The Making Of A Megaproject

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Chris Steins

16 July 2004 - 9:00am

A massive petrochemicals complex takes shape in southern China.

"It's likely that every synonym for 'big' in Chinese and English has been used to describe the CSPC Nanhai Petrochemicals Complex in southern China’s Guangdong Province. With its 427-hectare (1,055-acre) work site sprawled along the coastline, its projected workforce of more than 20,000, and its implications for the future of the manufacturing industry in China, the Nanhai project is engineering and construction on a dramatic scale."

Full Story: The Making of a Megaproject

Source: Bechtel-Parsons Brinckerhoff, October 24, 2005

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