You do realize that construction projects "worth a 1.5 billion dollar contract" doesn't mean you just get 1.5 billion dollars...... In fact, it's very far from that.... You know that, right? Doesn't mean it's not shady as fuck, but it just gets really annoying always seeing people look at these types of headlines and you can tell they immediately start picturing 1.5 billion dollars as if that's even in the realm of how the world actually works.... It's the exact same thing as when somebody says that someone else got a record deal worth 10 million dollars and then people start hounding them for cash immediately like they actually fucking have 10 million dollars...  Language context is everything and, in this context, the word "worth" is pretty fucking important in both examples, in terms of cash flow....