John BowesBEng CEng MICE

ICE Y&H Chair2012-13

ICE LocalIn this issue

BIM - what’s it all about?

Langleys Construction Partner Tim Craig looks at Building Information Modelling

Transportation Group news

The group report on some of their recent event, including Leeds Station Southern Entrance

ICE Membership Benefi ts

The new online ICE Members’ Directory lists all our professionally qualifi ed members on our website

HS2 Debate

Five institutions come together in Leeds next month to debate the motion: “This house believes that HS2 will redirect resources away from the regions to the capital”

Regional Achievers

We celebrate the fi ve successful regional recipients of this year’s QUEST Technician Scholarships

Project Focus

The expansion of York’s Park and Ride scheme

ice | yorkshireandhumber

The members’ newsletterof ICE Yorkshire and HumberMay 2013

The Green City Challenge at Birkdale School, Sheffi eld during National Science and Engineering Week

ice.org.uk/yorkshireandhumber

Welcome to the latest edition of ICE Local. Since the last issue we have enjoyed a number of evening meetings, the highlight of which was Sir John Armitt’s visit to Sheffi eld, where over 100 ICE members attended his informative talk on the Olympic legacy.

If you attended the Olympic legacy presentation you may recall my opening presentation providing information on what ICE nationally and regionally are doing to promote civil engineering and to support its members. This approach will be adopted for the majority of our future meetings to enhance how the Institution communicates to its members, adding to the existing written methods employed.

Sustainable development is an area where all civil engineers are able to make a positive contribution. The CEEQUAL Awards provide a methodology for measuring this contribution and also recognising the achievements of individual projects.

CEEQUAL’s Outstanding Achievement Awards are awarded by an independent judging panel of industry leaders, in recognition of their achievement of

what they call “pinnacle best practice” in improving sustainability of civil engineering, infrastructure, landscaping and the public realm. These Awards are the only CEEQUAL Awards that are ‘won’ rather than gained, and are open to Project or Contract Teams that have already been awarded a Project or Term Contract Award using CEEQUAL’s Assessment Methodology.

The fi rst Eric Hughes Award went jointly to the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) and the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) for their work on the Olympic Park, supporting the excellent work as presented in the Olympic Legacy presentation discussed above.

Finally I would like to thank the Regional Advisory Board for the recent work they have undertaken in supporting the 2013 State of the Nation Transport report, the group have contributed to the national report and a local briefi ng. The launch date is 19 June, an electronic version will be available to all members.

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BIM - what’s it all about?What is BIM?You may have heard about Building Information Modelling (BIM) over the last couple of years but do you really know what BIM means and what it does? Should you incorporate it in your project? There is no universally accepted defi nition of BIM in the UK, however many have adopted the defi nition suggested by Keith Snook (formerly RIBA Director of Research):

“Building Information Modelling is digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility creating a shared knowledge resource for information about it forming a reliable basis for decisions during its life cycle, from earliest conception to demolition”

A BIM system typically envisages: Compiling information in a way that can be shared 3D modelling of a project, where possible, going beyond

conventional 3D CAD drawings by incorporating non-graphical data, e.g. cost and programming data

Allowing shared information to be updated as the project progresses, even during the operation of the building.

Benefi ts of BIMSupporters of BIM suggest it offers numerous benefi ts including: improved design; easy access to information; shorter construction times; costs reduced by 5%; improvements to environmental impacts; long-term effi ciencies from the re-use of BIM models. The use of BIM in the UK is being driven by Government policy, which seeks to encourage BIM by demonstrating these benefi ts in public sector construction projects.

Building Information Modelling is of growing importance in the UK construction industry and will require a signifi cant learning curve for many involved in the construction process.

The article above has been edited, for the full story please see: ice.org.uk/130522BIMNews For further information on this article, please contact Tim Craig at Langleys at e: tim.craig@langleys.com or on t: +44 (0)1904 683 237.

Transportation Group - NewsThe Transport Special Interest Group is one of the regional sub-committees. Our most recent events have been on the A65 Kirkstall Quality Bus Corridor (construction), Managed Motorways (implementation) and the Leeds Station Southern Entrance for Leeds Railway Station (application for powers to construct).

The Leeds Station event was well attended attracting an audience of 80 attendees, with the A65 event being a novelty in taking the 28 attendees on a coach tour of the corridor with packed lunches, detailed notes and drawings and a running commentary from the speaker.

The A65 scheme was aimed at providing greater priority for buses including 4km of new bus lanes and improved provision for pedestrians and cyclists. Paul Russell of Leeds City Council also discussed his recent experience with NEC3 contracts for the scheme providing insights into its adoption by Leeds City Council.

The Leeds Station Southern Entrance event was particularly well attended and took place less than 200m from the eventual construction site over the River Aire. Leeds Station is the second busiest station outside London with the substantial growth in passenger numbers and regeneration of the areas to the south of the station over the past 10 years generating demand for a new entrance to serve the south of the city.

The scheme recently completed the Public Inquiry stage with the Secretary of State due to make a decision in July 2013; the Project Manager for delivery of the Transport and Works Act Order application Tom Gifford (Metro), and Jason Smith (Mott MacDonald) provided an overview of the delivery of the scheme, with a good discussion session after the presentation.

Planned evening events for the coming year include, Asset Management in Sheffi eld, the new Wakefi eld Westgate Station, Finningley and Rossington Regeneration Route Scheme (FARRRS) and an event on the Tour de France infrastructure and legacy.

ICE Member Benefi ts - Online Members’ Directory

In response to feedback, ICE has launched a new online Members’ Directory ice.org.uk/Membership/Members-Directory listing all our professionally-qualifi ed members on our website. The purpose of the directory is to help our professionally qualifi ed members to fi nd and potentially contact other ICE peers, to allow members to raise their professional profi le, and to give civil engineering companies and the public a way of verifying if individuals are ICE members.

Every professionally-qualifi ed member (Technician, Associate, Member and Fellow) will have a basic listing of their name and ICE grade on the site, however for the directory to be of increased benefi t we would strongly encourage you to ‘opt in’ to allow further details to be

displayed. Once you are opted in to display a full listing the following information will also appear against your name: UK region, employer and designatory letter(s).

A full listing means that other people can fi nd you more easily. To opt in, login to: ice.org.uk/my-ice and go to “view/edit profi le” in MyICE - select “Members’ Directory Opt-in”, and tick the option labelled “Professionally qualifi ed members: tick box to display your ICE region, employer and full title”.

If you are not registered on MyICE, please sign up by following the on-screen instructions, or email us at membership.enquiries@ice.org.uk

An example of BIM in action - ICEY&H Centenary Award winning project 2013 “New Manganese Contactors at Rivelin Water Treatment Works”

Rendering of Leeds Station Southern Entrance

Regional Achievers

This month we celebrate the achievements of the successful recipients of this year’s QUEST Technician Scholarship. Five scholarships were awarded to:

Adam Bradley – Adam has been working in the traffi c team at Aecom since 2007, he is currently employed as a Technician and is a great ambassador for his employer. Working towards his HND in Civil Engineering at Leeds College of Building he is a dedicated student and very competent Technician, and his goals include professional development and gaining ICE Technician membership.

Matthew Brown – A Site Engineer for JN Bentley, Matthew was inspired to enter the fi elds of engineering and construction through watching programmes such as MegaStructures as a child. He is currently undertaking the Higher Apprenticeship in Civil Engineering at Leeds College of Building, bringing with him an excellent combination of hands-on ability and academic acumen.

Christopher Forrest – Christopher is pursuing the HND in Civil Engineering at Leeds College of Building, and works as a Design Engineer and Estimator for B&A Scaffolding Ltd. He is ambitious and dedicated, and has drawn on his experience of scaffolding design to share his knowledge with his (extremely appreciative) peer group.

Gareth Hanson – When not studying for his HND at Wakefi eld College, Gareth works as a Trainee at Peter Moss & Associates. His progression through Level 3 studies to Level 4 and now on to the HND refl ects his enthusiasm, motivation and determination to succeed, and he is looking forward to going on to University, and becoming a qualifi ed engineer.

James York – James won the 2012 Association of Building Engineers’ Academic Excellence Award with his business case for a replacement road bridge over the M62 in Cleckheaton. He is on the HND Civil Engineering course at Leeds College of Building.

If you are a technician and proud of the quality of work you achieve, please contact us – we would very much like to meet you and discuss how you can make the most of your talents and your career.

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Yorkshire professionals to debate High Speed Rail

Thursday 27 June, 18.30, Leeds Metropolitan University

We have joined forces with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) and the Landscape Institute (LI) to organise a debate considering the arguments for and against the HS2 extensions from Birmingham to Yorkshire and Manchester. HS2 is the latest of many attempts to narrow the North-South divide in the UK but will it bring the promised benefi ts to the North, allowing northern economies to benefi t from London’s magnet effect in the world, or will it result in a further draining of investment to London and the South-East?

The motion: “This House believes that HS2 will redirect resources away from the regions to the capital”

The debate will be chaired by Martin Wainwright, former Northern Editor of The Guardian. Tickets are advance-only via http://HS2debate.eventbrite.co.uk Cost: £10.00, including a drinks reception after the debate.

Speakers Prof. Mike Geddes (Honorary Professor, University of Warwick and

Chair of Offchurch HS2 Action Group) Andrew Mason (Managing Director, Newmason Properties) Neil McLean (Chair of Leeds Local Enterprise Partnership) Jim Steer (President of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and

Transport, and Director of Greengauge 21)

Panel discussion Alan Stilwell (Vice President, ICE) Stephen Hodder (President-elect, RIBA) Alan Collett (President, RICS) Dr Peter Geraghty (President, RTPI) Sue Illman (President, LI)

John Bowes, Chair of ICE Yorkshire and Humber, said, “Debate is a healthy way of exploring and understanding confl icting issues. HS2 is an opportunity to transform the rail network and increase capacity on existing routes and this unique event, which we expect to be sold out, brings together expert speakers and built environment professionals”.

Clockwise from top: Matthew Brown, James York, Gareth Hanson, Christopher Forrest, Adam Bradley

Notice of Annual General Meeting Notice is hereby given that the AGM of the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Yorkshire and Humber Region will be held at the University of Bradford, on Wednesday 3 July 2013, at 18.15.

Major item – Revised Constitution (Item 5)Please note that there will be an additional item of business at the AGM; consideration of a revised Constitution for ICE Yorkshire and Humber. The formal business of the AGM will be deliberately kept short but there is no intention to prevent or curtail discussion or questions, particularly as signifi cant changes to the Constitution are being put forward by the Committee. Questions and discussion on this will be welcomed by representatives of the Committee from 17.30 onwards, immediately prior to the AGM.

Note that only professionally-qualifi ed members of ICE Yorkshire and Humber are entitled to vote at the AGM and in the ballot for elected members, but all members are encouraged to attend both the AGM and the pre-meeting and to ask any questions.

Elections to Committee ICE Yorkshire and Humber Region relies very much on the efforts of those of its members who give their time for the benefi t of the rest. Some of these people serve on the Committee and any professionally-

qualifi ed member of ICE Yorkshire and Humber is encouraged to consider standing for election to the Committee. It is the Committee that directs the policy and strategy of the Region and has input into ICE policy at national level. There will be four vacancies for elected members on the Committee from the start of the next session (1 September 2013). Nominations will be invited from 28 May, the closing date for nominations will be 10 June and details of candidates will be on our website from 12 June.

If you are eligible to vote but unable to attend the AGM please contact us to request a postal vote. Ballot papers with instructions will be sent by post or email and must be returned, to be received by 18.15 on 26 June.

Please note that, in order to reduce costs, no further election communications will be sent by post unless previously requested. The preference, via MyICE, to receive election communications by post applies only to Council elections and not to Regional elections.

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Project Focus - York’s Park and Ride

The City of York has one of the most well developed Park and Ride (P&R) systems in the country with fi ve P&R sites on the outskirts of the city. However, the city still suffers from a high level of congestion, with buses, cars, cyclists and pedestrians fi ghting for space, which is limited by city walls and ancient monuments.

In an attempt to improve the situation, funding has been secured for a large expansion of the P&R facilities, with a new location at Poppleton, north west of the city, and improved and expanded facilities elsewhere in the city. The Poppleton site will have 600 vehicle spaces and improved facilities at Askham Bar will see a further 1,100 spaces.

As well as works at the P&R sites, a signifi cant work was undertaken to improve capacity at existing junctions and improve journey times for the buses. A 1.6km section of the A59 has seen signifi cant improvements and the addition of a bus lane. This section of road is using a non standard material, a 14mm superfl ex Elastomeic PMB. This is a relatively new material being a modifi ed EME2 polymer construction, produced by Bardon. Although more expensive when compared to more traditional surface courses, such as HRA, it has a number of benefi ts;

the surface course has an elastic property to it, allowing for small movement in the surfacing and returning to shape after movement, giving excellent crack resistance

laying of the material is simpler and quicker than HRA as no chippings are required the material itself is better placed where there is an inconsistent binder course,

which is often the case on the roads today the material performs well in polished stone value tests, achieving the

required 60-65PSV

Traffi c management was an important factor with work being undertaken during off peak hours and at weekends. However, where it was found work could be undertaken during peak hours without affecting traffi c, this was done, reducing the timescales on site. Together with the improvements to the other P&R sites, the scheme will bring a reduction in the number of cars on the road network around and in to York, a reduction in carbon emissions and improvements to the overall area of York.

Regional Education Team

During National Science and Engineering Week (15–24 March) the team took part in fi ve events across the region, engaging with 800 students to promote civil engineering. ICE Ambassador Lianne Darbinson gives us a summary of some of the activities.

“At the National Railway Museum, students competed against each other to build the tallest tower using wooden blocks, to which we then applied a wind load (using a desk fan). The winner was the tallest tower able to withstand the wind.

We had an excellent turnout of pupils of all abilities from schools across the area. Many of the children expressed the view that our activity was one of the most fun out of those on offer because it was hands on, and all admitted they liked the destruction testing.

For the ‘Giant Tetrahedron’ activity at the University of Leeds, the team worked together with members of the public to build tetrahedrons using dowel and elastic bands. These were then joined together to produce a giant tetrahedron which dominated our end of the hall, and drew considerable interest.”

Thanks to the following who participated in at least one of our events during National Science and Engineering Week: Kenneth Ajoku, Jennifer Baskill, Chris Bevington, Matthew Brayfi eld, Lynden Cable, David Coates, Lianne Darbinson, Simon Diggle, Joe Fisher, Gary Frost, Jenni Godsland, Alice Hearne, Amanda Kitchen, Robert Ricketts, Leah Stuart, Alex Turobin-Harrington, Kate Watson, Luke Watson.

ICE Communications CompetitionRobert Magin, James Walley, Sam Cogan and Na Zhang from the University of

Sheffi eld achieved success in the regional heat, but were defeated at the semi-fi nals

by the team from Loughborough University. For the full story, see: ice.org.uk/130521CommsCompNews

Left to right: Rendering of Poppleton Bar Park and Ride, a bus route in York, ICE Ambassador Lianne Darbinson