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I am surprised the Denver International Airport Baggage System fiasco (http://calleam.com/WTPF/?page_id=2086 http://calleam.com/WTPF/?page_id=2086) did not make

I am surprised the Denver International Airport Baggage System fiasco (http://calleam.com/WTPF/?page_id=2086 http://calleam.com/WTPF/?page_id=2086) did not make the list. It is one the greatest failures of this sort ever, and is often used as a case study of what not to do. The baggage system cost tax payers hundreds of millions of dollars and it never worked a day. For that price in the mid 90s we could have gotten a light rail system in the entire Denver metro area (one that is finally being installed now for a much higher price).

eCa 12y ago
Speaking of airports, the opening of Heathrow Terminal 5[1] was not without problems.. On the day of opening it quickly became apparent that the new terminal was not operating smoothly, and British Airways cancelled 34 flights and was later forced to suspend baggage check-in. Over the following 10 days some 42,000 bags failed to travel with their owners, and over 500 flights were cancelled. Of course, Berlin's new airport[2] is in another league: Originally planned to be opened in 2010, Berlin Brandenburg Airport has encountered a series of delays due to poor construction planning, management and execution. [...] any dates prior to late 2016 are considered unlikely. Originally budgeted at €2.8 billion, already in 2012 that number had increased to €4.3 billion. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Heathrow_Terminal_5#Opening http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Heathrow_Terminal_5#Open... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin-Brandenburg_International_Airport http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin-Brandenburg_Internationa...
elpool2 12y ago
Wow, I've never even heard of that one. I'm guessing it didn't make the list because this more of a list of projects screwed up by a single miscalculation, not just big project failures.

eCa 12y ago

Speaking of airports, the opening of Heathrow Terminal 5[1] was not without problems.. On the day of opening it quickly became apparent that the new terminal was not operating smoothly, and British Airways cancelled 34 flights and was later forced to suspend baggage check-in. Over the following 10 days some 42,000 bags failed to travel with their owners, and over 500 flights were cancelled. Of course, Berlin's new airport[2] is in another league: Originally planned to be opened in 2010, Berlin Brandenburg Airport has encountered a series of delays due to poor construction planning, management and execution. [...] any dates prior to late 2016 are considered unlikely. Originally budgeted at €2.8 billion, already in 2012 that number had increased to €4.3 billion. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Heathrow_Terminal_5#Opening http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Heathrow_Terminal_5#Open... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin-Brandenburg_International_Airport http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin-Brandenburg_Internationa...

elpool2 12y ago

Wow, I've never even heard of that one. I'm guessing it didn't make the list because this more of a list of projects screwed up by a single miscalculation, not just big project failures.