Recommendation ETI-15: Qualified Project Management
From Edinburgh Tram Inquiry Report, published 19 September 2023.
Recommendation
In recognition of the various difficulties likely to be experienced in the design and construction of a light rail project through a city centre, the promoter and owner of the project should appoint as its procurement and project manager a company with suitably qualified and experienced permanent employees that has delivered a similar project successfully on time and within budget or can demonstrate that it will be able to do so.
In brief (written by this site)
In December 2023, Andrew Kerr, Chief Executive of the City of Edinburgh Council, recommended that it adopt the recommendation, noting that the inquiry report highlighted insufficient delivery experience to assure proper management (Andrew Kerr response, Dec 2023). He stated that procurement and project management is "key to success" and that demonstrable experience should be secured as part of light rail delivery (Andrew Kerr response, Dec 2023). The record holds no update since the Council's response of December 2023 (Andrew Kerr response, Dec 2023).
Sources
AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 26 Sep 2026. The record below is the sources' own words.
About this summary
This recommendation applies across many organisations. The record reflects central policy activity; adoption in individual organisations may vary.
Government response
The Inquiry Report highlights a number of instances where there was insufficient experience in delivery to give assurance that the project would be properly managed. The procurement and project management of a project is key to success and demonstrable experience should be secured as part of light rail delivery.
It is recommended that the Council should adopt this Recommendation.
How this response relates to the recommendation
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 (last checked 31 January 2026). This is separate from the response above.
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Who has spoken
- City of Edinburgh Council
Response