Hiedelberg, your post suggests unfamiliarity with the dynamics of project management. It is an exceedingly difficult environment that requires first class technical knowledge plus an enormous amount of tact. I know, I've tried it it, and I've got to a draw with a $40 million project.
Basically for a project of this magnitude to mess up requires major senior management dysfunction. The middle management project managers who were hired will no doubt have been the best available.