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GHA Livigunn delighted on ia+’s recent Construction News Quality Award for Hodder SR
GHA Livigunn were delighted to support United Utilities’ Integrated Alliance (ia+), winners of the Environmental Project Award for the Hodder Service Reservoir at the recent Construction News Quality Awards 2009 (CNQ) held in London.
The £13 million new service reservoir, to supply treated water to Blackburn, the Ribble Valley, Preston and Fylde, provided some challenging environmental design issues for GHA Livigunn, who were appointed by ia+ as lead design consultants for the project.
The prestigious CNQ Awards acknowledges the quality demonstrated by the UK construction industry in ten different categories and the award ceremony brings together hundreds of the construction industry’s professionals. The judges picked out Hodder Service Reservoir for the environmental award for “An excellent example of a coherent and integrated project team working through planning, design, construction and operation to deliver environmental excellence.”
One environmental hurdle to cross was that the reservoir was to be located within an area of outstanding natural beauty, close to a biological heritage and archaeological site and only accessible through quiet narrow lanes and over two listed bridges. A new access road was created in line with Forestry Commission standards with sustainable drainage systems and surfacing using crushed carboniferous limestone excavated from the main site. The design of the reservoir to sink the structure into excavated land, buried beneath top soil and camouflaged with native trees and wildflowers, minimised the impact of the construction on this beauty spot.
Stewart Tennant, GHA Livigunn’s Director, who accepted the CNQ Award together with Sean Mooney and Victoria Pollard from KMI+ said: “This project succeeded in all its challenges because of the integrated approach to detail design, construction and operation from the start. For us, it was a total success to design a project to blend in as much as possible with the surrounding landscape and with minimal environmental impact. ”
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For further information please contact: Stewart Tennant or Charlotte Johnson on 0161 491 4600 / email: charlotte.johnson@ghalivigunn.com
Notes to Editors:
Stewart Tennant , GHA Livigunn’s Director, accepts the CNQ Award along with Sean Mooney and Victoria Pollard of KMI from Nick Edwards (Editor Construction News) and Dr Peter Bonfield (Chief Executive BRE)
1. GHA Livigunn is an engineering design consultancy covering chemical, water, power, rail and nuclear industries.
2. The company currently employs 80 staff in the UK with a group turnover circa £5.3 million.
3. GHA Livigunn’s reputation for providing efficient, safe and optimum design solutions for the construction industry and key blue-chip clients has grown in strength over the past twenty years.
4. A developer of 3D visualisations for projects as varied as costal defences, high voltage sub-stations, water treatment works as well as chemical and pharmaceutical plant applications.
5. In 2008 GHA Livigunn received The Institute of Structural Engineers (IStructE) North West Regional Structural Awards for Small Project and an Engineering Excellence Award from The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) in recognition of the design for Top o’ th’ Cow service reservoirs, located outside Bolton. In 2009 a Commendation was awarded by The ACE in the small firm’s infrastructure category for Ashton-under-Lyne Wastewater Treatment Works.
6. The Integrated Alliance+ (ia+) was formed to work alongside United Utilities (UU) in seamless integrated workstreams, covering engineering solutions, design, construction and commissioning work on water and wastewater treatment projects within the Capital Programme division. The ia+ partners are: KMI Plus – a joint venture between Kier Construction, J Murphy & Sons, Interserve Project Services and Mouchel delivering detail design and construction in the north of UU’s home region. GCA – a joint venture between Galliford Try, Costain Ltd and Atkins delivering detail design and construction in the south of UU’s home region. MWH – one of the world’s leading environmental engineering firms acting as solution service provider to the ia+, working in partnership with UU Engineering Group, responsible for identifying and developing engineering solutions for the north and south regions.