Megaprojects are now as important as ever. As a response to the pandemic, the European
Union has put forward the Next Generation EU policy, making available a 2021–2027 long …

The critical role of the front–end development phase for the success of megaprojects is
widely acknowledged despite a lack of theorizing and empirical evidence on what …

Time is at the heart of project organizing because it is fundamentally about drawing on the
present and the past to articulate desired future states, yet it has received relatively little …

This paper explores the long-term patterns in the development phase of major infrastructure
projects to advance our understanding of underlying temporal unfolding processes and of …

This paper aims to disentangle the processes of shaping the symbolism of megaprojects
and their influence on stakeholders' engagement. We define symbolism as the aura of …

The mobilization of narratives is essential in integrating people and constructing identities
that help in navigating complexity, uncertainty, and conflictuality. This paper explores how …

During the construction and operation phases, infrastructure projects face social unrest,
such as community protests, boycotting of services as well as negative press reports of these …

The construction industry is regarded as one of the most unsafe industries at present.
Existing research on construction safety management mainly focuses on the safety of …

Since megaprojects are costly, impactful, and often contentious policymaking processes,
scholars have started to look at policy narratives as instruments that actors use strategically …

Infrastructure projects are costly, colossal, complex, captivating, controversial, and laden
with control issues. The development of these projects causes environmental, social, and …