AMEC wins ECITB project management competition
10 Mar 2011
London – A team of graduates and trainees from AMEC’s Power & Process Europe(PPE) business has won the ECITB (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) ACTIVE Cup Competition.
The ’AMECable’ team from PPE won the ACTIVE Cup, with a team from Stopford Projects Ltd receiving the Gold Award for second place and Saipem Ltd taking the Silver Award.
Run on behalf of the ECITB by Cranfield University School of Management, the ACTIVE Cup Competition is a competition-based learning event in project management.
The winning team consisted of; Richard Woods and Patrick Phillips - both Project Management graduates in AMEC’s Conventional Power business unit; Eve Taylor, Project Controls apprentice currently working on a gas storage project in Barrow-in-Furness; and Kevin Russell-Young, Project Management graduate and Tim Moore, Assistant Quantity Surveyor who both work in AMEC’s Asset Support Canalside operations.
The ECITB competition, which takes place twice a year is aimed at project management practitioners, team members and support / service staff, including human resources and accounts personnel who interface with, and provide services to, project teams.
The teams receive tutorials before being asked to manage a simulated fixed price construction project, from inception to completion.
The AMEC team was praised by the organisers and other teams for their professional preparation, performance, collaborative spirit and their innovative approach to problem solving. 45 people representing nine company teams participated in the competition which took place between 29 - 30 Jan.
AMEC head of project management Tony Maplesden said: “Certainly within AMEC, the ACTIVE Cup Competition is a tremendous opportunity for graduates, trainees and apprentices. I am especially proud of the AMEC team who won; their behaviours throughout the competition demonstrated their thorough understanding and adoption of the ACTIVE principles which I am certain will prove beneficial to them and AMEC in their future careers.”
