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This book reveals the inside track on the making of Terminal 5: the courage, the ground-breaking management thinking and the many lessons learnt from the leaders, the client and integrated supply chain teams, - involving over 50,000 people from 20,000 companies - which led to the successful delivery...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470754528 |
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This book reveals the inside track on the making of Terminal 5: the courage, the ground-breaking management thinking and the many lessons learnt from the leaders, the client and integrated supply chain teams, - involving over 50,000 people from 20,000 companies - which led to the successful delivery of this mega project on time, on budget, and safely. Love or hate Heathrow we can't ignore it! An economic power house for the UK, 155,000 earn their living from it and 68 million of us pass through it each year. Two decades of the planning, design, construction and opening of Terminal 5 has resu |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiii, 358 p., [8] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9780470754528 0470754524 9780470754351 (cloth) 0470754354 9780470754535 (electronic bk.) 0470754532 (electronic bk.) 1282343262 9781282343269 |
| Index Number: | TL726 |
| CLC: | V351 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Industry trends and performance -- Planning inquiry -- Design -- Construction -- Operational readiness -- Retail -- The leadership story -- Leaders motivating people -- The role of the client -- Integrating teams to deliver exceptional performance -- Twenty-two years in the making : how will it end? -- Appendix A : Tips and questions when starting a mega project -- Appendix B : The T5 integrated team. |