Bollywood

It started with a meeting in Milton Keynes at one our companies new offices which were amazing. They follow an agile working policy where you turn up and you can work anywhere as there are no assigned desks to you. Take into account this building is for 3000 people!!!!!

It took an age to get to Milton Keynes but when I got there I admired one of my projects I managed on the main concourse area of the station, the mainboard customer information display (pic).

Whilst in the meeting I had an email off one of the area directors about an important project that has been delayed which isn't my project. As my manager is on leave and I'm covering for him (even though I haven't had a formal handover) I got a right bollocking. I know nothing about this project so it has now become my problem, nightmare.

Also we are commissioning one of my projects the weekend at a station. We are commissioning a new public address system which also connects to the fire alarm to evacuate the station in an emergency. I found out that the station has alowed a bollywood film to be filmed at the station on the Sunday during our commissioning. This could stop our commissioning now. In the 10 years of managing construction projects I have managed 100's of risks and incidents, from badgers, newts, bats, gas mains, high volage mains, car crashes, accidents to near misses and bad construction. This is the first time I have ever had to managed a Bollywood film as a risk!!!!