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Ice Bridges 2016 Topics include: ICE BRIDGES 2016 § Effective collaboration on shared assets Design, Construction and Maintenance § Designing for sustainability: The Rotherhithe Bridge 1 JUNE 2016 § Resilient designs for bridges subjected to dynamic loads One Great George Street, Westmintser § Innovation in design and construction § Defining good practice for inspecting, identifying and maintaining hidden bridge components § Update of the Highways Code of Practice for Well Managed Highway Infrastructure GOLD SPONSORS BRONZE SPONSORS EXHIBITOR Featuring expert speakers from: Network Rail Transport Scotland Highways England ReForm Architects Amey AECOM Devon County Council Canal & River Trust Flint & Neill Mersey Gateway ICE Engineers Richard Fish Consultancy @ice_engineers Kier Services #ICEbridges Registered charity number 210252. Charity registered in Scotland number SC038629. ICE-BRIDGES.COM ABOUT ICE BRIDGES 2016 1 JUNE WESTMINSTER The third annual ICE Bridges The programme offers sessions on KEY SESSIONS INCLUDE conference will explore methods to bridging the gap between theory and assess, manage, maintain and execution and the most innovative § Overview of the UK and Ireland upgrade aging assets. It will explore practices in bridge design, construction Bridge Inspection Certification Scheme innovative techniques and materials and maintenance. § International case study on the innovative to design new bridges, with whole- evaluation tool BEAST Expert speakers will share case studies and life maintenance as an integral part § Panel discussion on effective collaboration lessons learnt on the Rotherhithe Bridge, of the design brief. on shared assets Mersey Gateway, the Queensferry Delegates will hear about the bridges Crossing, Stewarton Rail Bridge, Ayrshire § Designing for sustainability shaping the UK’s modern collapse and the Hammersmith Flyover. § Building the Mersey Gateway infrastructure and learn about the advancements in structural The conference is core to ICE’s mission to § An update on the Queensferry Crossing engineering offering new possibilities. transfer knowledge and promote best § Managing critical infrastructure practice and excellence in engineering, § Expansion joints for highways and is an invaluable opportunity for the bridge community to come together under § Resilient designs for bridges the auspices of the oldest professional engineering body in the world. Secure your place at ice-bridges.com Registered charity number 210252. Charity registered in Scotland number SC038629. ICE-BRIDGES.COM SPEAKERS ICE BRIDGES 2016 1 JUNE WESTMINSTER MARK ARNDT SAM BEAMISH DAVID CLIMIE KEVIN DENTITH Chief Engineer Account Director, Technical Director - Asset Project Director Forth Bridges Unit – Consulting Management (Bridges & Structures) Forth Replacement Crossing and Strategic Infrastructure Devon County Council Kier Services I Highways Amey MATTHEW DRONFIELD GARY ELLIOTT RICHARD FISH MIKE GALLOP Head of Products & Repairs - Founding and Managing Partner Independent Consulting Engineer Director Route Asset Management - Western Route Bridges, Structures and Ports Elliott Wood Richard Fish Consultancy Ltd Freyssinet Ltd Network Rail AMRIT GHOSE WAYNE HINDSHAW ELIZABETH KIRKHAM NEIL LOUDON Regional Director - Transportation Chief Bridge Engineer Network Manager Group Manager AECOM Transport Scotland Gloucestershire Highways England County Council STERGIOS MITOULIS ANDRÉS RODA HUGH O’CONNOR DR VIKRAM PAKRASHI Lecturer of Bridge Engineering Engineering Project Manager, CAIT General Manager Lecturer in Structural Engineering, School of University of Surrey Rutgers University Mersey Gateway Engineering University College Cork PAUL SANDERS PETER WALKER National Infrastructure Services Director Manager Flint & Neill Canal & River Trust Registered charity number 210252. Charity registered in Scotland number SC038629. ICE-FLOODING.COMICE-BRIDGES.COM Programme 08:00 Registration and Refreshments BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE IN DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 09:00 Opening Remarks from the Chair Richard Fish, Independent Consulting Engineer, Richard Fish Consultancy 09:05 Overview: UK and Ireland Bridge Inspection Certification Scheme Neil Loudon, Group Manager, Highways England 09:20 International Case Study on BEAST: Bridge Evaluation and Accelerated Structural Testing Lab . Case study presentation of innovative evaluation tool Andrés Roda, Engineering Project Manager, CAIT, Rutgers University 09:45 Questions and Discussion 10:00 Panel Discussion: Effective Collaboration on Shared Assets Panel Chair: Liz Kirkham, Network Manager, Gloucestershire County Council and ADEPT Bridges Group Panel Members: Dr Mike Gallop, Director Route Asset Management - Western Route, Network Rail Kevin Dentith, Chief Engineers (Bridges & Structures), Devon County Council Peter Walker, National Infrastructure Services Manager, Canal & River Trust Sam Beamish, Technical Director – Asset Management, Kier Services I Highways 10:40 Refreshments, Networking and Exhibition 11:10 Applications of laser and sonar scanning for above and below water bridge visualisation and modelling . Exploring the latest technologies to aid bridge inspection . Creating a point cloud and photographic record that can lead to multiple deliverables which aid assessment and modelling . Reducing or removing the requirement of divers within the water Tom Card, 3D Survey Services Manager, LandScope Engineering 11:25 Designing for Sustainability: The Rotherhithe Bridge . Sustainable infrastructure . Sustainable design . Sustainable cities Gary Elliot, Elliot Wood Engineers Nik Randall, reForm Architects 11:45 Building the Mersey Gateway . Progress to date on the Mersey Gateway Project . Traffic management - an art or a science or bit of both? . Community engagement , making a difference Hugh O’Connor, General Manager, the Mersey Gateway 12:00 Queensferry Crossing – An Update . Aspects of sustainability built into the Forth Replacement Crossing project . Progress to date on the Queensferry Crossing and approach roads . Path to completion for the project David Climie, Project Director / Employer's Representative, Forth Replacement Crossing 12:15 Managing Critical Infrastructure – Case Study: The Forth Road Bridge . Background to closure on 3/12/15 and significance on the nation . Overcoming challenges - technical, operational, climatic & media . Innovation – structural health monitoring, load testing, drones, CCTV, buildability . Achievement successes – health & safety, social media, resource mobilisation, engineering excellence Mark Arndt, Account Director, Forth Bridges Unit – Consulting and Strategic Infrastructure, Amey Wayne Hindshaw, Chief Bridge Engineer, Transport Scotland 12:35 Questions and Discussion 12:45 Chair’s Summation 12:50 Lunch, Networking and Exhibition STREAM A STREAM B Innovation in Design and Construction Innovation for Inspection and Maintenance 13:50 Introduction from the Chair 13:50 Introduction from the Chair Richard Fish, Independent Dr Vikram Pakrashi, Lecturer in Consulting Engineer, Richard Fish Structural Engineering, School of Consultancy Engineering, University College Cork 13:55 Expansion Joints for Highways 13:55 Defining good practice when inspecting, identifying and . What are they and why do we need maintaining hidden bridge them? components . Designing for movement . Aspects of defects in hidden . Effect on whole-life costing components Matthew Dronfield, Head of . Highlights of the CIRIA report Repairs, Freyssinet . Guidance on how to avoid creating potential for such defects in design 14:15 . Case studies: Stewarton Rail Bridge, Innovative design delivery on Ayrshire collapse (2009) and the the Ordsall Chord Hammersmith Flyover (2011) . Complex railway structures including Amrit Ghose, Regional Director - the UK’s first network arch bridge Transportation, AECOM . Collaborative relationships Dave Ashurt, Associate Director, facilitating redefined design roles Bridges & Civil Structures Group, . The UK’s first bridge delivered Arup successfully without the use of conventional drawings 14:15 UAS – Construction uses for Drone Technology Brian Duguid, Practice Leader for . Asset survey Bridges, Mott MacDonald . Data merging . Efficiencies creation 14:35 Resilient designs for bridges Speaker to be confirmed subjected to dynamic loads 14:35 Presentation to be announced . Designing for resilience . Segmental pier construction 14:55 BRIDGE SMS - Intelligent Bridge . Damage-free bridges Assessment Maintenance and Management System Dr Stergios A Mitoulis, Lecturer of Bridge Engineering, University of . Industry-academia partnerships and Surrey pathways . 14:55 Design and Construction of Pont Sharing of Cork County Council’s Schuman, Lyon expertise . An intelligent software application to 15:30 Delegates Return to the Telford Theatre 15:40 Summation from Streams Chairs and Audience Discussion 16:05 Closing Remarks from Chair 16:10 Drinks Reception SPONSORS ICE BRIDGES 2016 1 JUNE WESTMINSTER GOLD SPONSOR BRONZE SPONSORS TRIMBLE EKSPAN LANDSCOPE Trimble’s mix of hardware, software and Ekspan are engineering specialists with Based on established above and below mobility technologies streamlines over 20 years experience, working in water survey techniques, LandScope communication and collaboration mechanical and structural movement Engineering has developed a leading throughout the construction lifecycle, from control for all bridge types and for most bridge inspection service. planning, design and site preparation structural applications. We provide
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