Podcast: Pace of Pace
Summary
In the summer of 2020, the UK Government launched its Project Speed initiative, with the promise to review every part of the project lifecycle in pursuit of faster, better and greener delivery.
In this latest podcast episode, drawing on the ideas and the panellists from the Major Projects Association’s recent Pace of Pace seminar in Manchester, Andy Murray, Executive Director of the Association, interviews David Haimes, Director, Regional Investment Programme North, National Highways; Emma Willson, Director, Major Project Delivery Hub, UK National Audit Office; Rebecca Collings, Director of Collaboration and Change, The Nichols Group; and Simon Kirby, Managing Partner, The Nichols Group; to establish what’s been the progress since the initiative’s launch and to share examples of successful project acceleration.
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