Here's how billions of dollars in cost overruns came to define Boston's Big Dig скачать в хорошем качестве

Here's how billions of dollars in cost overruns came to define Boston's Big Dig

As they dug the tunnel below Boston's elevated Central Artery, an army of contractors encountered the subterranean infrastructure that powered the city - gas, thermal, electric, telephone and sewer lines. It slowed down work and drove up costs. But for six years the overall cost of the Big Dig never changed. This episode unravels the Big Dig's accounting and explores why cost overruns came to define the project. This is the sixth in a nine-part podcast series about history and politics of the Big Dig – one of the most notoriously troubled infrastructure projects in American history. It was created as an audio experience. This presentation includes archival images. Episode 1:    • The Big Dig began with activists who ...   Episode 2:    • How two competing tunnel projects bec...   Episode 3:    • How Boston's Big Dig survived Preside...   Episode 4:    • Here's why Boston's beloved Zakim Bri...   Episode 5:    • It took a feat of engineering and a p...   Episode 7:    • How a power struggle over a Massachus...   Episode 8:    • Boston's Big Dig tunnels were nearly ...   Episode 9:    • The Big Dig transformed Boston, so wh...   You can find more about The Big Dig podcast at https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-big... GBH News is a premier source for in-depth local news and original story telling based in Boston, Massachusetts. Subscribe to the GBH YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/gbhnews?sub... Follow GBH News on Instagram:   / gbhnews   Like GBH News on Facebook:   / gbhnews   Follow GBH News on Twitter:   / gbhnews   We can’t do it without you. Support our award-winning community journalism by donating today: https://bit.ly/SupportGBHNews