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A couple of weeks ago, PhD researchers from the Leeds Centre for Projects (LCP), together with their supervisors, took part in the third edition of the Joint Doctoral Conference, bringing together colleagues from the UCL Project Hub and the University of Manchester. This year, the event was hosted by the University of Manchester, who curated...
Generative AI is increasingly viewed as a technology to help address the construction industry's long-standing productivity challenges. It is therefore important to examine how these tools can be successfully adopted in construction projects. This study reveals that the most critical adoption challenges are not technological limitations, but concerns related to governance, data quality, and organisational...
Recently, students and staff from the Leeds Centre for Projects within the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Leeds had the opportunity to step beyond the classroom and into one of Europe’s most advanced construction environments. Students from the MSc International Construction Management and Engineering programme visited Laing O’Rourke’s Centre of Excellence for...
Last week we hosted our inaugural LCP Research Symposium. The motivation was very much grounded in our personal experience that academic life is busy and it is often a challenge to have the time and space to engage in deep thinking and in-depth and meaningful research dialogues with the right people. In the LCP, we...
We were delighted to hold the Association for Project Management (APM) event on the ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) in projects on 11 March 2026. The event was organised and hosted by Dr. Yixue Shen, Lecturer in Project Management at the LCP. The session brought together speakers from both academia and industry - Julia...
Our MSc Engineering Project Management (EPM) students visited a Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) site this week. Overseen by the TRU East Alliance, the Shipley Depot is a new £100 million train care facility which is required as part of the upgrade of the rail infrastructure in the area. It will house and maintain Northern's fleet...
We are pleased to announce that our MSc International Construction Management and Engineering (ICME) has received accreditation from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), the leading professional body for those working in and leading the construction industry. In addition, the University has been recognised as an Accredited Centre. Accreditation from the CIOB is a recognition...
Disputes in large infrastructure projects are often assumed to be unavoidable and are typically attributed to isolated contractual failures. This study challenges and broadens the perspective on dispute emergence by showing how major disputes in a large infrastructure project emerged from accumulations of professional and contractual lapses over time rather than isolated events. Using a...
Cost-reduction in large, complex projects does not just happen by accident — it can be achieved proactively through everyday organisational practices. By carefully structuring the project (e.g. with collaborative contracts), fostering a culture of open communication and joint responsibility, engaging partners early, and constantly managing opportunities (e.g. revisiting design, scheduling, logistics), project teams can lower...
Following the recent announcement that Dr Luca Sabini has been appointed as Deputy Director Student Education at the School of Civil Engineering, we are delighted to announce that Dr Rodrigo Juarez has taken over from him as Programme Leader for the MSc in Engineering Project Management (EPM). Rodrigo has been at the University of Leeds...