UNLOCKING GROWTHTHROUGH TRANSPORT:

Old Oak Common and Park Royal22 March 2016

TERRY DOBBINSDirector, Head of Building Structures (UK)

Terry graduated in 1989 with a First Class Honours degree in Civil engineering from the University of East London and the worked as a Contractor for Edmund Nuttall for 6 years working on major Civil Engineering projects such as the Isle of Grain Container Terminal, The Medway Immersed Tube Tunnel and the A406 Lea Valley Viaduct project. In 1995, Terry joined Whitby and Bird where he saw the company grow from 80 to 1000 people over a 12 year period. In 1997, Whitby and Bird were taken over by Ramboll and Terry continued working with the new combined business culminating in a role of Head of Buildings, overseeing 500 staff in the Structural, MEP and Specialist Engineering disciplines. In April 2015, Terry joined the Robert Bird Group to help drive the UK business and head up the Building Structures division. His current role primarily utilises his experience of working in the Residential, Retail and Commercial Office sectors.

This event is kindly sponsored by Robert Bird Group, a global consultancy specialising in Structural, Civil and Construction engineering, established in Brisbane in 1982. The company has offices in London, the United Arab Emirates, South East Asia and additional locations in Australia. RBG's approach to engineering is holistic at heart, integrating construction methodology into permanent works design to produce a ‘Design for Delivery’.

Joe has over 20 years’ experience of developing structural engineering and construction methodology strategies. Areas of expertise include civil and structural engineering including providing resident engineering services, third party / stakeholder engagement, movement monitoring systems, complex rail, commercial, residential, education and retail projects. Planning, organizing and monitoring large project teams in the UK.

Simon is the UK Residential sector leader, and also responsible for the strategic growth and success of the UK’s specialist structural teams: - Infrastructure, Sports, Advanced Technical Services, Construction Engineering, and Geotechnical. Since joining RBG in 2009, he has been responsible for the design and delivery of projects including One The Elephant, Vauxhall Sky Gardens, Trafalgar Place, Elephant Park MP1, Wandsworth Riverside Quarter, Caprice Gold Hotel and the Nova Building in Victoria.

JOE FLORESAssociate Director

SIMON NICHOLASDirector, Head of ISAC (UK)

OURPROJECTS

NOVA VICTORIA

Client: Land SecuritiesArchitects: PLP Architecture • Flanagan Lawrence • Benson + ForsythContractor: MaceValue: £400 millionRBG Role: Structural, Civil and Construction Engineering

Nova Victoria is a large, mixed-use regeneration scheme located in Victoria, London. The development consists of three phases to accommodate the adjacent Victoria Station Upgrade works, which will occupy a portion of the site until 2016. The site interfaces with a number of third party assets, including London Underground (LUL) Victoria Line, Victoria Station Upgrade (VSU), District and Circle Line, Thames Water Western Deep Sewer, King’s Scholars Pond Sewer (KSPS), and the future Chelsea and Hackney Line.

The development consists of five buildings which will provide residential, commercial and ground-level retail space. The Phase 1 consists of a 13 metre-deep, two- level basement with mezzanines at each level. At its closest point, the basement is only three metres from the northbound Victoria Line platform tunnel. Its construction methodology has been developed in collaboration with a construction team. The site constraints, programme and logistics led the construction team to a partial top-down basement construction method.

THE SHARD

Client: Sellar Property GroupArchitect: Renzo PianoBuilding Workshop Contractor: Mace Value: £425 millionRBG role: Construction methodology

The Shard is part of the London Bridge Quarter redevelopment adjacent to London Bridge Station. At 310 meters tall, the iconic Renzo Piano design redefines London’s skyline, with 87 storeys above ground and three below.

Robert Bird Group were appointed by the frame contractor, Byrne Bros, with the brief that we were to identify a construction methodology that would save time on the project and reduce programme risk. We derived a novel approach that ‘jump started’ the core to allow simultaneous construction phases above and below ground, thereby saving over 4 months on the original programme. Redesigning the

main core plunge columns reduced complexity in the arrangement of temporary bracing required.

For our work at the Shard we were awarded the ICE Construction Engineer of the Year award 2010. Other site complications included the large network of masonry arches, grade II listing of the adjacent train shed, and disused shafts belonging to London Underground.

Along with the technical review of bid documents and tender assistance, we were involved in the conceptual design of jump start methodology during bid stages. This enhanced the programme and de-risked the construction process.

CANNON STREET STATION OSD

Client: Laing O’RourkeArchitectural + StructuralEngineering: Foggo Assoc.Contractor: Laing O’RourkeValue: £214 millionRBG role: Constructionmethodology

Cannon Place provides approximately 35,000m2 of premium office space over eight storeys above the existing Cannon Street Station. The innovative design was inspired by the challenging range of site constraints and this was built while maintaining full operation of the overland and underground stations.

The 21m long cantilever façade trusses underwent considerable deflections both during construction Displacements were predicted throughout the stages of construction by using advanced 4D analysis techniques. These displacements were monitored during construction to ensure measurements were in accordance with true predictions and steelwork installation tolerances.

LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC VILLAGE

Client: Lend LeaseArchitect: Patel Taylor • Glenn Howells • Panter Hudspith Contractor: Bovis Lend Lease RBG Role: Structural, civil and design services

The Athletes’ Village originally accommodated 17,000 athletes. After the 2012 Games it has been converted into a residential community of 3,000 homes, of which RBG were responsible for all four of the Bovis Lend Lease plots (of about 1,350 homes).

Robert Bird Group was commissioned by Bovis Lend Lease in late 2007 to initially investigate a range of prototypical options for the structure and building fabric. Our approach was to develop an ‘engineered chassis’ to form the basis of a site wide module that could be richly interpreted by a range of architect-led teams, whilst also providing measurable benefits in procurement and construction costs.

WESTFIELDLONDON

Client: Westfield Shoppingtowns LtdArchitects: Benoy + Buchan Group • Michael GabelliniContractor: Westfield Construction Value: £1.6 billionRBG Role: Structural and civil engineering

Located in White City, west London, this unique shopping centre sits on a 46-acre site, encompassing five anchor stores, over 280 speciality shops, 47 dining options, leisure facilities (including a multi-screen cinema complex) and parking for 4,500 vehicles. Westfield London is one of the largest retail developments in Europe, with 27 million shoppers using the complex in its opening year.

Major upgrades and expansion of local infrastructure provided easy access to the centre. These included the construction of new rail and bus stations, cycle ways, and improvements to existing London Underground facilities.Robert Bird Group was selected for its approach to value engineering, and its capacity to deliver a project of this size in the compact time frame required. The integrated design and construction approach enabled adaptations to evolving client requirements and incorporation of tenant modifications, while maintaining a fast track programme.

ELEPHANT PARK

Client: Lend LeaseArchitects: Squire and Partners • dRMM • AHMM • Maccreanor LavingtonRBG Role: Structural and Civil Engineering

Lend Lease is working in partnership with Southwark Council to deliver a £1.5 billion regeneration project in Elephant & Castle. Over the next ten years 3,000 new homes and 50 shops and restaurants will be built, along with central London’s largest new park for over 70 years.

Robert Bird and Partners have been employed on each phase of the project so far commissioned, including:

• One the Elephant – 37 storey residential delivering 284 apartments • Trafalgar Place – 7 buildings up to 12 storey, delivering 235 apartments 35 apartments constructed in Cross Laminated timber (CLT)• MP1 – 360 apartments across 9 buildings up to 16 storeys tall Approximately 40% of apartments constructed in Cross Laminated Timber• MP2, plot H2 – 365 apartments across 4 buildings up to 31 storeys tallMid-rise blocks (9 storey) constructed in Cross Laminated Timber above podium level• Site Wide – Feasibility Assessments, Site Investigations, and pre-start advice

21 MOORFIELDS

21 Moorfields is an air-rights commercial development directly above Moorgate London Underground (LUL) station. Constraints include six railway lines at LUL station level, two Crossrail tunnels below ground, the new Crossrail ticket hall and a Thames Water sewer.

The project consists of demolishing the existing eight storey concrete framed buildings down to the station roof, followed by new construction of a 17-storey office building that will bridge 65m over Moorgate Station.

A critical aspect of the design brief is to ensure the station stays fully operational during the construction. An expressed dialgrid spans across the east elevation contributing to the identity of the building.

Four mega “A-frames” support the internal floors and minimise the number of internal columns to six on a typical floor.

Client: Land Securities Architect: Wilkinson Eyre

RBG Role: Structural, civil and design services

BATTERSEA POWER STATION

Client: Battersea Power Station Development CompanyRBG Role: Peer review and construction methodology. Liaison consultant for BPSDC

We contributed to the design and documentation of construction logistics, enabling phased residential occupation of a partially complete development. It was necessary to consider six overlapping construction phases over 10 years, along with NLE construction. To date, we have been engaged by the Battersea Power Station Development Company (BPSDC) in the peer review of structural design for Phases 1, 2 and 3 (including Phase 2 enabling works).

We have liaised between BPSDC and Transport for London (TfL) to ensure BPSDC’s interests are best met with regards to construction of the Northern Line Extension (NLE) beneath the BPSDC development.

This role largely involved technical review of TfL proposals and subsequent value engineering proposals.

BANK STATION

Robert Bird Group is working with Dragados as the Civil and Structural Engineer for London Underground’s Bank Station Capacity Upgrade project. Bank is the fourth busiest station on the London Underground network, with 96,000 passengers using the station during the morning peak period. The project will increase capacity at Bank station – principally to the Northern line and DLR areas, and the interchange routes – with the aim of reducing journey times and congestion.

The scope of works include the new Cannon Street station entrance, tunnel inverts within the new southbound platform, concourse, moving walkways and escalator tunnels, Arthur Street shaft permanent structures and structural works associated with the relocation of plant.

ST JOHN’S WOOD SQUARE

Client: St John’s Wood Square Ltd / CraigewanArchitect: Squire & Partners Ltd with Wilkinson Eyre RBG Role: Structural, civil and design services

The proposed development is located on the former King’s Troop Barracks, and comprises the demolition of the existing buildings, apart from the Grade II listed Riding School, followed by the construction of a residential development including private and affordable accommodation. These will be split into villas, apartments, townhouses, and duplex units of between three to five storeys.

A multi-storey basement, located near the Jubilee Line tunnels and Thames Water sewer, provides car parking, plant space, and spa/health club facilities. The Riding School itself will be refurbished into a swimming pool with leisure facilities and social function areas.

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