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- Date
- 19 November 2026
- Time
- 18:00 - 19:30 GMT
- Location
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Institution of Civil Engineers One Great George Street Westminster London, SW1P 3AA United Kingdom
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Harding Lecture 2026: Andy Alder on leadership in major projects
https://www.ice.org.uk/events/upcoming-events/harding-lecture-2026-andy-alder-on-leadership-in-major-projects
Institution of Civil Engineers, London
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Overview
Andy will draw on more than 30 years of experience delivering major tunnelling and infrastructure projects, particularly Crossrail and Tideway, to explore what makes major projects succeed.
He will share lessons on leadership, teamwork, engineering and project management, commercial alignment and productivity.
Drawing on both successes and challenges, Andy will argue the sustained focus on purpose, people, safety and engineering creates the conditions in which teams and projects can perform at their best.
He will conclude by sharing his views on how the industry needs to develop to be ready for future challenges.
Following the presentation, there will be a networking session in the ICE Kendal's bar sponsored by:
Normet
providing safe, sustainable and efficient end-to-end solutions for core processes in underground mining, tunnelling and civil industries.
Venue
Institution of Civil EngineersOne Great George StreetWestminsterLondonSW1P 3AAUnited Kingdom
Speaker
Andy Alder
Anglian Water
managing director of major infrastructure delivery
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Andy Alder
Andy is managing director of major infrastructure delivery at Anglian Water. He began his career in tunnelling in 1993, and has worked on a number of major projects including Jubilee Line Extension, Kuala Lumpur LRT, DLR Extension to Woolwich, and Crossrail. He was programme director at Tideway, responsible for delivery through the main construction phase.
Andy is a Fellow of both the Institution of Civil Engineers and Association for Project Management, and an Honorary Professor at University College London.
In 2023, Andy was awarded the British Tunnelling Society’s prestigious James Clark Medal for being an understanding, supportive and inspiring leader to the tunnelling profession.
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