The engineering, the planning, the science are impressively thorough - but Antarctica is the most challenging place on earth in which to work, and outcomes can never be certain.
Working off an idea put forward by a pair of Dutch marine research and engineering firms, the plan called for the construction of 140 miles of sand barriers, in 24 segments, to protect the inner coastline from oil.
"Deepening reform of the income distribution system is an extremely arduous and complex task of systemic engineering," the new plan says.
Even alongside those feats of engineering, the master plan for Masdar City, created by the London architect Norman Foster, looks audacious.
According to Bill Grotz, a spokesman for G.M. global engineering, the company plans to apply its noise-canceling technology to future models, but he did not immediately know what those may be.
It could be one of the sloppiest engineering plans the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers USACEE) has ever seen a hand-drawn plan illustrating how engineers would fill in a channel in Dauphin Island to prevent oil from reaching sensitive wetlands.
Planning a new accelerator involves, among other things, designing the machine, performing civil engineering, planning the layout of the technical infrastructure, and handling public affairs.
"Transport is a force for change," said Susan Claris, associate director at Arup, the engineering, planning and design firm.
Systems engineering would involve the planning, installation, commissioning, and ongoing maintenance of some sort of industrial data communications system.
