In this episode, Mike Hine, online editor for APM’s Project journal, speaks to three experts working in the field of sustainability to find out more: Paul Mansell, independent major projects adviser Giulia Jones, sustainability manager, Mace Stuart Johnson, director, Stuart Johnson Consulting. They knew how many windows Empire State would have, how many blocks of limestone, and of what shapes and sizes, how many tons of aluminum and stainless steel, tons of cement, tons of mortar. Maybe you're a seasoned pro who's worked on major infrastructure projects, or maybe you're just a regular person who's tried to plan a large event.

Unforeseen events, changes in requirements, and mismanagement can all contribute to delays and cost overruns. The project has since been able to provide crucial resource and support to QIB genome sequencing scientists’ contribution to the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium. In this episode, Emma De Vita asks what mentoring means, what benefits it brings for people and organisations and how to do it well. Think of how the Empire State Building went from a sketch to the jewel of New York’s skyline in twenty-one montIn this episode Jo Stanford, at Health Education England, shares her experiences of raising professional PM standards across the NHS. As such I was excited to read his first book for a popular audience and whilst this short book (200 pages not including references) naturally lacks the depth of some of his other work this is a fine digest of his ideas and one I would happily recommend to my fellow project professionals as well as to the layman. If you are still wondering how to get free PDF EPUB of book How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything in Between by Bent Flyvbjerg.

Now, you might be thinking, "But I'm not a government official or corporate executive, so this doesn't apply to me.The planning documents for Sizewell C number tens of times more than those required for Hinkley Point C, a power station that it is supposedly a cookie cutter copy of. From energy production and distribution to the spread of viruses, we are all part of complex systems that are prone to disruptions and delays. How Big Things Get Done,” written with the journalist Dan Gardner, distills what he has learned for non-specialists. It's the idea of taking a small thing, like a Lego block, and repeating it over and over again until you've built something huge. How Big Things Get Done is a book that every legislator, city council member and corporate executive ought to read.