Edward W Merrow: Industrial Megaprojects, Gebunden

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AN UPDATED EDITION OF THE BESTSELLING BOOK ON MEGAPROJECTS
In Industrial Megaprojects, author, founder, and CEO of the world's leading evaluator of billion-dollar "megaprojects" Edward Merrow provides expert insight on how project management practices lead to success in megaproject development and help prevent all-too-common overruns and delays. This book offers clear, nontechnical explanations of why major projects tend to get into trouble, with a comprehensive collection of tools, tips, principles, and frameworks to take a megaproject from start to finish.
New material in this Second Edition helps readers navigate the modern megaproject landscape, discussing sustainability in the forms of renewable energy and decarbonization, along with desirable attributes of modern project organization techniques to support megaprojects.
This book also delves into the critical role of governance in making successful projects, commonly seen hazardous and costly errors in recent megaprojects, technical expertise requirements to ensure efficient function of plants once work is completed, and more, with case studies showcasing how megaprojects can fail and succeed included throughout the text.
Written by world-renowned megaproject consultant and evaluator Edward Merrow, Industrial Megaprojects is an essential resource for engineers, industry professionals, and executives seeking to produce safe, cost-effective, on-time, and successful megaprojects.