The members’ newsletter of ICE Yorkshire and Humber November 2012
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In this issue 2013 Annual Awards The projects shortlisted for next year’s awards are announced
ICE Member Benefits ICE Extra - exclusive financial member benefits September’s site visit to Grimsby River Terminal
Regional Advisory Board
Bringing you news and views on civil engineering in your region
David Hirst takes on the role of Chair of the RAB
We welcome your comments, letters and articles.
Regional Education Team
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Your ICE Committee Welcome to the November edition of ICE Local, the first newsletter since I took over as Chair for the region. During the past five years on the Committee I have enjoyed the opportunity to influence what happens in our region and work with others to promote civil engineering. Fulfilling the role of the Regional Advisory Board (RAB) Chair allowed me to work with the group and the rest of the committee to establish relationships with the region’s LEP’s and Chambers of Commerce. This has raised the profile of civil engineers and the ICE in the region and I intend to continue my support of this activity during my year as Chair. The Committee roles are filled for the coming year but we are always
The Team report on the recent Engineering Experience Day
Regional Achievers looking for additional help, whether as an Ambassador within local schools or supporting our Knowledge, Public Voice or Membership sub-groups – please get in touch if you are interested in helping. Entries have been submitted for our Centenary and Smeaton awards, and I am looking forward to the next stage of judging these submissions, meeting the people involved and ultimately presenting the awards to the winners at our annual dinner in Harrogate in March next year.
Celebrating Regional Education Team leaders Josie Rothera and Matthew Brayfield
Kings Cross Refurbishment Damian Kilburn on the Kings Cross Refurbishment project presented by Smeaton Award winners Tata Steel
Finished reading the newsletter? John Bowes BEng CEng MICE ICE Y&H Chair 2012-13
Pass a copy to a colleague
Shortlist - Yorkshire and Humber Awards 2013 Originator
Project involvement
A1 Dishforth to Leeming Project (A1D2L)
Highways Agency
Carillion Morgan Sindall joint venture
Acomb Landing WTW
Yorkshire Water Services Ltd
ETM, Yorkshire Water, Arup
Ben Rhydding Footbridge Replacement
Network Rail
Birse Rail Ltd
Bradford Living Street Connect 2 Project – Element 2 Bridge at Manchester Road
Bradford Council in partnership with Sustrans and Trident
Bradford Council, Sustrans, Trident, Eric Wright Civil Engineering, Britons Fabricators
Citation plc – 10% off Health & Safety and Employment Law support to chartered engineers
Bransholme Surface Water Reservoir Reservoir Safety Scheme
Yorkshire Water Services Ltd
Black & Veatch Ltd, Arup
Entice – over 3,500 offers and discounts on major high street brands
Brownhill Impounding Reservoir Improvement Works
Yorkshire Water Services Ltd
Mott MacDonald Bentley Limited (MMB)
Caldervale WwTW
Yorkshire Water Services Ltd
ETM, Yorkshire Water. Arup
Ea Beck Embankment
Environment Agency (NCPMS)
Environment Agency, Amco, Royal Haskoning, Arup
Esk Valley Bridge Replacements
Network Rail
BAM Nuttall Ltd, Aecom
Headlands Lane Footbridge Refurbishment Project
Wakefield Council
Joshua Thomas & Partners Ltd, Network Rail
Killamarsh Cycleway
Jackson Civil Engineering
Mott MacDonald Limited, Sheffield City Council
ICE Member Benefits In addition to your core membership benefits, ICE offer a range of discounts on products and services provided by the following partners.
Hiscox - discounted home insurance Kingsbridge Professional Solutions – insurance packages for engineers Marsh – discounted professional indemnity insurance for engineers MBNA – ICE credit card offers a number of attractive rates and benefits One Great George Street – 20% off food with your ICE membership card
Linton Falls Hydroelectric Power Station
JN Bentley Limited
JN Bentley Limited
New Manganese Contactors at Rivelin Water Treatment Works
Yorkshire Water Services Ltd
Mott MacDonald Bentley Limited (MMB)
The Corporate Team – discounted London hotel rooms
Pasture Terrace Flood Relief Scheme
Yorkshire Water Services Ltd
Mott MacDonald Bentley Limited (MMB), East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Terms and conditions apply for all offers, please see the website for details:
Project Shakleton
Joint Forces Command, Ministry of Defence
Mott MacDonald Limited, Colas Limited
Swinithwaite Hall - Granary Courtyard
Mr Adrian Thornton-Berry
Structural & Civil Consultants Ltd, Chris Hodges
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Regional Advisory Board We are pleased to announce that David Hirst has accepted the Committee’s invitation to become Chair of the Regional Advisory Board. David has been a member of the RAB since it was created in 2007 and has proactively represented the energy sector. The RAB have recently responded to the Aviation Lifed Panel in relation to its reply to the draft national aviation strategy consultation framework, and project timelines. The group are currently debating the CBI report Bold Thinking: A model to fund our future roads and what might come out of the feasibility report the Treasury is currently undertaking for Government on the future funding/governance of the highway network in the UK The following are areas that the group may be debating in the future, if you have any views upon these or the funding of the highway network please contact the Regional Support Team. Energy 2020 – think-tank type paper (decarbonising transport and heat) for release November 2012. State of the Nation: Transport – launching in June 2013. How do we gather evidence? Should we produce a regional report or briefing sheet? Should we produce these for each City Region? Infrastructure Finance Assistance Bill – Briefing note to MPs. Infrastructure Review – Sir John Armitt has been invited by Ed Balls to lead.
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David Hirst BEng CEng MBA FICE
Students take part in the Engineering Experience Day
Regional Education Team Engineering Experience Day On Wednesday 14 November, the Regional Education Team held their second Engineering Experience Day at the National Railway Museum in York. Four schools attended from across North Yorkshire, fielding teams of eight students from Years 8 and 9. During the day-long event, the students were tasked with becoming disaster relief engineers following the devastation caused by Hurricane Mitch which hit Honduras is 1998. The teams completed five activities, all of which were linked to how engineers would typically be helping in emergency situations. The students were tasked with: constructing a Bailey bridge and launching it across a ‘river’ to provide a temporary crossing; constructing a communications tower to hold transmitter and receiver equipment; transporting clean water to a refugee camp; providing emergency shelters using limited materials; and constructing a medical centre. The Bailey bridge and water supply activities were facilitated by Emergency Aid Training (EAT) who have hands-on experience of working in emergency situations. A new activity, to construct a
medical centre, was also trialed and worked well, using wooden dowels to form triangles to create a structure which could ultimately be covered for the use of medical teams. Our thanks go to the National Railway Museum who allowed us to use their excellent facilities for the day and also undertook an interactive session called ‘Rocket to Bullet’ where they went through Newton’s Laws of Motion and explained them to the students using fantastic demonstration tools. Many thanks to our Ambassadors: Matthew Brayfield, Josie Rothera, Lynden Cable, Chris Bevington, Joe Durrant and Adam Broomhall, and to EAT: Julian Carter and Bill Ixer. Well done to all the schools involved: Huntington School, St Aidan’s Church of England High School, Cundall Manor School and Harrogate High School. We are always looking for new ideas to help develop our offering to schools and for new Ambassadors to join our team. If you would be interested in helping at our next Engineering Experience Day or at any of our other events please contact us at: e iceyandh@ice.org.uk ice.org.uk/yorkshireandhumber/education
Regional Achievers We would like to take this opportunity to thank Josie Rothera and Matthew Brayfield for their continued commitment to the promotion of civil engineering to under-19s. In 2010 Josie and Matthew took on the running of the Regional Education Team, having been active ICE Ambassadors for a number of years. Following on from Lynden Cable, who won the NCE/ACE Outstanding Achievement Award in 2009 for his efforts in providing schoolchildren in Yorkshire and Humberside with a better understanding of what it means to be a civil engineer, would have been a daunting act for many to follow. Josie and Matthew however, have more than risen to the challenge, organising over 140 activities and reaching over 6,000 children, teachers, parents and the wider public to date. In addition to the many hours they spend organising activities and coordinating Ambassadors, they are developing new activities, considering methods to engage with more schools and ways to coordinate with other organizations to achieve their overarching objective of inspiring the next generation of engineers.
If you would like to nominate a Regional Achiever to feature in future editions of the newsletter, please contact: e iceyandh@ice.org.uk Josie Rothera
Matthew Brayfield
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Solar panels on the roof
Kings Cross Station Refurbishment evening meeting On Wednesday 3 October, the 2012 Smeaton Award winners presented the Kings Cross Station Refurbishment project at the National Railway Museum in York. The Smeaton Award is for design work carried out in the Yorkshire and Humber region for a project elsewhere. The winners this year were Tata Steel. The presenters - Lee Owen, James Clifford and Andrew Wilkinson, provided in depth technical and practical information on how Kings Cross Station was refurbished with the station ‘open as usual’. The project commenced in 2005, a £550m scheme to refurbish the Grade I listed structure. The primary issue was how to maintain full operation of the station whilst at the same time undertake this major work. The project was split into a number of packages including: Package 0 – Construction of Platform 0 to enable trains to be transferred to the new platform and thus other platforms closed to allow construction of the pedestrian footbridge Package 2 – Refurbishment of the two train shed arched roofs Package 3 – Replacement footbridge to provide improved access to all platforms Package 0 The alignment of Platform 0 is directly under a Grade I listed office building facing the York Street façade of the station, the work commenced immediately on completion of the office building refurbishment. A contiguous bored pile wall was constructed to
provide a sufficient area to construct a new rail track to Platform 0 which occupies the site of the old taxi rank. Package 2 The roof refurbishment required complex scaffolding techniques hanging down from the structure and canopies to protect the ironwork during renovation. The iron structure was largely retained with only minor repairs as required including an area of WW2 bomb damage. Solar panels have been installed on the roof providing 10% of the station’s annual electricity needs. Package 3 The existing Victorian footbridge was dismantled and is currently being reassembled at the Mid Hants heritage railway. The new bridge was designed to provide access to all platforms with integral lift access. The structure features ‘bomb proof’ glass and a thin steel deck to minimise its impact in the train shed. The foundations on each platform had to be designed to deal with made ground and tube lines, although it was possible to bury services cabinets in the foundations minimising obstacles on the platform surfaces. The presentation was extremely interesting and demonstrated the high level of skill and designing on the hoof required to deliver complex refurbishment projects. The project has demonstrated that professional engineers designing in the region leave lasting impressions in other regions of the UK.
QUEST
Apology
Students at Yorkshire and Humber universities have gained 10 of the 66 QUEST Scholarships awarded in 2012. University of Leeds has three of these students and University of Sheffield, seven. The latter, along with University of Cambridge, gained the second highest number of scholarships, beaten only by University of Bath, which gained 11. These scholarships are worth £2,500 per year for four years.
The Annual Report, covering 2011-12, should have been delivered to those who receive NCE with the issue on 4 October. If you did not receive your copy, please let us know.
There are currently over 250 QUEST scholars studying at universities throughout the UK, 27 of these at the University of Sheffield and six at the University of Leeds. Over the course of their studies QUEST scholars must participate in at least three activities that promote civil engineering. Applications for next year’s scholarship will be accepted from April 2013; see: ice.org.uk/questundergrad for details.
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Due to some anomalies with postcodes, we omitted the following from the list of Fellows in ICE Yorkshire and Humber. We apologise for this mistake. Chilton, CM Haigh, W Oates, JA Tanner, SG Wrathall, D