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- Date
- 27 February 2025
- Time
- 18:00 - 19:15 GMT
- Location
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Institution of Civil Engineers One Great George Street Westminster London, SW1P 3AA United Kingdom
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Northumberland Line: delivering sustainable transport
https://ice.org.uk/events/upcoming-events/northumberland-line-rcea-feb-2025
Institution of Civil Engineers, London
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Northumberland Line: delivering sustainable transport
- Date
- 27 February 2025
- Time
- 18:00 - 19:15 GMT
- Location
- Institution of Civil Engineers
Free
Overview
This presentation will explain the journey that the Northumberland Line has been on, from early business case and demand studies, through to the line re-opening on 15 December 2024. The presenters will share their experiences of how various challenges were overcome to deliver a transformational outcome for the communities in South East Northumberland. The presentation will include:
- An introduction to the project, its history and the overall outcomes that it aimed to achieve.
- How the project has been developed, and the ultimate delivery model.
- The development of the design and considerations linking to local communities and stakeholder requirements.
- Specific technical challenges that have been overcome, including the approach to addressing legacy mine workings.
- Details of the construction approach and how local communities were impacted and engaged throughout the construction delivery.
- Wider benefits and additional social value generated by the project.
- Commissioning and entry into service and the next stages of the project.
Venue
Institution of Civil EngineersOne Great George StreetWestminsterLondonSW1P 3AA
Programme
17:30 - 18:00
Registration and refreshments
18:00 - 18:05
Introductions and welcome (Jian Li Chew, RCEA)
18:05 - 18:45
Lecture: Northumberland Line – restoring passenger rail to deliver transformational outcomes for communities in the North East
18:45 - 19:15
Audience Q&A
19:15
Event ends
Speakers
Simon Middleton
AECOM
director, rail eastern
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Simon Middleton
Simon is AECOM’s rail director for the eastern region. He has over 25 years’ experience and is a Fellow of the ICE and PWI.
His early career focussed on asset management of highways and railways in the UK where he led in the introduction of innovative techniques to support development of maintenance and renewals work banks. He has undertaken roles that have resulted in these techniques being adopted for international clients, including heavy haul railways in Australia.
More recently Simon has lead projects through the whole project lifecycle from early business case and design development, through detailed design and into delivery. He has been a champion for challenging ways of working and promoting change in the industry with initiatives such as Project SPEED.
Tony Lloyd
Morgan Sindall
project manager
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Tony Lloyd
Tony is a project manager at Morgan Sindall with over 15 years’ construction and design experience within the transportation infrastructure.
Tony has worked on a range of rail infrastructure projects around the UK with the majority of his experience being in the construction and delivery of major rail schemes including station, depots and line of route upgrades.
Tony has had a leading role in the delivery of the Northumberland Line where he has been responsible for the delivery of new stations and coordination with the AECOM design team.
He is a chartered Civil Engineer and has recently completed an MBA at Newcastle University.
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