Project Management Principles Succeed at ICI

This study concerns the project management strategy adopted during the successful building of an £85 million Terephthalic acid plant for ICI at Wilton, Cleveland. The client, and many others in the Teeside region had experienced severe problems in terms of cost and time overruns on previous similar projects. The resolute application of several fundamental project management principles is shown to bring about a radical change in people's attitudes. The previously inefficient and frequently acrimonious situation was transformed into one of highly productive teamwork and resulted in the project meeting all its objectives only three months behind schedule and several million pounds under budget. ICI rated the construction efficiency as the highest achieved for many years at Wilton.