To minimise travel disruption
Kier developed a ground-breaking
weekend closure scheme, with the
entire junction shut for 58 hours
at a time over each weekend. This
offered considerable travel benefits,
with weekday access maintained
throughout.
Currall Lewis and Martin was awarded
third place for its collaborative work
with Kier Highways to identify new
fast-curing materials and implement
a weekend closure delivery model
to complete concrete repairs and
re-waterproofing to the North East
Spur & Rushall Canal bridge deck.
The concrete repair and traffic
management solution adopted
ensured that disruption was kept to a
minimum and delivery was achieved
over five weekends, instead of the
original 24 week programme.
Announcing the winner, the Alliance
judging panel declared:
“The annual Structural Concrete
Award aims to highlight the most
innovative structural concrete
repair and refurbishment solutions.
Volkerlaser is a most deserving
winner. Its detailed planning and
collaboration provided a highly
inventive solution to a very
logistically complex problem. We also
congratulate Kier and CLM for their
multidisciplinary approaches which
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resulted in collaborative solutions
and innovative rapid repairs within
extremely tight constraints.”
The winners were chosen from entries
received from members of the three
trade associations which make up
the Structural Concrete Alliance: the
Concrete Repair Association (CRA);
Corrosion Prevention Association
(CPA); and the Sprayed Concrete
Association (SCA).
For further information, visit
structuralconcretealliance.org.uk