Managing a single building is one discipline. Leading a programme of interconnected building and infrastructure projects, each with its own contractors, risks, and stakeholders, is another discipline entirely. This training course develops the advanced capabilities construction leaders need to run large-scale programmes: strategic planning, resource coordination, cost and schedule control, quality management, procurement, and integrated project delivery, brought together under real leadership.

Participants learn to align construction activity with organisational objectives while juggling the technical, commercial, operational, and leadership demands that large projects create simultaneously. The course puts equal weight on the human side of delivery — leading multidisciplinary teams, coordinating stakeholders, and making decisions under pressure — and the systems side: governance, controls, and performance measurement.

Delivered by Arab British Fellowship Training Academy under the Construction and Civil Engineering Training specialization, the Scaling Up: Strategic Leadership for Large Construction and Infrastructure Programmes Training Course prepares participants to manage complex projects from strategic definition through execution and handover.

• Strengthen strategic leadership and decision-making across complex, multidisciplinary construction environments
• Establish a construction strategy aligned with project objectives and organisational priorities
• Apply integrated approaches to construction planning, scheduling, resources, and execution
• Manage complex infrastructure projects involving multiple stakeholders and contractors
• Improve project delivery through structured management systems and performance controls
• Enhance cost, schedule, quality, risk, and resource management capabilities together, not in isolation
• Apply governance and accountability frameworks across major construction programmes
• Strengthen coordination between clients, consultants, contractors, suppliers, and project teams
• Manage construction risks, changes, delays, and disputes without losing delivery momentum
• Promote operational excellence through productivity improvement and process optimisation

Target Audience

• Construction Managers and Senior Construction Project Managers
• Project and Programme Directors
• Civil Engineers and Infrastructure Project Managers
• Engineering and Site Managers
• Planning Managers and Project Controls Professionals
• Contracts and Commercial Managers
• Construction Consultants, Contractors, and Subcontractors
• Procurement and Supply Chain Professionals
• Professionals responsible for large-scale infrastructure projects

Module 1: Leadership and Decision-Making in Construction

• Strategic leadership principles for multidisciplinary teams
• Decision-making under construction constraints
• Delegation, accountability, and conflict resolution

Module 2: Strategic Foundations of Construction Management

• Principles and frameworks of strategic construction management
• Construction industry operating environments and project success criteria
• Aligning construction activities with organizational strategy

Module 3: Construction Strategy for Large-Scale Projects

• Developing an integrated construction strategy
• Strategic feasibility and resource/capacity planning
• Risk-based construction decision-making

Module 4: Strategic Planning and Scheduling

• Work breakdown structures and master programme development
• Critical Path Method and resource-loaded programmes
• Schedule monitoring and recovery planning

Module 5: Managing Large-Scale Infrastructure Projects

• Characteristics and coordination of major infrastructure programmes
• Managing multiple contractors, work packages, and interfaces
• Infrastructure delivery risks

Module 6: Integrated Delivery, Risk and Quality

• Integrated project management systems and performance controls
• Risk identification, mitigation, and contingency planning
• Quality assurance and continuous improvement, including lean principles

Module 7: Stakeholder, Contract and Resource Management

• Stakeholder identification, engagement, and communication structures
• Contract administration and commercial coordination
• Resource, cost, and supply chain management

Module 8: Project Governance, Completion and Handover

• Governance frameworks, authority, and accountability
• Project completion, commissioning, and defect management
• Handover, lessons learned, and measuring successful outcomes