Christopher Heaslip
Director of PMO Yondr Group
Seminars
Wednesday 2nd December 2026
Panel: Strengthening Initial Project Planning Across Design, Construction & Operations Teams to Improve Early Decision Making & De-Risk Projects
11:50 am
- Investigating how to develop integrated project delivery approaches that bring project teams together early to identify feasibility issues before design begins
- Learning how to align stakeholders by understanding the different priorities and responsibilities between operations, construction and design teams to reduce delays and scope creep from the start
- Discussing best practices for planning and communication to reduce misalignment and ensure retrofit projects are sequenced, reviewed and agreed collaboratively
Thursday 3rd December 2026
Panel: Executing Retrofit Work in Live Data Center Environments Without Disrupting Uptime
8:10 am
- Navigating strict uptime constraints in live data centers by aligning retrofit execution with operational controls to protect customer workloads and system resilience
- Improving planning for shutdowns, cutovers and integration activities to minimize disruption and maintain operational continuity
- Developing contingency and risk mitigation plans that enable rapid response when construction activities, outages or sequencing do not go as planned
- Identifying construction challenges that differentiate retrofits from new builds
