Under the Highways Agency (now Highways England) Project Support Framework Agreement, Waterman was appointed to work on the Manchester Managed Motorways and was awarded two Task Orders:
Managed Motorways, now known as Smart Motorways, are sections of motorway which use active traffic management (ATM) techniques to increase capacity by use of variable speed limits and hard shoulder running at busy times.
Waterman’s role was lead Engineering and Environmental Design Consultant responsible for the Options Appraisal stage for the M60 scheme and then the preparation of the Quality Management Plan and delivery of PCF products for SGAR2 for the M62 scheme.
Our work covered preliminary layout, signing, technology (with sub-consultants SERCO) and operational strategy in preparation for the Preliminary Design Report; traffic and transportation work including preparation of a micro-simulation operational model of scheme options; supervision of Ground Investigation; preparation of input to Benchmark for compilation of the scheme estimate; liaison with stakeholders such as the Police and the Client Operation team; preparation of M62 scheme environmental information input; Liaison with the Delivery Office regarding contract procurement; contributing to Subject Matter Expert meetings; co-located working with the Managed Motorway Delivery Partner and other consultants working on adjacent schemes.
The M62 J18 to J20 project was part of the Manchester Managed Motorways programme which had a single client appointed Delivery Partner. Waterman worked in partnership with the two other appointed consultants and the Delivery Partner in co-located offices in the latter stages of the Task Order.
This facilitated sharing of best practice across the integrated team. Many SGAR products were co-authored and the three project team could concentrate on working to common aims and goals. Programme, risk, cost and quality were reported jointly at visualisation management meetings, progress meeting and during day-to-day communications with the client project management team.
The Lusk Relief Road has been designed and constructed to relieve traffic from the centre of the historic village of Lusk in north Co. Dublin.
The Porterstown Bridge is a seven span, 146m long, highway bridge crossing the Royal Canal and Iarnr ód Éireann mainline railway.
This new grade separated interchange on the N11 dual carriageway was required to provide access to development areas at Greystones.
The northern section of the bypass involves the construction of a 2km single carriageway road with five associated roundabouts, three attenuation ponds and two main structures.
Waterman’s Timothy Grimshaw, Amrit Ghose and Jagvinder Singh will join Warren Thomas of Henderson Thomas Associates to discuss the benefits of taking a holistic approach to bridge management and inspection.
The four-year commitment will see our infrastructure and environment team provide specialist environmental support for projects across the Midlands.
The framework will allow Scottish councils to source specialist engineering and technical consultancy services to support a huge range of infrastructure and environmental projects.
Waterman has been appointed by Southwark Council for their Highways Professional Services Framework.