This Is Tees Valley This Is Tees Valley - Issue 1 2020 | Page 64

It’s a future-ready region
with Faithful+Gould
The Tees Valley has weathered the demise of shipbuilding and
steelmaking, but new opportunities are enabling the region to punch
above its weight, and Faithful+Gould is helping them win the fight.
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hese are important times for the Tees Valley as the region pursues new economic
growth. The region’s history in manufacturing and engineering, chemicals and
process, logistics and energy remain very important to its identity, but digital
manufacturing, life sciences and innovative renewables are now adding to it.
The Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) is playing an important role in driving
economic growth and job creation in the area, under the leadership of the mayor.
Comprising Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and
Stockton-on-Tees local councils, the combined authority has earmarked £588.2m of
investment into the area.
The aim is to create 25,000 new jobs
and deliver an additional £2.8bn into
the Tees Valley economy by 2026. And
whilst projects such as the South Tees
Development Corporation site, the single
biggest development opportunity in the
UK, the Priestman Road Bridge, creating
better connectivity to future investment,
and Teesside International Airport all act
as a catalyst for enhanced and indigenous
economic growth, ensuring a high-quality
environment where people and business
thrive is critical.
For this to succeed, integrated project
and programme management is essential
for delivery. This philosophy recognises the
different make up of each project and applies
strong leadership to a team, encouraging a
collaborative working ethos with clarity of
purpose and strategy to deliver successfully.
Integrated project management will deliver a
better, timelier product that is more efficient
and that will realise quality improvements
and cost savings – fundamental to the
ambitious plans of the Tees Valley.
A CL EA R P URP O S E
Only when the team shares an understanding
of where they are going and what that
destination looks like is there any hope of all
getting there. Integrated project management
leads the process of precipitating a shared
understanding of the business benefits to be
delivered, what success looks like and how it
will be measured.
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A CL E A R ST R AT EGY
Reaching your destination within the
limitations of available time, budget and
resources is dependent on the ability to
identify both opportunities and obstacles.
Knowing where you are going is only the
first step; you also need to know how you
are going to get there and have the skills, the
resources and, perhaps most importantly, the
attitude to deal with the unforeseen along
the way.
The aim is to create
25,000 new jobs and
deliver an additional
£2.8bn into the Tees
Valley economy by 2026.
CO L L A BO R AT IVE WO R KING
Integrated project management provides
the glue that holds the team together in
delivering success. Collaboration is a major
element of this ethos; developing strong
teams is the foundation of a successful
project. By working together as "one team",
the experience and knowledge of all parties
can be shared and exchanged and common
goals and objectives can be established.
Director David Gardner.
ST R O NG LEAD ER SHIP
Strong and effective leadership not only
achieves excellence in delivery but also
in team culture and behaviours. Mutual
regard, trust, integrity, setting an appropriate
example and encouraging team-based
behaviours and positive attitudes creates a
winning project environment.
Through integrated project management,
leading effectively, establishing a
collaborative ethos and making the necessary
investment to define and communicate
both a clear purpose and an achievable
and flexible strategy, project success can be
delivered.
The Faithful+Gould business, together
with Atkins, has been integral to the Tees
Valley’s reinvigoration and project success,
with recent examples including the National
Horizons Centre, Northern School of Art,
South Tees Site Company works, Centre
Square Middlesbrough, Priestman Road
Bridge, TeesAMP, Middlesbrough Town Hall
and strategic regional road improvement
schemes for Highways England. We value
our own heritage in this vibrant region and
we’re immensely proud to be part of the Tees
Valley’s new chance to shine.