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Team on 24 June 2005
New viaduct scoops top ICE award
A new viaduct at Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire has won the top award in the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) West Midlands Awards 2005.
A new viaduct at Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire has won the top award in the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) West Midlands Awards 2005 The viaduct beat 16 other entrants to win the Project award, as well as the Construction Award
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 23 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Mike Mann, chairman of the panel of judges and former Chairman of ICE West Midlands, said: "All the projects provided outstanding examples of neat solutions to very real problems".
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"The quality of all 17 projects entered for the awards was exceptional and the winning project teams can rightly be proud of their efforts against such stiff competition".
The Upton upon Severn Viaduct team fast-tracked their project from design to completion in just 12 months after it was discovered that the previous, 66-year-old, 170-metre long viaduct at a strategic river crossing was corroded beyond repair and would require traffic to be restricted to one lane.
The ICE judges praised the ingenious and practical solution implemented by the project team who arranged a two-way diversion route through an existing caravan park that reduced traffic delays while allowing construction work.
Pre-cast and preformed components were used to reduce the construction period and minimise equipment needed within the flood plain.
The winning project team included Halcrow Group, Norwest Holst, Laser Civil Engineering and Raynesway Construction Southern working for the client, Worcestershire County Council.
Eliot Park Innovation Centre (EPIC), Nuneaton was designed and built by Warwickshire County Council to meet demand for small office-style accommodation, bringing diversification and new jobs to Nuneaton's economy.
It provides space for around 50 companies with support services provided on-site by Coventry University Enterprises .
EPIC will use less than 50% of the energy of other offices.
A heavy structure, state-of-the-art windows and intelligent lighting ensure high energy efficiency and substantial CO2 emission reductions.
The ICE judges were impressed by the innovative solutions which had been introduced to many aspects of the construction process and had led to the high efficiency rating.
They also commended the fact that the complex had been constructed on a former landfill site and had used recovered and sustainable materials wherever possible.
Warwickshire County Council and Advantage West Midlands were equity partners and funders of the GBP 7.2 million project, with further funds from the Department of Trade and Industry and European Regional Development Fund (Government Office for the West Midlands).
Those involved on the project included architects SMC Corstorphine and Wright, mechanical and electrical consultant Couch Perry Wilkes, civil engineering consultant BJB Engineering and quantity surveyors and project management Turner and Townsend.
The Expanded Polystyrene Railway Embankment at Nuneaton Railway Station was a major aspect of the remodelling of the station, which was undertaken as part of the West Coast Main Line upgrade.
The GBP 1.5 million project required the design and construction of a rail embankment over weak made ground prone to settlement and a three-span brick arch bridge that crosses the River Anker.
The solution involved improving the ground in areas away from the bridge using stone columns and constructing the embankment over the bridge itself using blocks of high-density expanded polystyrene (EPS).
At 3% of the weight of traditional materials, the EPS added virtually no load to the bridge and avoided expensive, difficult and potentially environmentally damaging works in the river.
The ICE judges were impressed by the amount of thought and research which had gone into the production of a solution to a long-term problem which had beset engineers for many years.
Additionally, realignment of the trackwork had considerably improved efficiency of rail traffic through Nuneaton station.
The winning project team included lead designer Owen Williams Railways , EPS embankment designer Bullen Consultants (part of Faber Maunsell) and principal contractor Carillion Rail plc working for the client, Network Rail.
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