Ramesh Dixit, host of Project Insider Asia — portrait

Host, Project Insider Asia

Ramesh Dixit

Why I Started Project Insider Asia

Last week I was reviewing a live project risk register. It reminded me of Boeing. Same patterns. Same blind spots. Same governance gaps — just at a different scale. After 20+ years advising on projects across APAC, I see the same failures repeating. Not because people lack expertise. Because warning signs often emerge early, yet organisations do not always recognise, escalate or respond to them effectively. That's why I started Project Insider Asia.

20+

Years of Experience

12

Countries Worked In

US$450M+

Projects Delivered

6

Industries

Data CentresCorporate Real EstateManufacturingBankingInfrastructureTechnology

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Every PIA investigation is researched from the public documentary record, verified against primary sources, and approved by a human before publication. The full working standard is on the Editorial Standards page, with the detailed methodology, source standards and corrections policy alongside it.

“Projects rarely fail because people don't know. They fail because people know and do nothing.” — Ramesh Dixit, Host, Project Insider Asia

Latest Investigations

Latest Published Investigations

The 105-storey glass-clad Ryugyong Hotel pyramid dominating the Pyongyang skyline, unfinished and unoccupied since construction began in 1987

Megaprojects~$750M estimated (unverified); ~$180M reported facade works

Ryugyong Hotel: The 105-Storey Hotel That Has Never Welcomed a Guest

Started in 1987 to Outbuild the South, Pyongyang's Glass Pyramid…

The Three Gorges Dam spanning the Yangtze River in Hubei, China, the world's largest hydroelectric station at 22.5 GW, completed in stages between 1994 and 2012

HydropowerAudited final settlement 207.873 billion yuan (2013; ~US$34 billion then); approved static budget 90.1 billion yuan (1993 prices); true economic cost contested

Three Gorges Dam: Delivered at Design Capacity — and an Invoice That Never Closes

The World's Largest Power Station Met Its Engineering Targets on Its…

Fukushima Daiichi investigation — the damaged reactor buildings behind the seawall

Billion Dollar Failures¥21.5tn (US$187–190bn) official 2016 estimate; JCER private estimate ¥35–81tn; ¥12.1tn spent by FY2021 (Board of Audit)

Fukushima Daiichi

A Manmade Disaster: How Japan's Nuclear Establishment Designed Out the…

The Foxconn site in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin — sparse industrial buildings on cleared farmland originally destined for a $10 billion LCD factory

Billion Dollar Failures>$4B pledged taxpayer support; $62.9M credits actually earned by end-2024

Foxconn in Wisconsin: The $10 Billion Factory That Never Was

13,000 Promised Jobs, More Than $4 Billion in Pledged Taxpayer Support…

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Confirmed Videos

The €7 Billion Mistake: Berlin Brandenburg Airport Analysis Documentary · published 7 July 2026 · from the investigation: Berlin Brandenburg Airport
Boeing 737 MAX: What Investigators Found Before and After the Second Crash Documentary · published 23 June 2026 · from the investigation: Boeing 737 MAX
Systemic Failure: The Pattern Hiding in Plain Sight Series pilot · published 21 June 2026
Project Insider Asia | 20 Years of Project Failure: The Patterns That Never Change Manifesto
Japan Built an Airport on the Sea. Now It's Sinking. Documentary · from the investigation: Kansai International Airport
ProjectInsiderAsia | The Business Behind Billion Dollar Successes & Failures Channel trailer
How Singapore Plans to Build the World's Most Advanced Airport : Changi T5 Documentary · from the investigation: Changi Airport Terminal 5: The Most Disciplined Mega-Airport Programme Still in Delivery

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