing, planning,

and managing projects of this magnitude.• can also be defined as "initiatives that are physical, very expensive, and

public“• Other projects that cost less than $1 billion are sometimes also called

megaprojects, it depends on the context. Example, projects less than 1 billion in a medium sized town may be considered “mega”, this would not be necessarily be the case for a similar sized project in a major world city.


• Most common megaprojects are in the categories of hydroelectric facilities, nuclear power plants and large public transportation projects

• Care in the project development process may be needed to reduce any possible optimism bias which can cause delays, cost overruns when expensive projects are built.

• Regional development effects and environmental impacts often turn out very differently from what proponents promised. Cost overruns combined with benefit shortfalls spell trouble.

• Become the measurement of success


List of megaprojects

• Airport projects-transportation (KLIA-$2.36 billion)

• Building projects--Government (Putrajaya- $5.26billion)-Private (Petronas Twin Towers-

RM 1.8 billion)-Education (UTP)


• Dam projects- Bakun Dam, Sarawak, (second tallest concrete-faced rockfill dam in the worldto generate electricity)

• Stadiums-(Stadium Shah Alam)• Information Technology- (Cyberjaya)• Bridge and highway projects• Rail and rapid transit projects- (MRT-Mass

Rapid Transit)


• Planned cities and urban renewal projects (Putrajaya)• Water infrastructure –services (Stormwater Management and Road

Tunnel- SMART, KL- RM1.9 billion)• Military projects- Great wall of china (built to protect the northern borders

of the Chinese empire against intrusions by various nomadic groups)


References

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaproject• http://flyvbjerg.plan.aau.dk/whatisamegaproject.php• http://www.atimes.com/se-asia/AI03Ae02.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaproject

http://flyvbjerg.plan.aau.dk/whatisamegaproject.php

http://www.atimes.com/se-asia/AI03Ae02.html

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