Claire R.
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Britain's ambition often outpaces its delivery in major infrastructure projects. With notable setbacks like the cancellation of HS2's Phase 2 and delays at Hinkley Point C, industry experts convened to discuss if the UK can still manage to successfully complete large-scale projects. Key challenges identified include realistic cost assessments, cohesive planning, and the need for strong leadership and governance to ensure that ambitious projects like HS2 can meet their objectives without spiraling costs and delays.
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Thank you to the Nuclear Skills Executive Council for inviting Turner & Townsend to attend the signing of the Nuclear Skills Charter and The Skills Plan, it was good to see so many government ministers and industry leaders driving this sector commitment forward. I was pleased to be joined by my colleague Matthew Narey, who had worked with them for a number of months to help them get this far - we all look forward to playing our part in delivering these ambitious goals. The UK's commitment to nuclear sector is becoming a key cornerstone of both national security and playing a vital component in our nation’s energy security. The Government have committed a £763 million investment to drive this “national endeavour”, with the industry and wider sector all having signed-up to playing their part – double the nuclear workforce, and creating over 40,000 new jobs across the country to make this an attractive and long-term career choice. This is a huge achievement by the nuclear sector to have got this far – but this is just the start. Here's to building a more secure future together. #nuclear #energysecurity #cleanenergy
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Tabitha J.
Can the UK deliver major infrastructure projects on time and on budget? With Phase 2 of HS2 cancelled and Hinkley Point C facing delays, the ICE convened a debate about whether the UK can still deliver big projects successfully. Britain has long been known for its ambition when it comes to major, infrastructure projects. But where it succeeds in vision it often fails to complete projects on time and within an appropriate budget, as evidenced by #HighSpeed2 (#HS2), Crossrail and #HinckleyPointC. Such projects can put a country on the international #infrastructure map in terms of forward thinking and #modernengineering, but delays and cost overruns can sometimes overshadow their benefits. To examine what sits behind this challenge, the I#CE brought industry leaders together to debate whether the UK is capable of delivering major projects any more. Unity: While there is no doubt the UK has the engineering talent to bring the vision of the projects to life, Costain Group PLC enterprise programme director John Pelton suggested one explanation for why such schemes struggle. “I think we have huge engineering capability, excellent companies and some excellent people but I’m not sure we’re that good at bringing it all together,” he explained. Pelton described how the inability to tie Britain’s capabilities together heavily affects its ability to assess projects in a realistic format and honestly portray how much the work is going to cost. In 2013, before construction of HS2 began, a statement of expense submitted to Parliament put the total cost of phase 1 at £19.4bn. This increased to almost £27bn by 2015 and rose again when former HS2 (High Speed Two) Ltd chair Doug Oakervee stated the costs could be between £36bn and £40bn in February 2020. This was just before the then prime minister Boris Johnson gave the project the green light. Reflecting on why the costs have risen so steeply, Pelton said that, although the increases attracted public criticism, the public had played a part. “The costs back then were done in a genuine and thorough fashion, they weren’t just plucked out of the air,” he said. “This was before we’d had four years of petitioning where the #political control was not strong enough to stop the tunnels growing from 20km to 60km and all the other constraints that were imposed. “Why has it gone up so much? The answer is not because the cost estimating was badly or unprofessionally done, but because the whole system is not geared to be frank and honest about the costing in the first place.” Tecnica y Proyectos SA (TYPSA) #structuralengineer Svetlana João agreed and said the delivery of major infrastructure projects should align with the leadership responsibilities of government rather than being dictated by public opinion. https://lnkd.in/dxuEuhha
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