In its latest publicly available Project Representative report, Jacobs is critical of senior management “aspirations” for delivering the Elizabeth line.
It states: “To date, it is evident that schedule planning and delivery is heavily influenced by senior management aspirations for the earliest opening of the Elizabeth Line. […] With key strategic risks now materialising, realistic productivity measures to underpin the schedule will be difficult to derive.
“Continued planning to target dates will drive out-of-sequence working and deferral of works that will require operational restrictions and import risk into the schedule.”
The report adds: “To be successful, CRL will need to achieve all its risk mitigations and/or scope reductions. We are concerned that by focussing on delivery to meet target dates, CRL may consume its risk allowances in mitigation, such that the target dates may be met, but spending [increases].”
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Crossrail | Optimism bias, lack of specialist engineers and inadequate management threaten project delivery
The London Assembly’s transport committee has called for a “Sherlock style forensic focus” to ensure Crossrail meets its revised 2022 opening date.
In its report
Crossrail: Light at the end of the tunnel?, the committee outlines several risks to the project’s timely completion including “optimism bias […] a lack of specialist engineers [and] inadequate project management”.
Consequently, the committee has outlined seven recommendations to ensure the project keeps to its revised delivery date and budget.
These include:
Creating a clear plan to tackle the number of project vacancies;