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The High Cost of Misrepresentation in Project Management
Inefficiency, Waste, and Delays
Dec 6, 2023
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Stephen Cresswell
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October 2023
HS2 Risk Director Discusses Playing with Numbers
‘‘hopefully we are all technical enough, mathematical enough, to understand how to play around with the numbers to get the output that we want’’ HS2…
Oct 30, 2023
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HS2: Sunday Times Investigation
The Sunday Times approached me in late September to contribute to their investigation into HS2. The journalists have done excellent work in…
Oct 22, 2023
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Stephen Cresswell
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September 2023
Value for Money: How does HS2 compare?
HS2 give the Benefit to Cost ratio for the wider project, Phase 1, 2a and 2b West, as 1.2. This means that, according to the modelling and analysis, for…
Sep 20, 2023
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July 2023
Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games Cancellation
Observations on a recent controversial decision
Jul 19, 2023
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HS2: Was the UK Parliament misled about costs?
Analysis and timeline of advice given to Parliament by Government and the Civil Service about the costs and benefits of HS2 Phase 2a.
Jul 14, 2023
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April 2023
Solutions – ‘Citizen Panels’ for Major Projects
How to ensure citizens interests are reflected in publicly funded projects
Apr 7, 2023
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February 2023
Crossrail - Should we be cross? Part 3
Overspends have real consequences...
Feb 4, 2023
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Stephen Cresswell
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January 2023
Crossrail – Should we be cross? Part 2
An unpopular congestion & pollution tax is needed to cover the extra costs
Jan 16, 2023
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BBC Tomorrow's World - Review of the 1970's
Projects in the news back then
Jan 1, 2023
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Stephen Cresswell
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December 2022
Vulnerable Probabilities
How assessments of likelihood can be exploited to manipulate forecasts
Dec 27, 2022
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Crossrail – Should we be cross? Part 1
The Final Bill
Dec 23, 2022
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