Transport News Issue 1 - 2021 - Flipbook - Page 19
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We worked closely with stakeholders through
our full-time Community Liaison Officer
throughout to ensure transparency of ideas and,
in turn, this public area has been rebalanced in
favour of agile travel for the public.
Paul Hartley,
Senior Contracts Manager, Dyer & Butler
We hope to do more landscaping projects in the
future; it showcases Dyer & Butler’s capabilities
not only as specialist infrastructural engineers,
but creative ones too. Thank you and well done
to all involved.
Simon White,
Highways Director, Dyer & Butler
A good example was the use of BIM (Building Information
Modelling) technology which was implemented to allow on-site
engineers to identify areas requiring attention and draw up a
solution instantaneously on a virtual 3-D model.
Dyer & Butler also worked alongside surfacing specialists to
install an innovative surfacing solution which provided an
ultra-high-performance asphalt. This offered BHCC significant
benefits including reduced maintenance costs through greater
durability and productivity benefits which accelerated
installation time, reduced programme times and minimised
disruption and road closures.
Paul Hartley, Dyer & Butler Senior Contracts Manager,
commented: “Our specialist highways and landscaping
engineers have created renewed openness and simplified traffic
routes; greenery has transformed this formerly problematic
space into a destination in its own right which is now more
navigable for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers, with safer
crossings and the elimination of tricky cut-through roads.”
Simon White, Highways Director at Dyer & Butler,
commented: “Before these works, Valley Gardens was neither
a place nor a link. We have transformed this and created an
accessible and enjoyable space for the Brighton and Hove
community. The scheme benefited from Dyer & Butler’s
experience of running similarly large and complex inner-city
redevelopment schemes which ensured the project team was
able to understand and anticipate issues before they arose.
The success of our traffic flow management was a true feat of
collaborative working, and I expect our innovative method will
be imitated across the UK in the ongoing effort towards
delivering unobtrusive roadworks.”
Drone footage of the completed
works can be accessed here:
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