Assessing the impact of new works at Victoria

Introduction

In London’s congested urban environment new works invariably have an impact on existing infrastructure. For single developments this is a comparatively routine issue, however where two new substantial developments occur concurrently adjacent to important infrastructure the issues become more complex; the roles and responsibilities of the interested parties must be clearly defined and understood, there should be a measure of agreement on the assessment methods and criteria, and the process needs to be managed in a timely and economic fashion.

One such example is at Victoria, where the Victoria Station Upgrade works and Land Securities’ Nova development, which includes a 100m x 125m x 15m deep basement, are both currently being constructed in close proximity to LUL’s existing infrastructure. Consequently, it was necessary to consider the combined impact from both projects on LUL’s infrastructure. The presentation will briefly describe the two projects and outline how the assessments, which used numerical modelling, were undertaken and managed, and requirements for independent verification were met. The challenges of ensuring the assessments were independently undertaken in a collaborative environment, to ensure that outcomes could be effectively compared, will be described. Other issues such as monitoring to verify expected outcomes will also be addressed and the talk will conclude with some lessons learned from what proved to be a successful process for all involved.

These fascinating and complex projects will be discussed by Felix Schroeder from Geotechnical Consulting Group and Peter Rutty & Yu Sheng Hsu from Mott MacDonald. For further information please download the flyer below.

Download flyer: BGA Victoria event

Advanced registration is required. Please register via the ICE website here.