MERIDIAN AND CENTRE FOR CONNECTED AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES (CCAV)

International Collaboration Working Group inaugural event

The UK Government commissioned Meridian and CCAV to spearhead the setting up of an international working group to enable global collaboration across different nations and industry sectors with the goal of accelerating deployment of CAV. Organisations representing international governments, regional authorities, academia and testbeds attended the inaugural meeting at ITS World Congress in Copenhagen. Logictree were responsible for planning, designing and facilitating this key event to achieve agreement to collaborate, outline of a charter and sharing of lessons learned. Scope included analysis of participants’ responses to a survey and incorporation of key themes into the discussions

BAZALGETTE THAMES TIDEWAY TUNNEL

Incident Management Planning Workshops

The client wanted to test the level of readiness and effectiveness of their incident management planning process. Working with consultants Leading Change Limited, we met with key stakeholders to hear their views, fed back emerging themes to the client and designed the workshops.  This nationally significant infrastructure project has multiple interfaces with local authorities, road users, adjacent projects, TfL, Port of London Authority, cyclists and the general public. We used a series of realistic scenarios specifically developed for the workshop to test the participants’ knowledge of the procedures and their effectiveness. Observations were noted and actions agreed at closure to refine the procedure and include recommended amendments. This collaborative exercise was described as very useful to the delivery of a shared incident management procedure.

HIGHWAYS ENGLAND LOWER THAMES CROSSING

Stakeholder Engagement and Consultation

Strategic advisor and director of the stakeholder engagement team CJ Associates provided to support Highways England and Arcadis CH2M JV during options development of this £6.7bn new river crossing. Advised on stakeholder engagement and consultation approaches, the requirements of the Development Consent Order and associated consents processes. Worked with senior management to help to define the project vision and objectives and facilitated training workshops.

Responsible for development and implementation of stakeholder engagement plans, public consultation, managing risk,cost and resources. Stakeholder groups included political, industry, local government and environmental organizations and interest groups, local communities and road users. Over 47,000 responses were received from public consultation and analysed in a consultation report that led to preferred route announcement.

TURNER TOWNSEND FOR TFL

Crossrail 2 Independent Assurance Review (IAR)

As a member of the External Expert group undertaking the Options IAR, reviewed the stakeholder engagement and consultation aspects of the proposed scheme. Commented on status of engagement strategy and plan, governance arrangements, communications plan, resourcing, mapping and stakeholder support for the scheme. Reviewed the engagement approach to support the application for powers and consents and the consultation strategy.  Recommendations were provided and included in the overall Option IAR report.

OLYMPIC DELIVERY AUTHORITY LONDON 2012 STRATEGIC PANEL WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS

Transport Readiness Desktop Exercises 2011

The ODA commissioned a series of three-day desktop exercises in 2011 over a nine months period to test transport readiness. These events were attended by all organisations involved in the planning, delivery and operation of transport for athletes, Olympic Family and spectators.  These events involved up to 200 participants each day and tested transport resilience and contingency plans against a range of scenarios across the entire Games arena, within London and across the UK.

Led facilitation of these exercises, heading up a team of expert facilitators.  Scope involved development of multi-modal scenario planning, selection of venues, logistics requirements, structure and timetabling of the events.  The role included extensive briefings with the client, ODA, defining objectives and goals for each desktop exercise and liaison with transport planning consultants and programme managers.

This series of events, conducted to a very high standard, was seen by the ODA as contributing substantially to the success of Games time transport.  The desktop exercises, in bringing together all the transport modes, enabled a common purpose to be established, key operational and strategic issues to be identified and resolved, resulting in a totally collaborative approach to delivering transport. 

TENDER PREPARATION - ADVICE AND SUPPORT ON COMPLEX INFRASTRUCTURE BIDS

HS2 Stations - TfL Rotherhithe to Canary Wharf Bridge - Nexus Light/Heavy Rail Route Extension Project - London Underground Camden Station.