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APM Project Management Awards WINNER’S CASE STUDY a large multidisciplinary project, delivered across different offices, and with a program that demanded reporting, monitoring and action to happen in real time. A range of project management tools established for the Water Cube have since been developed further through internal funding and are now being rolled out on all major Arup projects in the Australasia Region. These include simple protocols for shared servers and email filing between multiple offices, technical management of project interfaces, safety in design and construction sequencing, through to more complex programming applications that interface with Arup’s global cost monitoring system to provide detailed forecasting and performance reporting capabilities such as resource management and earned value management. In fact, following on from the momentum and success of the Water Cube, there is now a dedicated systems development & integration team based within Arup’s Brisbane project management team that services both internal major projects and also successfully provides these services direct to external clients, through licensing agreements and tailored systems development. Conclusions Stretching with their involvement in the design competition in 2003, through to the emerging dynamics of working between Chinese and Australian teams, the Water Cube has been an incredible learning and development experience for Arup. The Water Cube has acted as catalyst in advancing and codifying Arup’s approach to a number of key areas of project management knowledge. In particular, these included: Establishing and leading winning teams, Managing relationships with stakeholders across cultures, Project management processes required on major multidisciplinary projects, Technological improvements in modelling capability. These have since been used to great effect on many other Arup projects internationally. Watching the Olympic events in the Water Cube has been a rewarding and humbling experience for the Arup team. There is a genuine sense of authorship with the team members, and there have been many presentations and discussions about why the project was so special. Of all the key messages though, the one that has emerged above all others is the total, equitable and transparent partnership between Arup, PTW Architects, and CCDI. The Water Cube is a unique project brought about by a set of circumstances that perhaps may never repeat themselves. Olympic venues are always special, but the nature of Beijing’s aspirations to emerge on the global stage meant that the Water Cube became a representation to four billion viewers of a new Beijing. The fact that Beijing invited international designers to be part of the Olympics at all was unusual, and set the tone for a genuine collaboration on the Water Cube where western and eastern perspectives worked together with mutual respect and openness. The project management of the Water Cube has created a lasting legacy for Beijing, and a lasting legacy for Arup’s project management team. 6
APM Project Management Awards WINNER’S CASE STUDY The APM Project Management Awards have been celebrating project management excellence since 1993 and the broad range of categories is designed to make entry possible for projects and companies of all sizes and complexity. Joana Kennedy OBE, Director of Ove Arup & Partners Ltd collecting the 2008 Overseas Project of the Year Award for the Watercube, Beijing The awards reflect the invaluable contribution project managers make in all sectors of society and the event provides an opportunity for industry professionals to meet with colleagues and entertain guests as well as celebrate at one of the year’s most exciting events. Highly regarded in the project management industry, the awards reflect the dedication and talent that helps to shape the project management community and the world around us. The finalists, winners and sponsors of the awards attract national publicity for their achievement and involvement. Winning an award provides invaluable recognition and kudos to the careers of winners. For more details on the awards and how to enter or attend, visit www.apm.org.uk/awards.asp or email awards@apm.org.uk 7
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