Case Study How the success of the United Kingdom’s $27 Billion Crossrail development has led to a thirst for more. The United Kingdom has experienced significant challenges in the building of major infrastructure projects. Years of cost overruns and delays created a general fatigue in the population that left public support for large investments tepid at best. As soon as a small but vocal local contingent applied sufficient pressure, decision makers pointed to past experience as a reason for pulling the plug. The United Kingdom is now in a position it has not been in for some time: with several major projects, such as the London Olympics, having been delivered on time and on budget, there is positive momentum—and the appetite for additional projects is there. One of those

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