Analysing the way managers plan for the construction of large infrastructure hubs, this study finds that failure to include all stakeholders at the start of a project hampers the timely completion of major projects - and in worst-case scenarios, implementation fails and major projects are shelved.

Analysing the way managers plan for the construction of large infrastructure hubs, this study finds that failure to include all stakeholders at the start of a project hampers the timely completion of major projects—and in worst-case scenarios, implementation fails and major projects are shelved. Using new models of stakeholder theory, the discussion compares four case studies: the extension of DHL at Brussels National Airport; the industrial cluster on the Left Bank of the port of Antwerp; the plan for the port of Brussels, to be completed in 2015; and the plan for the port of Antwerp, to be completed in 2030.