5. 5
Stakeholder Alignment
The key stakeholders typically
needed to initiate large scale
development all have vested
interest in a successful outcome:
• Jobs and investment
• Vital infrastructure upgrades
• Certainty of outcome
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7. 7
In an ideal world…
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Construct
and Deliver
Detailed
Design
Master
Planning
Feasability
Study
Finance
Approvals
Contract
8. 8
But as we understand
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Delays
Curve Balls
Road Blocks
Ingenuity
Review and
Refinement
Trigger Point
9. 9
Its up to traffic
engineering
professionals to
educate stakeholders,
so debate is informed
and constructive,
leading to outcomes
that fulfil or exceed the
original vision
Why are they a problem?
They seem so logical and easy to define,
but;
• Only as good as the input data and
model they come from
• Limitations not well understood
• Source of tension and delay
• Can actually reduce certainty
• Not future proof
• Changing habits (e.g. bicycles)
• Uber
• Driverless cars
• Smart cities
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Notas do Editor
Large scale development through the ages:
Egyptian Pyramids
Roman Colosseum
Great Wall of China
Now have the ability to model, predict and control outcomes with increasing speed
Development not about empire building, but creating desirable places
Bringing large scale development to life requires alignment of many many stakeholders
However there are three keys groups that must first align
Whilst much media hype is made of the competing interests, there is actually strong alignment with these stakeholders interests
Development naturally entails infrastructure upgrades
Some are easy to model, e.g. water and sewer
Once ‘x’ number of people added, pipe of size ‘y’ required to accommodate demand
Hence the ‘trigger point’ is defined
Development also generates extra traffic, hence the same logic is applied
Certainty of outcome defined
Why is traffic so different?
For a greenfield or ‘single plot’ development, this might be a reasonable representation
As city expansion has reached critical mass, large scale development is more about infill and revitalisation of under utilised areas
They are also typically delivered over very long timeframes; 10, 15 or more years
This presents unique set of challenges
Increasing complexity leads to more chance of delay
Life throws us curve balls, from unexpected election results through to the GFC
Road blocks therefore come in many shapes and sizes
But with ingenuity we overcome all of these obstacles
We review and refine to deliver the best possible outcomes
But as large scale developments have a long delivery period, we don’t necessarily go out and build straight away
- This just allows us to define what, and the ‘trigger point’
Garbage in garbage out
The models are sold as accurate and scientific
As the model is probed and asked more questions, people become sceptical and frustrated
End result can be stakeholders butting heads, when they are actually trying to achieve the same thing
What about the rapidly changing future? The models don’t cope well
But the answer isn’t to make the models more complex and harder to understand, it should be about education and open dialouge