Workington: a Case Study in Coordination and Communication
Affleck A, Gibbon J. Workington: a case study in coordination and communication. Proceedings of the ICE - Municipal Engineer 2015, DOI: 10.1680/muen.15.00004 Copyright: © Published with permission by the ICE under the CC-BY license. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) DOI link to article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/muen.15.00004 Date deposited: 04/12/2015 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Newcastle University ePrints - eprint.ncl.ac.uk Municipal Engineer Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/jmuen.15.00004 Workington: a case study in coordination Paper 1500004 and communication Received 19/12/2014 Accepted 22/07/2015 Keywords: bridges/planning and scheduling/social impact Affleck and Gibbon © Published with permission by the ICE under the CC-BY license. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Workington: a case study in coordination and communication Arthur Affleck PhD Jane Gibbon PhD Research Associate, i-BUILD, Newcastle University, NUBS, Newcastle upon Senior Lecturer in Accounting, Newcastle University Business School, Tyne, UK Newcastle upon Tyne, UK This study was carried out to identify the social impact of losing transport links within a community, and the practices of coordination and communication during and after an extreme adverse event. In November 2009, Workington, Cumbria had most of its bridges either damaged or destroyed during a major flood. The effects of the disaster were immediate, while the subsequent planning and recovery process took time. Over 3 years, Cumbria County Council (CCC) went through a coordinated process of installing temporary infrastructure, building and repairing Workington’s bridges.
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