Name: Roger Frost MCIOB
Employer: Balfour Beatty
Project: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
The scale of this scheme – it cost well over half a billion pounds and took four years to complete – made it impossible for Roger Frost to be hands on in every aspect. But that very weakness turned out to the basis of his triumph, as he assembled a formidable team that was as experienced as it was talented.
Roger motivated and co-ordinated his huge team of over 200 staff, 500 designers and 1,500 site operatives. His determination, dedication and direction kept the whole gigantic machine rolling, and he met every single one of 34 sectional handovers with aplomb.
He was heavily involved in procuring the key works packages, and locked in the commitment and expertise of the supply chain well before work began onsite. He made the unusual decision, with a hospital, to build from a steel frame so as to reduce interface risk. And he was vindicated – 34 times over – when the frame was built on time and without issues by a contractor with a record of successful complex steel-frame delivery.
Value: £588m