
BAA plc – Heathrow

BAA plc – Heathrow
Client Profile
In its time, Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport was the largest construction project in Europe. BAA plc declared that one of its aims was to develop ground-breaking project controls that would allow the project to be delivered on budget – this was achieved.
Role
Commercial Consultant – design and implementation of commercial systems.
Remit
Secondment into the project controls department during the procurement phase to define and implement ‘best practice’ project controls for the entire £5bn project, which would then be mandated to all of BAA’s Tier 1 and 2 contractors.
Key Skills
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Workshop facilitation.
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Capture and documentation of requirements.
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Interpreting complex requirements from multiple stakeholders.
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Managing and communicating with stakeholders, including presentation of the solution.
Achievements
- Defined consistent and robust reporting hierarchies for the project controls commercial system.
- Designed and created requirement documents for inclusion in the Tier 1 and 2 contracts.
- Developed the commercial processes and protocols that provided a consistent approach to project controls across all Tier 1 contractors working on the Terminal 5 project.