AEROTROPOLIS
“… project owners have now realised that , rather than seeking to shift responsibility for the delivery of the project elsewhere , it is now their core business to ensure everything is right and controlled in-house ”
– Tony Fulton , Oracle ’ s Director of Industry Strategy for its Construction and Engineering Global Business Unit
controls as a life-cycle requirement and it ’ s a continuous cycle .
“ If you look at Heathrow Terminal Two , no sooner was that built than the capacity had increased to fill it , so they had to look at additional means of amplifying the capacity , or maybe they could find different ways to increase the throughput without having to build new facilities . Either way they ’ re looking at it as a full lifecycle .
“ Rather than just looking at a few need-to-do elements and getting very good at building , they ’ re thinking : ‘ How is what we ’ re doing today going to impact on tomorrow ? What are the things that we can retire and reduce cost on , as a result of maybe some investment ?’ They ’ re looking at it in a much more holistic way .
“ Often you categorise projects against different things so : ‘ Is it going to improve safety ?’ ‘ Is it going to improve retail opportunities ?’ When
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