2016 was quite a year what with Brexit,the Olympics, Zika outbreak,  American Presidential Elections, not to mention, sadly, the sheer number of celebrity deaths.  Here in the Project Controls network it was a successful year for us with two brilliant and well attended events.


Our first event of 2016 was held in January on the subject of Smart Cities, after which a Techbite was produced, which is available for download: During the event a quite frightning statistic was revealed:

In London alone, the population is growing by one full tube train every three days!!


November saw the network deliver a fantastic event on Crossrail Learning Legacy,  with two excellent speakers, Simon Benett and Walter Macharg. The audience kept the speakers on their toes with a quite extraordinary amount of questions!   You can read more about the event in an earlier blog posting 


Have you ever wondered about the volunteers who sit on the exec committee and are responsible for organising the events and activities?  Well throughout the year there has been a series of blog postings which tells you more about them, so do pop over and have a look


So, what is in store for 2017?  Our first event will take place in Glasgow at the Teacher Building.   It will be given by Tony Reid on the subject of Risk Management – A practitioners Guide - further details in the Events listing


We are also in the planning stages of two further events - one on Agile and one on Complexity so watch this space.


In the meantime we would love to hear from you - so tell us who you are, what you do, what projects you are involved in - help make this community a vibrant one.  And to kick off, I'd like to ask you what is the single best piece of advice you have ever been given - let us know in the comments box below.


Until next time,

Joanne