1959–1973
FailureAustraliaConstruction & Cultural Infrastructure
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From the Sydney Opera House in 1959 to Changi Terminal 5, still in delivery — every investigation placed at the start of its project timeline, grouped by decade.
Spans refer to the project timeline, not publication dates. Investigations whose span crosses a decade boundary appear once, in the decade they began, with a continuing marker in each later decade they touch; ongoing programmes carry a pulsing marker.
Showing 25 of 25 investigations
1950s 1 investigation starting
1960s 1 continuing
Sydney Opera House — in progress during this decade (1959–1973)
1970s 1 continuing
Sydney Opera House — in progress during this decade (1959–1973)
1980s 3 investigations starting
1987–1994
FailureJapanAviation & Airports
Kansai International Airport
1987–present
SuccessOngoingTaiwanSemiconductors & Electronics Manufacturing
TSMC's GigaFab Programme: The Megaproject Machine That Never Stops
1989–1995
FailureUnited StatesAviation & Airports
Denver Airport Baggage System
1990s 3 investigations starting · 3 continuing
1998–present
SuccessOngoingIndiaRail & Mass Transit
Delhi Metro: The Megaproject That Delivered
1998
SuccessHong Kong SAR, ChinaAviation & Airports
Hong Kong International Airport: From Chaotic Opening to World Benchmark
1998–1999
FailureUnited StatesAerospace & Space
Mars Climate Orbiter
Denver Airport Baggage System — in progress during this decade (1989–1995)
Kansai International Airport — in progress during this decade (1987–1994)
TSMC's GigaFab Programme: The Megaproject Machine That Never Stops — in progress during this decade (1987–present)
2000s 11 investigations starting · 2 continuing
2001–2006
SuccessUnited Arab EmiratesReal Estate & Urban Development
Palm Jumeirah: The Island That Engineering Built and the Crash Nearly Sank
2002–2008
SuccessUnited KingdomAviation & Airports
Heathrow Terminal 5: Managing Severe Engineering Risk
2002–2011
FailureUnited KingdomHealthcare & Health IT
NHS National Programme for IT
2003–2018
FailureUnited StatesHealthcare & Health IT
Theranos Fraud
2004–2010
SuccessUnited Arab EmiratesConstruction & Cultural Infrastructure
Burj Khalifa: The Supertall Megaproject That Finished on Time in a Financial Storm
2004–2016
FailureChinaReal Estate & Urban Development
China's Ghost Cities
2006–2020
FailureGermanyAviation & Airports
Berlin Brandenburg Airport
2007–2013
FailureAustraliaHealthcare & Health IT
Queensland Health Payroll
2008–present
FailureOngoingUnited StatesRail & Mass Transit
California High-Speed Rail
2009–2022
FailureUnited KingdomRail & Mass Transit
Crossrail Delay
2009–present
FailureOngoingUnited KingdomRail & Mass Transit
HS2: How Cost, Scope and Schedule Changed Britain's High-Speed Rail Programme
Delhi Metro: The Megaproject That Delivered — in progress during this decade (1998–present)
TSMC's GigaFab Programme: The Megaproject Machine That Never Stops — in progress during this decade (1987–present)
2010s 5 investigations starting · 11 continuing
2011–2019
FailureUnited StatesAerospace & Space
Boeing 737 MAX
2011
FailureJapanEnergy & Utilities
Fukushima Daiichi
2012
FailureUnited StatesFinance & Banking
JPMorgan CIO Trading Loss
2014–2017
SuccessUnited StatesConstruction & Cultural Infrastructure
Apple Park: How Design Ambition Shaped a Multi-Billion-Dollar Headquarters
2017–present
FailureOngoingUnited StatesSemiconductors & Electronics Manufacturing
Foxconn in Wisconsin: The $10 Billion Factory That Never Was
Berlin Brandenburg Airport — in progress during this decade (2006–2020)
Burj Khalifa: The Supertall Megaproject That Finished on Time in a Financial Storm — in progress during this decade (2004–2010)
California High-Speed Rail — in progress during this decade (2008–present)
China's Ghost Cities — in progress during this decade (2004–2016)
Crossrail Delay — in progress during this decade (2009–2022)
Delhi Metro: The Megaproject That Delivered — in progress during this decade (1998–present)
HS2: How Cost, Scope and Schedule Changed Britain's High-Speed Rail Programme — in progress during this decade (2009–present)
NHS National Programme for IT — in progress during this decade (2002–2011)
Queensland Health Payroll — in progress during this decade (2007–2013)
TSMC's GigaFab Programme: The Megaproject Machine That Never Stops — in progress during this decade (1987–present)
Theranos Fraud — in progress during this decade (2003–2018)
2020s 2 investigations starting · 7 continuing
2021
FailureEgyptMaritime & Logistics
Ever Given: Six Days That Stopped World Trade
2025–mid-2030s (in delivery)
In DeliverySingaporeAviation & Airports
Changi Airport Terminal 5: The Most Disciplined Mega-Airport Programme Still in Delivery
Berlin Brandenburg Airport — in progress during this decade (2006–2020)
California High-Speed Rail — in progress during this decade (2008–present)
Crossrail Delay — in progress during this decade (2009–2022)
Delhi Metro: The Megaproject That Delivered — in progress during this decade (1998–present)
Foxconn in Wisconsin: The $10 Billion Factory That Never Was — in progress during this decade (2017–present)
HS2: How Cost, Scope and Schedule Changed Britain's High-Speed Rail Programme — in progress during this decade (2009–present)
TSMC's GigaFab Programme: The Megaproject Machine That Never Stops — in progress during this decade (1987–present)
2030s 1 continuing
Changi Airport Terminal 5: The Most Disciplined Mega-Airport Programme Still in Delivery — in progress during this decade (2025–mid-2030s (in delivery))
Generated 1 August 2026 from the investigation records and taxonomy files on every build — counts, positions and spans are computed, never hand-entered.
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