Perhaps there is an inherent problem with Anglo-Saxon, legal and contracting culture, which causes the management structure of projects to be over complicated a

Perhaps there is an inherent problem with Anglo-Saxon, legal and contracting culture, which causes the management structure of projects to be over complicated and wasteful? After all, London is still a lot more expensive to build in that other European cities. And it's not a public private thing, it's a legal and management culture thing. Heathrow Terminal 5 (a private sector project) took 20 years and cost twice as much for one terminal building and a short metro extension versus the new terminal, runway and metro at Madrid Barajas (a public project) which has twice the capacity.