Australia’s investments into ambitious megaprojects are booming. But while many developments are moving ahead on track, some projects have been dogged by delays, billion-dollar blowouts, and construction complications. So, what exactly is going wrong here?
In today’s video we take a look at the 10 largest construction projects in Australia and uncover their current situation.
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0:00 Biggest Megaprojects in Australia
0:41 10. STH BNK
2:08 9. Square Kilometer Array
3:35 8. Central Place Sydney Tech Hub
5:07 7. Women's and Children's Hospital
6:30 6. Western Sydney International Airport
8:30 5. Star of the South
10:13 4. Snowy 2.0
11:58 3. Australia-Asia Power Link
13:31 2. Sydney Metro
14:51 1. Suburban Rail Loop
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As an Aussie, most of the Australian mega projects get completed but at about ten times the original forecast prices.
Come on man are all you people all that slow do you realy think these grub government aren't taking a cut out of all these blow out projects.
Over budget and late That's just become SOP for Australia
You reckon Australia's alone there?
Just like the potato comments that love conspiracy theories below - never let the facts get in the way of some good Aussie BS.
over budget and undelivered with key features removed to reduce the cost
I live in Melbourne, the one thing that's always happening is construction, its everywhere but it always seems like it never gets done. Another topic you could talk about is the Melbourne airport train that keeps getting pushed back.
A reason for that is the influence of the CFMEU over the state government. They lobby very hard for large contradiction projects mostly as a way to have jobs for union members so they have a reason to be in the union. That’s why despite many of the skyscrapers in the cbd being unoccupied they still continue to build more even though we really don’t need them lmao
The unions and labor have sent this state broke.@@deaconmacdonald2570
A LNP government will direct more money to healthcare? Haha! Pigs may fly.
Yes, everywhere you go in Melbourne something new is being built. If i don’t go to a certain place often, everything has changed lol.
Airport rail link is nothing but a political quagmire, a pissing contest. So no we don’t need to embarrass ourselves further to the world.
I'm a proud Aussie, but we are notorious for over budget everything
Politicians property portfolios aren't cheap where do you their getting the money from.
Happens everywhere in the world...
@@TheJimbles burj khalifa took 1 billion usd to build
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Wow didn’t think little old Adelaide would be featured on this amazing channel! 😮
We’ve heard enough about Melbourne and Sydney, Adelaide’s turn!
@@randomdude2880 You go gurrl!!
At least Ben Folds wrote a song about Adelaide.
I think the south road T2D (Torrens to Darlington) tunnel projects in Adelaide should’ve been one of the mega projects on here
I live in Sydney and the Sydney metro west project is going ahead after the new state government had seriously looked at canceling the project and another thing is that an additional station is likely to be built between parramatta and Sydney Olympic Park at camellia
How are construction wages? Trade unions?
Awesome to see some the big projects here in Australia on your channel. I've been working on the Snowy project for over 2 years now.
Too right ❤
I thought snowy 2.0 got the boot
@@devono7230 not a chance. Way too far into it now.
At least one of the tunnel borers were bogged for around a year, and I think it’s only just started working again.
@@punkmetalbabe don’t believe everything you hear in the media, I work at that site.
Not a single project that is either on time or within budget..
To be fair, it sounds to me like it's very normal for large projects to go over-budget.
@@fishofgold6553 I understand. Here in India, there are very few projects that are completed within budget. But I expected that things would be different in Australia.
That's because government grubs are getting cuts out of all these projects they sign.@@fishofgold6553
Here in Western Australia we've built a new Stadium and Childrens Hospital, both worth over a billion Dollars each, on time and within budget. Anything involving a tunnel always has cost blowouts. And anything involving the Military, because all Military Contractors are used to fleecing the American Government, who hands out money like candy at Halloween.
@@tsubadaikhan6332 "...all Military Contractors are used to fleecing the American Government, who hands out money like candy at Halloween." Yeah, recently I've heard that this is a major cause of cost blowouts and a valid reason to say that public-private partnerships are a scam. Government should hold the superior position in such contracts and be able to sue the private partner for breach of contract if the private entity stubbornly slows the project and tries to squeeze more money out of it.
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100Billion for 100km of metro railways.. i think theyre better off investing that in something else lol
They did -- -- $600billion in three [nuke] submarines -- they have more dollars than sense!
But how would the governments friends make money?
What? More money on roads to create more traffic and pollution?
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Amazing work by the Aussies 😮 Thanks 4 sharing this.
Yes ! Go Ahead Australia- You need these mega projects!
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The Main reason these projects go WAY over budget in Australia is due to the attitude of some Companies and Unions. Iv done inspections on some of these projects and Its a very Very relaxed industry, to the point they only use certain people they can trust to drag out the project. The standby times for these project workers is Utterly Unbelievable. Its actually embarrassing to watch and be apart of, While on site Iv been TOLD there's no hurry and have been left waiting for 4 hours to do a 30min job plus the 1hr (over the top) induction. These companies seem to think because the Government is funding the project, They can draw it out due to the fact its an unbankruptable source of money. Unions continually interrupt projects due to ridiculous stop work weather conditions and pay disputes, despite them getting paid for 8+hrs a day when actually doing nothing in some cases. Unions are the cause of Australia's car manufacturing industry to vanish. These Projects will go the same way.
Yeah. Unions are terrible. That's why we have the highest minimum wage in the world. Unions actually a hell of a lot better than they used to be, they are aware now now that projects disappear if they get too needy. And vehicle manufacturers that were more focussed on Government Subsidies than making good vehicles was what killed the Australian Car industry. Try and find a happy owner of a Holden Cruze... Parts for that car were being imported from their US subsidised plant, despite being cheaper to make here. General Motors is now practically Chinese.
over 100k for a stop go man, 120k for construction worker. Its a joke
@charliepyle1626 100k a year to stand in the blistering sun and deal with lunatics too concerned with what's on their phone rather than paying attention their surroundings. Sounds like fair compensation.
Oh no, the horror of *check notes* Worker's protections and general safety
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As you may or may not be looking for other projects, the Province of Saskatchewan has some large projects coming in the near future. New Downtown Event Centre including a new and larger arena for sporting event like the local WHL team The Blades and NLL team The Rush, and bigger concert venues. A new library is being built downtown as well. A brand new Bus Rapid Transit System is being included as well to help with transporting locals and visitors in and out of the downtown area and more. With the booming economy of Saskatchewan, even more possible large, even mega projects could be in the works. Hope to see it in your videos one day.
Have you seen the Australian series Utopia? It will explain a lot about how these projects are run.
5 minute cities are a sinister test run for 15 minute cities.
Put your tin-foil hat on and calm down!!!
@@banger181 Do your own research, you will find the truth soon enough.
@@jcramond73 Yes that's the classic response isn't it. I'm the one being naive for not doing 'my' research, not that you're misguided and need to believe in conspiracy theories.
Yep.
@@banger181 Than may I suggest, before you tell someone to "put on their tin foil hat" perhaps you might think twice and do research it, maybe then you will understand my initial comment. Until then, you are misguided, but I won't tell you to put on a tin foil hat, that is your opinion and you have a right to say that.
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As an Aussie, we deal with very costly power bills, my blood almost boiled when you said a giant solar farm will feed power to Singapore. What about us?
Well a problem with renewable power in Victoria is that when the windmills are build and ready to be connected there is nothing to connect then to. The farmers won't allow the power lines to cross their land. Yet they all use electricity but will only allow small power lines that is enough for them selves.
@@leonhardtkristensen4093 Bury the power lines ,yes it costs more but everyone wins in the end.
@@leonhardtkristensen4093 have proper power stations instead of marxist climate change windmills. Problem solved
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With 3 levels of Government per Australian , it's a wonder any progress is made at all. Add to that nimbyism, nepotism, land rights/native title, enquiries , royal commissions and other corruption and incompetence, our glacial developments are set to remain just that, with exponential expenses to match, unfortunately.
You should do one for the Philippines too! They’re having a massive upgrade in their infrastructures including a subway, 2 new eco-friendly mega cities, bridges, 2 new international airports and highways.
Asian and Middle East are mostly corrupt , they are dragging us into that standard here too, I will not buy anything built in the last 15 years in Australia, it’s all a razzle dazzle slice of stainless steel, plastic , silicon and rushed compliance, the Government don’t care because they’ll be gone
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I live in sydney. It's surreal how close this video is too government ads. Most of these projects don't get built due to constant privatisation. If we had a decent ministry of public building works and infrastructure, maybe we could actually do all this stuff
Yeah Socialist govts always have efficient public works 😂
Wow, this video really highlights how unproductive our government is, with so many of these projects being delayed!
The state govs do not run or build the projects. They come up with an objective devise a plan and bring it to tender; within a budget. Normally from listening to public. All those projects are designed to improve our lives. Except the NT solar farm
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It’s taken 2 years for a 6m bridge to be built in my local suburb. It cuts off a significant road and the residents are furious as its completion has been pushed back again. I can’t imagine how long it would take for these mega projects if they can’t finish a 6 meter bridge 😂
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Brisbane upgrading its city infrastructures for the 2032 Olympics is another mega project in Oz!
I'm guessing they're considered more to be smaller projects spread over a wide area. I'm not sure the final plans have been announced yet.
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For the Singapore solar power cable, it's likely the biggest problem will be getting indigenous Australian approval for the overland and littoral parts of the cable. The history of laying gas pipelines, including offshore says there will be very vigorous opposition to it even happening, or if it does happen then exorbitant 'compensation' in the billions will have to be paid.
Looks like Australia is working on some gigantic projects indeed!
Don't get too excited, Australia will cancel major projects due things like one tree frog being displaced from a muddy ditch. We have green terrorists in our government who will happily stop a project that can benefit all for some pathetic reason. We of all countries should be building nuclear energy in our vast barren country, not some ineffective wind farms that are maintenance heavy & expensive to run.
The photos shown around 07:35 are not of Badgery's Creek. They are old photos of the existing airport at Mascot.
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Looks amazing can’t wait to have a coffee at Southbank.
It may be good if you live there. Living in the outskirts of Melbourne even with lots of road building, tunnel building etc. then I prefer to stay far away. The traffic is bad and has only gotten worse the last 45 years that I have lived here. Melbourne is a flat city that covers a lot of land. Most people live on the ground floor. Some 4 t0 8 story buildings in the inner suburbs like in most European big cities would be better I think.
In many renewables projects, Australia is killing koalas 🩸 🐨 to save the polar bears 🐻❄️
Yes its disgusting.
I would say you as an American, know more about what’s going on in Australia than most Australians! Thanks for sharing - it’s always good to be informed of such goings on 😀
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Great video, hope you can make one for Africa soon
So we're going to power Singapore before Australia?
Not going to happen. Twiggy going hydrogen.
Amazing peojects
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Can't wait until this shows up in his other series.
Can't fathom why we would build a huge solar plant to power Singapore before we power ourselves???
It wont happen, its two billionaires who were on the cans and thought they had a great idea to make more money and look greener in the process.... we need nuclear power here its the only thing that will drive down the cost.
Typical cost blowouts for Aus - to the benefit of a few
I really hope the SRL goes ahead, we really need this in Melbourne, especially for such a fast growing city
I live here in Queensland and I didn’t know about most of these.
No Brisbane Olympics upgrades, Second Bruce Highway, Cross River rail, Coomera connector or H2-Hub. QLD obviously not part of Australia
Southbank in Melbourne is more like A collection of concrete and glass termite mounds than a place humans would want to live. I should know, I worked as a tower crane dog man on many of these buildings. These towers plunge straight down to the traffic nightmare that is city road with a thin strip of bitumen footpath on either side of it. There are no trees, no cafes, no pubs. The “entertainment precinct” adjacent to it is a casino and a series of overpriced restaurants that all face onto the Yarra river but present nothing but a series of entrances to underground car park entrances towards Southbank and that I would feel extremely uncomfortable walking home to my steel and glass termite mound any time after midnight. The docklands precinct is possibly even worse. It’s cold bleak and windswept and utterly lacking in anything resembling a human space and poorly serviced by public transport. And has the world’s second most stupid Ferris wheel presiding over it. That said, Melbourne’s older inner suburbs and CBD are truly beautiful. Broad tree-lined streets, classic architecture and gorgeous parks. Our state governments and councils need to look around and see the parts of our city that work and stip receiving paper bags stuffed full of money for rubber stamping permits. And I’ll end this little rant by describing what really triggered it in the first place. The Eureka tower, which until fairly recently was not just Australia’s but also the world’s tallest residential apartment block has a 24 hour convenience store at its foot. For months on my way to work in the mornings I saw two teenage homeless girls and their dog camping there while nearly a hundred floors above them was one of the most expensive penthouse apartments in the southern hemisphere. To me it served as a sort of living bar graph describing the disparity in wealth distribution in the modern world. I am far from a bleeding heart lefty but I feel that there’s a certain point where the gap between the haves and the have nots becomes a danger with regards to social cohesion. We crossed that point sometime in the early 90’s. anyway, rant ended, time for bed…
welll if the climate change cult followers of melbourne stopped voting for Marxist politicians, you might one day see decent projects happen
the solar panel monstrosity in NT was cannelled years ago
Thank God! While I appreciate Indonesia efforts for trying clean energy. I don't want our desert disturbed, especially for other countries. Deserts aren't just empty land, it's a habitat for endangered species.
@@possummagic3571 no wonder this country is completely fucked
You overlooked Queensland's massive infrastructure upgrade, including $70b over a decade upgrading the electricity network and the 10-year Olympic Games program, which includes underground and surface rail, motorways, stadiums, villages and much more. Qld is booming.
Great.
You said Canberra wrong you say it like “Can-Bra”
He didn't do too well with Melbourne either.
He didn't do too well with Melbourne either.
Only Peter Harvey said it like that lol
please help to clear up the winton solar power project in victoria...is it up and running, is viable
Why would we build a solar plant in a place that has the least amount of our citizens, to supply another country, when we haven’t done it for OUR country?!
Star of the South sounds like a truly exciting project! 🤩
Be a hostile environment (site)
It will harm the marine environment. Its fake green and we have sun for solar.
Better keep the wind blowing then I suppose
Previous comment was removed. Anyway ask the local marine life if they are exited about their new neighbors.
The upkeep and maintenance will be massively expensive! I'm not optimistic on its long tPerm viability.
Haha cool. I work for Project 9, Square Kilometre Array. 🥳
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I thought that the Middle East were the ones with the insane mega projects and I never thought Australia would do the same 🤔
We're not a back water, mate ; )
I think they should be completed as they move Australia ahead in advanced transport networks, state of the art power systems and is a good development of infrastructure. Just employ more competent accountants, engineers and project managers to keep all facets of each project on track and within forecasted budgets. We also needs governments to look beyond their natural 4 year term.
Regardless of cost blow-outs, most projects in Australia will be completed if they have been started. All of the rail projects mentioned are well past being cancelled. The Sydney West Airport development is too far along and contains many other factors such as industrial hubs and new roads already built. The terminal is already massive. If it hasn't been started then it is never certain.
I'm currently working on snowy 2.0. I'm not sure it will ever be finished tbh. I've also worked on two other mega construction jobs here. Barrow Island and Wheatstone.
The Melbourne SRL is a great concept, but never have I ever needed to travel via the proposed route. But I might want to after its built! I would rather have a mini underground light rail A-B sections in multiple hotspots. Like Brunswick - Fitzroy - Abbotsford - South Yarra
You missed the mega new rail system getting built in Brisbane. Includes 2 tunnels under the river and new staions etc.. it's a giant project!
As someone who needs to use a wheelchair and have stayed at the women and Children’s Hospital. It’s good news to get an overhaul. The beautiful old building will stand. Thankfully they put the new one somewhere else, but it definitely was 18th century tech and access that’s for sure I was actually thinking last night they should build a massive water pipeline from Queensland to central Australia to redistribute water and I’ve always thought of a Solar farm in central Australia also. Thanks for making this video.
That thought has crossed my mind on occasion too , however , given the extreme weather oz is prone too , sometimes a lot of up north is under water due to its tropical weather , it would be good for to have pipeline going to and from all the mainland states , in australia , nearly every year there is usually floods or drought that can be in any state .
The biggest problem with Australian infrastructure is that no politician has done anything about it for an extremely long time, I’m happy it’s finally happening although the full rail loop will take about 20years to complete.
Entirely missing is Perth's $10.5billion Metronet rail project.
I'm chewing on the numbers. You say the Snowy project supply 4500 GWh. You also say the A-A Power Link in the NT can transmit 6.5GW. Unless GWh and GW are vastly different, it seems the A-A Link is less economical than the Snowy. (I'm not an engineer).
As an Australian myself, I am already aware that we seem to spend more money on things then they were originally suppose to cost.
So Brisbane not mentioned in any major infrastructure projects and we have the Olympics in 2032?
Who cares about QLD lol
I think the south road T2D (Torrens to Darlington) tunnel projects in Adelaide should’ve been one of the mega projects on here
My company has been doing the Melbourne metro the past few years and isn’t stopping until completion it won’t be shut down, got a lot done and will connecting the rail to Melbourne airport.
I’m about to start work in western Sydney airport, on the runway. 4 years to go!
I’ve seen these green buildings in Dying Light 2. Pretty cool.
Now all we need is a tunnel under the blue mountains in NSW to open up the central west township of Bathurst. Mudgee Orange
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Yes!
I’m from Melbourne. Love my city ❤️🇦🇺
Best thing I did was move away from Melbourne - Horrible place.
i am actually hungry. they should invest in making sure hard working people don't go without food.
In Australia it's just a given that projects go massively over budget. It's the way things work. Don't even try to follow the money tho, it makes a few people a bit grumpy!!!
When you said "of the coast of Melbourne " I thought you meant Port Phillip Bay and not hundreds of kilometres away in eastern Bass Strait.
cant wait to see them all destroyed by the utterly unpredictable Bass straight
Make a video about the 10 biggest mega projects in Greece
Can you make similar video for UK next. Thanks
Yes we will probably do one in the future :)
I think many would struggle to name a mega projects that didn't end up providing a tangible benefit in the long term. What seems expensive today will be twice as much in 10 years' time, it seems.
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very inaccurate doesn't even mention Brisbane!