Opinion

Not on the money: Over-budget projects

By 2015-01-15T06:00:00

Jubilee Line Extension

Source: Alamy

When finally completed last autumn, New York’s One World Trade Center clocked in at a total expense of £2.5bn, making it not only the most expensive skyscraper of all time, but also costing eight times its original budget. But is it the most over-budget project ever to be built? Ike ...

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