Habit # 6—Embrace but Control Change

Jerry L. Wellman

Chapter Chapter 7 in Improving Project Performance, 2011, pp 235-259 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The Central Artery Tunnel (CA/T) Project, otherwise known as the Big Dig, was a massive infrastructure improvement project in the heart of Boston, Massachusetts. The project included rerouting the city-center section of Interstate Highway 93 from above ground into a 3.5-mile tunnel, construction of the Ted Williams Tunnel under the Charles River to the Logan Airport, construction of a bridge over the Charles River, and development of the Rose Kennedy Greenway, a massive central-city park in the space vacated by moving 1–93 underground. Initial plans called for constructing a rail connection between two major train stations but those plans were dropped as costs grew and schedules stretched, a significant reduction of the project scope. The project was conceived in the 1970s, but environmental impact studies did not get under way until 1983 and ground breaking occurred in 1991. Work was completed in 2006, many years late and many millions of dollars over budget.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-137-51237-6_7

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