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Client: Hope Construction Materials Ltd All said, we are working on For Better! Contractor: A Torn Construction Ltd some interesting, some would argue, fascinating projects. I was as intrigued as anyone to read about Edward Needham’s work on the Bennerley Footbridge Replacement Scheme and, while it may not be the biggest project on our books, I can’t say it’s every day that we discover a German Zeppelin connection on one of London Road Award Nomination our jobs! The bridge designed by HBPW Withers, said: “The ICE Awards be removed to create a more open to help alleviate congestion are an annual celebration of throat to station. Paul Monaghan also points out Paul Withers - Managing Partner the very best civil engineering in Derby has been entered In addition the vertical alignment how we have been expanding projects in the region so we are into a prestigious engineering has also been altered to increase our staff resources rapidly delighted to be standing shoulder Time waits for no man (or competition by the City Council. minimum vertical clearance from over the last few months to shoulder with some of the best woman) and I find it mildly The stunning new bow string the railway to 4.78m in order to to cope with the steadily projects in the UK. disconcerting that I am writing bridge, which is located to the allow for future electrification increasing workload, and I this welcome to our latest south east of Derby’s town centre, “The team worked so hard on this of the lines. The scheme also agree that it is thanks to our project, specifically engineering features a traditional pre-cast newsletter towards the end Hope Construction Materials’ Industrial Director Ashley Bryan inside the new 20,000 tonne capacity clinker store replaces the former London careful recruitment that, as Road over bridge which took the designer Stephen Wilde, with Paul concrete bridge deck across the of March with the weather a firm, we now have a broad two lane A5194 across a total of Monaghan and James Cable quite remaining Bombardier span. improving, to raise spirits, and A 20,000 tonne capacity budget. All parties worked amount of sustainable waste- literally burning the midnight oil as spectrum of Engineering seven railway lines and sidings, The project has been entered Easter hovering into site. clinker store designed by the brilliantly.” derived fuels the operation can forming part of the Derby to they worked through the night to professionals ranging from HBPW engineering team, is accommodate as well as an into the awards’ Medium Project The building, which features Birmingham line. oversee the sliding into place of the newly qualified to the very playing its part in the £14m internal overhaul of the iconic category for schemes with a Time flies when you are busy a reinforced concrete ground this impressive structure.” experienced. expansion of the UK’s leading Hope chimney. Now a delighted local authority value of £750k - £10m. The floor, also has 5m high but I am happy to report that independent supplier of has entered the engineering As part of the Derby scheme winners will be announced at perimeter concrete walls “We are very excited to from HBPW’s perspective, our cement and concrete. scheme into the Institution of Civil four old bridge spans have now June’s ICE dinner. Business continues apace, caseload has been as heavy as and a steel work building be involved in the largest Engineers (ICE) East Midlands effectively been replaced by two change is never far away, and A.Torn Construction Ltd was superstructure built off the top investment programme on ever (we are not complaining!) Merit Awards which will be judged new superstructures. Three have something tells me that the commissioned to build the of its walls. site for many years,” said been lost to the bow string arch Client: Derby City Council and, despite some political later this year. July edition will be telling yet new structure at Hope Cement Ed Cavanagh, Hope Works bridge which, in turn, has also / Network Rail protestations to the contrary, “Experience counts for another story. Until then keep Works in the Operations Manager. “This HBPW Managing Partner, Paul enabled two supporting piers to Contractor: Morgan Sindall everything,” added Paul. the economy does appear to National Park on behalf of Hope works has operated for more an eye on the HBPW blog to “This job was very familiar to be experiencing a positive shift Construction Materials Ltd. than 85 years and directly see what we have been up to us because HBPW has been in the right direction. employs nearly 200 people. (www.hbpw.co.uk) HBPW Managing Partner, Paul producing similar engineering Withers, said: “The bulk storage details for Associated British “Once this programme is However, I fear that as we Enjoy the read! shed, which will be used for Ports’ storage sheds for complete, we will have an brave the run up to the storing cement clinker, was many years.” upgraded production plant, pending election on May 7th, commissioned in August last ready for the challenges of The clinker store is part of we will all be so confused by year with the brief that it needed an increasingly busy time for Hope Construction Materials’ to be open and operational by building in the UK,” he added. the machinations of political wider £14m investment in its the end of November. debate that I feel sure none of East Midlands plant aimed at us will know whether or not the “Conseqeuntly, we designed enhancing sustainability and economy is really doing well. it very quickly and, working in the efficiency of operations. PAUL WITHERS close collaboration with A.Torn Key projects also include the MANAGING PARTNER Construction, everything came completion of a multi-million Bridge being slid into place Nearly there! together on-time and within HBPW CONSULTING CONTINUED ON BACK PAGE pound system to increase the ENGINEERING YOUR SOLUTIONS

The impressive Charges Introduced For ‘Soil Dating’ TheThe LZ59 LZ59 Zeppelin Zeppelin Bennerley Viaduct The not for profit organisation (Contaminated Land: Applications Jay said: “As a Qualified Person “The charges AirshipAirship after after its its behind the drive to reduce in Real Environments), provides a – someone registered with are all about In The Shadow demisedemise the volume of soils going to process which enables the re-use CL:AIRE to make Declarations to covering landfill, has introduced a new of excavated soil materials rather the Environment Agency for sites costs rather charging structure. than classifying them as waste. in accordance with DoWCoP – I than making Jay Fox Of The Kaiser’s am able to seamlessly manage But, according to HBPW Scenarios include; money. The these changes for clients. fees are Geoenvironmental Engineer, • re-using excavated materials Client: Network Rail Jay Fox, the benefits of using (contaminated or clean) on the “Realistically they are modest relatively small and, whilst they Contractor: AMCO Rail Ltd ‘the CoP’ (Definition of Waste: site of origin charges which only become can rise to a significant sum Zeppelins Development Industry Code of • direct transfer to another payable on projects where the for larger sites, almost without Practice or DoWCoP) still far site (uncontaminated natural volume of materials re-used exception, the financial and outweigh any new charges now materials only) exceeds 5,000m³. Thereafter environmental benefits of using in force. • sharing materials between they are on a sliding scale the DoWCoP far outweigh the Geoenvironmental engineer Edward between in Nottinghamshire As part of the bridge replacement scheme sites via a ‘Cluster’ system starting at £60 for up to 6000m³ The ‘DoWCoP’, which was cost,” added Jay. Needham unwittingly found himself and in Derbyshire. a new Network Rail standard footbridge, or by using a fixed soils and increasing by £10 for every in the middle of his own Time Team located close to the Viaduct structure, originally established by “As part of the studies for the scheme it treatment facility. additional 1000m³ of materials. investigation after research turned up will replace an existing wrought iron the CL:AIRE organisation was discovered that the site not only had a more than he’d bargained for! lattice footbridge deck structure. HBPW’s complicated mining history, but was also geoenvironmental engineering team was HBPW was asked to carry out a feasibility bombed by the German Navy during the asked to carry out ground investigations in study as part of the Bennerley Footbridge Great Midlands Zeppelin Raid of 1916.” support of the civils and structural design Replacement Scheme, which is being Controlled Growth On 31st January that year nine Zeppelin by HBPW engineers. carried out by AMCO on behalf of airships of the German Airship Naval Network Rail. “As is often the case with railway projects, Division conducted a bombing raid over ground conditions can be complicated Is Secret Of HBPW Edward Needham takes up the story. He the British Midlands. and this area was no exception. In this said: “The new bridge, which will help One of these airships, the L.20 (LZ 59) instance there had been previous mining improve safety, is located close to the based at Tondern in Schleswig - now part and historical river diversion works,” Success and a former colliery site, of Denmark - conducted a bombing raid added Edward. As HBPW announces two in the area around the Bennerley Viaduct, The new footbridge main deck and more graduate engineer dropping seven high-explosive bombs associated staircases, will be founded appointments, Partner Paul The old bridge which will be replaced in the vicinity, one of which fell just to on new piled foundations, which Monaghan, says that two years the north of the Viaduct on the Midland Ben Daly Roy Bailie will be designed to suit local ground of stunning growth has gone Railway line at Bennerley Junction, which conditions, and the clearance beneath hand in hand with a series of served the local ironworks. Damage was the new structure will be increased to key strategic appointments. caused to the Midland line but the Viaduct allow adequate clearance for future emerged unscathed. Despite one of the worst electrification. economic downturns since the “We were all taken aback by this Thomas Ormonde “We are used to carrying out unexploded 1970’s, HBPW has bucked the discovery,” said Edward. “Clearly this ordnance searches for our various sites,” trend among many competitor was a major local event of the time which said Edward, “however, I can say with firms, partially the result of has largely been forgotten about by In February, Bradford University confidence that is the first Zeppelin Network Rail investing millions of most people but it was, nevertheless, a Masters engineering graduates discovery we have made!” pounds revitalising its UK network. Thomas Ormonde and Nicholas fascinating ‘re-discovery’ on our part.” Working closely with AMCO Rail Chia, joined HBPW. - one of NR’s key CP5 suppliers “It is important that we bring the Nicholas Chia - HBPW has responded to a next generation of graduates Edward Needham raft of prestigious contract wins through,” said Paul, “however, by appointing staff to meet the equally important, is the need number of experienced demands of an ever increasing to strike a balance between contractors, including workload. experience and relative engineering draughtsmen Bill Gould and Andy Wolstenholme Paul Monaghan, said: “The inexperience.” and, recently CAD technician, increase in our turnover has been Partner Jon Livesey joined HBPW Mike Gresty, became part of the the result of organic rather than in the second quarter of last year, full-time team after a long period ‘explosive’ growth and, whilst to support the expanding team, as a contractor. there may have been pressure followed quickly by graduate points when everyone was engineers Edward Needham “It is important that we continue working to capacity, I am pleased and Roy Bailie, along with to recruit with the long term in mind, whilst also ensuring that to say that the increasing number CAD technician Ben Daly from Jon Livesey The view from above the Bennerley Footbridge An engineering perspective of contract wins has never Rotherham. we have the right balance of skills outpaced our ability to recruit top for an ever evolving and maturing quality engineering staff.” “Allied to that we have a engineering sector,” added Paul.