London is a big and inspiring city. I had the chance to spend a week there for a bit of work and a bit of play. I managed to attend 2 excellent conferences, although they are quite underelated. I attended Chris Ducker’s first Youpreneur event, and then later the 7th Project Controls Expo.
As I walked around the city during the course of the week, I saw lots of construction activity going on in London-town. I personally find construction work fascinating to watch; the perilous heights, the incredible displays of power in moving heavy materials around, the planning, process & organization done on paper made manifest. We humans have truly mastered our domain and ability to shape our environments.
In big cities, there’s an added layer of intrigue for me. How to do the work while minimizing the disruptions of the life in the city? The buses need to roll, and the lights have to stay on, people need to move and access and park, etc. It’s a testament to good planning that we are able to continue to build higher and better and more efficiently within a closed box already teeming with activity.
I produce a lot of videos in a given year. Usually I produce educational videos where I teach something that I think is useful to know. But I’m starting to venture a bit wider with my videos topics and this is one of my first forays into producing video on-the-spot. This video was shot really impromptu. It tells a bit of a story and it was a lot fun to create.
Here’s my take on…
Big City Construction Challenges in London
– Construction I Saw While Visiting London.
If you enjoyed watching, drop me a comment below – I’d love to hear your feedback.
photo credit: “London, England” by Tim Morris is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Thanks for the quick tour Michael. I’ve never been there myself but the projects you showed were certainly challenging logistically and the schedule for Big Ben would be interesting to see.
Thanks for the feedback Bill! I’ll have to do an update on Big Ben in 12 months or so. BTW: I met the PrimaveraReader guys at ProjectControlsExpo and saw the great case study you provided them. Nice!
thanks for the video. its very interesting.
well done
Thanks Gabriel!
Great job, Mr. Michael Legage.
Thanks for your tour,
Hi Viet – thanks – had a lot of fun putting it together.
Hi Michael, I hope to be there soon, attending a meeting, Greets. From Perú.
I sent you a link to refresh your view of the construction industry in my country.
https://issuu.com/costos1/docs/revista_costos_ed_274_enero
Hey lheonardhd, thanks for the insights. My spanish is poor, but I can gather there’s a lot of great work going on in Peru.
Hi Michael
Thanks for coming to London. I’ll love to join plan academy to enhance my project control skills. Please can you let me know what sort of certification I’ll get once I complete the courses. I just want to make sure it’s going to be recognised in UK. And also, I’ll love to know if the membership fee covers the access to the planning software.
Hi Tary, send me an email to info[at]planacademy.com and I can provide with a long list of details.
Thanks for your tour and explanations. Going to look at more. Tony