Over a decade ago, while in public office, I was part of a team working on a portfolio of large infrastructure projects funded by the World Bank and the German Development Agency (KFW). Our assignment was to move the numerous projects in the portfolio from concepts to physical
In most organisations, technical audits can be sanctioned at any stage of the project cycle to ascertain whether the project’s objectives are being or were achieved, within the right contractual framework or not. For those that may have experienced a technical audit on a large infrastructure
In June 2004, I travelled to Europe to visit a friend. Three hours before boarding the aircraft, I bumped into my old associate, Arnold, who was heading to Malaysia to attend a graduation ceremony of his first daughter.
Part 2 of the selection process concluded with the submission of the technical evaluation report to the financier, who approved the report after four weeks of correspondence and dialogue. When I received the news of the approval, I immediately called Jeremy and informed him that we were