Lessons learned across projects Tuesday 30 April 2024 APM North West Network Conference, Synergies Across Sectors Presented by: Barney Harle, Head of Major Projects, Manchester City Council Conference overview: https://www.apm.org.uk/community/apm-north-west-branch-conference/ Content description: What are my key takeaways from working on a vast array of projects including the recent 30+ low carbon and decarbonisation schemes at Manchester City Council? The main conference objective was to promote the Project Management profession with interaction between project practitioners, APM Corporate members, current project management students, academia and all who have an interest in projects.

1. Barney Harle
Head of Major Projects
Capital Programmes and Procurement

2. Agenda
• Barney Harle
• Why am I here? The day job
• The alternative CV – this will make sense later
• MCC facts
• MCC low carbon challenge
• Your carbon knowledge gap
• Carbon knowledge gap
• Synergies and lessons
• Cross learning – other peoples’ mistakes
• PassivHaus Oldham
• Solar PV Tommyfield Market#
• Decision making – carbon vs. everything else / metrics
• The big learning points

3. Barney Harle - The day job

4. Barney Harle – The Alternative CV

5. Manchester City Council
• 600,000 residents
• MCC has 356 operational buildings – Town Hall – Library - Velodrome
• MCC emitted c.25,000 t CO2 in 2020/21
• Target net zero by 2038 – 50% reduction from 2020 to 2025
• Approx 75 % of emissions are from buildings

6. Manchester City Council – Emissions 2021/22

7. Low carbon – T Co2e – a new currency
What is T Co2e?
It’s the common language of carbon counting (carbon footprint) and all
products and activities can be equated back to their T Co2e.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/greenhouse-gas-reporting-conversion-factors-2022
1 T Co2e equates to one of:-
• Each passenger on a 3,000 mile transatlantic flight
• Driving 5,000 miles in an efficient petrol small car (Corsa)
• Average household electricity use for 17 months
To offset 1 T Co2e – takes how many trees ?
40 mature trees growing for 1 year

8. Carbon knowledge gap
• Does your company have a carbon plan / target ?
• Do your staff know how to account for carbon?
• Do you currently account for carbon as a measure within your
projects ?
• Time / Cost / Quality AND Carbon AND Social Value
• How are your clients accounting for carbon
• Are you helping them?
• How could you help them?
• Is carbon a high enough or too high a target ?
How do educate our own people so they can help others ?

9. Common pitfalls 1 –
One size fits all – PassivHaus St Mary’s

10. Common pitfalls 2 –
All the data but no-one using it

11. Decision making –
Carbon first ?
• We need a common currency and common understanding
• We need to develop clear, understandable and relevant metrics
• Decision making – balanced and prioritised criteria
• Develop metrics before we make the decisions
• Check back that metrics are meaningful – science based targets
• Data
• Collect as much as you need / as much as you can
• Use what you’ve got & don’t waste it
• Present it clearly and appropriately – Beware the “Chaos of Data”

12. The Chaos Of Data

13. Lessons to learn
• Communication is key – tailored and appropriate – the alternative CV
• One size does not fit all – adapt to circumstances
• Look at other industries – retail have got data and use it
• Cultural change - Educate everyone - not just the interested ones
If carbon is the priority,
invest in getting in right not just in doing it.