Transportation awards

A-one+, Halcrow’s joint venture with Colas and Costain, celebrated three wins at the awards

Highway worker and site safety initiative award for its work with Highway Resource Solutions in developing the Intellicone, an integrated safety solution for road maintenance contractors.

Commended in the highway industry product of the year category for its use and promotion of glass-resin reinforced polyester (GRP) sign material.

The judges’ special merit award as ‘winner of winners’ for the Intellicone.

The White Horse Bridge, Wembley

Paper focusing on the design and construction of Wembley Stadium’s new footbridge, London

Written by Halcrow’s Billy Ahluwalia and co-authored by Krishna Ganasalingam, David Phillips and Harold Marais of the London Development Agency the paper took home the Husband Prize.

Bridge-related papers published in leading industry magazine The Structural Engineer during 2010 were eligible for the award.

The White Horse Bridge is a 55m long by 30m wide pedestrian bridge linking Wembley Hill Road / Wembley Triangle and South Way. Spanning the suburban railway line, it serves as a crucial conduit for pedestrians visiting the new Wembley Stadium. The bridge was completed at the end of 2006.

Sandford access bridge refurbishment project, UK

These annual awards showcase the best civil engineering projects in the Thames Valley region. Judging criteria included creativity and innovation, sustainability and environmental sensitivity and benefits to the client and wider public.

The project team topped the environmental category, with an award presented by ICE president Peter Hansford.

The Sandford access bridge refurbishment project was delivered using an integrated environmental and engineering approach with the solutions protecting and enhancing the environment. The refurbishment of the 40 metre bridge took place to extend its carrying capacity from 3 to 18 tonnes. Every effort was taken to ensure the preferred solution embraced every opportunity to be sustainable, economic and safe. This project demonstrates Halcrow’s contribution to the Environment Agency’s aim of ‘Creating a better place’.

Accrington Rail Station project, Lancashire, UK

The construction of a new and innovative eco rail station was carried out, and completed in August 2010, as part of Lancashire County Councils and Northern Rails commitment to continually improve the facilities to their customers. The new station building was built on the brown field plot of land adjacent to the existing station. The building provides a new ticket booking facility for Northern Rail and a Lancashire County Council run community learning centre.

Lancashire County Councils aspiration was to raise the awareness of low carbon design and sustainable methods of construction within the community. This aspiration led to the inclusion of a community learning centre located within the station building. The learning centre is to be used primarily to educate local school children in sustainable and eco design issues that are particularly relevant in today's society.

Halcrow Yolles provided a variety of building engineering services for this project including building services, structural and civil engineering and acoustic consultancy. As a requirement of the european funding for the project, Halcrow Yolles also provided a site-based observational role on behalf of the client to help ensure quality of the structural and early civils works.

The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) London City Airport extension 

The London Planning Awards are run jointly by the Mayor, London First, the Royal Town Planning Institute and London Councils. The ceremony was hosted by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson at City Hall on Thursday 20 January 2011.

When the extension opened in 2005 it provided the first dedicated rail link to Britain’s fastest growing airport. Since then the number of customers using the route has more than tripled and it has brought significant regeneration benefits to the communities it serves. The extension is just one chapter in the ongoing story of DLR growth. In 2009 the Woolwich Arsenal extension carried its first customers, and later this year the new Stratford International – Canning Town link will open, playing a key role in supporting the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Halcrow, working for AMEC, acted as lead designer for the City Airport Extension, responsible for the design of all civil, structural, architectural and M&E works including rail systems. Weston Williamson was Halcrow’s architectural sub-consultant. Halcrow also provided support throughout the construction phase and during testing, commissioning and handover.

Owen Street Relief Road project, UK

The Halcrow-designed Owen Street Relief Road project has won “Project of the Year” at the West Midlands Centre for Constructing Excellence (WMCCE) awards. The winner was announced at the Celebrating Construction 2010 event, a showcase and awards ceremony that provides recognition of the professionalism, excellence and innovation that lies at the heart of the West Midlands’ construction community.

The relief road was commissioned by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council to ease the severe traffic congestion on Tipton High Street caused by the barriers at the existing level-crossing frequently being closed for around 45 minutes per hour, which was stifling local prosperity and causing economic decline

The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) Woolwich Arsenal Extension, London UK

The BCI Awards are widely regarded as the industry's 'Oscars' and are the most rigorously judged awards in the construction sector. 2009 once again brought a huge response representing over 170 of the best projects in the UK and abroad.

The extension comprises 2.5km of new railway in a pair of parallel tunnels under the River Thames, connecting to a new underground station at Woolwich Arsenal.

Halcrow engineer, David Phillips, won the prestigious Sir Arnold Waters Medal for his paper on Fiji’s New Rewa River Bridge, published in The Structural Engineer magazine.

The paper chartered the impressive engineering feats that were employed by Halcrow to ensure that the longest bridge of its kind in the South Pacific opened to traffic both early and on budget by Fiji’s president in August 2006.

With an overall length of 425m, the dual two-lane carriageway bridge has seven internal spans of 49.5m and end spans of 39.25m.

High Speed 1

RLE a consortium of Arup, Bechtel, Halcrow and Systra was responsible for the design and project management of HS1.

Working on behalf of London & Continental Railways, RLE represents the very best in engineering excellence. .