Megaprojects: Learning to Eat the Elephant in the Room | July Chapter Event
Overview
The word "Megaproject" gets thrown around a lot these days – but what are they, and how are they different from other projects? More importantly, what strategies are critical to their successful delivery?
In this session, we’ll get you up to speed on what you need to know about megaprojects and why they behave differently from other projects.
But more importantly, we will dive into the latest research on how to deliver them successfully. This research explores how systems thinking shapes delivery strategies and the key behavioural biases at play – including reference class forecasting and the optimism bias versus strategic misrepresentation debate.
By the end of the evening, not only will you be ready to eat the elephant one mouthful at a time, you’ll know how many calories you’ll be consuming, if you will spike your glucose and when to use the spork.
Takeaways / Lessons
- Understand what megaprojects are and why they are different from other projects.
- Gain insight into the leading research into megaproject delivery.
- Understand why mega projects are so hard to deliver on time and on budget and what we can do about it.
Speaker Introduction
Kiri Parr
Director at Kiri Parr Consulting
Kiri is an academic, speaker and independent consultant in the Australian Construction industry - challenging how we deliver projects. Her work sits at the intersection of construction law, procurement strategy, and governance models for projects.
As a senior fellow at Melbourne University, Kiri lectures the subject Major Project Delivery - the Legal Interfaces and is in the midst of research using systems thinking to analyse procurement reform. Kiri is a member of the FIDIC Contracts Committee, the board of the Society of Construction Law Australia and the Dispute Resolution Foundation Region 3. Kiri is a past president of Consult Australia and for 15 years was the Australasian Regional Counsel For Arup.
Megaprojects Kiri has been involved in include Brisbane Airport Link, Marina Bay Sands and Gold Coast Light Rail.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
If you have registered online, we ask that you please respect your online commitment as there are venue space limitations. If you are unable to attend in person, please inform the Events team as your attendance will impact catering and venue, occupancy count.
545 PM | Chapter Event Opening
600 PM | Speaker Presentation Starts
730 PM | Presentation and Q&A Ends; Networking Opportunities
800 PM | Chapter Event Closes
This event is a hybrid event. You can attend either in person or join us via online. After registration, you will receive an invoice email with the attached online meeting link.
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