According to the World Bank’s Myanmar Public Expenditure Review 2017, hydropower projects in the country usually encounter time and cost overruns, some with estimated or actual delays of five years and nearly 400 percent cost increases.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/darkness-has-fallen-over-myanmar.html

And that huge cost overruns are one reason why the Biden administration is reluctant to come up with any of the $4 billion it is estimated to replace the two functionally obsolete Cape Cod bridges, the Sagamore and the Bourne.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/07/15/lucas-tunnel-vision-headache/

As many as 393 infrastructure projects, each entailing an investment of ₹150 crore or more, have been hit by cost overruns of more than Rs 4.64 lakh crore in June 2023, an official report said.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/business/as-many-as-393-infra-projects-show-cost-overruns-of-464-lakh-cr-in-june/article67138051.ece

“Because I share the upset and the anger colleagues in this committee, colleagues in Parliament and people in Scotland will have around these bonuses being paid when there has been such delay and such cost overruns on this project.”

Source: https://www.insider.co.uk/news/contracts-ferries-shipyard-could-reviewed-30297128

Data issues are often behind related problems with regulatory compliance, privacy, scalability and cost overruns.

Source: https://venturebeat.com/ai/data-is-choking-ai-heres-how-to-break-free/

From my limited vantage point in Minneapolis' far northwest corner, the southwest light-rail line has been contentious in part because the Met Council seems to have been habitually tone-deaf regarding local concerns and cost overruns.

Source: https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2023/10/informed-musings-on-the-idea-of-separating-metro-transit-from-the-met-council/

In terms of if there is any potential cost overruns, the facility is actually silent in that regard.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4630746-iluka-resources-limited-ilkaf-q2-2023-earnings-call-transcript?source=feed_all_articles

McCartney, who headed DBEDT until December, raised concerns over the potential for cost overruns during a stadium board meeting in September, shortly after then-Gov.

Source: https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/03/aloha-stadium-has-already-cost-taxpayers-20m-wheres-all-the-money-gone/

That includes the Virginia-class attack submarine, which is also built by General Dynamics and Huntington Ingalls, and has seen cost overruns and delivery delays.

Source: https://gcaptain.com/will-the-us-navys-new-submarine-miss-its-deadline/

There are no - there are no contingencies related to cost overruns whatsoever.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4590695-canacol-energy-ltd-cnnef-q4-2022-earnings-call-transcript?source=feed_all_articles

“This would be more expensive than the building of the new childrens’ hospital and it would go into budget overruns to station a whole squadron there,” he said.

Source: https://www.limerickpost.ie/2023/07/01/former-defence-forces-officer-claims-jet-fighters-at-shannon-a-ridiculous-idea/

Trapence further said they alerted Chakwera to the delays or stalling development projects which could result in billions of kwachas in cost overruns.

Source: https://mwnation.com/hrdc-chakwera-discuss-socio-economic-woes/

We all know the delays and costs overruns that can plague standard projects and even more new ones.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4631002-net-power-stock-natural-gas-player-buy?source=feed_all_articles

Winnipeg City Council has agreed to settle two lawsuits the city brought forward related to cost overruns with the downtown Winnipeg police station project.

Source: https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/council-agrees-to-settlement-for-downtown-winnipeg-police-headquarters-lawsuits-1.6326111

"You have a duty and a responsibility to tell the public the truth and be accountable for the hundreds of millions of dollars in cost overruns, tax dollars and the years of delays that have hurt communities and devastated businesses."

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/eglinton-crosstown-light-rail-update-1.6979484?cmp=rss