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A £3.5m project to build a new viaduct at Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire has won the top award in the Institution of Civil Engineers(ICE) West Midlands Awards 2005.
The viaduct beat 16 other entrants to win the Project award,as well as the Construction Award.Eliot Park Innovation Centre at Nuneaton won the Sustainability Award and the Expanded Polystyrene Railway Embankment at Nuneaton Railway Station won the Innovation Award.
Mike Mann,chairman of the panel of judges and former Chairman of ICE West Midlands,said:“All the projects provided outstanding examples of neat solutions to very real problems.The quality of all 17 projects entered for the awards was exceptional and the winning project teams can rightly be proud of their efforts against such stiff competition.”
The Upton upon Severn Viaduct team fast-tracked their project from design to completion in just 12 months after it was discovered that the previous,66-year-old,170-metre long viaduct at a strategic river crossing was corroded beyond repair and would require traffic to be restricted to one lane.
The ICE judges praised the ingenious and practical solution implemented by the project team who arranged a two-way diversion route through an existing caravan park that reduced traffic delays while allowing construction work.
Pre-cast and preformed components were used to reduce the construction period and minimise equipment needed within the flood plain.
The winning project team included Halcrow Group,Norwest Holst,Laser Civil Engineering and Raynesway Construction Southern working for the client,Worcestershire County Council.
