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    New Zealand Upgrade Program

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    NZ’s largest transport infrastructure programme.

    Nationwide

    The New Zealand Upgrade Programme (NZUP) is New Zealand’s largest transport infrastructure initiative, with over $8 billion in funding allocated directly by the Treasury to NZTA Waka Kotahi and KiwiRail. This funding supports the delivery of more than 24 projects across the country. The projects are diverse, including new greenfield highways, safety improvements, transportation hubs, and capacity upgrades, stretching from the bottom of the South Island to Northland.

    Projects range in scale from $12 million to $1.5 billion and span the delivery spectrum, from those in the business case phase to those already under construction.

    Tactical was engaged in late 2020 to undertake an accelerated programme re-baselining and review. This involved undertaking a deep dive into the fundamental success factors for all the projects, such as scope, outcomes, schedule, risk, opportunities, and cost. We developed updated baselines for these criteria and provided key programme-level insights into performance, reasons for change, and recommendations to enhance control, performance, and assurance moving forward.

    The baselining of NZUP led to the Ministers of Transport and Infrastructure aligning with NZTA Waka Kotahi on a revised baseline for projects, including updated scopes, funding allocations, risk profiles, and schedules, as well as a revised approach to programme-level contingency management. The ministers’ decision-making and agreement on the necessary programme changes were supported by their confidence in our baselining work, which was reviewed on their behalf by the Ministry of Transport and their advisors (Deloitte and independent consultants).

     

    Project Snapshot

    Sector: Infrastructure

    Location: Nationwide

    Client: NZTA (Waka Kotahi)

    Value: NZD 8 billion

    Status: Completed

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