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Summary:
How do you convince the public to embrace the development of a major project when it can cause so much disruption during construction? Ben Ruse shares his experiences from the development of HS1 and St. Pancras International.
Event Type: Group Event
Address: Madano, 7th Floor, 160 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8EZ
Event Overview
Former, HS2 lead spokesman Ben Ruse previously spent 10 years as Director of Media for High Speed 1 and St Pancras International.
Ben has worked across the public and private sectors, both in the UK and abroad and with many major projects at various stages of development.
In this talk Ben will share some of the lessons he learned during his time at HS1 and St. Pancras, with an emphasis on building good and strong relationships with both the general public and the huge construction industry supply chains associated with such major projects.
In particular, Ben will talk about the importance of getting both the public and suppliers on board with the vision of the project from a very early stage.