Major Projects Association

👏 A big thank you to EY for hosting and chairing our excellent roundtable discussion 'How to leverage private finance to deliver (stuck) regional infrastructure projects' in their Manchester office yesterday. 💷 The insights and ideas expressed will feed into our September seminar 'Moving on from PFI - Innovative ways to Fund and Finance Major Infrastructure'. We look forward to sharing all the findings in our Full Report which will be available to members after the seminar. 🙏 Thank you to Jonathan Morris for sharing these key takeaways and thank you to everyone who attended and contributed. #majorprojects #privatefinance #mpaevent #Manchester Andy Murray

Today's major programmes are more ambitious than ever, with clients increasingly focused on achieving strategic, environmental, commercial and social outcomes. However, it is essential to rethink commercial models to turn these ambitions into reality. In our latest article forming part of our ‘Transforming performance of major programmes’ series, Cost and Commercial Services Lead, Richard Wood, shares insights on how to enhance value through forward-thinking commercial models in major programmes. Richard also highlights the importance of aligning commercial and delivery models to enable the full potential of major programmes’ intentions and ambitions. Read now: https://lnkd.in/dg9neeQs #CommercialModels #TransformingPerformance #MajorProgrammes

This morning, we published the #LondonClimateResilienceReview, an independent report to the Mayor of London looking at how well-prepared London is for more frequent and severe #heatwaves, #floods, #storms, #droughts, #wildfires and other #climate risks. https://lnkd.in/e9ih3Gzi We are entering a new era. In 2024, even as El Niño fades, we are set for another record-breaking year of deadly heatwaves, wildfires and storms. In the last year, floods in the UK have upended lives and battered local economies. The Mayor of London took a world-leading step by calling for an independent review of London’s climate resilience. The health and security of Londoners and the health of the national economy are inseparable. This is a reset moment for efforts to increase the UK’s stability in the face of global climate disruption. As the new government takes action to end the cost-of-living crisis, protecting the lives and livelihoods of working people from extreme weather is non-negotiable. We spoke to individuals, communities and organisations including the NHS, Transport for London, London Fire Brigade, the Metropolitan Police, Borough Councils, the GLA, UK government, NGOs, the financial services sector, sports and cultural institutions as well as representatives of vulnerable groups. We have made 50 recommendations for action to get ahead of climate risks in London and other cities around the world. You can read the full report, press release, reactions and our interim report here: https://lnkd.in/e9ih3Gzi George Leigh Johanna Sutton Mayor of London London Climate Change Partnership (LCCP) London Sustainable Development Commission #ClimateResilience

👉 Join us at our roundtable discussion: 'How to leverage private finance to deliver (stuck) regional infrastructure projects' 📆 Wednesday 24th July 2024 🕒 3:00pm - 5:00pm 📍 Manchester As a feeder to our September seminar 'Moving on from PFI - Innovative ways to fund and finance major infrastructure' we are holding a roundtable discussion event in Manchester which looks at how private finance can help projects that would otherwise struggle to 'get to yes' if financed by the Exchequer alone. 💷 We will explore lessons learned on securing financing and funding for infrastructure projects (whether public, private or in combination) from a regional perspective. We will look at projects that have been ‘stuck’ in the pre-investment phase as it looks to attract finance from different sources and, with reference to the recommendations in the second National Infrastructure Assessment, as well as a number of live cases, explore: What is the main reason for projects getting 'stuck' in the pre-investment phase? Where funding is the main issue, what project characteristics are needed to attract private finance? What are the other hurdles to help infrastructure projects ‘get to yes’? The ideas and (any) conclusions from this session will feed into the seminar in September. ➡ Register for this roundtable here: https://lnkd.in/eGWUz4vQ Andy Murray Manon Bradley Sascha Flint #majorprojects #mpaevent #infrastructureprojects #privatefinance

🚀 Announcement: Registrations are now OPEN for Rising Stars 2024! 🌟 Rising Stars is our popular development programme aimed at professionals who have a few years’ experience of project initiation and/or delivery, and who are ready to progress (or have recently progressed) to the level of managing major projects. The objectives of the programme are to benefit those who attend through: ✔ Understanding of the key challenges and opportunities associated with major projects and major project leadership through discussion, personal reflection and case studies. ✔ An introduction to attitudes and ways of thinking in other organisations working in the major projects arena. ✔ A framework for personal resilience in major projects. ✔ Developing a network of contacts with potential highflyers in other member organisations and knowledge of the resources and activities of those organisations.   Numbers are limited, with just 30 spaces on each cohort. Main Reps in our member organisations are invited to nominate one ‘Rising Star’ from within their organisation. The closing date for registrations is Friday 27th September 2024. 👉 Visit the Rising Stars page on our website for all the information you need and how to apply: https://lnkd.in/e5XZ64X8   We look forward to receiving your nominations! Andy Murray Manon Bradley Ashleigh Walsh Myrna Rickards Sascha Flint Ellie Gregory Ruth Francis Sophie Coulthard Omar Rouchdy Ying Seow Priscilla Green  #majorprojects #professionaldevelopment #risingstars 

📢 REMINDER: Complete our short survey below and help us understand how social value is delivered on your projects or within your organisations, and the impact this is having. Closing date is 12th July! The Major Projects Association's Major Projects Social Value Forum is conducting research to help us better understand the impact of social value, community benefits and sustainability on the delivery of our projects, programmes, and business operations. We would like input from project managers, commercial leads, designers, as well as social value teams so please share this survey as widely as possible. The final report will be published alongside an event to be held later this year (details to follow). ➡ Complete the survey here: https://lnkd.in/eQChQRjm. Andy Murray Manon Bradley Ellie Gregory Sarah Rial FICRS Kelly Bradley Samantha Freelove MIEMA, CEnv Matthew Symes #socialvalue #communitybenefits #sustainability #majorprojects

We're delighted to welcome Ardent as a new member of the Major Projects Association community. We look forward to your involvement and engagement with the Association and seeing you soon at our events. #majorprojects #newmember

👉 Project Sponsors Network: Sponsoring a Major Project - The Crossrail experience 📆 Monday 22nd July 2024 🕦 11:45am - 1:00pm 💻 Virtual In March 2024 the Department for Transport and Transport for London released an Independent report, 'Sponsoring a major project: the Crossrail experience', in which they explore the lessons learned from their joint sponsorship of the Crossrail project. The report identifies 9 lessons for the benefit of project delivery professionals working on government major projects in rail, the wider transport industry and other sectors. It also tests the transfer of the learning from Crossrail to other major projects, and assesses the impact and continuing relevance of the 2019 Department for Transport and Infrastructure and Projects Authority paper Lessons from transport for the sponsorship of major projects. ⭐ Join us at this Project Sponsorship Network 'lunch and learn' where we will be joined by Miles Alexander Milbank, Project Delivery Advisor at the Infrastructure and Projects Authority to delve into the findings of this report. ➡ Find out more and register here: https://lnkd.in/e-29JNZC Richard Zavitz Andy Murray Manon Bradley Ellie Gregory #majorprojects #sponsorship #projectsponsor

💫 Last week we held our seminar 'Pace of change in AI, Data and Analytics'. We were delighted to have so many attendees join us. In the seminar we shone a light on the AI landscape through the lens of projects by asking our panel of experts to answer a number of pertinent questions, including: What can AI do for us now and in the future? What do we have to do as individuals and organisations to keep up? What are the opportunities and threats in particular within projects? You can read a summary of the key points in our Highlights Report. 👏 Thank you to our speakers Mark Enzer, Dale Foong, Anna Jordan, Dale Sinclair, Helen Edwards and Huda As'ad for their insights and contributions. Thank you to everyone who attended. ➡ Read the Highlights Report on our website here: https://lnkd.in/edax3ji7 Andy Murray Manon Bradley Sascha Flint Ellie Gregory #majorprojects #ai #dataanalytics #mpaevent

📣 Join us at our upcoming virtual seminar: 'Governance, cooperation and coordination in large inter-organisational projects: A multi-level approach'. 📆 Wednesday 21st August 2024 🕦 11:45am - 1:30pm Effective project governance is essential for the success of major infrastructure projects, which typically involve numerous organisations working together. This research explores the governance of these inter-organisational relationships, focusing on understanding the interplay between governance, cooperation, and coordination. By adopting a multi-level perspective, our study unpacks the different governance, cooperation and coordination mechanisms and provides a framework for dynamically analysing these constructs throughout the project lifecycle. This approach can assist project practitioners in understanding and managing the complex interactions, which in turn are critical for delivering successful project outcomes. In this seminar, you will learn  🔹 How governance interacts with cooperation and coordination. 🔹 The key governance, cooperation and coordination mechanisms. 🔹 How to design a governance structure that factors in the complex interaction of governance, cooperation and coordination. 🔹 How to compare the governance of different projects.   💡 Join us to explore the theoretical foundations and practical applications of governance, cooperation, and coordination, and discover how the proposed framework can enhance governance to drive a collaborative environment and better project results.   Our speaker will be Mohamad El Tannir who is currently a Lecturer at London South Bank University (LSBU). With over 8 years of experience in diverse roles, Mohamad has worked on several large projects as a civil engineer and cost consultant. Additionally, he has served as a project manager and product owner in a software startup. ➡ Register here: https://lnkd.in/eSMGuxEt Andy Murray Manon Bradley Ellie Gregory Sascha Flint #majorprojects #projectgovernance #projectmanagement