1st Edition

Strategic Integrated Program Delivery Learning from the Level Crossing Removal Project

Edited By Derek H.T. Walker, Peter E.D. Love, Mark Betts Copyright 2025
262 Pages 38 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

262 Pages 38 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

262 Pages 38 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book outlines a cutting-edge form of program delivery which the authors term SIP-Form or Strategic Integrated Program delivery. Using the Melbourne Level Crossing Removal Program (LXRP), consisting of the removal of 85 dangerous level crossings throughout metropolitan Melbourne, including rail station upgrades, signalling and track work, and other associated capital works, as an exemplar,... Read more

1. Introduction

2. Context of the LXRP

3. LXRP From Strategy to Governance

4. LXRP Delivery Choices

5. LXRP Project-Program Integration

6. LXRP Project-Program Collaboration

7. Delivering Through High-Performance Workplace Culture

8. LXRP Human Resource Development

9. LXRP Continuous Improvement and Innovation Diffusion

10. LXRP, Digital Engineering and Technological Innovation

11. LXRP and Community Engagement

12. LXRP and Program Value Generation Performance

Biography

Derek H. T. Walker is Emeritus Professor, RMIT University, School of Property, Construction and Project Management in Melbourne Australia.

Peter E.D. Love is a John Curtin Distinguished Professor of Infrastructure and Engineering Informatics at Curtin University and is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and a Chartered Building Professional.

Mark Betts has held the position of Director Project Management and Continuous Improvement with the LXRP since early 2016 and so has invaluable insights into its early days, and all projects within the program. He also had over eight years senior management experience with Metro Trains Melbourne. Metro Trains was a major partner with the Regional Rail Link Alliance (RRLA) which was a program of projects, mainly Alliance projects that significantly influenced the LXRP concept.