Good News (Everton Football Stadium, Stirling Prize short list,
New defence prospects, SMR contracts, Cornish mining),
Not So Good News (Tripple Whammy, UK Warships, Space Lab project),
Other Project News (Ellison Institute, The Secret Project),
Harrier problems and Time management
REPORT
By Dr. Miles Shepherd
Executive Advisor & International Correspondent
Salisbury, England, UK
INTRODUCTION
Tis the season, not to be jolly, but to be overwhelmed by the annual political party circus. This year we have an extra one – what joy! However, there is one aspect of the political harangues to the faithful that is significant for the Project World, that is the potential for new projects (usually from the incumbent party) and criticism of Government projects by everyone else. This year is no different so we will need to cover prospects for new projects in defence, house building and the secret project. We can bypass some press reports covering nuclear waste as we reported on that last month which must have spurred activity in the UK press and other sectors.
There is also the visit of Trump to UK and the comet tail involved which will also impact the UK project world plus we have some successful projects, and some novel ideas on time management (lessons from multiple sources).
GOOD NEWS
- Everton Football Stadium
This is a successful project brought to a conclusion by a large number of well-known project companies and forms part of a major regeneration scheme we reported on back in March. Everton Football Club or, as they are known to their fans, the Toffees, moved out of their home at Goodison Park to a new stadium. If you had to guess the name of this edifice, it probably wouldn’t be Hill Dickinson Stadium. Located on Bramley-Moore Dock in Liverpool, it is part of Peel L&P’s ambitious £5bn vision to completely transform the city’s northern docks. Regular readers may recall our report on this major programme back in March.
The Liverpool Waters development will create a sustainable world-class, high-quality mixed-use waterfront consisting of apartments, offices, retail and leisure spaces alongside a new Isle of Man and Cruise Liner terminal that is intended to inject further life into the city’s historic docklands. There is much more about this on the Stadium website (https://www.hilldickinsonstadium.com/ ) including construction videos.
Image: Everton Football Club
The transformational development on the banks of the River Mersey will deliver one of the largest packages of public benefits the Liverpool City Region has ever seen. It will act as a catalyst for more than £650m of wider regeneration in North Liverpool – including Liverpool Waters and the Ten Streets Developments.
- Stirling Prize short list
RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) has announced the short list for the 2025 Stirling. These are:
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How to cite this report: Shepherd, M. (2025). UK Project Management Roundup, report, PM World Journal, Vol. XIV, Issue VI, June. Available online at https://pmworldlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/pmwj157-Oct2025-Shephertd-UK-Project-Management-Round-Up.pdf
About the Author
Dr. Miles Shepherd
Salisbury, UK
Dr. Miles Shepherd is an executive editorial advisor and international correspondent for PM World Journal in the United Kingdom. He is also managing director for MS Projects Ltd, a consulting company supporting various UK and overseas Government agencies, nuclear industry organisations and other businesses. Miles has over 30 years’ experience on a variety of projects in UK, Eastern Europe and Russia. His PM experience includes defence, major IT projects, decommissioning of nuclear reactors, nuclear security, rail and business projects for the UK Government and EU. His consulting work has taken him to Japan, Taiwan, USA and Russia. Past Chair and Fellow of the Association for Project Management (APM), Miles is also past president and chair and a Fellow of the International Project Management Association (IPMA). He was, for seven years, a Director for PMI’s Global Accreditation Centre and is immediate past Chair of the ISO committee developing new international standards for Project Management and for Program/Portfolio Management. He is currently Chairman of the British Standards Institute project management committee. He was involved in setting up APM’s team developing guidelines for project management oversight and governance. Miles is based in Salisbury, England and can be contacted at miles.shepherd@msp-ltd.co.uk.
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