Waterview Connection Project - Well-Connected Alliance

Case Study

Waterview Connection Project – Well-Connected Alliance

Bid Coaching & Tendering
Project Performance
Leadership, Team & Culture

The Waterview Connection project completes the Western ring route around Auckland which is New Zealand’s largest and most complex infrastructure and roading project undertaken. The Well-Connected Alliance, comprised of seven separate government, engineering and construction organisations (including New Zealand Transport Agency, Fletcher Construction Infrastructure, Obayashi, McConnell Dowell, Beca, Tonkin + Taylor and WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff) that worked together both in the initial bid phase and then throughout the 5-year delivery phase.

BRS was engaged to bring a united approach to winning the bid by embedding a collaborative and partnering culture. Upon winning the bid, BRS was engaged as Alliance Coach to ensure the team achieved the delivery of the client’s project objectives.

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Why they approached us

BRS was able to leverage its experience in the infrastructure sector and in enabling organisations to think and act as one team to assist the Alliance throughout the tender submission process. Delivering measurable improvements to the culture of the Alliance through the bid submission right through to project delivery providing a range of services including, but not limited to:

Design of aspirational goals and a vision that gave confidence to our team for success;
Alignment workshops ensuring the eight organisations worked effectively as a united project team;
Training and development workshops to ensure unity and a common purpose;
Leadership and team development coaching utilising Human Synergistics LSI and MBTI at the Board, Management team and the wider team;
Development of a high performance plan, governance plan, Key Results Area/KPI framework;
Introduction of 1% marginal gains initiative;
Tailored project health checks;
Development of project role clarity matrices to reinforce individual and team accountability; and
1:1 coaching and development sessions with key Alliance leaders.

Issue 1 - Alignment of seven organisations working as one team

Issue 2 - Development of constructive leadership at all levels of the project

Issue 3 - Building a delivery team for what was at the time the most ambitious roading and infrastructure project in New Zealand involving over 10,000 people

BRS solution:

BRS’s bid facilitation and alliance coaching was successful, with the Well-Connected Alliance securing the project. BRS since worked with the Alliance throughout the delivery of the project to assist in the implementation and execution of the High Performance Plan. This included leadership development and coaching and alignment activities tailored to deliver a long term project that balanced delivery against the project objectives and key stakeholder challenges and requirements.

Ongoing continuous measurable improvements to the culture of the consortium through the bid submission and project delivery;
Delivery of a range of strategic and team building workshops that enabled alignment on the values and preferred culture of the Alliance;
Improved individual and team accountability; and
Constructive shifts in leadership leading to outstanding project outcomes.

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