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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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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…

8 min read
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…

8 min read
Aerial view of Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, the palm-shaped artificial island built by Nakheel with GPS-guided dredging between 2001 and 2006
Land ReclamationCommonly reported at approx. US$12 billion (whole development; press estimate, never officially audited)

Palm Jumeirah: The Island That Engineering Built and the Crash Nearly Sank

GPS-Guided Dredging, a Crescent Breakwater and an Honest Ledger: Marine…

8 min read
Construction site of Changi Airport Terminal 5 in Singapore's Changi East development at dawn, cranes over early works — a mega-terminal in delivery, projected to open in the mid-2030s.
GovernanceConfirmed awarded contracts approx. S$5.75 billion (2025); full terminal estimated towards S$12.5 billion by analysts (projected, unconfirmed); Changi East development substantially larger

Changi Airport Terminal 5: The Most Disciplined Mega-Airport Programme Still in Delivery

In Delivery, Not Delivered: What Changi's Governance Record — T1 to…

9 min read
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Confirmed Videos

  1. The €7 Billion Mistake: Berlin Brandenburg Airport Analysis Documentary · published 7 July 2026 · from the investigation: Berlin Brandenburg Airport
  2. Boeing 737 MAX: What Investigators Found Before and After the Second Crash Documentary · published 23 June 2026 · from the investigation: Boeing 737 MAX
  3. Systemic Failure: The Pattern Hiding in Plain Sight Series pilot · published 21 June 2026
  4. Project Insider Asia | 20 Years of Project Failure: The Patterns That Never Change Manifesto
  5. Japan Built an Airport on the Sea. Now It's Sinking. Documentary · from the investigation: Kansai International Airport
  6. ProjectInsiderAsia | The Business Behind Billion Dollar Successes & Failures Channel trailer
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