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BC Ferries - Government of British Columbia - Canada
Project : Fast ferries
Project type : Design, build, deploy high speed ferries
Date : Jun 2002 Cost :$460M CAD
Synopsis :
Driven in part by congestion problems being experienced at one of the main ferry terminals in Vancouver British Columbia, the government of British Columbia decided that a new fleet o...
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Victoria Police Department
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Victoria Police Department - Australia
Project : LINK
Project type : Law enforcement assistance program
Date : Apr 2011 Cost :$100M AUD
Synopsis :
Project aimed at implementing a new Law Enforcement Assistance Program to replace an 18 year old system are suspended for 6 months due to technical and cost related issues. The implementation of a package sys...
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Department of Defence – Australia – Landing Craft
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Department of Defence - Australia
Project type : Design and development of naval vessels
Date : Feb 2011 Cost :$40M AUD
Synopsis :
Australian Defence Minister scraps a $40M project to build 6 new landing craft for use by the Australian Navy. The boats were to be launched from a larger transport ships (HMAS Manoora and HMAS Kanimbla) which are already in serv...
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City of New York
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City of New York - USA
Project : CityTime
Project type : Employee time recording
Date : Dec 2010 Cost :$540M over original budget
Synopsis :
City's new time recording system for employees goes 10 times over budget and is delivered 6 month late. The 10 year project was originally estimated at $63M but ended up costing in excess of $600m. Although the system...
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Virtual Border
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Dept. Homeland Security - USA
Project: Secure Border Initiative Network
Project type : Virtual border control system
Date : Oct 2010 Cost :$1B
Synopsis :
The Department of Homeland Security refuses to renew a contract for the construction of a virtual border control system. Aimed at controlling the flow of drugs and weapons, the system was designed to levera...
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Queensland Health
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Queensland Health - Government of Queensland - Australia
Project type : Payroll (ERP)
Project name : Shared Services Initiative - LATTICE replacement
Date : Jun 2010 Cost : $64.5M AUD direct cost + $1.2B AUD for 8 years of subsequent operations.
Synopsis :
In an effort to save costs, the Queensland Government initiated a "shared services" program in 2003. Th...
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National Offender Management Service
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National Offender Management Service - UK
Project type : Integrated offender management system
Project name : C-NOMIS
Date : Mar 2009 Cost :$375M
Synopsis :
Efforts to integrate prison and probation systems from different local authorities into one national system fail. Despite a two year delay and life-cycle costs that have risen from $375M to $1.1B the UK...
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American LaFrance
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American LaFrance – USA
Project : ERP (counting, purchasing, inventory, production, payroll and finance services)
Date : Jun 2007
Cost :$Undisclosed, but ALF blames Chapter-11 bankruptcy on the failure of the project
Synopsis :
ALF (the world's largest builder of customized fire fighting trucks and equipment) files for chapter-11 bankruptcy following a botch...
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Microsoft
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Microsoft - USA
Project type : Mobile phone (Kin)
Date : Jun 2010 Cost :Unconfirmed reports of $1B USD
Synopsis :
Microsoft's "Kin" phones (Kin one and Kin two) are withdrawn from the market after just two months. The phones were designed for the younger market and those who are heavy users of social networking sites. Despite the the price being cut in half...
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Department of Primary Industries – Australia
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Dept. of Primary Industries - Governement of Victoria - Australia
Project type : Smart meters
Date : Jan 2010 Cost :$2.25B AUD
Synopsis :
Costs to deploy smart electrical meters to all households and small businesses in Victoria, Australia balloon from $800M to $2.25B. A review by the Auditor-General questioned whether the project could now deliver any value...
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