On Thu, 5 Mar 2009, Robert wrote:

On 2009-03-05 18:06:30 +0000, jon b said:

On 23 Feb, 00:32, Mizter T wrote:

Anyway, the but about proven competence (or some such similar words)
immediately led me to think of those behind building the CTRL (aka
HS1) - despite all the other issues surround this controversial link
it was nonetheless delivered both on time and on budget (both sections
1 and 2). It was built by the Rail Link Engineering (RLE) consortium,
which was 52% owned by Bechtel, other owners being Arup, Halcrow and
Systra.

Sorry, only just catching up with this but... in respect of the calim
that CTRL/HS1 section 2 was "delivered both on time and on budget"...
don't belive the hype. In late 2005, the planned opening date for CTRL
was June/July 2007. It was only when they realised they wouldn't make
that date that November 2007 was then targeted. Obviously the only
date publicly announced was the one they knew they could meet (and even
then they struggled!).

It's the old project management joke. PM to customer: There are three
main parameters for this project, quality, time, or cost. Which two do
you want?

The version i've heard has scope, time, and cost. And the projects
management i've come across in my industry has generally only managed to
deliver one of them!

tom

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