UCL Short Term Scientific Mission

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1 1 UCL Short Term Scientific Mission Triangulating Omega Centre and Megaproject Research Marisa Pedro Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal Miljan Mikić Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia

2 2 Introduction This short term scientific mission (STSM) was conducted in Omega Centre at the Barlett School of Planning, UCL, United Kingdom from 24 th February to 7 th March, 2014 Hosts: Professor Harry Dimitriou, Director of the OMEGA Centre Omega Centre Research Fellows: Phil Wright John Ward

3 3 Goal To bring together the MEGAPROJECT and OMEGA cases and explore the juxtaposition Two major tasks were to: Translate Omega cases into the Megaproject qualitative and quantitative templates Triangulate the Omega nine thematic 'lessons with the Megaproject experience to identify similarities and differences in emerging themes

4 4 Qualitative Analysis Megaproject Template (...)

5 5 Qualitative Analysis Stakeholders Train Operators direct agreements Government direct agreements Banks loans Eurorail Trafalgar House BICC contacts with SNCF British Rail owns Department of Transport contacts with DoE, DETR, DfT Eurostar contracts SNCB Design & management RLE Rail Link Eng. Arup Bechtel Halcrow Systra LCR London & Continental Railways Union Railways Contractors subsidiary Construction contracts contacts with Consultants Other Stakeholders Pressure Groups Forums Local Authorities ( ) HSR 1 Channel Tunnel Link, United Kingdom

6 6 Qualitative Analysis Omni-Present Actors Greenpeace Siemens Special Purpose Entities (SPE) They are present and are meaningful for Omega data?

7 7 Qualitative Analysis Further Research 1. Translate all OMEGA cases into the MEGAPROJECT templates 2. Design Stakeholder Relationship Maps of all OMEGA cases 3. An in-deep analysis about the existence of Omni-present actors and SPEs for all OMEGA cases

8 8 Quantitative Analysis Excel Spreadsheet Project Stakeholders (Internal / External) Project Environment (Political, Economical, Legal) Project Management Technology Miscellaneous Input Attribute Categories Class Attributes Budget Overrun Delay in the construction phase Delay in the planning phase

9 Quantitative Analysis Excel Spreadsheet 9

10 10 Quantitative Analysis Further Research 1. Can we predict megaproject performance if we know project characteristis? 2. Do we need all the characteristics to predict the preformance well? 3. How can we identify characteristics that are most important for prediction?

11 11 Omega Lessons in Megaproject Cases Omega Lessons 1. MTPs as Agents of Change 2. MTPs as Open Systems 3. MTPs as Organic Phenomena 4. The Framing of MTPs 5. The Power of Context 6. Role of Sustainable Development Visions 7. Engaging with Stakeholders 8. Institutional, Policy, Legislative Support 9. Lesson Learning and Sharing Megaproject Case Studies Similarities and differences? Identifying preliminary key words for each of the lessons Checking the identified wording and definitions with Omega centre researchers Presenting a simple initial draft framework for lessons identification in Megaproject cases

12 Omega Lessons Megaproject Findings 12 Common Findings 1. Agents of Change 2. Open Systems 3. Organic Phenomena Special Purpose Entities Modularization 4. The Framing of MTPs External Stakeholders 5. The Power of Context 6. Role of Sustainable Development Visions 7. Engaging with MTP Stakeholders 8. Institutional, Policy and Legislative Support Linking Megaproject Characteristics to Megaproject Performance Omni-Present Actors New approaches to learning across Megaprojects 9. Lesson Learning and Sharing

13 13 Conclusions & Additional achievement of the STSM OMEGA data corresponds to MEGAPROJECT templates to a high degree Additional data about Omega cases has been received from Omega Centre A room has been opened for possible future STSMs to continue collaboration between Omega Centre and Megaproject Draft paper has been proposed for publication in Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

14 14 Thank You for Your Attention Marisa J. G. Pedro