1st assignment

23September, 2014

Muhammad Sajid 2143350

TOP 10 LARGETS PROJECTS

Panama Canal expansion project
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New lane of traffic and allowing more and larger ships to transit in the Panama Canal.
US$5.25 billion
24 April 2006 to 2015
The Panama Canal expansion project (also called the Third Set of Locks Project) is
intended to double the capacity of the Panama Canal by 2016 by creating a new lane of
traffic and allowing more and larger ships to transit.

The Big Dig

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Megaproject in Boston that rerouted the Central Artery (Interstate 93)the

chief highway through the heart of the cityinto a 3.5-mile (5.6 km) tunnel.
$14.6 billion
1982-2002
The Central Artery/Tunnel Project (CA/T), known unofficially as the Big Dig, was
a megaproject in Boston that rerouted the Central Artery (Interstate 93)the
chief highway through the heart of the city. The project also included the construction of
the Ted Williams Tunnel, the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge over
the Charles River, and the Rose Kennedy Greenway in the space vacated by the previous
I-93 elevated roadway.

Channel Tunnel
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The Chunnel, or the Channel Tunnel, is a trio of 31-mile (50-kilometer) long tunnels
underneath the English Channel, connecting England and France.
$21 billion
1988 to 1994
The Channel Tunnel is a 50.5-kilometre rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent, in the
United Kingdom, with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais, near Calais in northern France, beneath
the English Channel at the Strait of Dover. The speed limit in the tunnel is 160 kilometres
per hour.

 Millennium Dome
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Exhibition space, Drawdock Road / Millennium Way

$1.8 billion
1997 to 1999
The Millennium Dome, colloquially referred to simply as The Dome, originally used to
house the Millennium Experience, a major exhibition celebrating the beginning of
the third millennium. Located on theGreenwich Peninsula in South East London,
England, the exhibition was open to the public from 1 January to 31 December 2000.

The International Space Station

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Crew company
$17.4 billion
1993 to 1998
If you think keeping to construction schedules and budgets is tough on Earth, try doing it
in orbit. That's the fiscal lesson of the International Space Station (ISS), an orbital
laboratory that's a joint effort between Russia, Europe, Japan, Canada and the U.S. The
project was so complex and unwieldy that it was already four years behind schedule.

Sagrada Familia Cathedral

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large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Catalan architect Antoni
Gaud (18521926).
$17.4 billion
2010 to 2026
Legendary Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi dreamed of building a fantastic cathedral in
downtown Barcelona, one with towers topped with sculptures of local fruit and a central
nave that resembled a forest, capable of holding 14,000 worshipers.

Montreal-Mirabel Airport
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Airport at Mirabel, Quebec

$36 million.
1975 to 1997
In 1969, when the Canadian government announced the construction of a massive new
airport to service Montreal, then-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau proclaimed it to be a
"project for the 21st century." But it turned out to barely last into Y2K.

 The MOSE Project

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a project intended to protect the city of Venice, Italy, and the Venetian Lagoon from
flooding.
$8.1 billion
2003 to 2013
MOSE is a project intended to protect the city of Venice, Italy, and the Venetian
Lagoon from flooding. The project is an integrated system consisting of rows of mobile
gates installed at the Lido,Malamocco and Chioggia inlets that are able to temporarily
isolate the Venetian Lagoon from the Adriatic Sea during high tides. Together with other
measures such as coastal reinforcement, the raising of quaysides, and the paving and
improvement of the lagoon, MOSE is designed to protect Venice and the lagoon from
tides of up to 3 metres (9.8 ft).

Ryugyong Hotel
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105-story pyramid-shaped skyscraper in Pyongyang, North Korea.

$750 million
Construction began in 1987 but was halted in 1992.. and In 2008 construction resumed.
In 2011, the exterior was completed.
The Ryugyong is a 105-story pyramid-shaped skyscraper under construction
in Pyongyang, North Korea. Its name ("capital of willows") is also one of the historical
names for Pyongyang.[6] The building is also known as the 105 Building, a reference to
its number of floors.

Three Gorges Dam

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hydroelectric dam in china

US$26 billion
December 14, 1994 to 2008
The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town
of Sandouping, located in Yiling District,Yichang, Hubei province, China. The Three
Gorges Dam is the world's largest power station in terms of installed
capacity (22,500 MW).