MAPPING THE UNDERWORLD: MULTI-SENSOR DEVICE CREATION, ASSESSMENT, PROTOCOLS
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Birmingham
Department Name: Civil Engineering
Abstract
The project aims to create a prototype multi-sensor device, and undertake fundamental enabling research, for the location of underground utilities by combining novel ground penetrating radar, acoustics and low frequency active and passive electromagnetic field (termed quasi-static field) approaches. The multi-sensor device is to employ simultaneously surface-down and in-pipe capabilities in an attempt to achieve the heretofore impossible aim of detecting every utility without local proving excavations. For example, in the case of ground penetrating radar (GPR), which has a severely limited penetration depth in saturated clay soils when deployed traditionally from the surface, locating the GPR transmitter within a deeply-buried pipe (e.g. a sewer) while the receiver is deployed on the surface has the advantage that the signal only needs to travel through the soil one way, thereby overcoming the severe signal attenuation and depth estimation problems of the traditional surface-down technique (which relies on two-way travel through complex surface structures as well as the soil). The quasi-static field solutions employ both the 50Hz leakage current from high voltage cables as well as the earth's electromagnetic field to illuminate the underground infrastructure. The MTU feasibility study showed that these technologies have considerable potential, especially in detecting difficult-to-find pot-ended cables, optical fibre cables, service connections and other shallow, small diameter services. The third essential technology in the multi-sensor device is acoustics, which works best in saturated clays where GPR is traditionally problematic. Acoustic technology can be deployed to locate services that have traditionally been difficult to discern (such as plastic pipes) by feeding a weak acoustic signal into the pipe wall or its contents from a remote location. The combination of these technologies, together with intelligent data fusion that optimises the combined output, in a multi-sensor device is entirely novel and aims to achieve a 100% location success rate without disturbing the ground (heretofore an impossible task and the 'holy grail' internationally).The above technologies are augmented by detailed research into models of signal transmission and attenuation in soils to enable the technologies to be intelligently attuned to different ground conditions, thereby producing a step-change improvement in the results. These findings will be combined with existing shallow surface soil and made ground 3D maps via collaboration with the British Geological Society (BGS) to prove the concept of creating UK-wide geophysical property maps for the different technologies. This would allow the users of the device to make educated choices of the most suitable operating parameters for the specific ground conditions in any location, as well as providing essential parameters for interpretation of the resulting data and removing uncertainties inherent in the locating accuracy of such technologies. Finally, we will also explore knowledge-guided interpretation, using information obtained from integrated utility databases being generated in the DTI(BERR)-funded project VISTA.
Organisations
- University of Birmingham (Lead Research Organisation)
- Balfour Beatty (Collaboration)
- University of Iceland (Collaboration)
- NJUG National Joint Utilities Group (Collaboration)
- Ordnance Survey (Collaboration)
- Government of the UK (Collaboration)
- Strategic Highway Research Program 2 (SHRP2) (Collaboration)
- Observatories and Research Facilities for European Seismology (ORFEUS) (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Collaboration)
- INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS (Collaboration)
- KPMG International Cooperative (Collaboration)
- International Organization for Standardization (Collaboration)
- ULSTER UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL (Collaboration)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Collaboration)
- Ohio University (Collaboration)
- National Underground Assets Group (NUAG) (Collaboration)
- University of Verona (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH (Collaboration)
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (Collaboration)
- J K Guest Group (Collaboration)
- Ecobuild (Collaboration)
- Land Surveyors Board Malaysia (Collaboration)
- Ark media (Collaboration)
- Oxford Electromagnetic Solutions Limited (Collaboration)
- US Army (Collaboration)
- UK Water Industry Research Ltd (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- TBE Group (Project Partner)
- National Underground Assets Group Ltd (Project Partner)
- Palmer environmental (Project Partner)
- Ordnance Survey (Project Partner)
- Sensors and Instrumentation KTN (Project Partner)
- Pipehawk plc (Project Partner)
- Kirklees Council (Project Partner)
- Pipeline Industries Guild (Project Partner)
- Lousiana Tech University (Project Partner)
- Northumbrian Water Group plc (Project Partner)
- SebaKMT UK Ltd (Project Partner)
- CSIRO Land and Water (Project Partner)
- KTN for Resource Efficiency (Project Partner)
- Openreach (BT subsidiary) (Project Partner)
- Future Amtec (Project Partner)
- Site Vision Surveys Ltd (Project Partner)
- Ingegneria dei Sistemi UK Ltd (Project Partner)
- UTSI Electronics Ltd (Project Partner)
- National Grid (Project Partner)
- Witten Technologies INC (Project Partner)
- Water Research Centre WRc (Project Partner)
- Scott Wilson (Project Partner)
- SBWWI (Project Partner)
- EUROGPR (Project Partner)
- Clancy Docwra (Project Partner)
- National One Call (Project Partner)
- Watershed Associates (Project Partner)
- E-on Central Networks (Project Partner)
- Yorkshire Water (Project Partner)
- Ewan Associates Ltd (Project Partner)
- ICES (Project Partner)
- Quetra Limited (Project Partner)
- OSYS technology limited (Project Partner)
Publications
A Beck (Author)
(2009)
Integrating Utility Asset Information. Geoinformatics,March 2009
in http://fluidbook.microdesign.nl/geoinformatics/03-2009/#58.
Abreu, D.G.
(2017)
Embedding Sustainability into Utility Projects.
ACD Royal (Author)
(2011)
Mapping and Positioning without Excavation
in Engineering
AM Thomas (Author)
(2010)
Frontiers in Shallow Subsurface Technology ? Improving TDR for use with Fine Grained Soils
B Zaghari (Author)
(2012)
Mapping the Underworld.
Bilal M
(2018)
Inferring the most probable maps of underground utilities using Bayesian mapping model
in Journal of Applied Geophysics
Boiero D
(2011)
The meaning of surface wave dispersion curves in weakly laterally varying structures
in Near Surface Geophysics
| Description | This project has now been successfully completed. A final report - the MTU Brochure - is available at http://mappingtheunderworld.ac.uk/ However, an opportunity arose to test the sensor technologies, and associated data fusion and mapping work, alongside new technologies being developed in the Assessing the Underworld programme. The final report on this second programme is available at http://assessingtheunderworld.org |
| Exploitation Route | Academic journal papers, conference papers, professional journal articles, reports to meetings, bespoke pathways-to-impact events and working directly with practitioners has demonstrated the potential of using multiple intelligence feeds to better locate and map the buried infrastructure. Surveying companies are adopting this practice.. |
| Sectors | Construction Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Education Electronics Energy Environment Transport Other |
| URL | http://www.mappingtheunderworld.ac.uk/ |
| Description | The findings have underpinned much activity in terms of codes and standards for the surveying industry. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2013 |
| Sector | Construction,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Energy,Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice,Transport |
| Description | Committee Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE 38 utility standard |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | International Advisory Board for Hong Kong's Competency Standard for Utility Detection |
| Geographic Reach | Asia |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | The new standards ensure that utility survey practitioners are competent in the use of Ground Penetrating Radar, Pipe and Cable Locators and Acoustic Sensors for the detection of buried pipes and cables in HK. Without evidence of the competency, practitioners cannot operate on public projects within HK. |
| URL | https://www.polyu.edu.hk/lsgi/uusspec/en/publications |
| Description | Steering Committee Member for PAS128 Revision |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Assessing the Underworld |
| Amount | £3,782,838 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/K021699/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2013 |
| End | 05/2018 |
| Description | Coordination Node for UKCRIC |
| Amount | £1,165,613 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R017727/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | EPSRC Grand Challenge - Balancing the impact of City Infrastructure Engineering on Natural systems using Robots |
| Amount | £4,217,380 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/N010523/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2016 |
| End | 01/2021 |
| Description | Pervasive Sensing for Buried Pipes |
| Amount | £7,290,965 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/S016813/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2019 |
| End | 02/2025 |
| Description | UKCRIC - National Buried Infrastructure Facility |
| Amount | £21,600,002 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/P013635/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2017 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | UKCRIC PLEXUS |
| Amount | £1,013,092 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R013535/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2018 |
| End | 12/2019 |
| Description | .Professor Chris Rogers chaired a session entitled "Delivering Integrated, Resilient Green and Grey Infrastructure - Strategies for Success" as part of the Future Cities Seminar Programme, Ecobuild 2014, ExCel, London, 5th March 2014. |
| Organisation | Ecobuild |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | .Sharing of Knowledge |
| Collaborator Contribution | Sharing of Knowledge |
| Impact | . |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | .Professor Chris Rogers was invited to be a member of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability Editorial Advisory Panel from November 2005 to November 2011, and became Honorary Editor from November 2007 to March 20 |
| Organisation | University of Iceland |
| Country | Iceland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | .Professor Chris Rogers was invited to be a member of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability Editorial Advisory Panel from November 2005 to November 2011, and became Honorary Editor from November 2007 to March 2011. This position, particularly as Editor, enabled him to help to shape the publication and research agenda in the disciplinary areas covered by the EPSRC Sustainable Urban Environments programme. As Honorary Editor, he also became a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers Publications Advisory Board, which further helped him raise the profile of the research conducted under the EPSRC Sustainable Urban Environments programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | . |
| Impact | This position, particularly as Editor, enabled him to help to shape the publication and research agenda in the disciplinary areas covered by the EPSRC Sustainable Urban Environments programme. As Honorary Editor, he also became a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers Publications Advisory Board, which further helped him raise the profile of the research conducted under the EPSRC Sustainable Urban Environments programme |
| Description | 2012 NJUG Awards in the "Avoiding Damage" |
| Organisation | NJUG National Joint Utilities Group |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The VAULT system won the Built Environment category of the IET Innovation Awards 2012 and was "Highly Commended" in the Information Technology category. VAULT also came joint first in the 2012 NJUG Awards in the "Avoiding Damage" category |
| Collaborator Contribution | . |
| Impact | . |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | A joint MTU / SHRP2 workshop was held on Sunday 23rd January 2011 |
| Organisation | Strategic Highway Research Program 2 (SHRP2) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | , Washington DC as part of the US Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting and Conference. ?Emerging Sensor Technology for Utility Construction: Status of the ?, at which Chris Rogers delivered one of five presentations to sit alongside the overview, by Jim Anspach, and presentations on the three additional projects currently funded by SHRP2. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) utilities standard committee |
| Organisation | American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) utilities standard committee: this deals with developing standards for utility mapping in the US and is the committee which developed ASCE 38/02. A draft of this standard is to be reviewed. |
| Collaborator Contribution | ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) utilities standard committee: this deals with developing standards for utility mapping in the US and is the committee which developed ASCE 38/02. A draft of this standard is to be reviewed. |
| Impact | ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) utilities standard committee: this deals with developing standards for utility mapping in the US and is the committee which developed ASCE 38/02. A draft of this standard is to be reviewed. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | BSI PAS 128 development |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Department | UMARI Aerospace Research Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Dr Metje is on the steering committee of this PAS, which is currently been developed with publication in the autumn of 2013. She is the only academic representative |
| Collaborator Contribution | . |
| Impact | . |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions |
| Organisation | Balfour Beatty |
| Department | Balfour Beatty Services |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Dr Metje is working with BBUS and others to ensure that there is a good information exchange between industry and academia with regard to utility streetworks. It also ensures that everyone in the group is aware of all the developments as it is difficult to ensure you follow all the developments in the industry. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dr Metje is working with BBUS and others to ensure that there is a good information exchange between industry and academia with regard to utility streetworks. It also ensures that everyone in the group is aware of all the developments as it is difficult to ensure you follow all the developments in the industry. |
| Impact | . |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Board of Land Surveyors, Malaysia |
| Organisation | Land Surveyors Board Malaysia |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Chris Rogers hosted a Malaysian delegation (the Board of Land Surveyors in Malaysia) visit to the University of Birmingham on 5-6 July 2011 for a two-day technical visit focussing upon MTU |
| Collaborator Contribution | . |
| Impact | . |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Buried Asset Centre of Knowledge, |
| Organisation | National Underground Assets Group (NUAG) |
| Department | Buried Assets Centre of Knowledge (BACK) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Buried Asset Centre of Knowledge, BACK: Dr Metje is a committee member. BACK's vision is that "Any works in the vicinity of the underground asset infrastructure do not result in injury, damage or unnecessary disruption" and BACK's aim is to provide an authoritative source of information to achieve the vision. The objective is to stimulate thoughts on how works can be planned better by obtaining and sharing asset information before works begin, by good practice techniques whilst works are in progress, by better records after works are completed to make identification easier in the future, and of course an understanding of associated regulations, guidelines and Codes of Practice. |
| Collaborator Contribution | . |
| Impact | Production of associated regulations, guidelines and Codes of Practice. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Commercialisation of hardware (pipe tags and detection equipment) |
| Organisation | Oxford Electromagnetic Solutions Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Commercialisation of hardware (pipe tags and detection equipment) |
| Collaborator Contribution | Commercialisation of hardware (pipe tags and detection equipment) |
| Impact | Commercialisation of hardware (pipe tags and detection equipment) |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | Creation of a multi-sensor device to detect and map buried utilities |
| Organisation | Ordnance Survey |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | A one-day seminar and exhibition was hosted by the Mapping the Underworld (MTU) Team at the Ordnance Survey Centre, Southampton, on 12th December 2012 to showcase its research into the creation of a multi-sensor device to detect and map buried utilities. The project's findings were presented alongside national and international developments in the area. The day presented an opportunity to explore several initiatives that seek to make streetworks safer, more effective and more sustainable |
| Collaborator Contribution | . |
| Impact | . |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Data Integration and Display - Mapping the Underworld Seminar |
| Organisation | UK Water Industry Research Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Report Ref. No. 08/WM/12/22 |
| Collaborator Contribution | Report Ref. No. 08/WM/12/22 |
| Impact | Report Ref. No. 08/WM/12/22 |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | Delegation from Malaysia |
| Organisation | Land Surveyors Board Malaysia |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Alexander Royal and Nicole Metje hosted a Delegation from Malaysia on the 28th of September 2010. An article was then produced for the University of Birmingham EPS newsletter (December 2012) |
| Collaborator Contribution | . |
| Impact | Further visits and collaborations . |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Department for Transports public consultation on its proposed strategy for 'Lane Rental Schemes in England |
| Organisation | Government of the UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Responded to its proposed strategy for 'Lane Rental Schemes |
| Collaborator Contribution | . |
| Impact | Responded to its proposed strategy for 'Lane Rental Schemes |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Detection and Resolution Enhancement of Closely Spaced Targets in Ground Penetrating Radar. Proc. of 11th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR 2006), Columbus, Ohio, USA, 19th-22nd June. |
| Organisation | Ohio University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | .The sharing of knowledge and information |
| Collaborator Contribution | The sharing of knowledge and information |
| Impact | . |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Developments in Pavement Assessment |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Metje N. (2009). Invited presentation at the annual one-day conference on the Developments in Pavement Assessment 2009, Birmingham organised by Fugro Aperio; attendance primarily local government highways engineers, consultants, contractors and specialist service providers, attendance between 100 and 140. |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | Engineering Sustainability Editorial Advisory Panel |
| Organisation | Institution of Civil Engineers |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Professor Chris Rogers was invited to be a member of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability Editorial Advisory Panel from November 2005 to November 2011, and became Honorary Editor from November 2007 to March 2011. This position, particularly as Editor, enabled him to help to shape the publication and research agenda in the disciplinary areas covered by the EPSRC Sustainable Urban Environments programme. As Honorary Editor, he also became a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers Publications Advisory Board, which further helped him raise the profile of the research conducted under the EPSRC Sustainable Urban Environments programme. |
| Start Year | 2005 |
| Description | Grand Challenges |
| Organisation | Birmingham City Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Chris Rogers presented at the University of Birmingham Grand Challenges event on Friday, 5 August 2011. He described his own research grand challenge, in terms of putting together a network of researchers in order to achieve a long-term strategy. The aim was to demonstrate to the students attending that grand challenges and open-ended issues come up all the time, and that they must be prepared for such things throughout their careers. This included the Urban Futures and Mapping the Underworld projects. The audience was 30 3rd and 4th year undergraduates who had completed 4 weeks of teamworking on projects to propose solutions for either making Birmingham a smarter city (e.g. integrating services, communications etc to improve response, quality of life, safety) or for Birmingham City Council's response to a European environmental award. These are both high-level challenges which the teams had to consider and then suggest ways in which they could be resolved, justifying their choices and persuading the organisers that theirs were the best ideas. |
| Collaborator Contribution | . |
| Impact | . |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | ICE Municipal Panel |
| Organisation | International Organization for Standardization |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | ICE Municipal Panel: Dr Metje has been a committee member since 2012. |
| Collaborator Contribution | . |
| Impact | . |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | IEEE SMC Workshop , |
| Organisation | Ulster University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Invited speaker. Artificial Intelligence and Applications University of Ulster, 18 June 2010. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Infrastructure Research Funding |
| Organisation | Government of the UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Professor Chris Rogers attended a dinner organised jointly by EPSRC and The New Statesman to present a case for Infrastructure Research Funding to David Willets MP, at the Institution of Civil Engineers in Westminster, on the 30th January 2013 |
| Collaborator Contribution | . |
| Impact | . |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Infrastructure Review |
| Organisation | KPMG International Cooperative |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Professor Chris Rogers led at team drawn from Urban Futures, Liveable Cities, Mapping the Underworld and Assessing the Underworld to respond to the call for evidence for the Independent Infrastructure Review led by Sir John Armitt. He was subsequently invited to attend the Armitt Review Roundtable Discussion on 7th May 2013 at the Offices of KPMG, London, the only academic attending |
| Collaborator Contribution | . |
| Impact | Provided evidence for the Independent Infrastructure Review led by Sir John Armitt |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Locating Underground Plant and Equipment |
| Organisation | UK Water Industry Research Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Locating Underground Plant and Equipment - Overview of Proposals for a Research Programme, UKWIR Report 03/WM/12/3, UKWIR, London, UK. |
| Collaborator Contribution | . |
| Impact | UKWIR Report 03/WM/12/3, UKWIR, London, UK. |
| Description | MTU Training Site |
| Organisation | J K Guest Group |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Mapping the Underworld Team (2012). As part of its development with JK Guest of the Mapping the Underworld Centre of Excellence have produced a video, showing the the development of the Centre from the moment the ground was broken right up to completion of the site, and the attendance of a group of Malaysian land surveyors They completed workshope and used surveying equipment on site. The video can be seen on YouTube. |
| Collaborator Contribution | JK Guest has provided substantial funding for this site |
| Impact | Production of a test/training site |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | MTU animation video |
| Organisation | Ark media |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Mapping the Underworld Team (2012). The team have also produced an animation video, which highlights what really goes on in the murky subsurface world. The Video looks at the damage, inconvenience and environmental cost, caused by irresponsible excavations. It provides solutions through the promised final outcomes of the Mapping the Underworld Project. The video can be seen on YouTube. |
| Collaborator Contribution | .. |
| Impact | . |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Mapping the Underworld Seminar |
| Organisation | UK Water Industry Research Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | UK Water Industry Research Limited, London,Report Ref. No. 08/WM/12/20 |
| Collaborator Contribution | UK Water Industry Research Limited, London,Report Ref. No. 08/WM/12/20 |
| Impact | UK Water Industry Research Limited, London,Report Ref. No. 08/WM/12/20 |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | Minimising Street Works Disruption |
| Organisation | UK Water Industry Research Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Minimising Street Works Disruption: Review and Progress Report. UK Water Industry Research Limited, London, Report Ref. No. 08/WM/12/21. |
| Collaborator Contribution | . |
| Impact | . |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | Outcome of the ORFEUS Questionnaire |
| Organisation | Observatories and Research Facilities for European Seismology (ORFEUS) |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | UK Water Industry Research Limited, London, Report Ref. No. 07/WM/12/18, |
| Collaborator Contribution | UK Water Industry Research Limited, London, Report Ref. No. 07/WM/12/18, |
| Impact | UK Water Industry Research Limited, London, Report Ref. No. 07/WM/12/18, |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | Radio 4 Programme |
| Organisation | British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Mapping the Underworld was featured on Radio 4 in July 2012 'to an audience of 800,000 |
| Collaborator Contribution | Mapping the Underworld was featured on Radio 4 in July 2012 'to an audience of 800,000 |
| Impact | Mapping the Underworld was featured on Radio 4 in July 2012 'to an audience of 800,000 |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Shaping the Future of GPR Soils Research: |
| Organisation | US Army |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Report on the first US Army workshop on soil spectroscopy research |
| Collaborator Contribution | Report on the first US Army workshop on soil spectroscopy research |
| Impact | Report on the first US Army workshop on soil spectroscopy research |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | Steering group of the UMA |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Department | UMARI Aerospace Research Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Dr Metje is on the steering group of the UMA. The UMA seeks to: "Work with all stakeholders to inform and assist in the establishment of a set of standards that reflect good practice in utility detection and mapping to help promote clear measurable accredited competence levels. |
| Collaborator Contribution | . |
| Impact | . |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | The Urban Futures Team (Chris Rogers, Joanne Leach, Rob MacKenzie, Jon Sadler, James Hale, Silvio Caputo, Chris Boyko and Mark Gaterell) presented the Urban Futures methodology to Institution of Civil Engineers staff the ICE Expert panel drafting the ICE |
| Organisation | International Organization for Standardization |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The ICE State of the Nation Transport Report 2013 |
| Collaborator Contribution | . |
| Impact | The drafting of the ICE State of the Nation Transport Report 2013 |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | The Use of Acoustic Methods to Detect and Locate Underground Piping Systems. Proc. of the IX International Conference on Recent Advances in Structural Dynamics, Southampton, UK, 17th-19th July. |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Sharing of knowledge and information |
| Collaborator Contribution | Sharing of knowledge and information |
| Impact | Sharing of knowledge and information |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Tomorrow's World exhibition |
| Organisation | British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The project had a stand at the BEST Show 2010 (18-20 October) as part of the Tomorrow's World exhibition area. Chris Rogers presented an overview of MTU in the Cities Hub. . |
| Collaborator Contribution | . |
| Impact | The project had a stand at the BEST Show 2010 (18-20 October) as part of the Tomorrow's World exhibition area. Chris Rogers presented an overview of MTU in the Cities Hub. . |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | University of Edinburgh |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | University of Verona, USA |
| Organisation | University of Verona |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | You Tube Video |
| Organisation | Government of the UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | As part of its Pathways to Impact initiative, Mapping the Underworld has produced a video of a workshop held with government representatives and councillors that highlights the challenges faced by streetworks. The video can be seen on YouTube. |
| Collaborator Contribution | . |
| Impact | You Tube Video |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | "Causes, Impacts and Costs of Utility Strikes" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Metje N and Ahmad B (2014) Delivered a presentation entitled "Causes, Impacts and Costs of Utility Strikes" to the GLA, TFL and London Boroughs Joint Construction H&S Forum, London UK. They summarised the findings from Mapping the Underworld and described the future methodology deriving from Assessing the Underworld, 19th February. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | "Mapping the Underworld -Assessing the Underworld" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Metje N and Zembillas N (2014) Delivered a presentation entitled "Mapping the Underworld -Assessing the Underworld" to the TRB Utilities Committee, In Washington DC North America. They summarised the findings from Mapping the Underworld and described the future methodology deriving from Assessing the Underworld, 15th January |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Briefing note on progress of MTU |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Briefing note on progress update to be submitted via Geospatial Engineering Board to the journal 'Civil Engineering', emphasising applications to wide range of civil engineering disciplines. . It sparked further discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | C Rogers et al. Meeting with Oxford U. 28 May 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers, David Chapman, Nicole Metje, Nigel Cassidy and others met with three academics from Oxford University on 28th May 2019 and described the findings from Liveable Cities, UKCRIC (NBIF, CN, PLEXUS and CORONA), iBUILD, MTU, ATU, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, MTU, ATU, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | C Rogers. BT Buried Infrastructure meeting. 21 Oct 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers, along with colleagues from Pipebots, attended a meeting with four senior staff from BT on 21st October 2019, during which he presented findings from his buried infrastructure research portfolio. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, MTU, ATU, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | CIRIA and the MBE KTN Showcase of Infrastructure Systems Research & Innovation held in London on the 7 June 2011 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers was invited by CIRIA and the MBE KTN to speak at their Showcase of Infrastructure Systems Research and Innovation held in London on the 7 June 2011. This event is part of a series of activities being undertaken through the "Infrastructure Programme" of the MBE KTN. The overall objective of the programme is to identify the innovation gaps and needs of the civil infrastructure sector and broker new collaborations to exploit funding opportunities for the infrastructure sector. The programme delivery team is led by CIRIA and has a management group comprising of representatives of the Technology Strategy Board, EPSRC, BIS, Institution of Civil Engineers, and Transportation KTN. http://showcaseofinfrastructuresystems.eventbrite.com . It sparked further discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://showcaseofinfrastructuresystems.eventbrite.com |
| Description | Chris Rogers. Infrastructure Condition Assessment - an Autonomous Decision Framework |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers delivered a presentation entitled "Infrastructure Condition Assessment - an Autonomous Decision Framework" to the Self-Repairing Cities Annual Conference on 20th June 2018. It was attended by around 50 practitioners and 20 academics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Chris Rogers. Lecture: The Role of the Civil Engineer - A Personal View. 17th January 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers delivered a lecture entitled "The Role of the Civil Engineer - A Personal View" on 17th January 2018 to ~25 sixth-formers in which he presented the findings from Liveable Cities, Urban Futures, Mapping the Underworld, Assessing the Underworld and Resilience Through Innovation - Critical Local Infrastructures. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Chris Rogers. Presentation at Assessing the Underworld Final Event on 19th April 2018 in London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers presented the findings from MTU, ATU, UKCRIC-PLEXUS, UKCRIC-NBIF and the UKCRIC vision to the Assessing the Underworld Final Event on 19th April 2018 in London |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Chris Rogers. Presentation at workshop on Buried Infrastructure on 26th September 2018 in Birmingham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers presented the UKCRIC vision and the findings from Liveable Cities, iBUILD, ATU, MTU, Self-Repairing Cities, UKCRIC-NBIF and the UKCRIC Coordination Node to a workshop on Buried Infrastructure on 26th September 2018 in Birmingham. The audience of 30 delegates consisted of academics (50%) and infrastructure stakeholders (50%). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Chris Rogers. Presentation to IKT (a German Infrastructure research organisation) on 10th August 2018 in Birmingham. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers presented the UKCRIC vision and the findings from Liveable Cities, iBUILD, ATU, MTU, Self-Repairing Cities, UKCRIC-NBIF and the UKCRIC Coordination Node to a meeting with representatives from IKT (a German Infrastructure research organisation) on 10th August 2018 in Birmingham. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Chris Rogers. Presentation: Resilient Infrastructure - Designing the Underworld. Ecobuild 2014 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers delivered a presentation entitled 'Resilient Infrastructure - Designing the Underworld' to Ecobuild 2014, ExCel, London, 5th March 2014. He also chaired a session entitled 'Delivering Integrated, Resilient Green and Grey Infrastructure - Strategies for Success' as part of the Future Cities Seminar Programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Chris Rogers. Presentation: Tackling Congestion. Beneath Our Streets - BIM for the Underworld? AGM of the East Midlands Branch of the ICE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers delivered a presentation entitled "Tackling Congestion Beneath Our Streets - BIM for the Underworld?" to the AGM of the East Midlands Branch of the Institution of Civil Engineers in Kegworth, Nottingham on 18th September 2013. He summarised the findings from Mapping the Underworld and described the futures methodology deriving from Urban Futures, and presented the thinking emerging from Liveable Cities, Assessing the Underworld, and iBUILD in the context of sustainable |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Chris Rogers. Presentation: The Role of the Civil Engineer - A Personal View |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers delivered a presentation entitled "The Role of the Civil Engineer - A Personal View" to around 50 prospective undergraduate students and their parents, drawing on the findings of LC, UF, iBUILD, MTU and ATU on 22nd June 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Chris Rogers. Workshop on Buried Infrastructure on 9th July 2018 in Birmingham. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers presented the UKCRIC vision and the findings from Liveable Cities, iBUILD, ATU, MTU, Self-Repairing Cities, UKCRIC-NBIF and the UKCRIC Coordination Node to a workshop on Buried Infrastructure on 9th July 2018 in Birmingham. The audience of 20 delegates consisted of academics (50%) and infrastructure stakeholders (50%). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Clark Lecture 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers hosted the Clark Lecture and half-day workshops and meetings with Professor Phil Blythe (Chief Scientific Advisor to the DfT) on 11th June 2019. Detailed discussions on the UoB research included the findings from Liveable Cities, UKCRIC (NBIF, CN, PLEXUS and CORONA), iBUILD, MTU, ATU, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots. This was also displayed in the 90 minutes before, and after, the evening lecture to the 120 attendees, consisting on a mixture of academics from a wide range of disciplines, industrialists and lay people. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, UKCRIC UO, MTU, ATU, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Exploring the Underworld - A Hidden World of Opportunity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers delivered a presentation entitled Exploring the Underworld - A Hidden World of Opportunity to the Midland Geotechnical Society, at the University of Birmingham on 4th February 2013. He summarised the findings from Mapping the Underworld, presented the findings on underground space usage deriving from Urban Futures and on local infrastructure resilience from the C.D.F.A Critical Local Infrastructures project, presented the initial findings from Liveable Cities, and presented the case for a new research programme entitled Assessing the Underworld. Presentation to the Midlands Geotechnical Society, Birmingham on 4th February 2013, attended by 60 professional geotechnical engineers and engineering geologists. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Future Infrastructure Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers became a core member of the Future Infrastructure Forum, thus representing all of the relevant EPSRC-funded projects with which he is involved (Mapping the Underworld, Urban Futures, Critical Local Transport and Utility Infrastructures, Liveable Cities, and Assessing the Underworld). He attended all five fora on 26th and 27th September 2011, 17th and 18th January 2012, 17th and 18th April 2012, 5th and 6th September 2012, and 27th and 28th March 2013. He is a member of a small team organising a meeting of the core members to advance the research agenda. . Awarding Body - Future Infrastructure Forum, Name of Scheme - Future Infrastructure Forum |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012,2013 |
| Description | Grand Challenges event on Friday, 5 August 2011 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers presented at the University of Birmingham Grand Challenges event on Friday, 5 August 2011. He described his own research grand challenge, in terms of putting together a network of researchers in order to achieve a long-term strategy. The aim was to demonstrate to the students attending that grand challenges and open-ended issues come up all the time, and that they must be prepared for such things throughout their careers. This included the Urban Futures and Mapping the Underworld projects. The audience was 30 3rd and 4th year undergraduates who had completed 4 weeks of teamworking on projects to propose solutions for either making Birmingham a smarter city (e.g. integrating services, communications etc to improve response, quality of life, safety) or for Birmingham City Council's response to a European environmental award. These are both high-level challenges which the teams had to consider and then suggest ways in which they could be resolved, justifying their choices and persuading the organisers that theirs were the best ideas. . It sparked further discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Hojjati A. Presentation on WS8. Research visit to the University of Twente, the Netherlands |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Hojjati, A. (2016) delivered a presentation on MTU and ATU research programmes with a focus on WS8 as part of a research visit to the Department of Construction Management and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology at University of Twente, the Netherlands, 27th September. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | IET London Regional Lecture. Looking to where no man has been. Audience ~80. . Atkins PA (2016). |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | IET London Regional Lecture. Looking to where no man has been. Audience ~80. This talk sparked a number of questions and request for further information. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | IET Regional Lecture presented at Anglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford. A Geophysics Approach' January Audience 50- Atkins PA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | IET Regional Lecture presented at Anglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford. A Geophysics Approach' this presentation sparked a number of questions and requests for further information |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Institute of Physics Regional Lecture Series. University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield. Audience ~200. Atkins PA (2016). |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Institute of Physics Regional Lecture Series. University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield. Audience ~200. this presentation sparked a number of questions and request for further information |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Keynote Paper to Re-Engineering Our Cities Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers presented the Keynote Paper to the Re-Engineering Our Cities Conference, Coventry University, 14th September 2016, entitled "Re-Engineering Future Sustainable, Resilient and Liveable Cities". It described the outcomes of the Urban Futures and Liveable Cities ESPRC funded programmes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.ice.org.uk/eventarchive/re-engineering-our-cities-coventry |
| Description | Keynote at SUBSURFACE ASSET MANAGEMENT & SURVEYING 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A keynote was given at the SUBSURFACE ASSET MANAGEMENT & SURVEYING 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to over 100 survey practitioners, policy makers and academics. The focus of the presentation was utility standards around the world, highlighting differences and similarities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Lane Rental Schemes in England - New Roads and Streetworks Act 1991' (2011). |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Mapping the Underworld team responded to the Department for Transports public consultation on its proposed strategy for 'Lane Rental Schemes in England - New Roads and Streetworks Act 1991' (2011). . It sparked further discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Linking up Infrastructure and Smart Transport Systems |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Linking up Infrastructure and Smart Transport Systems"Speciality Session on Future Cities at Utility Week Live 2015, NEC, Birmingham on 23rd April 2015 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Malaysian delegation (the Board of Land Surveyors in Malaysia) visit to the University of Birmingham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers hosted a Malaysian delegation (the Board of Land Surveyors in Malaysia) visit to the University of Birmingham on 5-6 July 2011 for a two-day technical visit focussing upon MTU. . It sparked further discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Meeting with Arup |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers attended a meeting with two partners of Arup on 10th February 2016 to disseminate work on LC, iBUILD, ATU and MTU. This led to closer collaboration and attendance at Bi-Annual events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Panel member at Geological Society Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers served as a panel member at the Geological Society Conference on Sustainable Exploitation of the Subsurface, resulting in significant discussions among participants Established and strengthened relationships |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Nicole Metje was interviewed for a podcast about Mapping the Underworld. This can be found at: http://www.ideaslab.bham.ac.uk/ideaslab_podcast.htm . It sparked further discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.ideaslab.bham.ac.uk/ideaslab_podcast.htm |
| Description | Poster presentation - To Dig or not to Dig? Intelligent Integrated Inter-asset Management. Assessing the Underworld: An Integrated Performance Model of City Infrastructures, 14 Dec. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Poster presentation by Cohn AG, Du H, Dimitrova V, Magee DR, Dou Q, Rogers CDF, Chapman DC, Sadeghioon AM, Collins R, Glendinning S, Stirling R, Gunn DA, Reeves HJ (2015) To Dig or not to Dig? Intelligent Integrated Inter-asset Management. Assessing the Underworld: An Integrated Performance Model of City Infrastructures, 14 Dec. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Presentation to Untangling the Infrastructure Web |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers presented a talk entitled "Infrastructure Research: From Future Liveable Cities via Foresight to Assessing the Underworld" to a CIRIA Conference and Workshop entitled Untangling the Infrastrcuture Web |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Professor Chris Rogers attended EPSRC Balancing Capability workshops on Water, as a representative of the Institution of Civil Engineers at the Professional Institutions Consultation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers attended EPSRC Balancing Capability workshops on Water (17th February - around 50 academics), as a representative of the Institution of Civil Engineers at the Professional Institutions Consultation (22nd February - around 20 practitioners and academics) and on 14th and 15th March. He represented MTU, ATU, UF, LC and iBUILD. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Professor Chris Rogers attended a series of UKCRIC workshops to create a research strategy for UKCRIC, in relation to buried infrastructure |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers attended a series of UKCRIC workshops to create a research strategy for UKCRIC, on 30th November 2015 (Buried Infrastructure - 30 practitioners and academics), He represented MTU, ATU, UF, LC and iBUILD |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Professor Chris Rogers hosted Jeya Rajalingham (Principal Engineer, Water & Recycled Assets, Sydney Water) on 29th April 2014 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers hosted Jeya Rajalingham (Principal Engineer, Water & Recycled Assets, Sydney Water) on 29th April 2014, as part of a study tour of the UK organised by UKWIR. He described, and sought to develop links with Sydney water and Australian research more generally for, the following research projects and programmes: Liveable Cities, iBUILD, Mapping the Underworld, Assessing the Underworld, GG-TOP, and Urban Futures. Established links with utilities sector in Australia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Radio 4 Programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Mapping the Underworld is to be featured on Radio 4 between April and July 2012 in a 'to be disclosed' slot with an audience of 800,000. More information will follow as it becomes available . Radio 4 programme featuring the MTU project with a lenthy interview by Prof Rogers on the long term benefits and cost savings of the project. It sparked further discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Rogers C. Presentation: The Mapping the Underworld Project. Transportation Research Board / Strategic Highways Research Program 2 Research Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Rogers C D F (2011). The Mapping the Underworld Project. Transportation Research Board / Strategic Highways Research Program 2 Research Workshop, US Transportation Board Workshop, Washington DC, USA, January. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Sustainable Cities - a View From Below, and a View into the Far Future |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers delivered a presentation entitled Sustainable Cities - a View From Below, and a View into the Far Future to the Engineering and Physical Sciences College Conference, University of Birmingham on 16th July 2013. He summarised the findings from Urban Futures and Mapping the Underworld, and outlined the research being conducted in Liveable Cities and Assessing the Underworld. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Sustainable Cities - a View From Below, and a View into the Far Future |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers delivered a presentation entitled Sustainable Cities - a View From Below, and a View into the Far Future to the Engineering and Physical Sciences College Conference, University of Birmingham on 16th July 2013. He summarised the findings from Urban Futures, Mapping the Underworld and the Critical Local Infrastructures programmes, and outlined the research being conducted in Liveable Cities and Assessing the Underworld. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Sustainable Resilient Infrastructure |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Rogers CDF, (2013) Presentation to the Land of the MUSCOS Expert Workshop entitled Sustainable Resilient Infrastructure at the Royal Society,. Representing the Liveable Cities programme grant, Mapping the Underworld and Assessing the Underworld, in the open discussion session he referred to the findings from Urban Futures, the initial findings from Liveable Cities and the thinking behind Assessing the Underworld when exploring collaboration and directions. London on 9th May 2013 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Triennial Conference 2012: Global Perspectives on Sustainable Infrastructure |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Professor Rogers to a Conference: Believing that emerging global challenges are reinforcing the need for civil engineers to concert their efforts through international agreements, representatives of ASCE, the United Kingdom's Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), and the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) got together for a two-day conference to discuss common interests and concerns surrounding the delivery of sustainable infrastructure. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | UK's Underworld. AASHTO Subcommittee on Right-of-Way, Utilities, and Outdoor Advertising Control, Portland, Maine, USA, 1st May 2017. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on UK's Underworld. AASHTO Subcommittee on Right-of-Way, Utilities, and Outdoor Advertising Control, Portland, Maine, USA, 1st May 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | University of Birmingham Brussels office |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Mapping the Underworld and Urban Futures were promoted as part of the University of Birmingham's launch of its permanent office in Brussels on the 1 December 2010, becoming the first UK University to have a dedicated presence in the political centre of the European Union. The office was officially launched by HMA Jonathan Brenton the British Ambassador to Belgium at a special event on Wednesday 1st December 2010. Other speakers at the event included Malcolm Harbour MEP and Dr Anneli Pauli, Deputy Director-General of DG Research for the European Commission. The office has been established to help inform European policy debates and the development of programmes, support alumni in the Benelux region and consolidate European research collaborations. The office will also provide local services to the staff and students of the University when working and studying in Brussels. . nk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Visit by Eddie Hughes MP for Walsall |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Eddie Hughes was briefed about the impact of better ground investigations and what is needed to achieve this. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Workshops to create a research strategy for UKCRIC (UK Collaboratorium for Research in Infrastructure & Cities) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers attended a series of UKCRIC workshops to create a research strategy for UKCRIC, on 30th November 2015 (Buried Infrastructure - 30 practitioners and academics), 20th January 2016 (Sensors), 2nd and 3rd February 2016 (Data, Simulation and Modelling - 50 academics and practitioners), 11th February (Linear Infrastructure - 40 academics and practitioners) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |