GoToWebinar: This webinar, organised by CIHT East Midlands, will outline the development of a major £100 million bypass around the eastern side of Lincoln. It explores how the scheme will impact on the traffic in Lincoln, and look at the engineering challenges faced in constructing it.
The presentation outlines the development of a major £100 million bypass around the eastern side of Lincoln. It will explore how the scheme will impact on the traffic in Lincoln, and look at the engineering challenges faced in constructing it, including difficult ground conditions, gaining access to parts of the site between watercourse, and the significant archaeology.
The procurement of the project was disrupted by two major events:-the collapse of the main contractor Carillion just weeks before it was due to start and the Covid pandemic. The talk will outline how the use of a local authority collaborative framework enabled Lincolnshire to appoint a new contractor to take over the project with a minimum of disruption.
The talk will also describe how the framework required a collaborative ethos throughout the site, and explain how the project was able to continue through the Covid pandemic. The project was completed in 2021.
Within the session, the following key areas will be looked at:
Scheme justification
Large bypass schemes have become a thing of the past, with funding being made available for smaller capacity improvements and schemes that encourage modal changes. However, these schemes can provide limited benefits and there are still occasions where a bypass is the only solution to a city’s transport problems. This presentation looks at the traffic problems that occur in the city of Lincoln and why a £100 million bypass is the chosen solution. It will look at how the designers dealt with crossing a major floodplain, and the crossing of two railway lines.
Government procurement policy
Central government funding requires collaboration to be a key part of the construction. The presentation will consider the use of the New Engineering Contract Engineering and Construction Contract, and how the client and the contractor worked together to meet that requirement.
NEC Frameworks
The financial collapse of the main contractor just before work was due to start was a major setback. The project funding was threatened and so the Client found a solution using a local authority framework to procure a new contractor. Collaboration was a key factor in making this work.
Health and Safety – COVID
Another major challenge that the project had to face was the COVID pandemic. With the threat of future pandemics still real, the procedures and protective measures developed as the scheme progressed on site.
The target audience for this presentation is wide, and will include trainees both of clients/designers/contractors, as well as project managers. Local government procurement officers will find the content on NEC interesting, as would health and safety advisors and site supervisors.
Adam Round, Principal Engineer at Lincolnshire County Council
A Chartered Civil engineer with 18 years’ experience in delivering local authority highways infrastructure and 22 years in the construction industry. Adam is currently a Principal Engineer and leading the delivery of the £45 million Spalding Western Relief Road Section 5.
Adam has played a major role in a number of significant infrastructure schemes for Lincolnshire, including Lincoln Eastern Bypass, the Lincoln East West Link Road, Bailgate Restored and Gainsborough Education Village, working collaboratively with external clients, contractors and land owners. Adam has shown his skill at delivering the design and supervision of complex projects and excels in developing and maintaining strong working relationships with multiple service providers and partners.
Adam regularly reports to and advises internal and external clients, Councillors and regulatory bodies on infrastructure issues and contributed both to the County Council policy for public realm works (Streetscape Design Manual) and the recent revision of the Lincoln City Centre Masterplan, working with City of Lincoln Council and other stakeholders such as Lincoln University, Network Rail and Lincolnshire Cooperative.
Adam has been on the Lincolnshire Branch Committee of the Institution of Civil Engineers for over 15 years.
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