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Civil Engineering in Surface Transport

Civil Engineering in Surface Transport. Mark Dewhirst and Alex Wilson. Engineering Graduate Forum – 1 st July 2011. Roads Directorate – Bounds Green (site placement). Roads Directorate – Hanger Lane. Highways Asset Management - Road Tunnels and Bridges. Health and Safety Team.

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Civil Engineering in Surface Transport

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  1. Civil Engineering in Surface Transport • Mark Dewhirst and Alex Wilson Engineering Graduate Forum – 1st July 2011

  2. Roads Directorate – Bounds Green (site placement) Roads Directorate – Hanger Lane Highways Asset Management - Road Tunnels and Bridges Health and Safety Team Urban Realm Design Schemes Contracts and Procurement Possible Surface Graduate Civil Engineering Placements Traffic Directorate Traffic Design Engineering Finance Traffic Management Borough Projects Design Secondment Special Projects – Cycle Hire Scheme Special Projects – Cycle Superhighways Olympic Route Network

  3. In more detail...

  4. Hanger Lane

  5. Oxford Circus Diagonal Crossing Urban Realm Design Scheme My role included... - Assisted PM through Construction - Identifying Risk and Solutions - Site Reporting - Stakeholder Engagement crucial

  6. Cycle Hire Scheme • March 2012 – • pre-Olympic launch • Supporting five central Olympic venues • Maximize cycling potential - Barclays Cycle Superhighways 2 and 3 and three Olympic Legacy Greenways will offer more cycle-friendly alternatives in expansion area

  7. Site delivery process

  8. Highways Asset Management - 1800 Highway Structures on the TLRN - 13 Tunnels • Recent High Profile Refurbishment Projects include: • - Blackwall Northbound Tunnel - Albert Bridge

  9. Highways Asset Management Twickenham Bridge • Helping to apply Life Cycle Tool and develop Long Term Spending Strategy -Identifying priority work on Olympic Route Network

  10. Civil Engineering in Surface Transport • Some conclusions: • Useful insight. • Roles are not all just technical. • There’s some pretty interesting things going on in Surface Transport! • Questions to think about: • -Project Horizon – fundamentally how different is a civil engineers role in Surface Transport, LU and London Rail? • Was Lord Sugar in a recent episode of The Apprentice, right to say “I have never yet come across an engineer that can turn his hand to business”???!

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