HS2: Realising the Benefits
of Delivering Major
Infrastructure Projects
Colin Morris, Strategy Director, HS2 Ltd
APM Benefits Summit
25th June 2015
www.gov.uk/hs2
Introduction
Unprecedented levels of demand for rail
How HS2 will transform Britain
The need for HS2
Britain’s two-speed economy:
Gross value added per hour worked
The planning of HS2
will transform the way Britain
thinks about transport
The construction of HS2
will transform the way Britain
builds infrastructure
Consistency with
stakeholders such
as NR, TfL
Automated
assurance
BIM-enabled
digital
procurement
Construction
sequencing
Seamless
transition to
O&M
Collaboration
Success
realisation
Paper-less
construction sites
Offsite
manufacturing
Seamless
utilisation for
maintenance
Digital legacy
Efficient
information
handing
Creating jobs and improving diversity
A step change in the industry’s skillset
The operation of HS2
will transform Britain’s
economic geography
Expectations for Phase One
Plans for Phase Two
Hopes for East-West connectivity
Business Case
Balanced
Scorecard
Key construction statistics
230km
TOTAL ROUTE LENGTH
146
UNDERBRIDGES
156
OVERBRIDGES
152
UNDERBRIDGES/
CULVERTS
66
VIADUCTS
24km
RETAINING
STRUCTURES
8km
CUT ANDCOVER
TUNNELS
11
VENTILATIONSHAFTS
Regeneration of Kings Cross
Enterprise Balanced Scorecard
Directorate Balanced Scorecards
Supply Chain Balanced Scorecard
Team Balanced
Scorecards
• EDP (early design
phase)
• Enabling Works
• Civil ECI
• Civil Construction
• Systems ECI
• Systems Construction
• Operation
Supplier Contract Balanced Scorecards
“The result should be a situation in
which London grows sustainably,
and the Midlands and the North
achieve their full potential.”
David Higgins, Rebalancing Britain, October 2014
Thank you
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