# Why Construction Projects Always Go Over Budget

**URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/why-construction-projects-always-go-over-budget/2927
**Category:** Context
**Tags:** construction, civil-engineering, infrastructure
**Created:** [22 March 2023 12:31 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/why-construction-projects-always-go-over-budget/2927 "2023-03-22T12:31:56Z")
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### Author: ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)
#### Post date: [22 March 2023 12:31 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/why-construction-projects-always-go-over-budget/2927/1 "2023-03-22T12:31:56Z")

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[![](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/2X/7/764465941a88605a141209875b6366b06713519a.jpeg "Why Construction Projects Always Go Over Budget") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOe_6vuaR_s)

Could it have anything to do with the detail that when politicians, construction companies, and union bosses sit down to negotiate, taxpayers aren’t represented at the table?

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### Author: ![civilwestman](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/civilwestman/32/25_2.png) [@civilwestman](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/civilwestman)
#### Post date: [22 March 2023 13:13 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/why-construction-projects-always-go-over-budget/2927/2 "2023-03-22T13:13:26Z")

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This is as empirically certain as the laws of thermodynamics.