ETI-19

Collaborative Delivery

Edinburgh Tram Inquiry · Edinburgh Tram Inquiry Report · Issued 19 September 2023 · Addressed to: City of Edinburgh Council

Government responseCity of Edinburgh Council: Accepted (Dec 2023)

DeliveryNo statement from City of Edinburgh Council found

Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry

●Inquiry recommendation, Chapter 25 Recommendation 19 (paragraph 25.231)

At all stages of the project there should be a collaborative approach to delivering it. This should include the co-location of representatives from each organisation relevant to the particular stage reached and having an interest in its completion to enable any issues to be addressed and resolved at the earliest opportunity, thereby minimising the risk of the escalation of disputes with associated delays and increased expense.

Edinburgh Tram Inquiry, Edinburgh Tram Inquiry Report · 19 Sep 2023 Source PDF →

Published evidence summary

AI-generated evidence summary

In December 2023, Chief Executive Andrew Kerr recommended adopting the recommendation on collaborative delivery, reporting that the advantage of co-locating representatives with an interest in project completion was understood and had already been "successfully adopted on the Trams to Newhaven project" (Andrew Kerr response, Dec 2023). The record holds no update since the City of Edinburgh Council's response of December 2023 (Andrew Kerr response, Dec 2023).

Sources

Andrew Kerr response, Dec 2023

AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 26 Sep 2026.

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This recommendation asks for cultural or behavioural change, which is difficult to verify from published sources alone. The record above reflects policy commitments rather than measured outcomes.

Government response

●City of Edinburgh Council · Accepted · 14 Dec 2023

Words of: Andrew Kerr, Chief Executive, City of Edinburgh Council, report "Response to the Edinburgh Tram Inquiry" to the Council, 14 December 2023 (item 7.1)

The Inquiry Report describes some of the damaging behaviours adopted during project delivery by various parties. The advantage of co locating representatives having an interest in project completion is understood and indeed was successfully adopted on the Trams to Newhaven project.

It is recommended that the Council should adopt this Recommendation.

Response document: Response to the Edinburgh Tram Inquiry (item 7.1)

Site note: This passage is from the Chief Executive's report to the City of Edinburgh Council meeting of 14 December 2023. That day the Council agreed "to implement the actions as outlined in appendix one and appendix three" of the report (minute, item 7). The same words were in the report to the Transport and Environment Committee of 16 November 2023.

Delivery

No statement on delivery from City of Edinburgh Council has been found in the sources searched. This is separate from the response above.

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Recommendation code: ETI-19 (Chapter 25 Recommendation 19 (paragraph 25.231))
Issued: 19 Sep 2023
Time since issued: 3 years, 1 month
Status: Accepted

Addressed to: City of Edinburgh Council (primary)
Jurisdiction: Scotland

Cross-cutting themes: Public project assurance methodology; Major Project Scope Uncertainty; Ineffective Staff Deployment; Major project lessons learned
Tags: Collaboration; Dispute Resolution; Co-Location

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