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1. PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Assignment#1 Fatima Haider
Reg# 2143394
Submission date: 23rd sep 2014
 Top 10 largest projects of the world
1. The Interstate Highway System
Inflation-adjusted cost: $459 billion.
Cost in 2006: $425 billion
The Interstate Highway System was started in 1955 to make the whole U.S. accessible through
highways. It includes 46,876 miles and its estimated that one-third of all miles driven are on the
system.
2. The International Space Station
Cost to date: $150 billion.
The International Space Station orbits Earth and is used as a lab to conduct experiments in
physics, biology and astronomy. Astronauts from around the world have lived there for 11 years.
3. King Abdullah Economic City
Inflation-adjusted cost: $95 billion
Cost in 2005: $86 billion
King Abdullah economic city is supposed to solidify Saudi Arabia's reputation as a business
center. In all, the project will include six cities and will house four million people. The estimated
completion date is 2020.
4. California High-Speed Rail
Estimated Cost: $98.5 billion
The California High-Speed Rail is a project that will connect cities all over the state from
Sacremento to Los Angeles by public transit. Construction will begin in September of this year.

2. 5. Dubailand
Inflation-adjusted cost: $76 billion
Cost in 2003: $64 billion
Dubailand was launched in 2003 and was supposed to include 250 projects including a Disney
theme park, an IMAX theater, a Six Flags park and a shopping mall. The developers collected
$55 billion in private funding for the project. But construction was halted in because of the
country's financial crisis in 2008 and hasn't resumed.
6. Gorgon
Cost: $57 billion
Location: Australia
Sector: Energy Resources
Gorgon is the largest natural gas project in Australian history, and one of the largest
natural gas projects in the world. Chevron is the lead company.
The fields, located 80 to 125 miles off Australia's northwest coast, are estimated to
contain 40 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. The gas will be liquified at a plant on
Barrow Island, seen here under construction.
7. Songdo International Business District
Estimated Cost: $40 billion
The Songdo International Business District is a planned Central Business District in Seoul, South
Korea that's being built on reclaimed land. It will contain a replica of Central Park. The Business
District will be completed by 2020.
8. Kansai International Airport
Inflation-adjusted cost: $29 billion
Cost in 1994: $20 billion
Kansai International Airport operates out of the Osaka Bay in Japan. The airport is actually
located on a man-made island that engineers designed to withstand the earthquakes and typhoons
common to the region.

3. 9. Hong Kong International Airport
Inflation-adjusted cost: $27 billion
Cost in 1998: $20 billion
Hong Kong's main airport is one of the busiest in the world and employs 60,000 people. In 2011,
53,314,213 passengers went through the airport.
10. Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway
Inflation-adjusted cost: $26.1 billion
Cost in 2008: $25.8 billion
This railway connects two of China's biggest cities is the longest high-speed railway ever to be
constructed in a single project. Trains go upward of 200 miles per hour, meaning you can go
from one city to another in 4 hours, 48 minutes.