Project Management Group AGM & CPD event

Project Managing Major Infrastructure Schemes

Price: £40 CIfA members, £50 non-members

Venue: The Visitors Centre, London Archaeological Archive & Research Centre

Description

Focussing on the use of both soft skills and technology, and drawing heavily on shared experiences collectively managing a major fieldwork and post-excavation programme (consultant/employers technical repsentative and contractor), the event will explore the challenges and pitfalls of managing major infrastructure projects, with a view to stimulating a workshop discussion focussing on tips and tricks.

Projects of this scale demand innovation in approach, design and implementation if a successful outcome is to be achieved. This is particularly relevant where circumstances demand that an entire project has to be costed and programmed with little or no preliminary understanding of risk, and it is therefore vital that the consultant and contractor enter into the project in a spirit of co-operation and most importantly trust.

With regard to technology, particular attention will be given to the subjective approach to measuring both task and project progress, and a reporting system designed to calculate both value of work and progress achieved against a baseline programme of works, to the satisfaction of both client and contractor. Measures could include milestone, spend profile, critical path, task completion and programme float analysis, all in relation to the baseline programme of works early and late start envelope. We will talk about communication and how projects can fail if this important ‘soft’ skill is not recognised and ignored.

Featured presenters:

Stephen Hayens (ARUP) stephen.haynes@arup.com - Steve is a Senior Archaeologist at Arup and is Chair of the CIfA Project Management Special Interest Group. Steve has over 35 years’ experience in archaeology, and for the last 30 years has been involved and responsible for the management of projects. He has been involved with numerous major project from the early stages of engineering design development to construction. A focus has been on major projects including HS1, MML, M1, J21-31, CGB and HS2. In this time, he has undertaken a range of roles related to project management.

Andy Crockett (Wessex Archaeology) a.crockett@wessexarch.co.uk - Andy is Regional Director for WA South Head Office, and Treasurer of the CIfA Project Management Special Interest Group. Andy has over 38 years of experience in archaeology, and for the last 20 years specifically within project management. He has focussed on major infrastructure projects throughout his management career, including HS1 fieldwork and PX, M6 Toll fieldwork and PX, A46 fieldwork and PX, Olympic Park PX, A14 evaluation fieldwork, and most recently the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down scheme.

Schedule
12:00 AGM
12:30 Lunch (please bring your own - tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided)
13:25 Welcome -  Steve Haynes (Chair)
13:30 Project Managing Major Infrastructure Schemes
14:30 Discussion - issues arising
16:00 Close

Additional info

Lunch will not be provided with registration.

Certificates for 2.5 hours CPD will be available after the event.