Mega Projects on the Horizon and how to capitalize on them

Ehsan Khan Fremont, Ca, United States

Based on the press coverage these are the Portfolio of Mega Projects across the Globe;

OBOR( One Belt One Road) ($500 Billion)
CPEC( China Pakistan Economic Corridor)($50 to 60 Billion)
NEOM(Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt) ($500 Billion)
US Infrastructure Upgrade( Minimum 50 Projects worth $137 Billion)
Brexit( 50 Billion Euro Impact)

Communication Medium: Chinese(Mandarin or Cantonese),English, Arabic
Awareness of the Local Culture; Chinese,Saudi,American,Egyptian, British
Political Connections: Communist Party, Establishment in Pakistan, Saud Family
Companies most likely to benefit: Bechtel,Jacobs, Parsons,NESPAK,Chinese EPC's

A combination of the factors above will play a role, but the chief requirement will be communication skills aligned with the local requirements, as PM's spend 90% of the time communicating either verbally,in writing or through body language.

This list of Project Portfolios should keep the PM community primarily of the Civil Engineering background busy for the next 10 to 15 years.

Good luck!!!!

Posted: Dec 28, 2017 1:50 PM

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Keith Novak Tukwila, Wa, United States

One of the interesting aspects of these from a PM perspective is that they involve "systems of systems" which goes beyond a number of interlinked systems in that there is no central controller.

Individual PMs work on pieces of each of these, the scope of the projects overlap, and the PMs have no influence on the changing environment in which they work. This means we not only have to be adaptable and resilient to change in our planning and execution, but we must anticipate change and treat it as a given.

Posted: Mar 9, 2019 10:42 AM

Ehsan Khan Fremont, Ca, United States

Dec 28, 2017 4:45 PM

Replying to Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD

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I would love to work on the Brexit project. Sign me up.

Now that we are in uncharted waters and the UK parliament has been suspended for lack of progress on Brexit, dont you think a clearly defined SOW and Charter would have made it easy for the UK government to manage the required changes and get it done neatly,efficiently and with minimal waste of resources.

This entire process is a classical demonstration of the chaos that ensue when things are done in an unstructured and undfined manner. I dont think Boris Johnson will be able to ramrod the process with any success. If any, this augurs poorly for the unity of the UK as a country and the EU as a whole.

What do you think we should voluntarily document a SOW and Charter and present that via Social media?

Posted: Sep 1, 2019 11:21 PM

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