They called it Berlin Brandenburg Airport.
A “flagship” project.
Germany’s answer to efficiency.
Built for the public.

Delivered by a “consortium.”

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They forgot one tiny detail: systems.

Unbelievable when you are talking about Germany, right?

But real.

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Fire safety? Didn’t work.
Smoke extraction? Backwards.
Wiring? Rewired 3 times.
Doors? Over 1,200 installed — then reversed — then reinstalled.

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Because the systems didn’t talk to each other.
Because no one was in charge of systems integration.
Because... well, no one thought of it.

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Seven CEOs later, they finally opened the airport.
Nine years late.
With most of the original private partners long gone.
Including the operator.

In the end, Germany — the country known for engineering — built the most expensive and empty airport for nearly a decade.

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Originally conceived as a Public Private Partnership later it just turned into a public disaster.
Cost exploded from €2 billion to over €7 billion… and many more tales.
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PPP or not, if your systems suck, your project will too.
No integration = no handover.
No testing = no passengers.
No brains = no savings.

You don’t need more concrete.
You need someone who actually understands how it’s all supposed to work.

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Systems, and experience have a lot to do with one of the lessons below.

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