DateThursday 27th June 2013Time09.30 am - Arrivals and registration10.00 am - Introduction & Centrica presentation10.30 am - Start of visit12.30 pm- Estimated closeVenueCentrica Langage Ltd, Holland Road, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, PL7 5AWCPDUp to 2 hours (find out more about CPD)CostAPM members:Employees of APM Corporate Members:FreeFreeThis event offers a unique opportunity to visit the Langage gas-fired power station (completed in 2010), which is amongst 6 power stations in England and Wales owned and operated by Centrica Energy.In 2011 Centrica Energy marked a decade of power...
DateTuesday 25th June 2013Time6:00 pm Networking & refreshments6:30 pm Presentation 8:00 pm Close VenuePresentation theatre, Diligenta, Friends Life, Friends Centre, Brierly Furlong, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, BS34 8SWPresented byPeter Bryant & Ken Murray, National GridCPDUp to 2 hours (find out more about CPD)CostAPM members:Employees of APM Corporate Members:Non members:FreeFree£10The Hinkley Point C Connection Project is National Grid’s most high profile, high-voltage infrastructure project for a generation. This presentation will explore the risks and challenges it faces with a...
Road projects were the biggest winners of the chancellor’s Autumn Statement in December, as George Osborne announced that an additional £5.5bn would be injected into infrastructure.The chancellor announced that £1.5bn would be invested into Britain’s roads – £1.2bn before 2015 – in a number of schemes including the widening of the A1 to Newcastle, the dualling of the A30 in Cornwall and construction of the A5-M1 link.Several other schemes, announced as part of Prime Minister David Cameron’s initiative to cut red tape on projects, will also benefit from the investment in roads. These include...
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In February 2011, National Grid embarked on a seven-year project to rewire London using deep underground tunnels. Project investigates how the firm is working to keep the lights on the capital. It is seen as a vital project. The £1bn London Power Tunnels will meet increasing electricity demand and help the capital access the renewable energy supplies of the future.To deliver this mega-project, National Grid has created an experienced project team supplemented by consultancy support from Arup, Gardner and Theobold, and Mott MacDonald.“London is home to more than eight million people and is a...
In February 2011, National Grid embarked on a seven-year project to rewire London using deep underground tunnels. Project investigates how the firm is working to keep the lights on the capital. It is seen as a vital project. The £1bn London Power Tunnels will meet increasing electricity demand and help the capital access the renewable energy supplies of the future.To deliver this mega-project, National Grid has created an experienced project team supplemented by consultancy support from Arup, Gardner and Theobold, and Mott MacDonald.“London is home to more than eight million people and is a...
APM created a new pan-sector standard last March to raise the bar of project professionalism to a whole new level. APM Registered Project Professional (RPP) looks to recognise the value that competent and capable project professionals can offer. This is something that Shell sees as vitally important.The global group of energy and petrochemical companies has been developing its project management capability for 100 years and continues to build a global community of project professionals. The Shell Project Academy (SPA) is at the heart of this drive, providing a world-class competence...
I have recently completed my APMP exam and am now I am in my final semester of my MSc in Project Management - The Question that I have raised may need refining and if so I am open to suggestions?!Within the oil and gas industry a majority of Veterans and Baby Boomers are predicted to exit the workforce by 2015 and are followed by a much smaller group of talent, Generation X. How can we capture and transfer these Veterans and Baby Boomers communal know-how-their tacit knowledge-especially if it has not been adequately identified, captured, codified and stored in corporate knowledge...
Project management is established as a pan-sector discipline, but are there (or should there be) significant differences between the way it is executed, according to sector?In this web briefing, the online community looked at:Why sector expertise is importantWhy sector experience is less importantThe balance between the twoDownload the web briefing here (69kb)Web briefings are developed from the APM Community, resulting from discussions and questions asked, the content is developed from users’ responses and edited by APM.Web briefings are constantly evolving and we look to the community to...
Ensuring the success of projects is not something Siemens leaves to chance.With almost half of its global revenues coming from projects, ensuring Siemens has knowledgeable, capable and competent project managers is crucial for their ongoing business success. The dependency on project business is even starker in the UK, where almost two thirds of Siemens revenues are project related and where the projects are becoming ever more challenging, complex and demanding.By sharing APM’s drive for project professionalism Siemens has overhauled its UK Project Management Academy for 2012 by linking to...
