2023 Best use of Technology in a Project

A19 Norton to Wynyard

AtkinsRéalis, Balfour Beatty and National Highways

Balfour Beatty Atkins have pushed new boundaries in the handover of major highway projects to the maintainer through our work on the A19 Norton to Wynyard project. BBA utilised the data-rich 3D project information model developed throughout design and construction to handover a robust and accurate digital twin. The digital twin contained all newly constructed and existing highway elements present such as pavement, barriers, lighting and drainage - geospatially positioned to their real-world coordinates. Each element also contained all asset data required by the client and maintainer which allowed the digital twin to form the primary maintenance and asset management record for the project. This significantly reduced the requirement for physical 2D drawings and drastically improved asset management workflows.

HS2 route to Euston

Biosite Systems in partnership with SCS JV

Biosite provides a sophisticated digital workforce and competency management solution for SCS (Skanska Costain STRABAG), a Joint Venture constructing 13 miles of twin-bore tunnels on the HS2 route.

Interactive online 3D site inductions and sign-in system

D2 Rail in partnership with Network Rail

Network Rail’s Supply Chain Operations division wanted to replace their dated paper-based sign-in and induction process with a new digital solution that could be trialled on seven depots. The solution provides a safe, realistic, online virtual version of each depot, allowing the user to navigate the site and familiarise themselves with it in advance of arriving. The induction allows for a modular style injection of topics that guides the user through day to day life on site from housekeeping, to signing in, working from height and life saving rules. Interactive knowledge checks ensure user knowledge retention, and a full administration suite allows for managers to view usage, site sign ins, perform rollcalls, and view site compliance. “The feedback on the project has been fantastic and this is a credit to how hard D2 has worked with excellent attention to detail” - Stephen Shields, Network Rail

Low Crosby Flood Risk Management Scheme using Flood Modeller

Jacobs in partnership with the Environment Agency, Volker Stevin and M.H. Farm

Through exemplary collaboration and engagement, this scheme implements an entirely nature-based, carbon negative solution to reduce flood risk to 95 properties, deliver £15 million of benefit and provide long-term climate resilience. The project was fully digital and is upheld as an exemplar scheme for demonstrating compliance with the Environment Agency’s digital asset data requirements. It utilised Jacobs Flood Modeller, an industry leading hydraulic analysis and design application that enables the detailed quantification of multiple benefits to aid the planning and delivery of flood risk management solutions. In this specific project application, Jacobs took the application a step further, as it was used to quantify the whole-life carbon impacts of flooding and the associated benefits of reducing its likelihood of occurrence. The scheme has now been constructed, and as a direct result of this use of technology, has been proven to sequester up to 30,000 tonnes of carbon.

StrEAMS: Strategy Engineering and Asset Management System

Network Rail and Cognizant

Network Rail (NR) and Cognizant collaborated to create "StrEAMS," a digital solution using cloud, big data and analytics technologies to modernise the management and maintenance of drainage and lineside assets throughout Britain’s railways.