Project Magazine April 2012

  • Meet the rising stars of project management. Young, bright and exceptionally talented… the future is in safe hands.
  • A grand plan to transform the economic and social fortunes of the people in Gabon in West Africa has been given the green light by a president determined to make his mark. James Simons meets Jim Dutton – the man tasked with its delivery.
  • Tunnelling is getting underway on Crossrail, offering passengers a glimpse of a 21st-century transport link. But, as James Simons discovered on a visit to the company’s segment factory, it all starts with the right concrete mix.
  • Installing a pioneering transit system at Heathrow’s busy Terminal 5 was never going to be easy, but the project team turned this academic concept into reality and paved the way for the future of personal transport. Sarah Speight reports.
  • Out of this world: the team behind Virgin Galactic’s Spaceport America has changed the way we think about travel forever. Andrew Hubbard investigates.