Case study - Using the SF Approach to find £1.5 billion savings on HS2 (High Speed Train) Programme UK

by John Brooker

Mar 27, 2015

Solution Focus Case Study

The High Speed 2 rail project (HS1 was the Channel Tunnel project) will be Europe's biggest infrastructure project, if it receives government approval to go ahead. As part of the planning, HS2 Ltd sought to make savings on the projected budget of around £1.5 billion.

The company formed a team to seek these savings through more innovative ways of working, rather than pure cost cutting. Yes! And supported the team, using SF to run 14 workshops in total with people from diverse organisations and disciplines.

Listen to this podcast as John Pelton MBE, now Programme Partner Director (Transcend) on the London Crossrail project,  discusses how Solution Focus and Yes! And helped his team to find the £1.5 billion savings on the Phase 1 project budget. 

HS2 Case Study Podcast

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We apologise for the intermittent "creaks" on this podcast, it was the internal structure of the building in which we recorded the interview, not our joints.

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    Julia Kalenberg

    Wow, John! Great piece of SF work! Congratulations. Keep doing what you do - you are great.

    Thanks for sharing this. Julia

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    Mar 28, 2015