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Corby Extension Promotes CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Welcome Roxane’s Gotta Lotta Bottle! and, personally, I genuinely Stronger London Link hope that people from every walk of life – construction capacity, speed and resilience of sector included – choose the railway in and around . This latest work to lengthen the to approach the future with platform is an important element renewed positivity in the run up in the wider scheme to create a to December when the terms more modern railway capable of of the final Brexit trade deal are meeting future demand.” known. Jake Kelly, Managing Director for Trains, said: For now, life goes on and we “We are pleased to be working continue to work on some great with to deliver projects! further improvements to the railway around Corby. This is all In this edition read about our part of the huge programme of ‘glamorous’ work on the East investment to improve the Midland Paul Withers - Managing Partner Main Line route to London to coast and the great things that Corby Railway Station – Photo Courtesy of Amos Wolfe provide customers with even are happening at Bridlington’s better journeys.” best-known camping centre. As the company’s elder More rail passengers can “It means that Corby station can South Cliff Holiday Park can statesman – I can formally now get to London St Pancras now play its part in supporting The is a crucial claim this title now that I at peak travel times using greener trains and increasing railway line between London and barely cope with demand for its greener trains thanks to a 10.5m the number of seats an hour Sheffield, comprising lines from services and it is nice to know ‘consult’ on projects rather than platform extension at Corby Rail into London during peak times, London’s St Pancras station via that we have played a part in taking the role of ‘lead engineer’ Station in . Leicester, Derby/Nottingham and CG Roxane’s Bottling Plant making for more comfortable such a great success story. – I am delighted to report that journeys for commuters, with less Chesterfield in the East Midlands. Network Rail is carrying out its the initial stage of Brexit has, at crowding.” The 10,500 square metre company decided on a major biggest upgrade to the Midland Network Rail says passengers can We’ve also had a brush with the long last, concluded. extension to French expansion at its eight-acre West Main Line, which runs between Work was carried out at the look forward to a wide range of Northern world of greyhounds London and Sheffield in Yorkshire, multinational CG Roxane’s Midlands site with the aim of southern end of the platform benefits as part of the continuing I make no claim to have either since it was first built in 1870, with and if footbridges are your bottling plant in Lichfield, so that passengers and station Midland Main Line upgrade, tripling its already 68,000 bottles an investment of more than £1bn. thing, then check out the rather supported or opposed Brexit – Staffordshire, is now fully users were not disrupted by the including more seats, quieter an hour output. here is not the forum – however, operational thanks to a And, as part of NR’s programme, construction work. trains, and on the whole a more spectacular photos of the King’s successful partnership between HBPW Associate, Shaun Strugnel, Corby station’s single platform reliable and quicker service. Mill Lane equestrian bridge in I sincerely hope that wherever HBPW and Sheffield based said: “It was a major undertaking recently fell under the spotlight. Network Rail’s Wendy Bell said: we find ourselves as a country External view of the plant “As a key part of the wider Midland Nottinghamshire; impressive Jarvale Construction. when you consider what needed Engineer Nick Chia, said: “The Main Line Upgrade, a significant I’m sure you’ll agree. However, over the coming months, it to happen within the new building, The company first entered the wider programme of works is in amount of work has already Client: Network Rail bodes well both for Britain, the let alone from a construction and Roxane has 40 production sites engineering achievements to UK market nearly eight years response to rising demand and been carried out to improve the Contractor: AmcoGiffen wider UK, EU and, indeed, our engineering perspective. Much of across Europe, a presence in 70 the Main Line upgrade, which will one side, our work has also ago, opening its £20m facility at the new operation uses Artificial countries and 43% penetration of create a faster and more reliable played its part in making life friends in Eire as well, of course, Fradley Park in the Summer of Intelligence and, as you can the French spring water market network, incorporates track for the horse fraternity and the construction sector. 2012 using spring water from the realignment, station remodelling, village of Elmhurst 3km away. imagine, output is huge. with its Cristaline brand. The pedestrians much safer and platform lengthening, capacity In many respects the flag “This was a great partnership company produces in the region works, bridge reconstructions that’s got to be a good thing. Its tipple – branded as Cristaline waving and frowning, of four billion bottles a year. and signalling works as well as – proved so popular that the between Jarvale and us and it is electrification of the line from For now, please keep an eye on depending on your stance, professionally reassuring to know Bedford to and Corby. the HBPW blog to see what else passed on 31st January that we have both played such a key part in facilitating the major “HBPW was asked to design we’ve been up to. (www.hbpw. with our formal exit from the Client: CG Roxane expansion of what is now one of the platform extension at Corby European Union. co.uk). Contractor: Jarvale Construction which has two lines, along with the UK’s largest bottling plants.” Now, as cliched as it may re-surfacing work and coper Enjoy the read. HBPW produced engineering realignment. The changes are sound, the challenge is for drawings for the floor slab relatively small in the greater PAUL WITHERS everyone to pull together scheme of things; however, foundations and external works MANAGING PARTNER including drainage and hard the impact is considerable by Corby Railway Station Bottling plant conveyor contrast. HBPW LLP CONTINUED ON BACK PAGE standings. ENGINEERING YOUR SOLUTIONS

£5m Conference Centre Targets Growth Fluid Engineering Solution For King’s Mill! Owlerton Greyhound Stadium, A & S The OEC is a A joint project by HBPW and if you were to build a railway from Leisure Group Ltd, is complete. “ Network Rail (NR) has seen the scratch it would not have any level striking events and completion of an impressive crossings other than in exceptional Partner Emyr Parry, said: “The OEC equestrian footbridge in circumstances,” added Jonathan. is a striking events and conferencing conferencing space ” Nottinghamshire signalling a new space unlike any other in the South Since the start of Network Rail’s era of safety. Yorkshire area and is perfectly Owlerton Managing Director John Level Crossing Risk Reduction located in the heart of the UK with Gilburn said: “For some time The original level rail crossing at Programme more than 1,000 have superb rail and road links as well as Sheffield has lacked a venue with King’s Mill Lane, Sutton-in-Ashfield been improved. parking for 400 vehicles. the flexibility that this one is now – a manually operated facility used The new footbridge means that providing. This new facility will give by pedestrians and horse riders “There are now a range of impressive, pedestrians, cyclists and horse us the ability to host weddings, - was identified as a high-risk site multi-purpose suites, catering for riders no longer have to cross the conferences, large banquets, indoor because of its history of misuse, up to 500 guests, and it is easy to railway using the level-crossing but sporting events and concerts.” near misses and accidents. appreciate that this will prove itself a can now use the bridge instead. valuable asset to the city of Sheffield.” So, Network Rail resolved to A birdseye view of the new King’s Mill Lane crossing. This provides a safer route and, divert the bridleway as part of its because it is ramped, also caters As one of the largest entertaining and Engineering Technician Jonathan “The condition and extents of Client: A & S Leisure Group Lt d Level Crossing Risk Reduction for pushchairs as well as persons of Owlerton Events & Conferencing Centre conference spaces in the city it has Bent takes up the story: “The the culvert were unknown and it Programme (LCRRP), with the sole restricted mobility. created in the region of 200 jobs. Contractor: Harris CM diverted route now crosses the purpose of providing residents and became apparent that we would One of South Yorkshire’s finest Over a year ago HBPW completed other users with a safer means of railway by means of a ramped not be able to accommodate Client: Network Rail phase one and two ground investi- bridleway adjacent to the existing additional loadings, resulting in the hospitality facilities – the £5m crossing the railway. Contractor: AmcoGiffen gations as well as preparation of crossing; it has been designed introduction of a bespoke longer Owlerton Events & Conferencing tender designs for the civil and and specified by HBPW but the ramp span that would bridge the centre (OEC) – is expanding structural elements of the scheme, multi million pounds project wasn’t culvert and allow foundations to be ahead of contractors moving onto without its challenges. relocated away from it. operations rapidly after months site. “During site investigations a culvert “Level crossings, like the old one at of hard work by engineers and Eighteen months on the project, Conference Centre Suite was discovered which crossed King’s Mill Lane, were originally part construction experts. backed by the owners of the adjacent directly under two of the originally of a network developed in the 19th designed ramp foundations, century, when there were slower prompting the need for a re-think,” trains and the pace of life was The old pedestrian rail crossing Equestrian footbridge Inside Out We’re Turning It! said Jonathan. also much slower. Now, however,

The latest addition to However, over time substances The contract for the work was Immingham’s Renewable Fuels have to be moved around the site, ‘Glam’ Job Boosts East Coast Tourism awarded to Castleford based Terminal (IRFT) has required normally on conveyors, which in Interserve Construction who brought the project to fruition in some creative lateral thinking as turn deliver their load to waiting There are also two new welfare less than a year. HBPW engineers seek to turn a trains via the dock’s rail load-out buildings and a new reception with building ‘inside out’……all in the facility. offices. South Cliff, which already had 800 cause of health and safety. permanent static caravan pitches Managing Partner, Paul Withers, Lead engineer and HBPW Partner, said: “As a result of increasing before the new work began, and an The incoming volume of Emyr Parry, said: “Many British array of other ‘camping’ facilities, combustible ‘biomass’ to the east biomass volumes the IRFT is now Port of Immingham holidaymakers will be aware of this having to increase the size of its was at near 100% capacity; some coast port facility – things like well-known holiday park which has, pitches could have been sold existing lorry loading facility from we have provided for not only dust is a potential fire hazard and sunflower seeds and wood pellets in some ways, timed this expansion several times over during the one to two lanes. double lorry lanes, but a new steel creates an explosive atmosphere. – is now so great that huge sheds perfectly. season and the Council had been mesh grizzly onto which biomass is Consequently, by drawing on our are employed to store millions of “In designing the civils and praised by independent consultants dumped so that it can filter through experience at Peel Ports, we have “As we have seen in the national tonnes of imported materials. producing the necessary drawings, for its profitable operation of the the gaps and onto the conveyors produced drawings that enable the press, more and more Brits are facility. below.” construction of the steel framing, now opting for a UK holiday rather columns and purlins, ‘outside’ than run the risk of poor exchange “HBPW provided all the civil But it is the new replacement The new pitches at South Cliff Holiday Park the structure, so that we achieve rates in the wake of Brexit. This and structural design support to building into which lorries drive to smooth internal walls by placing expansion positions East Riding reach the ‘grizzly’ that has required Interserve,” added Emyr Parry, cladding inside, thus removing any Engineers had to get to grips The work has seen the creation of careful thought. Yorkshire Council – who own South “and apart from being delighted explosive threat. with the world of ‘glamping’, 31 additional tent pitches, 15 new Cliff – to take full advantage of any to have an association with such Normally a building’s structural or glamorous camping, when ‘glamping’ units, 48 more touring additional tourism traffic. Majorca’s a prestigious east coast holiday “This is a multi-disciplinary project,” steelwork is on the inside, however, they were asked to complete pitches and 132 additional static loss is potentially Bridlington’s brand, it is pleasing to note that the added Paul, “that has required in the case of Immingham Port the drainage and external works pitches as well as 19 more lodges. gain!” wider Bridlington economy is set to HBPW engineers to think laterally this creates a potential problem. design at one of Bridlington’s experience an additional 158,280 and around a range of challenges Dumped biomass produces dust visits because of this expansion, from dust extraction systems to best- known camping centres. which, in turn, gathers on ledges, and that will represent an estimated catch pits, dust hazards and the those created by internal steel South Cliff Holiday Park, a firm increase in visitor spend of around possibility of explosion.” frames for example, and has to be favourite with thousands of British £4.2m in the local economy.” cleaned off regularly, an expensive holidaymakers who pour into the and difficult exercise. East coast resort every year, has “We had to think about all of this,” Client: Associated British Ports been expanded as part of a £7.75m Client: East Riding of Yorkshire Council Set to go, the old lorry loading building South Cliff - Artist’s Impression South Cliff - Artist’s Impression said Paul, “because gathering Contractor: Graham Construction scheme. Contractor: Interserve Construction Ltd