Effective and inclusive approaches to planning and modernisation
Request ID: FOI-2468-2223 Date published: 18 January 2023
You asked
Follow up from 1957
It would be useful to have a breakdown of some basic information relating to carbon footprint associated with TfL projects, e.g.
• how do you differentiate between a 'major construction project' and a 'minor' construction project?
• what percentage of your construction projects are 'major construction projects'?
• in addition, do you have the absolute numbers of projects that are broken down into 'major construction projects', and the other projects?
I can break down the other questions and provide some guidance on the response with a view to receiving a short answer of the order of a few sentences or a link or an email with an attached document.
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-2468-2223
Thank you for your request received by us on 30 December 2022 asking for information about TfL’s construction projects. Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold some of the information you require.
We believe you are interested in TfL wide project categorisation split.
TfL uses an internal characterisation framework to determine the complexity of projects / programmes. The framework consists of 10 questions across four themes; strategy, financial, technical and skills / capability. This determines an overall complexity score and ensures the processes, governance and assurance applied to individual schemes are fit-for-scale.
A programme based approach is adopted to manage “high volume, low complexity projects”. This ensures greater efficiency in managing the workbank. When looking at absolute numbers a significant proportion of the workbank is made-up of low complexity projects. For instance, there are circa 1,600 projects (across 60 low-complexity programmes) vs 90 “Major” complexity programmes / projects. However, 60% of TfL’s capital expenditure in 23/24 will be on major schemes.
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Yours sincerely
Eva Hextall FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
