Construction Manager of the Year: Ken Watts FIConstM

Each year the Institute of Construction Management elect a Construction Manager of the Year and it was fititng in Olympics year that Ken Watts FIConstM won the award following his excellent work in delivering the Olympic transport plan.

As the ICM explains:

"Ken left Gardener & Theobald, not for retirement but to join the Olympic Delivery Authority as Programme Manager within the Transport set-up team, preparing the transport network for the influx of over 70,000 athletes, officials, and media and over 8 million spectators.

Ken’s role was to develop an overall programme to ensure all aspects of all the various works streams detailed in the Olympic Transport Plan were captured and linked logically in one programme. The ODA programme captured over 4,000 separate activities and 600 milestones. From the milestones he had developed several High level Key Project Milestones charts which were monitored monthly and reported to Senior management and Government agencies and other delivery partners so they could be assured that the Games Transport would be available as planned. As we have seen it was a great success and much of the £6.5 billion investment in transport infrastructure has a lasting legacy."

Source: ICM

The Institute of Construction Management next meeting

The next regional meeting for The Institute of Construction Management will be held on Tuesday November 27th at the St. Francis Social Club at the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath with refreshment available from 6pm.

The presentation will be “Ken Watts & the ODA – The Review” and covers the work undertaken by Ken Watts delivering the transport infrastructure for the Olympic Delivery Authority: Ken will talk through his 6 years working for the Transport Directorate and provide:

- A review of the planning that went into the Olympics
- A post-operative review of how the transport planning worked in practice
- What legacy does this provide us with in terms of transport infrastructure

The meeting qualifies for CPD – CPD Certificates will be issued at the meeting to all those attending. This is a free meeting but you do need to complete and return the Booking Form if you wish to attend.

Please get in touch with Tony Baker (01903 767 430) for further details.