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eHealth Ontario is a group of projects that replaced a previous failed project, Smart Systems for Health, which "spent $650 million but failed to produce anything of lasting value." However, in 2009 the CEO of the eHealth Ontario agency resigned, followed by the government minister responsible for overseeing the agency, after a scandal over ...
A big project can upend the lives of tens of thousands of people. Since 2004, World Bank estimates indicate that at least a dozen bank-supported projects physically or economically displaced more than 50,000 people each. Studies show that forced relocations can rip apart kinship networks and increase risks of illness and disease.
By the end of 1977, the Atari 2600 sold about 400,000 total units compared to the 250,000 units of the Channel F. [37] Fairchild's attempts to make more action-oriented games in 1978 failed to draw consumers to the system, and the console was completely overshadowed. [38]
A large section of the upper reservoir failed, draining over a billion gallons of water (4 million m³) in less than half an hour. There were no fatalities, but five people were injured. The failure resulted in permanent damage to the surrounding landscape and power generation did not resume until 2010. 2005 [13] [14] [15] Itaipu Dam: Paraná (BR)
Then there's the list of "companies that had license agreements with President Trump [that] have failed": "Trump Shuttle, Inc., launched by President Trump in 1989, defaulted on its loans in 1990 ...
In a sample of water and sanitation projects conducted by CSIR in 2007 in all nine provinces, the compliance level for 1067 completed household water projects was only 2.6% – more than 97% of the projects did not comply with policy requirements, norms and standards.
When larger projects such as infrastructures and airplanes fail, multiple people can be affected which leads to an engineering disaster. A disaster is defined as a calamity that results in significant damage which may include the loss of life. [ 13 ]
However, some locals have also opposed Corps projects or parts of projects. [2] Many Corps of Engineers civil works projects have been criticized as being riddled with patronage (see pork barrel) or a waste of resources (see boondoggle (project)). Examples include the New Madrid Floodway Project [3] and the flood protection systems in New ...