ICE South East England Engineering Excellence Awards 2016

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ICE South East England
Engineering Excellence Awards 2016
Contents
Welcome03
Programme of the evening
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About the Engineering Excellence Awards
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Sponsors of the Engineering Excellence Awards
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Hosts of the evening
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The Awards
Young Professional of the Year
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ICE Volunteer of the Year13
Best Infrastructure Project in association with
Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP
Broomhill Sands Coastal Defence Scheme
Burham Strategic Water Main
Leigh Road Bridge
Peters Village and Medway Valley Crossing
Purley Switches and Crossings Renewal and Upgrades
Reading Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge
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Urbanisation Award in association with Bechtel
Bexhill to Hastings Link Road
Bognor Regis Northern Relief Road
Wokingham Rail Station and Link Road Re-Development
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Best Use of Civil Engineering in a Building Project
in association with Crest Nicholson26
Blavatnik School of Government
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Bournemouth University Student Centre 28
Hasting Pier Conservation
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Excellence in Construction in association with Colas Rail Limited
A400M Maintenance Repair Overhaul Facility
Gade Valley Expansion Joint Replacement Scheme
Grove Farm Sewage Pumping Station Thorndell Viaduct
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Engineered in South East England in partnership with ICE Recruit
Cowes Outer Harbour Project
District Hospitals Ghana - Dodowa Hospital
Jurong Tuas View Phase II
Laxey Coastal Promenade
Swale Sluices Refurbishment
Branch Awards
Brassey Award (Kent and East Sussex) for
Engineering Excellence in association with Berryrange
Hoo Island Re-Engineering Works
Poorhole Lane Improvement
Transforming Manston Airport
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Thames Valley Award for Engineering Excellence in
partnership with ICE Benevolent Fund
East West Rail Phase1
District Hospitals Ghana – Dodowa Hospital
Gade Valley Expansion Joint Replacement Scheme
Leigh Road Bridge
Purley Switches and Crossings Renewal and Upgrades
Wokingham Rail Station and Link Road Re-Development
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South Award for Engineering Excellence in association with Trant
Balcombe Rail Re-signalling Project
Bournemouth University Student Centre
Duver Road Bridge Strengthening
Grove Farm Sewage Pumping Station
Hasting Pier Conservation
Thorndell Viaduct
Whyke Horizon Footbridge
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South East England Engineering Excellence Award
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Welcome
As Regional Chair for ICE South East England I would
like to thank you for joining us to celebrate the best civil
engineering projects completed in the region over the last
year. These awards recognise how civil engineers and the
projects we work on benefit our local area:
Projects which improve the life of local communities
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Welcome drinks
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Call through for dinner
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Welcome
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Young Professional of the Year and ICE Volunteers of the Year Awards
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Dinner served
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Key note speech by Sir John Armitt
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Award ceremony continues
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Branch Awards and South East England Engineering Excellence Award
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Ceremony ends
Make a positive impact on the environment and maintain
Restore existing infrastructure for future generations
This year for the first time, we have included two individual awards – the
Young Professional and Volunteer Awards. We hope that by including these
two new prizes we will be able to better celebrate the commitment and
ingenuity of our 11,000 members.
As always, these awards would not have been possible without the hard work
of a number of people. These include the staff at the awards dinners across the
region, the judges, our generous sponsors, ICE’s Regional Support Team and
above all, those engineers who took time away from current projects to submit
their entries and help us celebrate their work over the past year.
Many thanks to you all.
Tim Kermode CEng MICE
Chair, ICE South East England
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Welcome
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The ICE South East England Engineering Excellence Awards celebrate
outstanding civil engineering achievement, innovation and ingenuity in
South East England. The awards have grown into the highest honour for
engineering excellence in the region.
The Awards
ICE Volunteer of the Year
Best Infrastructure Project in association with Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP
ICE South East England is divided into three branches:
Kent and East Sussex
Best Use of Civil Engineering in a Building Project in association with Crest Nicholson
Thames Valley (Surrey, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire)
Excellence in Construction Award in association with Colas Rail Limited
South Branch (West Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight)
An award for each branch will be presented to the project judged to be the best
example of engineering excellence in that branch.
Branch Awards
This year we have shortlisted projects in different categories and introduced two
new awards – Young Professional of the Year and ICE Volunteer of the Year.
The individual awards recognise and celebrate young professionals and volunteers
who have demonstrated their professionalism and dedication.
Brassey Award (Kent and East Sussex) for Engineering Excellence in
association with Berryrange
Thames Valley Award for Engineering Excellence in partnership with ICE Benevolent Fund
For the second year running we will be awarding the Engineered in South East
England Award. This award recognises the contribution of South East England
engineers in ground breaking national and international projects.
The evening will culminate in one of the project teams receiving the highest
award in the region, the South East England Engineering Excellence Award.
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Sponsors of the Engineering
Excellence Awards
Bechtel
Bechtel is one of the most respected global engineering,
construction, and project management companies, and a
cornerstone of innovation in the industry. Together with
their customers, Bechtel deliver landmark projects — the
modern marvels of the world — that foster sustainable
progress and grow economies. The reliability of its
performance, the enduring quality of projects, the strength
of ethics, and the seriousness of their commitment to
safety and sustainability are evident in everything they do.
Berryrange
Berryrange is a sub-contractor specialising in integrated
steel sheet piling design and construction. It operates a
fleet of the latest piling equipment including silent pilers,
leader rigs, augering equipment and excavator mounted
vibratory hammers. It owns and operates the only silent
piler in Europe capable of installing piles to within 75mm
of any obstruction. The team of engineers employed by
Berryrange is skilled in the interpretation of geotechnical
data for both design and construction entirely based on
the requirements of the Eurocodes. It operates throughout
the UK and is available to advise clients on their ground
support requirements in all sectors of construction.
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Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is an international, full service law firm
with over 850 lawyers, including over 200 partners, based across 12
global offices – London, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Beijing, Berlin, Brussels,
Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Moscow, Myanmar, Paris and Singapore.
BLP is currently ranked by the Financial Times as one of Europe’s top
ten legal innovators and renowned for responding creatively to the
challenges clients face. Infrastructure is at the core of our firm and
our full service offering enables us to advice from an early feasibility
stage including consenting/planning, through to development,
financing and exit. We advise across all asset classes (including energy,
transport and logistics, water, social and communications), both in
regulated and unregulated markets.
Colas Rail
Colas Rail Limited is the world leading engineering, construction
and rail support services. From design to delivery, construction to
support, training to maintenance, Colas Rail delivers total solutions
in all aspects of railway infrastructure, from high speed rail systems
to light and urban rail. As award-winning specialists in the design
and construction of all forms of railway, they focus on world-class
performance in four key areas of rail infrastructure – track, rail
services, rail systems and training. Their approach to project delivery
is to challenge the status quo through value management and
value engineering, offering innovative solutions, whilst ensuring
that output quality is guaranteed first time every time.
Crest Nicholson
Crest Nicholson is firmly established as a leading developer with a
passion for not only building homes, but also for creating vibrant
sustainable communities. With a southern-based bias, the FTSE250
group has a track record spanning more than 50 years and a broad
portfolio of developments which range in size and scale, from
contemporary, large scale mixed-use developments to smaller,
more traditional housing schemes. As a pioneer of its own garden
village principles, the company advocates a holistic approach to
development embracing social, environmental and economic
factors to create homes for all segments of the community.
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Trant
Established for over 50 years, Trant’s main business activities
include civil, mechanical, electrical and process engineering,
including full EPC services for private and public sector clients.
Its key sectors are water/waste, energy (hydrocarbon and
renewables), power and transmission, marine/coastal, defence
(UK and dependencies), pharmaceutical and petrochemical.
Projects valued between £0.5m-£58m have been successfully
delivered using their directly employed resources, supply chain
partners and specialists. Trant operates across England, South
Wales, Channel Islands and the South Atlantic.
Sir John Armitt
Also in partnership with:
ICE Benevolent Fund
The ICE Benevolent Fund is dedicated to helping ICE members in
need of support. It provides help and advice to members, former
members, and their loved ones, who find themselves facing hard
times. Services provided include: Financial assistance and advice
- Back to work support - Self-development workshops - Student
support - Counselling - Telephone helpline - Online wellbeing
portal - Housing in Sussex, UK. Since the Ben Fund was started
it has helped over 31,500 people worldwide. You can read more
about the impact of the Ben Fund’s work by visiting the
‘About us’ section of the website www.icebenfund.com
ICE Recruit
ICE Recruit is the UK’s number one specialist civil engineering
job board. We are the official job board of the Institution of Civil
Engineers (ICE), the home of UK civil engineering. Our aim is to
help members and non-members find jobs and civil engineering
companies and recruiters recruit appropriate staff. We cover
both permanent and interim positions in all areas of civil and
structural engineering from junior posts to specialist positions.
Our goal is to put the right employer in touch with the right
potential employee as efficiently as possible.
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ICE President
Sir John Armitt is the Institution’s President for 2015/16. He is
a Commissioner for the National Infrastructure Commission
(NIC), following his 2013 ‘Armitt Review’ into long-term
infrastructure planning. Knighted in 2012 for his services
to engineering and construction, Sir John has had many
achievements. One of his finest was successfully delivering the
2012 Olympic Games as Chairman of the Olympic Delivery
Authority (2007 - 14) and most recently, he was a member of
the Davies Commission which looked at recommendations for
airport capacity in the South East.
Tiff Needell TV Presenter
Tiff Needell is a former Grand Prix driver who spent most
of his professional career racing in the World Sportscar
Championship including 14 Le Mans 24-hour races where
he had a best result of third in 1990. He is however, perhaps
better known as a former presenter of ‘Top Gear’, starring
alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Quentin Willson throughout
the nineties before the show was taken off air. Tiff then helped
to create ‘Fifth Gear’ which entered its fifteenth year in 2016
on ITV4. Tiff recently wrote his autobiography ‘Tiff Gear’ and
still races whenever the opportunity arises.
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This award is designed to recognise and reward the most
accomplished and promising young professional.
Charlotte Allen from Opus International Consultants
Young Professional
of the Year
Charlotte is a passionate and highly motivated young professional.
She is an engineer who upholds the industry, and seeks out
change and innovation. As a forward thinker, she is able to
adapt to new techniques and has contributed to new research
in stormwater drainage treatment which is now gaining momentum
within the industry and showcasing her technical excellence.
Tom Brown from BAM Nuttall
ICE Volunteer
of the Year
Tom has been a proactive and motivated engineer in a series
of tunnelling teams across four recent London Underground
and Crossrail worksites. His early embrace of extensive shift
working in major tunnelling projects and commitment to
self-development has given him the valuable experience to
establish and lead in more senior engineering roles.
Katherine Jackson from Mott MacDonald
Katherine is a highly accomplished young chartered civil
engineer working in the Highways division of Mott MacDonald.
At 25, she was selected to join the company’s prestigious
Transport Management Consultancy. A driven self-starter,
Katherine’s contribution to technical excellence has been key
to Mott MacDonald securing global recognition as the world’s
number one technical advisor, as recognised by Infrastructure
Journal Global (IJGlobal) for the sixth time in 2016.
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This award is designed to recognise and reward the
ICE member who has made an outstanding contribution
to ICE through volunteering.
Moses Ajala from Connect Plus Services
Moses Ajala is an assistant engineer/structures inspection
manager responsible for the management and stewardship of
Highway Structures Inspection programme for the M25
Network. He has been a STEM ambassador and enthusiastic
ICE volunteer since 2014.
Helen Littler from WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff
As a STEM ambassador and ICE volunteer, Helen works
tirelessly to promote civil engineering to students of all ages.
Outside of work she volunteers as a Sunday school teacher,
Youth Club leader and does voluntary work with Sustrans and
a local community rail group.
Jane Birks from Black & Veatch
Elizabeth Orchard from Crest Nicholson
Jane has been an active STEM ambassador for ICE since 2014.
She has been involved in several career and skills fairs for ICE,
STEM events and externally organised events such as Guest
Lecturing at Greenwich University.
As an award-winning STEM ambassador and whilst working
for Peter Brett Associates LLP, Elizabeth was a key team
member in the setting up of University Technical College in
Reading. Opened in 2013, she successfully designed and ran
the first fully curriculum-integrated professional project at the
college in 2014 with support from her colleagues.
Matt Ennals from the University of Portsmouth
Matt is a civil engineering undergraduate at the University of
Portsmouth who has been volunteering on behalf of ICE since
2013. Since becoming a STEM ambassador for ICE, he has
attended major STEM events such as Teen Tech Solent and Big
Bang among others.
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Kevin Tollet from Geomatic Engineering Ltd
Kevin had always wanted to be a civil engineer and work
in the design environment. He has attended several career
fairs by himself, carrying out workshops such as designing a
suspension bridge and testing its limitations.
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Environment Agency
Best Infrastructure
Project in association
with Berwin Leighton
Paisner LLP
Short listed projects:
> Broomhill Sands Coastal Defence Scheme
> Burham Strategic Water Main
> Leigh Road Bridge
The £30M Broomhill Sands Coastal Defence Scheme
directly protects 1,388 homes and over 100
businesses by increasing the standard of protection
from 1 in 20 years to 1 in 200 years, allowing for
predicted sea level rise. The improvements include
1.8km of rock revetment and new concrete wave
wall, 700m beach recharge and replacement of
timber groynes plus improvements to the existing
promenade including access ramps and steps.
The Broomhill Sands team has led on a number of
innovations, many of which are ‘firsts’ for the
Environment Agency, the UK and some even for the
construction industry. For example the innovative
approach with high-risk water sports users within the
offshore rock delivery and storage area. The team
have reported over £8.9m of efficiencies.
Cost
£30m
Location
Lydd Road, Camber, Kent
Completed by
December 2015
Project team
Environment Agency,
Team Van Oord Ltd,
Mott MacDonald,
CH2M, Arcadis
Broomhill Sands is highlighted in a Cabinet briefing as
an example of best practice regarding value and the
delivery of large efficiencies during construction.
> Peters Village and Medway Valley Crossing
> Purley Switches and Crossings Renewal and Upgrades
> Reading Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge
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Leigh Road Bridge
South East Water
Geoffrey Osborne Ltd
By delivering its largest and most challenging
pipeline scheme to date, South East Water has
secured the water supply to thousands of homes
and businesses and provided infrastructure that
will promote development and growth for
decades to come. All this whilst enhancing the
environment and reducing costs.
The previous trunk main burst frequently, putting tap
water at risk and damaging the sensitive site of
special scientific interest (SSSI) that it crosses. With a
£500,000 annual repair bill, the business case was
obvious. The solution was a 6.5km replacement
main with tunnelled crossings of river, rail and road,
but avoiding the SSSI.
Ingenuity and collaborative working lead to added
benefits including improved network connectivity and
resilience and was instrumental in controlling cost,
time and overcoming numerous construction.
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Cost
£9.2m
Location
South East Water, Rocfort
Road, Snodland, Kent
Completed by
May 2016
Project team
South East Water,
Jacobs UK Ltd.,
Farrans Construction,
Ward & Burke,
PF Murphy & Sons,
Mouchel
Leigh Road Bridge opened in October 2015,
providing a vital link for the people and businesses
of Slough Trading Estate over the Great Western
Railway. It supplements the existing 1836 Brunel
Bridge, which was sub-standard for current
requirements.
The client, SEGRO, appointed Osborne and Peter
Brett Associates as respective contractor and design
consultant. Due to concurrent Crossrail works on the
route, abnormal possessions were unavailable for
bridge installation. The design and build team therefore
developed the half through steel girder superstructure
and innovative cantilevered trailer launch method.
Construction began in the summer of 2014, with the
launch undertaken in February 2015. The innovative
method earned keen media attention with the operation
featuring on the BBC One Show and on local radio
promoting interest in civil engineering. The project team
consistently worked collaboratively to complete the
project within programme and budget.
Cost
£10m
Location
Leigh Road (c/o Bedford
Avenue), Slough Trading
Estate, Slough, Berks
Completed by
October 2015
Project team
Geoffrey Osborne Ltd,
SEGRO plc, Peter Brett
Associates, Tony Gee
& Partners, Slough
Borough Council,
Network Rail
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BAM Nuttall Limited
Cost
£33m
Location
BAM Nuttall Limited, Site
Compound, Old Church Rd,
Burham, Maidstone, Kent
Completed by
August 2016
Peters Village project is an exemplary example of
engineering excellence. It brings innovation to solve
complex engineering challenges, sustainable
construction and economically viable solutions
allowing the creation of a new village within the
heart of Kent.
Through the provision of infrastructure for this new
community, there are also significant benefits to the
local communities of Burham and Wouldham, including
improved transportation links, PRoW, recreational and
educational facilities. In providing these improvements
BAM (D&B contractor) has worked closely with the
client (Trenport Investments, Kent and Medway Councils
and the Environmental Agency) to ensure creation of a
place where people want to live, and the local
community want to live beside.
In delivering this goal the team have embraced latest
technology and innovations to build new bridges and
roads that provide a direct link to the A228. This eases
congestion on the existing roads and providing improved
access to wider motorway and rail networks.
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Project team
BAM Nuttall Limited,
Trenport Investments
Limited, Gleeds Cost
Management, Waterman
Group, WSP, David
Jarvis Associates, BWA
Management Limited,
FGS Deacon Landscape,
Environmental Scientifics
Group Ltd, Forest Traffic
Services Limited, Freyssinet
Limited, G8 Construction,
Colas, Hi Way Services
Limited, Homegrown
Timber Limited, J P Flynn
Construction, Littlewood
Fencing Limited, Ovenden
Earthmoving Co Limited,
P J Edwards & Co (UK)
Limited, C P Dynes,
Lafarge Tarmac, Vibro
Menards Limited, Winjam
Developments Limited, RBLI,
RMD Kwikform Winjam
Developments Ltd., RBLI,
RMD Kwikform
Purley Switches
and Crossings Renewal
and Upgrades
S&C Alliance South (Network Rail)
Cost
£8m
Location
Purley Station, Whytecliffe
Rd S, Greater London
Completed by
January 2016
Project team
S&C Alliance South
(Network Rail), S&C
Alliance South (AECOM),
S&C Alliance South
(Colas Rail), Network
Rail – Route Enhancement
Management
Purley Junction is one of the busiest and most important railway junctions in the
UK providing the link between London, Gatwick Airport and the South East. This
complex infrastructure project involved the complete redesign and installation
of switches and crossings, transforming Victorian engineering into a 21st century,
modern and sustainable rail system, fit for passenger and freight timetable demands.
Aecom, Colas Rail and Network Rail working collaboratively within the S&C South Alliance,
delivered Network Rail’s biggest Christmas project on time, to budget and with zero accidents
during a 24-hour, 10-day closure between 24 December 2015 and 4 January 2016.
As a direct result of their excellent and sustainable designs; strong programme
management; timely stakeholder engagement; innovative construction methods; robust
financial controls and industry leading health and safety management; the team ensured
the area continued to function without any adverse impact on the economy and the
day-to-day lives of local people and businesses.
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THE AWAR D S
Reading Pedestrian
and Cycle Bridge
Peter Brett Associates LLP
Urbanisation
Award in
association
with Bechtel
> Bexhill to Hastings Link Road
The 120-metre cable stay Reading Pedestrian and
Cycle Bridge over the River Thames was constructed
to play a vital role in connecting Reading. It forms a
sustainable transport link to provide accessible connections
to employment, transport and leisure destinations.
Innovative in both form and construction, the bridge
embodies ingenuity in the creation of a useful addition
to local communities and a visitor destination in its own
right. The bridge delivers a sustainable solution that
complements the local area and contributes to the
well-being of the local community.
The team relied on strong collaboration and communication
between each other, local stakeholders and communities
to meet outcomes and deliver an outstanding project.
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> Bognor Regis Northern Relief Road
Cost
£7.2m
> Wokingham Rail Station and Link Road Re-Development
Location
Friars Island, Thames Side
Completed by
September 2015
Project team
Peter Brett Associates LLP,
Reading Borough Council,
Design Engine Architects
Ltd, Balfour Beatty,
Hollandia Infra
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HOCHTIEF Taylor Woodrow Joint Venture
Barratt David Wilson
Barratt David Wilson Homes completed the
Bognor Regis Northern Relief Road connecting
the A29 at Shripney with the A259 at Felpham.
The relief road has been delivered as part of a
package of improvements under a section 106
agreement that also includes sports facilities,
parks, skate park community centre and supports
800 new homes built in the area.
The viaduct structure spans the Bognor Regis to
Barnham railway line, the Lidsey Rife and other
watercourses as well as the flood plain and measures
0.5km in length.
The Bexhill to Hastings Link Road is a catalyst for
sustainable development in a highly deprived area
of the South East, providing future employment
opportunities. Working in collaboration with local
developers, a new business park was constructed
and opened simultaneously with the opening of
the Link Road whilst giving the earliest possible
start to these employment opportunities.
Too often urbanisation has negative impact on wild life
and public enjoyment of natural environments. This site
was home to many species of flora and fauna, enjoyed
by the community. The design enhances this diverse
habitat with improved access for equestrians, walkers,
cyclists and disabled.
Cost
£120m
Location
Cowhurst Road,
St Leonards on Sea,
East Sussex
Completed by
December 2015
The project has re-profiled water courses and
semi-natural habitats are developing on both
watercourses with Water Vole evidence. The watercourses
link the new wetland habitats along the flood attenuation
ponds that have developed permanent and seasonally
wet areas providing a good mix of quality feeding
resources for water vole and bat populations as well as
numerous bird species.
Cost
£28m
Location
BNRR/Viaduct Project
Office (Western Section)
Shripney Road
Shripney, West Sussex
Completed by
March 2016
Project team
Barratt David Wilson,
Atkins, Hochtief (UK)
Construction Ltd, John
Reilly Civil Engineering
Limited, MJA Consulting,
Millstone Landscapes,
Aluco Ecology, WSP, West
Sussex County Council
Project team
HOCHTIEF Taylor Woodrow
Joint Venture, East Sussex
County Council, Jacobs UK,
Mott Macdonald
Construction measures were taken to inform and work
with the community, maintain public access and preserve
existing habitats through proactive planning. It also
provided opportunity for archaeological investigations
that proved to be significant, providing evidence of human
occupation though many periods with local interest
and finds considered to be of national importance.
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Wokingham Rail Station and
Link Road Re-Development
Wokingham Borough Council
The Wokingham Rail Station and Link Road
redevelopment has been a transformational project
for this busy Thames Valley interchange. Between
2011 and 2015, a collaborative working approach
between Wokingham Borough Council, Network
Rail and South West Trains has delivered a
significant transport interchange in the town fit
for the 21st century.
The combined scheme cost of circa £12.68m provided
three main elements to the redevelopment:
A new station building and associated platform works
A new access forall footbridge and lifts
A new link road with major junction alterations and
changes to traffic flow patterns
Some of the key constructional issues the project had to
overcome included:
Maintaining access for the public to the rail station
during all construction works
Co-ordinating three main contractors, especially the
railway building and footbridge andtechnical design
Delivering the new “linked” road traffic signal and
level crossing barrier control systems
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Cost
£13m
Location
Wokingham Town Centre
Completed by
May 2015
Project team
Wokingham Borough
Council, WSP|PB, Balfour
Beatty Living Places, R&W
Civil Engineering, Imtech
Traffic & Infrastructure,
DEG Signal Ltd, S&T Cover,
Network Rail Infrastructure
Projects South – Wessex,
C Spencer Ltd., Mott
MacDonald, South
West Trains, Geoffrey
Osborne Ltd.
Best use of Civil
Engineering in a
Building Project
in association with
Crest Nicholson
> Blavatnik School of Government
> Bournemouth University Student Centre
> Hasting Pier Conservation
Best Use of Civil Engineering in a Building Project in association with Crest Nicholson
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Pell Frischmann
Bournemouth University
Student Centre
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff
(BUSC) provides students with a creative and
innovative new building, which supports
their social activity whilst also enabling them
to engage with the students’ union. The use
of materials and form, including steel staircases
which fly across a six-storey octagonal atrium,
encourage students to work collaboratively, whilst
a link bridge connecting to the existing library
boosts involvement with the students’ union.
The Blavatnik School of Government is a global
school pursuing a vision of a world better led,
a world better served and a world better
governed and with such high ambitions deserved
a world class home. The building was specifically
designed to support the school’s mission and
provides a state-of-the-art home for its vibrant
academic community.
With Herzog de Meuron, the team have created a
remarkable building providing a low carbon solution
with landmark appeal and spectacular quality. The
design and construction required close co-operation
to enable such a complex form to be erected and
together we refined materiality and build method to
create a spectacular structure safely and effectively.
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Cost
£36m
Location
Radcliffe Observatory
Quarter, University of Oxford,
Woodstock Rd, Oxford
Completed by
December 2015
Excellent relationships within the delivery team, strong
early engagement from the university, together with
a “no-blame” culture and willingness from all to find
solutions to challenges throughout the project, was
paramount to the project being brought forward,
delivered on time and on budget. The use of concrete
for thermal mass, a large atrium for natural ventilation,
together with ground source heat pumps, photo-voltaic
panels, and sedum roofs have enabled BUSC to achieve
a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating.
Cost
£10m
Location
BUSC, Talbot Campus, Fern
Barrow, Poole, Dorset
Completed by
March 2015
Project team
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff,
Bournemouth University,
Willmott Dixon, Saunders
Architects, Hoare Lea
Project team
Pell Frischmann,
University of Oxford,
Herzog & de Meuron,
Laing O’Rourke, Gardiner
& Theobald, Hoare Lea
Best use of Civil Engineering in a Building Project in association with Crest Nicholson
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Excellence in
Construction
in association with
Colas Rail Limited
Hastings Pier Conservation
THE AWAR D S
Ramboll
> A400M Maintenance Repair Overhaul Facility
Only half the original Victorian pleasure piers
remain and many face an uncertain future.
The Hasting Pier project applied technology,
research, experience and design skills innovatively
to solve the pier’s conservation problems:
Conserving a large heritage asset in the sea
Delivering a pier with a viable, sustainable future
The civil engineering solutions overcame the marine
environment, constructability, and access difficulties for
inspection, construction and maintenance. The works
required the development of a range of typical and
bespoke structural solutions and the construction
methods were adapted to be suitable to the location.
Close collaboration with contractors has been important
in development of the design.
Cost
£11.5m
Location
1-10 White Rock,
Hastings, East Sussex
> Grove Farm Sewage Pumping Station
Completed by
March 2016
> Gade Valley Expansion Joint Replacement Scheme
> Thorndell Viaduct
Project team
Ramboll, Hastings Pier
Charity, dRMM, FPE Global
Ltd, PT Projects Ltd, The
Heritage Lottery Fund
From a sound understanding of the original construction
of the pier we have developed a strategy that is both
site specific and sympathetic to the historic structure.
This pier can now look forward to a bright future under
the ownership of the Hasting Pier Charity.
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Excellence in Construction
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Defence Infrastructure Organisation
Success achieved through a collaborative single team approach. The design and
construction methodology satisfied specific constraints applicable working adjacent
a runway/ taxiway within a high security operational RAF Base.
The Bexhill to Hastings Link Road may only be
5.5km long, but it has 13 major highway structures,
poor access, extremely challenging ground features
and conditions, along with active flood plains.
This project required an innovative approach in
ground engineering to provide robust, timely and
cost effective solutions.
Innovation
Onsite concrete batching plant to provide 11700m³
of PQC
Radar absorbing panels eliminating potential interference
Airfield flight systems reconfigured to accommodate
the facility location
Creativity
Multifunction facility providing a ‘one stop shop’
for RAF transport aircraft
First and second line repair managed within a
single facility
‘Just in time’ management process and forward
supplies are held outside the security base
Cost
£35m
Location
A400M Maintenance
Repair Overhaul Facility
Completed by
June 2016
Project team
Defence Infrastructure
Organisation, Balfour
Beatty, WYG, AWW,
Arup, Interserve
Social Value
300 additional permanent jobs created
Significant benefits to the wider economy
A collaborative approach was taken for each challenge
and developed solutions that met all party’s needs.
Solutions were not only satisfying engineering
parameters, but also accommodated the poor road
network from London and the South East. This network
created logistical issues in achieving daily delivery of
high volume imported quarry products. The site also
had very high ecological and archaeological interest
with the planning authority who were keen on the flora
and fauna preservation as well as maximising public
access during the works. These interest enhanced the
project on its completion.
Cost
£120m
Location
Cowhurst Road,
St Leonards on Sea,
East Sussex
Completed by
December 2015
Project team
Mott Macdonald
Final solutions pushed engineering boundaries to the
limit with methods and scope rarely used in the UK.
Long term local community commitment
Safety
Foreign Object Debris measures implemented during
design and construction stage
Existing services diverted into a ‘corridor’ around the
site to reduce the risk of a service strike
Sustainability
Project on course to achieve DREAM excellent
Existing hard standings were crushed and recycled
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Pell Frischmann
South East Water
academic community.
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Cost
£36m
Location
Completed by
December 2015
Project team
Pell Frischmann,
Herzog & de Meuron,
By delivering its largest and most challenging
pipeline scheme to date, South East Water
demonstrated ingenuity to secure water supply
to thousands of homes and businesses. The route
passes through historical sites, protected species
and a solar farm. In addition to passing 20m
underneath water ingress which proved extremely
problematic, at one stage, eight 10-inch were
required to manage the 13ml/d of water rising
from the base through the rocks (enough water
on a daily basis to the meet the water demands
of a town the size of Hastings).
Construction methods used included GPS positioning
of evacuators. This precision of control reduced the
amount of material evacuated and saved time and costs.
The launch and reception shafts for each tunnel were
constructed using in-situ reinforced concrete caisson
construction. This reduced the risk of leaks in shaft and
the amount of plant and labour required.
Cost
£9.2m
Location
Completed by
May 2016
Project team
South East Water,
Jacobs UK Ltd., Farrans
Construction, Ward &
Burke, PF Murphy &
Sons, Mouchel
The team also created a legacy of people, supplier and
knowledge creation which will benefit future projects.
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Gade Valley Expansion
Joint Replacement Scheme
Thames Water
Jackson Civil Engineering
For many years, a community on the outskirts of
Fleet in Hampshire had suffered from sewer flooding.
This caused when storm water overwhelmed sewage
tanks which forced storm water and domestic waste
to ‘back up’ in the network. To solve this problem,
Thames Water embarked on a £7m plan to construct
a new sewer pumping station at Hitches Lane which
was very close to the affected properties.
This proximity to the community meant that the construction
work has had to be extremely sensitive to the needs of the
community and the fact that the site is adjacent to the
local secondary school has only reinforced this.
Expansion joint replacement schemes on high speed roads have the potential to cause
huge disruption through lane closures and speed restrictions. Until now, commercially
available temporary bridging plates, which ordinarily used hinged systems, offered
awkward access to the joint, and required vastly reduced traffic speeds during the day.
Cost
£7m
Location
Hitches lane (opposite
Calthorpe Park school),
Fleet. Hampshire
Completed by
May 2016
Project team
Thames Water, MGJV
However, an innovative construction method and very active programme of public
engagement and communication has managed to turn what could have been a negative
into a positive, minimising and mitigating complaints and involving local residents as much
as possible in what has been a complex and challenging project.
The bespoke temporary over-ramp solution developed by Connect Plus, Connect Plus
Services, Jackson Civil Engineering and Flint & Neill has delivered a versatile solution.
It has virtually eliminated traffic disruption, allowing traffic to flow at normal speeds
throughout the duration of the project – a world first for joint replacement on this scale.
Originally developed for use on the QEII Bridge, the
temporary over-ramps have subsequently been used to
replace the expansion joints on the Gade Valley viaduct
at Junction 20. Although these structures are inherently
different – the joints at Gade Valley are skewed by more
than 30 degrees – the simplicity of the ramp design has
allowed them to be re-used following minimal modifications.
The solution has the potential to be used at a further 28
locations across the M25 network. Whilst in-situ, 30.2
million vehicles drove over the ramps at Gade Valley and
their drivers were largely unaware of their presence.
Considering this number in the context of delays that
could have been caused by the works, the benefits for this
temporary works method are unquantifiable, and in that
respect, this innovation has been a triumph for the industry.
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Cost
N/A
Location
North Grove Cottages, Off
Watford Road, Kings Lane,
Hertfordshire
Completed by
October 2015
Project team
Jackson Civil Engineering,
Connect Plus & Connect
Plus Services, Flint & Neill
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Engineered in
South East England
in partnership with
ICE Recruit
Thorndell Viaduct
BAM Nuttall Limited
> Cowes Outer Harbour Project
> District Hospitals Ghana - Dodowa Hospital
In October 2015, BAM Nuttall successfully delivered a
highly technical and challenging £5.5 million design
and build replacement of the Thorndell Viaduct
within a floodplain located between Pulborough
and Amberley stations. The viaduct was deemed
under strength in need of being brought back to
full strength with a 120-year design.
This project was an all-round success which saw the
handover of high quality works four hours ahead of
schedule within a 75-hour possession.
Rigorous health, safety, and environmental processes
were instilled which resulted in zero reportable injuries
or incidents and award recognition for above and beyond
initiatives. BAM Nuttall invested in future talent and
incorporated collaborative working with supply chain,
stakeholders and the local community.
> Jurong Tuas View Phase II
Cost
£5.5 million
Location
BAM Nuttall Site
Compound, Bury Road,
Bury, West Sussex
> Laxey Coastal Promenade
> Swale Sluices Refurbishment
Completed by
October 2015
Project team
Network Rail, Cass
Hayward, Mammoet,
Keltbray, Macrete
Newly adapted processes or techniques derived from the
works have been shared company-wide for future projects.
Innovative working, project management and client satisfaction
were key and saw the implementation of new technologies,
open communication and effective cost or programme controls.
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Engineered in South East England
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District Hospitals Ghana –
Dodowa Hospital
Boskalis Westminster Limited
Campbell Reith Hill LLP
Cowes is one of the world’s premier destinations for yachting with the related business
essential to the island’s economy and employment. Providing a true sheltered harbour
environment is key to the future and sustainable prosperity of the harbour, local and the
island’s economy. The breakwater is an important catalyst for the wider regeneration of East
Cowes, which suffers comparatively lower levels of employment and investment than Cowes.
The main engineering challenges were to design and
construct a stable breakwater on an extremely soft
clay layer and to keep within the budget.
Key features of the Boskalis Westminster proposal were
the integrated co-operation with the client team and
the provision of in-house capabilities including:
Innovative design
Utilisation of the dredging fleet
Sustainable re-use of dredged material from
the Southampton Channel Deepening project
Installation of vertical drains and compaction
Installation of geotextile
Supply of armour rock
Project and stakeholder management
Cost
£7 million
Location
Cowes Harbour
Commission, Harbour
Office, Town Quay, Cowes,
Isle of Wight
Completed by
November 2015
Project team
Boskalis Westminster
Limited, Cowes Harbour
Commission, Atkins,
Ramboll
Marine surveying
The Ghana District Hospitals project is an exemplary
illustration of the core values of modern civil engineering.
The hospitals will transform the lives of those living in
each district and they have been engineered to provide
an optimum solution. The solution brought together the
best of modern facilities, modern construction methods,
knowledge transfer of these methods, and the use of
new technologies to achieve a sustainable user-friendly
layout that economically addresses the site constraints.
The project has involved everything from the use of
satellite imagery, drones, Revit 3D, PDS 3D cut and fill
analysis to sustainable drainage, solar energy, modern
composite wall systems and low energy self-sufficient
sewerage treatments.
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Cost
USD$25m
Location
Dodowa, Ghana
Completed by
December 2015
Project team
Campbell Reith Hill LLO,
NMS International Group
Ltd, TP Bennett LLP, NMS
Infrastructure Limited,
Sprunt, Deacon and Jones
LLP, John Reid & Sons
(Strucsteel) Ltd
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Royal HaskoningDHV
JBA Consulting
The Laxey coastal promenade scheme’s design
introduced a new approach to considerate the
tolerable discharges from wave overtopping
through adopting the principles of limit state
design. This involved setting the ultimate and
serviceability wave overtopping limits to consider
the performance of the structure during both
extreme and normal conditions. The traditional
design approach (focussed on the reduction of wave
overtopping to tolerable thresholds for the design
storm event) was shown to be inadequate in this
design. This is due to the failure of the structure’s
performance during lower return period events and
when considered against more stringent thresholds.
Royal HaskoningDHV (RHDHV) was appointed to
design dock (entrance) gates for all three dry-docks
(Dock 5, 6 and 7) of Jurong Phase II project in
Singapore. Gate 7 is the main focus as it is the largest
non-propped spanning flap gate in the world.
Despite being 20% larger than any previous flap gate and
there were initial concerns that it might be unachievable,
RHDHV continued to design an efficient, safe and fully
functional gate. The gate will bring significant economic
benefits to the local economy in a sustainable manner.
Cost
USD$12m
Cost
£65,000
Location
The promenade, Laxey,
Isle of Man
Completed by
December 2015
Project team
JBA Consulting,
Isle of Man Government
The adoption of a limit state design approach at Laxey
has helped ensure the performance of the structure
through both normal and extreme conditions. This
aided in optimising the defence geometry to provide
the maximum benefits from wave overtopping
protection. At the same time, not designing a structure
that could negatively impact the picturesque landscape
and important tourism industries.
Location
Sembcorp Marine, Tuas
Boulevard Yard, Singapore
Completed by
Spring 2016
Project team
Royal HaskoningDHV,
Sembcorp Marine
This project is in line with Singapore’s ambition to
maintain its position as a highly developed trade-oriented
market economy and a major hub for ship repair services.
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Environment Agency
The £1.4million Swale Tidal Sluices Refurbishment
Scheme completely refurbished four tidal sluices on the
North Kent coast between September 2013 and May
2016. The structures help maintain the marshes and
its environmental designations. They were originally
constructed following the 1953 floods but suffered
with outfall siltation and were close to failure.
The team saved time and public money by packaging
four projects into one. They put partnership working at
the heart of the project, using feedback from 360 degree
stakeholder design workshops to reduce changes during
the construction phase.
The team incorporated the temporary cofferdam into
the permanent works then solved the siltation problem
by cutting a V-notch weir into the front face of each
cofferdam. This increased the flow velocity, making the
channel self-cleaning.
By maintaining water levels in the marshes, the refurbished
sluices reduce local flood risk whilst also supporting the
international designations, local agriculture, and leisure
interests such as bird-watching, cycling and rambling.
Brassey Award
(Kent and East Sussex)
for Engineering
Excellence
in association with
Berryrange
BRANCH AWA R D S
Cost
£1.4m
Location
Various locations at
North Kent: Motney
Hill Sluice, Motney Hill
Road, Rainham; Codds
Sluice, Chetney Marshes,
Iwade; Crown Sluice, Ferry
Marshes, Isle of Sheppey;
Thorn Sluice, Nagden,
Faversham
Completed by
June 2016
Project team
Environment Agency,
Team Van Oord, Royal
HaskoningDHV, Lower and
Upper Medway Internal
Drainage Board
> Broomhill Sands Coastal Defence Scheme
> Hoo Island Re-Engineering Works
> Peters Village and Medway Valley Crossing
> Poorhole Lane Improvement
> Swale Sluices Refurbishment
> Transforming Manston Airport
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Broomhill Sands Coastal
Defence Scheme
Environment Agency
The Bexhill to Hastings Link Road is a catalyst for
sustainable development in a highly deprived area
of the South East, providing future employment
opportunities. Working in collaboration with local
developers, a new business park was constructed
and opened simultaneously with the opening of
the Link Road whilst giving the earliest possible
start to these employment opportunities.
Too often urbanisation has negative impact on wild life
and public enjoyment of natural environments. This site
was home to many species of flora and fauna, enjoyed
by the community. The design enhances this diverse
habitat with improved access for equestrians, walkers,
cyclists and disabled.
Cost
£120m
Location
Cowhurst Road,
St Leonards on Sea,
East Sussex
Completed by
December 2015
Project team
Mott Macdonald
Construction measures were taken to inform and work
with the community, maintain public access and preserve
existing habitats through proactive planning. It also
provided opportunity for archaeological investigations
that proved to be significant, providing evidence of
human occupation though many periods with local interest
and finds considered to be of national importance.
The £30M Broomhill Sands Coastal Defence Scheme
directly protects 1,388 homes and over 100
businesses by increasing the standard of protection
from 1 in 20 years to 1 in 200 years, allowing for
predicted sea level rise. The improvements include
1.8km of rock revetment and new concrete wave
wall, 700m beach recharge and replacement of
timber groynes plus improvements to the existing
promenade including access ramps and steps.
The Broomhill Sands team has led on a number of
innovations, many of which are ‘firsts’ for the
Environment Agency, the UK and some even for the
construction industry. For example the innovative
approach with high-risk water sports users within the
offshore rock delivery and storage area. The team have
reported over £8.9m of efficiencies.
Cost
£30m
Location
Lydd Road, Camber, Kent
Completed by
December 2015
Project team
Environment Agency,
Team Van Oord Ltd,
Mott MacDonald,
CH2M, Arcadis
Broomhill Sands is highlighted in a Cabinet briefing as
an example of best practice regarding value and the
delivery of large efficiencies during construction.
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Brassey Award (Kent and East Sussex) for Engineering Excellence in association with Berryrange
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Hoo Island Re-Engineering Works
South East Water
Land & Water Services
Hoo Island Re-Engineering works completed in 2015
has strengthened the perimeter engineered bunds
of the old dredging disposal site in the River
Medway to ensure its long-term integrity. It also
introduced an enhanced wildlife habitat in the
form of dry and wetland habitat covering some
125 acres within the River Medway.
By delivering its largest and most challenging pipeline
scheme to date, South East Water demonstrated
ingenuity to secure water supply to thousands of
homes and businesses. The route passes through
historical sites, protected species and a solar farm.
In addition to passing 20m underneath water ingress
which proved extremely problematic, at one stage,
eight 10-inch were required to manage the 13ml/d
of water rising from the base through the rocks
(enough water on a daily basis to the meet the water
demands of a town the size of Hastings).
Construction methods used included GPS positioning of
evacuators. This precision of control reduced the amount
of material evacuated and saved time and costs. The
aunch and reception shafts for each tunnel were
constructed using in-situ reinforced concrete caisson
construction. This reduced the risk of leaks in shaft and
the amount of plant and labour required.
Access to the island was restricted to one to two hours
either side of high water with all labour, plant and
material mobilised to the island by pontoon and barge
via Chatham Docks. Site accommodation and welfare
provision were setup and maintained on the island for
the 20nr site personnel 24 hours a day seven days a week.
Cost
£9.2m
Location
Completed by
May 2016
Cost
£1.7m
Location
Hoo Island, Chatham
Docks, Gillingham, Kent
Completed by
November 2015
Project team
Land & Water Services,
Peel Ports, RSK
Environment Ltd
Strict procedures were implemented to ensure the
integrity of the perimeter bund was maintained during
the construction works. Safe methods of works were
adhered to, whilst earthworks plant accessed over both
the unstable perimeter bunds and the soft wet dredged
material lying in each dredge disposal ‘cell’.
Project team
South East Water,
Jacobs UK Ltd., Farrans
Construction, Ward
& Burke, PF Murphy
& Sons, Mouchel
The team also created a legacy of people, supplier and
knowledge creation which will benefit future projects.
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BAM Nuttall Limited
Poorhole Lane
Improvement
Kent County Council
Cost
£33m
Location
BAM Nuttall Limited, Site
Compound, Old Church Rd,
Burham, Maidstone, Kent
Completed by
August 2016
Peters Village project is an exemplary example of
engineering excellence. It brings innovation to solve
complex engineering challenges, sustainable
construction and economically viable solutions
allowing the creation of a new village within the
heart of Kent.
Through the provision of infrastructure for this new
community, there are also significant benefits to the
local communities of Burham and Wouldham, including
improved transportation links, PRoW, recreational and
educational facilities. In providing these improvements
BAM (D&B contractor) has worked closely with the
client (Trenport Investments, Kent and Medway Councils
and the Environmental Agency) to ensure creation of a
place where people want to live, and the local
community want to live beside.
In delivering this goal the team have embraced latest
technology and innovations to build new bridges and
roads that provide a direct link to the A228. This eases
congestion on the existing roads and providing improved
access to wider motorway and rail networks.
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Project team
Trenport Investments
Limited, Gleeds Cost
Management, Waterman
Group, WSP, David
Jarvis Associates, BWA
Management Limited,
FGS Deacon Landscape,
Environmental Scientifics
Group Ltd, Forest Traffic
Services Limited, Freyssinet
Limited, G8 Construction,
Colas, Hi Way Services
Limited, Homegrown
Timber Limited, J P Flynn
Construction, Littlewood
Fencing Limited, Ovenden
Earthmoving Co Limited,
P J Edwards & Co (UK)
Limited, C P Dynes,
Lafarge Tarmac, Vibro
Menards Limited, Winjam
Developments Limited, RBLI,
RMD Kwikform Winjam
Developments Ltd., RBLI,
RMD Kwikform
Cost
£2.5m
Location
Poorhole Lane, Westwood
Road, Broadstairs, Kent
Completed by
July 2015
Project team
Kent County Council,
Amey Consulting &
Strategic Infrastructure,
The scheme involved the widening of Poorhole Lane at Westwood in Thanet
and linked two primary roads – the A256 Westwood Road to the west and the
A254 Ramsgate Road to the east. This has provided an alternative route for
traffic between Margate, Westwood Cross Shopping Centre and Broadstairs.
The primary purpose was a highway improvement supporting the local economy in
creating an alternative route for existing and future traffic movements avoiding the
severely congested Westwood roundabout. It also was to provide improved infrastructure
and accessibility to support existing businesses and attract inward investment and
increased employment.
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Transforming Manston Airport
Environment Agency
Balfour Beatty
Mott MacDonald
Joint Venture
The £1.4million Swale Tidal Sluices Refurbishment
Scheme completely refurbished four tidal sluices on the
North Kent coast between September 2013 and May
2016. The structures help maintain the marshes and
its environmental designations. They were originally
constructed following the 1953 floods but suffered
with outfall siltation and were close to failure.
The team saved time and public money by packaging
four projects into one. They put partnership working at
the heart of the project, using feedback from 360 degree
stakeholder design workshops to reduce changes during
the construction phase.
The team incorporated the temporary cofferdam into
the permanent works then solved the siltation problem
by cutting a V-notch weir into the front face of each
cofferdam. This increased the flow velocity, making the
channel self-cleaning.
By maintaining water levels in the marshes, the refurbished
sluices reduce local flood risk whilst also supporting the
international designations, local agriculture, and leisure
interests such as bird-watching, cycling and rambling.
Cost
£1.4m
Location
Various locations at
North Kent: Motney
Hill Sluice, Motney Hill
Road, Rainham; Codds
Sluice, Chetney Marshes,
Iwade; Crown Sluice, Ferry
Marshes, Isle of Sheppey;
Thorn Sluice, Nagden,
Faversham
Completed by
June 2016
Project team
Environment Agency,
Team Van Oord, Royal
HaskoningDHV, Lower and
Upper Medway Internal
Drainage Board
In July 2015, Operation Stack managed by Balfour
Beatty Mott MacDonald (BBMM) made headline
news due to the disruption being caused across
Kent and on Highways England’s Area 4 Network.
The M20 effectively became a giant lorry park on a
weekly basis and as stack continued, the team were
challenged to find a different way of holding lorries.
BBMM and its supply chain partners made a huge effort
to lay markings on the airfield to make it suitable as a
lorry park. Coordinated by BBMM, 17 companies were
involved in the operation. Over a 50-hour period, capacity
for 4,500 lorries over 36 lanes was marked out using
140,000 metres of lining, 5,000 studs and 95 arrows.
All of this was done with no compromise on the team’s
standards for safety, the environment and quality.
Cost
£600,000
Location
Balfour Beatty Mott
MacDonald, Area 4,
10 Kings Hill Avenue,
Kings Hill, Kent
Completed by
August 2015
Project team
Balfour Beatty Mott
MacDonald, Highways
England, Hi-Way Services,
Aggregate Industries,
HW Martin
This was a massive achievement brought together by
an astounding team effort from everyone at BBMM and
their supply chains.
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Thames Valley
Award for
Engineering
Excellence in
partnership with
ICE Benevolent Fund
B RAN C H AWAR D S
Defence Infrastructure Organisation
Success achieved through a collaborative single team approach. The design and
construction methodology satisfied specific constraints applicable working adjacent
a runway/ taxiway within a high security operational RAF Base.
Innovation
Onsite concrete batching plant to provide 11700m³
of PQC
Radar absorbing panels eliminating potential interference
Airfield flight systems reconfigured to accommodate
the facility location
Creativity
Multifunction facility providing a ‘one stop shop’
for RAF transport aircraft
> A400M Maintenance Repair Overhaul Facility
First and second line repair managed within a
single facility
‘Just in time’ management process and forward
supplies are held outside the security base
> District Hospitals Ghana – Dodowa Hospital
> East West Rail Phase1
> Gade Valley Expansion Joint Replacement Scheme
> Reading Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge
> Wokingham Rail Station and Link Road Re-Development
Location
A400M Maintenance
Repair Overhaul Facility
Completed by
June 2016
Project team
Defence Infrastructure
Organisation, Balfour
Beatty, WYG, AWW,
Arup, Interserve
Social Value
300 additional permanent jobs created
Significant benefits to the wider economy
> Leigh Road Bridge
> Purley Switches and Crossings Renewal and Upgrades
Cost
£35m
Long term local community commitment
Safety
Foreign Object Debris measures implemented during
design and construction stage
Existing services diverted into a ‘corridor’ around the
site to reduce the risk of a service strike
Sustainability
Project on course to achieve DREAM excellent
Existing hard standings were crushed and recycled
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54
Pell Frischmann
District Hospitals Ghana –
Dodowa Hospital
Campbell Reith Hill LLP
academic community.
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Cost
£36m
Location
Completed by
December 2015
Project team
Pell Frischmann,
Herzog & de Meuron,
The Ghana District Hospitals project is an exemplary
illustration of the core values of modern civil engineering.
The hospitals will transform the lives of those living in
each district and they have been engineered to provide
an optimum solution. The solution brought together the
best of modern facilities, modern construction methods,
knowledge transfer of these methods, and the use of
new technologies to achieve a sustainable user-friendly
layout that economically addresses the site constraints.
The project has involved everything from the use of
satellite imagery, drones, Revit 3D, PDS 3D cut and fill
analysis to sustainable drainage, solar energy, modern
composite wall systems and low energy self-sufficient
sewerage treatments.
Cost
USD$25m
Location
Dodowa, Ghana
Completed by
December 2015
Project team
Campbell Reith Hill LLO,
NMS International Group
Ltd, TP Bennett LLP, NMS
Infrastructure Limited,
Sprunt, Deacon and Jones
LLP, John Reid & Sons
(Strucsteel) Ltd
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East West Rail Phase1
Gade Valley Expansion
Joint Replacement Scheme
Atkins
East West Rail is a major project to establish a strategic railway connecting
East Anglia with Central, Southern and Western England. The western section
of the route will ultimately provide a modern 100mph railway between
Oxford and Bedford, Milton Keynes and Aylesbury Vale.
East West Rail Phase 1 represents a 20km stretch between Oxford and Bicester.
The section between Oxford Parkway Station and Bicester village was opened on
26 October 2015 and the remaining section opens late autumn 2016.
The project comprised the following:
New Oxford Parkway station at Water Eaton
Upgrade of Bicester Village and Islip stations
Construction of a connecting line to the Chiltern Mainline
Seven new overbridges
Six reconstructed or strengthened under bridges
Eight new footbridges
Numerous stretches of widened earthworks and
retaining walls
Modification of 35 culverts
Closure of 37 level crossings
Cost
£350m
Location
The Axis, 10 Holliday
Street, Birmingham
Completed by
March 2016
Project team
Atkins Plc, Chiltern
Railways, Network Rail,
Carillion Buckingham
Joint Venture, Siemens
Repair, strengthening and track formation lowering
through Wolvercote Tunnel
Installation of a new signaling system
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Expansion joint replacement schemes on high speed roads have the potential to cause
huge disruption through lane closures and speed restrictions. Until now, commercially
available temporary bridging plates, which ordinarily used hinged systems, offered
awkward access to the joint, and required vastly reduced traffic speeds during the day.
The bespoke temporary over-ramp solution developed by Connect Plus, Connect Plus
Services, Jackson Civil Engineering and Flint & Neill has delivered a versatile solution.
It has virtually eliminated traffic disruption, allowing traffic to flow at normal speeds
throughout the duration of the project – a world first for joint replacement on this scale.
Originally developed for use on the QEII Bridge, the
temporary over-ramps have subsequently been used to
replace the expansion joints on the Gade Valley viaduct
at Junction 20. Although these structures are inherently
different – the joints at Gade Valley are skewed by more
than 30 degrees – the simplicity of the ramp design has
allowed them to be re-used following minimal modifications.
The solution has the potential to be used at a further 28
locations across the M25 network. Whilst in-situ, 30.2
million vehicles drove over the ramps at Gade Valley and
their drivers were largely unaware of their presence.
Considering this number in the context of delays that
could have been caused by the works, the benefits for this
temporary works method are unquantifiable, and in that
respect, this innovation has been a triumph for the industry.
Cost
N/A
Location
North Grove Cottages, Off
Watford Road, Kings Lane,
Hertfordshire
Completed by
October 2015
Project team
Jackson Civil Engineering,
Connect Plus & Connect
Plus Services, Flint & Neill
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Leigh Road Bridge
Purley Switches and Crossings
Renewal and Upgrades
Geoffrey Osborne Ltd
Leigh Road Bridge opened in October 2015,
providing a vital link for the people and businesses
of Slough Trading Estate over the Great Western
Railway. It supplements the existing 1836 Brunel
Bridge, which was sub-standard for current
requirements.
The client, SEGRO, appointed Osborne and Peter
Brett Associates as respective contractor and design
consultant. Due to concurrent Crossrail works on the
route, abnormal possessions were unavailable for
bridge installation. The design and build team therefore
developed the half through steel girder superstructure
and innovative cantilevered trailer launch method.
Construction began in the summer of 2014, with the
launch undertaken in February 2015. The innovative
method earned keen media attention with the operation
featuring on the BBC One Show and on local radio
promoting interest in civil engineering. The project team
consistently worked collaboratively to complete the
project within programme and budget.
S&C Alliance South
(Network Rail)
Cost
£10m
Location
Leigh Road (c/o Bedford
Avenue), Slough Trading
Estate, Slough, Berks
Completed by
October 2015
Project team
Geoffrey Osborne Ltd,
SEGRO plc, Peter Brett
Associates, Tony Gee
& Partners, Slough
Borough Council,
Network Rail
Purley Junction is one of the busiest and most
important railway junctions in the UK providing
the link between London, Gatwick Airport and the
South East. This complex infrastructure project
involved the complete redesign and installation
of switches and crossings, transforming Victorian
engineering into a 21st century, modern and
sustainable rail system, fit for passenger and freight
timetable demands.
Aecom, Colas Rail and Network Rail, working
collaboratively within the S&C South Alliance, delivered
Network Rail’s biggest Christmas project on time, to
budget and with zero accidents during a 24-hour, 10-day
closure between 24 December 2015 and 4 January 2016.
As a direct result of their excellent and sustainable designs;
strong programme management; timely stakeholder
engagement; innovative construction methods; robust
financial controls and industry leading health and safety
management; the team ensured the area continued to
function without any adverse impact on the economy
and the day-to-day lives of local people and businesses.
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Cost
£8m
Location
Purley Station, Whytecliffe
Rd S, Greater London
Completed by
January 2016
Project team
S&C Alliance South
(Network Rail), S&C
Alliance South (AECOM),
S&C Alliance South (Colas
Rail), Network Rail –
Route Enhancement
Management
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Peter Brett Associates LLP
Wokingham Rail Station and
Link Road Re-Development
Wokingham Borough Council
The 120-metre cable stay Reading Pedestrian and
Cycle Bridge over the River Thames was constructed
to play a vital role in connecting Reading. It forms
a sustainable transport link to provide accessible
connections to employment, transport and leisure
destinations.
Innovative in both form and construction, the bridge
embodies ingenuity in the creation of a useful addition
to local communities and a visitor destination in its
own right. The bridge delivers a sustainable solution
that complements the local area and contributes to
the well-being of the local community.
The team relied on strong collaboration and
communication between each other, local stakeholders
and communities to meet outcomes and deliver an
outstanding project.
Cost
£7.2m
Location
Friars Island, Thames Side,
Reading
Completed by
March 2015
Project team
Peter Brett Associates
LLP, Reading Borough
Council, Design Engine
Architects Ltd, Balfour
Beatty, Hollandia infra
The Wokingham Rail Station and Link Road
redevelopment has been a transformational project
for this busy Thames Valley interchange. Between
2011 and 2015, a collaborative working approach
between Wokingham Borough Council, Network
Rail and South West Trains has delivered a
significant transport interchange in the town fit
for the 21st century.
The combined scheme cost of circa £12.68m provided
three main elements to the redevelopment:
A new station building and associated platform works
A new access forall footbridge and lifts
A new link road with major junction alterations and
changes to traffic flow patterns
Some of the key constructional issues the project had to
overcome included:
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Maintaining access for the public to the rail station
during all construction works
Co-ordinating three main contractors, especially the
railway building and footbridge andtechnical design
Delivering the new “linked” road traffic signal and
level crossing barrier control systems
Cost
£13m
Location
Wokingham Town Centre
Completed by
May 2015
Project team
Wokingham Borough
Council, WSP|PB, Balfour
Beatty Living Places, R&W
Civil Engineering, Imtech
Traffic & Infrastructure,
DEG Signal Ltd, S&T Cover,
Network Rail Infrastructure
Projects South – Wessex,
C Spencer Ltd., Mott
MacDonald, South
West Trains, Geoffrey
Osborne Ltd.
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South Award for
Engineering Excellence
in association with Trant
B RAN C H AWAR D S
Balcombe Rail Re-signalling Project
Kier Infrastructure and Overseas Limited
> Balcombe Rail Re-signalling Project
> Bognor Regis Northern Relief Road
> Bournemouth University Student Centre
> Cowes Outer Harbour Project
> Duver Road Bridge Strengthening
> Grove Farm Sewage Pumping Station
> Hasting Pier Conservation
> Jurong Tuas View Phase II
> Laxey Coastal Promenade
> Thorndell Viaduct (Amberley, West Sussex)
> Whyke Horizon Footbridge
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Thames Valley Award for Engineering Excellence
The Balcombe Re-Signalling Project involved the
complex installation of bi-directional signalling to
allow six trains to run per hour in either direction
on each track between Balcombe Tunnel Junction
and Copyhold Junction on the busy Brighton Main
Line. The aim of the works was to bring greater
flexibility and reliability to the line.
The original contract value was circa £10 million and for
Kier, working on such a busy and publicity sensitive main
line, any setbacks would have been high profile. However
the success of the project was secured by the collaborative
spirit and close working relationships developed between
each part of the team which saw the project delivered
on time and within budget in November 2015.
Cost
£13m
Location
London Road,
Balcombe, West Sussex
Completed by
November 2015
Project team
Kier Infrastructure and
Overseas Limited, Network
Rail, Mott MacDonald
Limited, TICS Limited,
Global Rail Construction
Limited, The TEW Group
(TEW Engineering Ltd),
Fonealarm, NTS Premier
Services Ltd
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Barratt David Wilson
Bournemouth University
Student Centre
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff
Barratt David Wilson Homes completed the Bognor
Regis Northern Relief Road connecting the A29
at Shripney with the A259 at Felpham. The relief
road has been delivered as part of a package of
improvements under a section 106 agreement
that also includes sports facilities, parks, skate park
community centre and supports 800 new homes
built in the area.
The viaduct structure spans the Bognor Regis to
Barnham railway line, the Lidsey Rife and other
watercourses as well as the flood plain and measures
0.5km in length.
The project has re-profiled water courses and
semi-natural habitats are developing on both
watercourses with Water Vole evidence. The watercourses
link the new wetland habitats along the flood attenuation
ponds that have developed permanent and seasonally
wet areas providing a good mix of quality feeding
resources for water vole and bat populations as well as
numerous bird species.
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Cost
£28m
Location
BNRR/Viaduct Project
Office (Western Section)
Shripney Road
Shripney, West Sussex
Completed by
March 2016
Project team
Barratt David Wilson,
Atkins, Hochtief (UK)
Construction Ltd, John
Reilly Civil Engineering
Limited, MJA Consulting,
Millstone Landscapes,
Aluco Ecology, WSP, West
Sussex County Council
(BUSC) provides students with a creative and
innovative new building, which supports
their social activity whilst also enabling them
to engage with the students’ union. The use
of materials and form, including steel staircases
which fly across a six-storey octagonal atrium,
encourage students to work collaboratively, whilst
a link bridge connecting to the existing library
boosts involvement with the students’ union.
Excellent relationships within the delivery team, strong
early engagement from the university, together with
a “no-blame” culture and willingness from all to find
solutions to challenges throughout the project, was
paramount to the project being brought forward,
delivered on time and on budget. The use of concrete
for thermal mass, a large atrium for natural ventilation,
together with ground source heat pumps, photo-voltaic
panels, and sedum roofs have enabled BUSC to achieve
a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating.
Cost
£10m
Location
BUSC, Talbot Campus, Fern
Barrow, Poole, Dorset
Completed by
March 2015
Project team
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff,
Bournemouth University,
Willmott Dixon, Saunders
Architects, Hoare Lea
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Duver Road Bridge Strengthening
Boskalis Westminster Limited
Island Roads
Cowes is one of the world’s premier destinations for yachting with the related business
essential to the island’s economy and employment. Providing a true sheltered harbour
environment is key to the future and sustainable prosperity of the harbour, local and the
island’s economy. The breakwater is an important catalyst for the wider regeneration of East
Cowes, which suffers comparatively lower levels of employment and investment than Cowes.
The main engineering challenges were to design and
construct a stable breakwater on an extremely soft
clay layer and to keep within the budget.
Key features of the Boskalis Westminster proposal were
the integrated co-operation with the client team and
the provision of in-house capabilities including:
Innovative design
Utilisation of the dredging fleet
Sustainable re-use of dredged material from
the Southampton Channel Deepening project
Installation of vertical drains and compaction
Installation of geotextile
Supply of armour rock
Project and stakeholder management
Cost
£7 million
Location
Cowes Harbour
Commission, Harbour
Office, Town Quay, Cowes,
Isle of Wight
Completed by
November 2015
Island Roads was required to rebuild a bridge
that provides the only public access to a community
in one of the Isle of Wight’s most protected
beauty spots.
Project team
Boskalis Westminster
Limited, Cowes Harbour
Commission, Atkins,
Ramboll
In doing so, it had to ensure the scheme for The Duver
at St Helens did not leave residents and businesses in
the area isolated. It also needed to ensure the reasons
behind the existing bridge’s deterioration were tackled.
Marine surveying
The solution combined the required engineering
expertise in providing a lasting technical solution that
was in harmony with all the environmental considerations.
It also involved a number of engagement and
communication measures that ensured the specific
needs of the local community were heard and addressed.
Cost
N/A
Location
Duver Road, St Helens,
Isle of Wight
Completed by
April 2015
Project team
Island Roads
The resulting scheme was delivered on time and in
budget. Not only did it restore and indeed enhance
access for residents and visitors, it ensured that good
community relations remained at the heart of the project.
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Hastings Pier Conservation
Thames Water
Ramboll
For many years, a community on the outskirts of
Fleet in Hampshire had suffered from sewer flooding.
This caused when storm water overwhelmed sewage
tanks which forced storm water and domestic waste
to ‘back up’ in the network. To solve this problem,
Thames Water embarked on a £7m plan to construct
a new sewer pumping station at Hitches Lane which
was very close to the affected properties.
This proximity to the community meant that the
construction work has had to be extremely sensitive to
the needs of the community and the fact that the site
is adjacent to the local secondary school has only
reinforced this.
Cost
£7m
Location
Hitches lane (opposite
Calthorpe Park school),
Fleet. Hampshire
Completed by
May 2016
Project team
Thames Water, MGJV
However, an innovative construction method and
very active programme of public engagement and
communication has managed to turn what could
have been a negative into a positive, minimising and
mitigating complaints and involving local residents
as much as possible in what has been a complex
and challenging project.
Only half the original Victorian pleasure piers
remain and many face an uncertain future.
The Hasting Pier project applied technology,
research, experience and design skills innovatively
to solve the pier’s conservation problems:
Conserving a large heritage asset in the sea
Delivering a pier with a viable, sustainable future
The civil engineering solutions overcame the marine
environment, constructability, and access difficulties for
inspection, construction and maintenance. The works
required the development of a range of typical and
bespoke structural solutions and the construction
methods were adapted to be suitable to the location.
Close collaboration with contractors has been important
in development of the design.
Cost
£11.5m
Location
1-10 White Rock,
Hastings, East Sussex
Completed by
March 2016
Project team
Ramboll, Hastings Pier
Charity, dRMM, FPE Global
Ltd, PT Projects Ltd, The
Heritage Lottery Fund
From a sound understanding of the original construction
of the pier we have developed a strategy that is both
site specific and sympathetic to the historic structure.
This pier can now look forward to a bright future under
the ownership of the Hasting Pier Charity.
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Thorndell Viaduct
BAM Nuttall Limited
Royal HaskoningDHV
In October 2015, BAM Nuttall successfully delivered a
highly technical and challenging £5.5 million design
and build replacement of the Thorndell Viaduct
within a floodplain located between Pulborough
and Amberley stations. The viaduct was deemed
under strength in need of being brought back to
full strength with a 120-year design.
This project was an all-round success which saw the
handover of high quality works four hours ahead of
schedule within a 75-hour possession.
Rigorous health, safety, and environmental processes
were instilled which resulted in zero reportable injuries
or incidents and award recognition for above and beyond
initiatives. BAM Nuttall invested in future talent and
incorporated collaborative working with supply chain,
stakeholders and the local community.
Cost
£5.5 million
Location
BAM Nuttall Site
Compound, Bury Road,
Bury, West Sussex
Completed by
October 2015
Project team
Network Rail, Cass
Hayward, Mammoet,
Keltbray, Macrete
Newly adapted processes or techniques derived from the
works have been shared company-wide for future projects.
Innovative working, project management and client satisfaction
were key and saw the implementation of new technologies,
open communication and effective cost or programme controls.
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Royal HaskoningDHV (RHDHV) was appointed to
design dock (entrance) gates for all three dry-docks
(Dock 5, 6 and 7) of Jurong Phase II project in
Singapore. Gate 7 is the main focus as it is the largest
non-propped spanning flap gate in the world.
Despite being 20% larger than any previous flap gate and
there were initial concerns that it might be unachievable,
RHDHV continued to design an efficient, safe and fully
functional gate. The gate will bring significant economic
benefits to the local economy in a sustainable manner.
Cost
USD$12m
Location
Sembcorp Marine, Tuas
Boulevard Yard, Singapore
Completed by
Spring 2016
Project team
Royal HaskoningDHV,
Sembcorp Marine
This project is in line with Singapore’s ambition to
maintain its position as a highly developed trade-oriented
market economy and a major hub for ship repair services.
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Whyke Horizon Footbridge
JBA Consulting
Balfour Beatty Mott MacDonald Joint Venture
The Laxey coastal promenade scheme’s design
introduced a new approach to considerate the
tolerable discharges from wave overtopping
through adopting the principles of limit state
design. This involved setting the ultimate and
serviceability wave overtopping limits to consider
the performance of the structure during both
extreme and normal conditions. The traditional
design approach (focussed on the reduction of wave
overtopping to tolerable thresholds for the design
storm event) was shown to be inadequate in this
design. This is due to the failure of the structure’s
performance during lower return period events and
when considered against more stringent thresholds.
Cost
£65,000
Location
The promenade, Laxey,
Isle of Man
Completed by
December 2015
Project team
JBA Consulting,
Isle of Man Government
The adoption of a limit state design approach at Laxey
has helped ensure the performance of the structure
through both normal and extreme conditions. This
aided in optimising the defence geometry to provide
the maximum benefits from wave overtopping
protection. At the same time, not designing a structure
that could negatively impact the picturesque landscape
and important tourism industries.
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Whyke Horizon Footbridge is a unique and
innovative bridge form, best described as a
hybrid box girder and U trough. The cycle or
pedestrian bridge provides much needed
connectivity between schools and residential
communities, previously severed by the busy A27.
Constructed with negligible disruption to road users,
the bridge aims to embrace the flat coastal environment
with a low form of structure. The gentle curved,
sculped exterior is deliberately understated, whilst the
brightly coloured interior has a playful, fun nature.
The bridge deliberately aims to challenge preconceived
ideas of what highway footbridges should be like.
Whilst many bridges of this genre are designed with
a more holistic approach, characterised by a respectful
and measured response to context and design brief.
The project demonstrates how everyday infrastructure
can better and could be argued to pioneer a philosophy
known as ‘beautiful ordinary’.
Cost
£3.2m
Location
Whyke Roundabout, A27,
Chichester
Completed by
August 2015
Project team
Balfour Beatty Mott
MacDonald, Wilkinson
Eyre Architects, Interserve
Civils, Highways England,
Mabey Bridge
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S O U T H E A S T EN G LA N D
E N G I N E E R I N G E X C ELLE N C E AWA RD
The South East
England Engineering
Excellence Award
is the highest award
of the evening.
The winner will be announced at the end of the ceremony
and is given to the project which is judged to be the best
example of engineering excellence in the region.
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