UKCRIC - PLEXUS - Priming Laboratory EXperiments on infrastructure and Urban Systems

Lead Research Organisation: University of Birmingham
Department Name: Civil Engineering

Abstract

The UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities (UKCRIC) is, with a (matched) capital investment of £138m from BEIS, creating world-class city observatory, modelling & simulation and physical laboratory facilities. The UKCRIC Laboratories will form the state-of-the-art, world class, national research infrastructure that UK academic researchers and infrastructure providers need if they are to deliver world leading infrastructure provision and performance. UKCRIC's overall mission is to move away from the traditional, somewhat siloed, academic and industry viewpoints, which all stakeholders now increasingly recognise is a major barrier to innovation and to the radical changes in infrastructure provision practice that are needed to tackle the huge scale of the UK and global infrastructure renewal challenge.

This proposal from UKCRIC's Laboratories Strand aims to prepare for and use UKCRIC's laboratory facilities for the ultimate purpose of developing UKCRIC's research staff capacity & capability, and create a Common Vision, Strategic Research Agenda & Implementation Action Plan for the Laboratories Strand via three expansive yet interlinked critical technical challenges.

It meets EPSRC's objectives of encouraging new collaborations; demonstrating cross institution-theme-facility working central to the UKCRIC vision; contributing to the benefits as set out in the UKCRIC Business Case; & delivering research aligning with the outcomes from UKCRIC's workshops.

Three important and urgent technical challenges will contextualise the research:
(1) intense physical interdependency of urban infrastructure systems, each of which relies on ground support;
(2) harvesting energy from buried infrastructure systems; and,
(3) accelerated deterioration of infrastructure materials due to extreme loading.

The challenges are synergistic, having been identified by industry as high added-value problems offering quick-win outcomes.

Exploration of these challenges will inform learning capture and be translated into the Vision, Research Agenda & Implementation Action Plan.

PLEXUS will enable academics and industry stakeholders to co-produce and test the essential collaborative frameworks that will underpin the success of the overall UKCRIC enterprise. This integrated view will help drive progress towards the more integrated and holistic sector mindset that must underpin transformative thinking and practice in infrastructure provision.

Planned Impact

The UKCRIC Laboratories will form the state-of-the-art, world class, national research infrastructure that UK academic researchers and infrastructure providers need if they are to deliver world-leading infrastructure provision and performance.

UKCRIC aims to move away from the traditional, somewhat siloed, academic and industry viewpoints, which all stakeholders now increasingly recognise is a major barrier to innovation and to the radical changes in infrastructure provision practice that are needed to tackle the huge scale of the UK and global infrastructure renewal challenge. UKCRIC sees itself long term as a single, unified infrastructure community, embracing academics, industry, policy makers, financiers and, crucially, citizens as the ultimate beneficiaries.

PLEXUS will enable academics and industry stakeholders to co-produce and test the essential collaborative frameworks that will underpin the success of the overall UKCRIC enterprise. This will be done through exploring exemplar high added-value infrastructure problems that industry and infrastructure stakeholders have identified. These exemplars will form the contextual setting for understanding the learning that has to be connected from fundamental blue skies research through to actual infrastructure delivery. This integrated view will help drive progress towards the more integrated and holistic sector mindset that must underpin transformative thinking and practice in infrastructure provision.

PLEXUS will develop long-term research and development route maps that will help articulate the co-produced value propositions for addressing high-value uncertainties. The route maps will identify the strands of knowledge creation and capability development that must be integrated in order to realise the value propositions. These strands will be mapped onto tentative projects that draw the requisite expertise together to achieve the desired outcomes.

The main impacts of PLEXUS can be summarised as:
- Framing and driving change in the mindset and practices of the infrastructure community with the intended outcome of delivering more innovative, cost effective, sustainable and resilient infrastructure that underpins the UK economy and the well-being of citizens.
- Generating example narratives on how UKCRIC laboratories can be developed and used to support this change through addressing exemplar, high added-value infrastructure problems.
- Mapping out a long term research and development route map that will locate and bind together the contributions of individual stakeholders and groups so that the integrated community is able to deliver far more than the sum of its parts.

Publications

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Abdel-Aal M (2019) Potential influence of sewer heat recovery on in-sewer processes. in Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research

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Barla M (2020) Editorial: Shallow geothermal energy for buildings and infrastructure in Environmental Geotechnics

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Du H (2023) City infrastructure ontologies in Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

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Evans J (2024) Editorial: Environmental data, governance and the sustainable city in Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

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Leach J (2020) The Liveable Cities Method: establishing the case for transformative change for a UK metro in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability

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Leach J (2020) Briefing: Embedding transdisciplinarity in engineering approaches to infrastructure and cities in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Smart Infrastructure and Construction

 
Description We are discovering how to come from a variety of different disciplinary backgrounds to work together effectively by moving towards 'transdisciplinarity', and we are capturing this learning in a paper that is being drafted. Joint activity is also being carried out in addressing all 4 Research Challenges - they are all multi-university studies..
Exploitation Route We drafted reports that were turned into a paper on the movement towards transdisciplinarity and from the four research challenges. The papers are at different stages of the review process - the special issue in which they are being published was delayed due to Covid.
Sectors Education

Energy

Environment

Transport

 
Description PLEXUS trialled collaborative working relationships, studying how a multi-disciplinary research team can move towards transdisciplinary working. This is informing how the UKCRIC collaboratorium should collaborate and has yielded some success in recent grant applications involving non-academic partners. For example, it has helped shaped the relationships between urban professionals and local communities in Bristol via SevernNet (https://severnnet.org/), which is a not-for-profit social enterprise run by and for the businesses, community and other stakeholders across the SevernNet Area (Royal Portbury Dock, Avonmouth, Severnside, Western Approach); a researcher is now contributing directly. This same researcher has an involvement with The Lost World / River Cole Community Commons, where he is applying the business model process developed in a sequence of grants (including PLEXUS) to the creation of business models for green/blue infrastructure. The grant has also contributed to an overarching suite of methodologies that help to ensure that engineering interventions in towns and cities (which are complex systems of systems) are carried out to greatest effect in terms of multiple forms of value and free from unintended consequences; these are published in: Rogers CDF, Makana LO, Leach JM and the UKCRIC Community (2023). The Little Book of Theory of Change for Infrastructure and Cities. University of Birmingham. ISBN 978-0-70442-981-9
First Year Of Impact 2019
Sector Construction,Education,Energy,Environment,Transport
Impact Types Cultural

Societal

Policy & public services

 
Description Joanne Leach gave evidence on urban diagnostics to the Institution of Civil Engineers Future Cities Workshop, 25 June 2018
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
URL https://www.ice.org.uk/what-is-civil-engineering/what-do-civil-engineers-do/future-cities
 
Description CMMI-EPSRC: Modeling and Monitoring of Urban Underground Climate Change
Amount £420,171 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/T019425/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 11/2019 
End 10/2023
 
Description Concrete mix design for improved thermal conductivity on thermal energy structures
Amount £50,000 (GBP)
Organisation Institution of Civil Engineers 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 07/2023 
End 12/2023
 
Description HS2 Phase2B Geothermal
Amount £45,655 (GBP)
Organisation High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 05/2022 
End 03/2023
 
Description Integrated Infrastructure for Sustainable Thermal Energy Provision (IN-STEP)
Amount £583,108 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/S001417/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 05/2018 
End 06/2022
 
Description SaFEGround - Sustainable, Flexible and Efficient Ground-source heating and cooling systems
Amount £1,520,505 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/V042149/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 08/2021 
End 08/2024
 
Description University of Bristol Internal Funding
Amount £5,000 (GBP)
Organisation University of Bristol 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 08/2021 
End 07/2022
 
Title Literature Review for the Net Zero Industry Coalition heat decarbonisation roadmaps 
Description This data contains the sources consulted for, and key characteristics of, 87 pathways for decarbonisation of heating in the UK. These form the basis of a literature review carried out for the Net Zero Infrastructure Coalition, and summarised in the report "Net Zero Infrastructure Coalition: Heat Decarbonisation Roadmaps". The literature review was carried out to understand the range of heat decarbonisation pathways that have already been proposed by industry, academia and other organisations, and identify any especially useful pathways to act as a starting point for further development of the roadmaps contained within the report. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact This data supported a widely circulated and read industry report, included elsewhere within research fish 
URL https://archive.researchdata.leeds.ac.uk/690/
 
Title PLEXUS @ NGIF - Field and laboratory measurements 
Description This collection consists of datasets from the project Priming Laboratory EXperiments on infrastructure and Urban Systems (PLEXUS). A lysimeter setup was built at the National Green Infrastructure Facility to test the feasibility of combining shallow ground heat exchangers with sustainable drainage systems.Data shared in this collections has been presented in Yildiz and Stirling (2020)Yildiz, A. and Stirling, R. 2020. Thermo-hydrological behaviour of green infrastructure: a comparative field and laboratory study. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. (under review). 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact This is the dataset used in the production of Yildiz A, Stirling RA. Thermo-hydrological behaviour of green infrastructure: a comparative field and laboratory study. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment 2021, 25, 1-11. The data is also being used by a PhD student looking at 'Developing Digital Twins for Geo-Infrastructure'. 
URL https://data.ncl.ac.uk/collections/PLEXUS_NGIF_-_Field_and_laboratory_measurements/5088419/1
 
Title PLEXUS Hydrological Data 
Description This dataset consists of volumetric water content and matric suction measurements in Lysimeter 10 at the National Green Infrastructure Facility (NGIF) at 100, 250, 350, 450, 550, 650 and 750 mm. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL https://data.ncl.ac.uk/articles/dataset/PLEXUS_Lysimeter_Data/12167487
 
Title PLEXUS Lysimeter Meteorological Data 
Description This dataset presents the meteorological data collected at Lysimeter 10 at the National Green Infrastructure Facility (NGIF). Please see the readme file for details.
Changes in v3.0: 2020-08-13: Cumulative rainfall and drainage data at 15-min frequency between 12.06.2019 and 14.06.2019 have been added as a separate data file.
Changes in v2.0: 2020-08-13: Daily potential evapotranspiration calculated using FAO Penman - Monteith method have been added as a separate data file.

 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL https://data.ncl.ac.uk/articles/dataset/PLEXUS_Lysimeter_Meteorological_Data/12789323
 
Title PLEXUS Sand Thermal Conductivity Dryout Curve 
Description This dataset presents the volumetric water content - thermal conductivity measurements of the PLEXUS sand tested at the National Green Infrastructure Facility (NGIF). 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL https://data.ncl.ac.uk/articles/dataset/PLEXUS_Sand_Thermal_Conductivity_Dryout_Curve/12789842
 
Title PLEXUS Soil Temperature Data 
Description This text presents the soil temperature data at 15-min frequency collected at Lysimeter 10 located at the National Green Infrastructure Facility between 03.05.2019 and 18.07.2019. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL https://data.ncl.ac.uk/articles/dataset/PLEXUS_Soil_Temperature_Data/12613880
 
Title PLEXUS Thermal Conductivity Data 
Description This dataset presents thermal conductivity measurements performed every 3 hours in the soil column at 250, 350, 550 and 750 mm. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL https://data.ncl.ac.uk/articles/dataset/PLEXUS_Thermal_Conductivity_Data/12800669
 
Title PLEXUS@NGIF - Heat Injection: Heat flux 
Description This dataset presents the heat flux data at 15-min and daily intervals measured in Lysimeter 10 at the National Green Infrastructure Facility between 18.07.2019 and 12.09.2019.Version historyv2.0 (13.01.2022): The term "heat rejection" in the title is changed to "heat injection". 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/PLEXUS_NGIF_-_Heat_rejection_Heat_flux/13768939
 
Title PLEXUS@NGIF - Heat Injection: Hydrological measurements 
Description This dataset presents the hydrological data at 15-min and daily intervals measured in Lysimeter 10 at the National Green Infrastructure Facility between 18.07.2019 and 12.09.2019.Version historyv2.0 (13.01.2022): The term "heat rejection" in the title is changed to "heat injection". 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/PLEXUS_NGIF_-_Heat_rejection_Hydrological_measurements/1376533...
 
Title PLEXUS@NGIF - Heat Injection: Meteorological measurements 
Description This dataset presents the meteorological data at daily intervals measured above Lysimeter 10 at the National Green Infrastructure Facility between 18.07.2019 and 12.09.2019.Version historyv3.0 (13.01.2022): The term "heat rejection" file name is changed to "heat injection".v2.0 (13.01.2022): The term "heat rejection" in the title is changed to "heat injection". 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/PLEXUS_NGIF_-_Heat_Rejection_Meteorological_measurements/13761...
 
Title PLEXUS@NGIF - Heat Injection: Soil temperature 
Description This dataset presents the soil temperature data at 15-min and daily intervals measured in Lysimeter 10 at the National Green Infrastructure Facility between 18.07.2019 and 12.09.2019.Version historyv3.0 (13.01.2022): Formatting of the title is changed.v2.0 (13.01.2022): The term "heat rejection" in the title is changed to "heat injection". 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/PLEXUS_NGIF_-_Heat_rejection_-_Soil_temperature/13768768
 
Title PLEXUS@NGIF - Heat Injection: Thermal conductivity 
Description This dataset presents the thermal conductivity data at 15-min and daily intervals measured in Lysimeter 10 at the National Green Infrastructure Facility between 18.07.2019 and 12.09.2019.Version historyv2.0 (13.01.2022): The term "heat rejection" in the title is changed to "heat injection". 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/PLEXUS_NGIF_-_Heat_rejection_-_Thermal_conductivity/13767142
 
Title PLEXUS@NGIF - Heat Injection: Water flux 
Description This dataset presents the water flux data at 15-min and daily intervals measured from Lysimeter 10 at the National Green Infrastructure Facility between 18.07.2019 and 12.09.2019.Version historyv2.0 (13.01.2022): The term "heat rejection" in the title is changed to "heat injection". 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/PLEXUS_NGIF_-_Heat_rejection_Water_flux/13766281
 
Description C Rogers. Severn Trent 
Organisation Severn Trent Water
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Chris Rogers met with the Bob Stear, the Chief Engineer of Severn Trent Water on 19th February 2020, during which he disseminated his findings from his UKCRIC and buried infrastructure research portfolio. This was followed up with a meeting with 5 University of Birmingham researchers and 5 Severn Trent Water engineers on 6th March 2020, where wider dissemination occurred. Chris Rogers contributed work on Theory of Change for Infrastructure and Cities.
Collaborator Contribution Severn Trent provided industrial perspectives to test the Theory of Change.
Impact Agreement of the two teams (UoB and Severn Trent Water) to liaise and collaborate on common interests.
Start Year 2020
 
Description C Rogers. Severn Trent Water 
Organisation Severn Trent Water
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Chris Rogers hosted the Innovation Team of Severn Trent Water on 21st September 2023, during which he disseminated his findings from his UKCRIC and buried infrastructure research portfolio. University of Birmingham contributed work on Theory of Change for Infrastructure and Cities.
Collaborator Contribution Severn Trent Water provided industrial perspectives to test Theory of Change.
Impact Agreement of the two teams (University of Birmingham and Severn Trent Water) to liaise and work together on common interests.
Start Year 2020
 
Description This repository stores the data analysis scripts used in the publication "Ground heat exchange potential of Green Infrastructure" 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2022 
URL https://figshare.com/articles/software/PLEXUS_NGIF_-_Numerical_Modelling/17303792
 
Description C Rogers and J Leach. International Transdisciplinarity Conference 2019. Gothenburg, Sweden 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Chris Rogers and Joanne Leach attended the International Transdisciplinarity Conference 2019 - Joining Forces for Change, 10-13 September 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden, and ran a 90-minute Workshop Session entitled "Towards the Establishment of a New Transdisciplinary Area of Scholarship in Infrastructure and Cities". This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, UKCRIC UO, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description C Rogers and J Leach. UKCRIC: Living with COVID and Climate Change - impact on cities and infrastructure. 4 August 2020 
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 and Dr Joanne Leach attended a workshop entitled UKCRIC: Living with COVID and Climate Change - impact on cities and infrastructure on 4th August 2020 with ~30, mainly practitioners, in attendance. The various infrastructure and urban systems methodologies created over the past ~18 years were introduced in discussions relating to the workshop topic. The workshop formed the basis of a UKCRIC report available at www.ukcric.com/insights/rethinking-infrastructure-and-cities-for-a-covid-19-world-a-ukcric-prospectus. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description C Rogers et al hosted Dan Murray USEPA on 21 Nov 2019 
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 Chris Rogers, Chris Bouch and Lis Shrimpton hosted Dan Murray of the US Environmental Protection Agency on 21st November 2019 and introduced the full suite of UKCRIC methodologies that might be applied to any system intervention, whether the introduction of Pipebots or otherwise
This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description C Rogers et al. Cities Methodologies presentations at ICE. 20 May 2019 
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 Chris Rogers, Chris Bouch and Marianna Cavada presented the full suite of city methodologies to 20 professionals from different disciplinary backgrounds and took part in workshop discussions on 20th May 2019 at the Institution of Civil Engineers
This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC UO and UKCRIC CORONA.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description C Rogers et al. Cities Workshop with Costain. 15 May 2019. Birmingham 
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 Chris Rogers, Chris Bouch, Lewis Makana and Marianna Cavada presented the full suite of city methodologies to eight professionals with different specialisms from Costain on 15th May 2019 at Winterbourne House, Birmingham.
This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS and UKCRIC CORONA.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
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. Twenty65 Conference 2019. Manchester, UK 
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 Chris Rogers attended the Twenty65 Conference on 27th March 2019 in Manchester, at which he took part in workshop sessions during which he presented the thinking behind and the findings from Liveable Cities, UKCRIC CN, iBUILD, ATU and Pipebots. The audience of 40 delegates consisted of urban practitioners and academics. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, ATU, Pipebots, UKCRIC CN and UKCRIC PLEXUS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description C Rogers. 16th International Trenchless Technology Research Colloquium. Florence, Italy, 27-28 Sept 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Chris Rogers attended the 16th International Trenchless Technology Research Colloquium in Florence, Italy, 27th-28th September. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description C Rogers. 17th International Trenchless Technology Research Colloquium at Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland. 29-30 Sep 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Chris Rogers attended the 17th International Trenchless Technology Research Colloquium at Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland, on 29th-30th September 2022 at which he delivered a presentation covering his cities and buried infrastructure research portfolio and UKCRIC. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description C Rogers. 1st Water Engineering Science & Technology (WEST) Conference on 16th March 2022 
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 gave a presentation entitled 'Assessing The Underworld - Three Interdependent Infrastructures' to the 1st Water Engineering Science & Technology (WEST) Conference on 16th March 2022 and took part in a Q&A session organised by OFWAT. The conference was attended by 250 delegates consisting of water industry practitioners and professionals.
This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description C Rogers. A Vision For Pervasive Autonomous Inspection of Buried Pipe Infrastructure. No Dig 2022. 38th Intl Conference on Trenchless Technologies. 3-5 Oct 2022. Helsinki, Finland 
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 attended the International No Dig 2022 Conference - the 38th International Conference on Trenchless Technologies, 3rd-5th October 2022, Helsinki, Finland, and presented a paper entitled "A Vision For Pervasive Autonomous Inspection of Buried Pipe Infrastructure". This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
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 C Rogers. CIRIA workshops. Dec 2019 - Apr 2020 
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 sequence of four workshops organised by the Construction Industry Research & Information Association (CIRIA) between December 2019 and April 2020 to draft a practice guidance note (RP1090) entitled Improving Performance of Linear Assets through Green Infrastructure. He introduced the various infrastructure and urban systems methodologies created over the past ~18 years, as well as the findings from his work on green infrastructure.
This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF and Self-Repairing Cities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019,2020
 
Description C Rogers. Debate: Issues being faced during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on plans for Smart Cities. Dubai 15 July 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Professor Chris Rogers took part in a live panel session / debate entitled "Issues being faced during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on plans for Smart Cities" broadcast in Dubai on 15th July 2020 in which he Dr Sabih Getea Khisaf (Head of Engineering Middle East and North Africa, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inc.) were posed a series of questions by a local journalist and subsequently answered listener's questions. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description C Rogers. EPSRC consultation for Engineering Healthier Cities. 16 September 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Professor Chris Rogers took part as one of nine senior academics in an EPSRC consultation on the future research direction for Engineering Healthier Cities on 16th September 2020. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description C Rogers. East-West Rail Workshop. 1 Aug 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 attended a UKCRIC East-West Rail Workshop on 1st August during which he disseminated the findings from his research portfolio with ~20 UKCRIC academic partners and ~10 railway practitioners. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description C Rogers. ICSIC 2019. Cambridge 8 Jul 2019 
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 Chris Rogers attended the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction International Conference (ICSIC 2019) on 8th July 2019 in Cambridge, UK. He engaged in plenary discussions with ~100 delegates, mainly UK and international practitioners, on UKCRIC and the application of robotics for infrastructure engineering. This served as dissemination from UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC NBIF, iBUILD, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description C Rogers. InSIS-UKCRIC Workshop. Oxford University. 12-13 November 2019 
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 Chris Rogers attended an InSIS-UKCRIC Workshop hosted by the Institute for Science Innovation and Society (InSIS) at Oxford University on 12th and 13th November 2019 attended by ~20 academics and practitioners. He disseminated the findings from his infrastructure and cities research portfolio.
This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC UO and Self-Repairing Cities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description C Rogers. Innovate UK - QT-Hub. Birmingham 1 Jul 2019 
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 Chris Rogers attended a visit by 2 staff of Innovate UK to discuss collaboration at the University of Birmingham Quantum Technologies Hub UK on 1st July 2019, at which he described his current research portfolio.
This served as dissemination from UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description C Rogers. Institution of Civil Engineers. UK to Net Zero. 15 Sep 2020 
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 took part in a half-day workshop hosted on 15th September 2020 by the Institution of Civil Engineers, and involving ~20 practitioners and academics, on the role of civil engineers in helping to move the UK to Net Zero. The various infrastructure and urban systems methodologies created over the past ~18 years were described and discussed. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description C Rogers. International No-Dig 2019 Conference. 30 Sep-2 Oct 2019. Florence, Italy. 2 presentations 
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 attended the International No Dig 2019 Conference - the 37th International Conference on Trenchless Technologies, 30th September-2nd October 2019, Florence, Italy, and presented two papers.
This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description C Rogers. Interview for New Civil Engineer. 3 April 2020 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Professor Chris Rogers was interviewed by Joshua Stein for an article in response to the reported reduction in construction industry spend on research and development in the past year. The article appeared in New Civil Engineer on 3rd April 2020. New Civil Engineer is circulated to all 90,000 members of the Institution of Civil Engineers. This served as dissemination from UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description C Rogers. NBIF meeting with MTC. 10 Apr 2019 Birmingham 
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 Chris Rogers and colleagues from NBIF attended a meeting with researchers from the MTC on 10th April 2019 in Birmingham to explore future collaboration
This served as dissemination from UKCRIC NBIF, UKCRIC CN and UKCRIC PLEXUS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description C Rogers. No Dig 2022. 38th International Conference on Trenchless Technologies. 3-5 Oct 2022. Helsinki, Finland 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Chris Rogers attended the International No Dig 2022 Conference - the 38th International Conference on Trenchless Technologies, 3rd-5th October 2022, Helsinki, Finland, and engaged in panel discussions at two sessions with ~60 practitioners and academics in attendance. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description C Rogers. No-Dig 2019 Conference, Florence, Italy 
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 Chris Rogers attended the International No Dig 2019 Conference - the 37th International Conference on Trenchless Technologies, 30th September-2nd October 2019, Florence, Italy, and engaged in panel discussions at two sessions with ~60 practitioners and academics in attendance.
This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description C Rogers. PLEXUS stakeholder event, Birmingham. 3 Jul 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 Annual PLEXUS Stakeholder Event on 3rd July 2019 in Birmingham, attended by academics from a range of universities and ~20 industry practitioners, during which he disseminated the findings from his infrastructure and cities research portfolio. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description C Rogers. Pipebots Industry Workshop. 12 Jul 2019 
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 Chris Rogers attended a Pipebots Industry Workshop on 12th July 2019 with ~25 water industry professionals and engaged in multiple workshop discussions on different aspects of his buried research portfolio. This served as dissemination from UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC NBIF, iBUILD, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description C Rogers. Pipebots Launch Event, London. 20 Nov 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Chris Rogers attended Launch of the Pipebots programme grant on 20th November, during which he disseminated findings from his buried infrastructure research portfolio.
This served as dissemination from iBUILD, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC NBIF Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description C Rogers. Pipebots meeting. 1 Apr 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 presented the UKCRIC methodologies to the first team meeting of 30 academic researchers attending the Pipebots Team meeting on 1st April 2019. This served as dissemination from LC, UF, iBUILD, ULB, UKCRIC CN and UKCRIC PLEXUS
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description C Rogers. Severn Trent Water 6 Mar 2020 
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 Chris Rogers met with the Bob Stear, the Chief Engineer of Severn Trent Water on 19th February 2020, during which he disseminated his findings from his UKCRIC and buried infrastructure research portfolio. This was followed up with a meeting with 5 University of Birmingham researchers and 5 Severn Trent Water engineers on 6th March 2020, where wider dissemination occurred.
This served as dissemination from UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC NBIF, ATU and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description C Rogers. TRT World Roundtable. Net Zero: Car-Free Cities. 27-28 Feb 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Professor Chris Rogers took part in a 30-minute TV debate as part of the TRT World Roundtable series focussing on Net Zero. The debate was hosted by David Frost and along with Chris Rogers (representing Liveable Cities and the University of Birmingham) the panel members were Christian Woolmar (journalist specialising on the History of Transport Policy), Danny Harris (Executive Director of Transport Alternatives, New York), and Ian Taylor (Director, Alliance of British Drivers) broadcast by TRT World (Sky Channel 516) on 27th and 28th February 2020. The episode is available on YouTube at the URL given. TRT World has a global audience of 260 million in 190 countries.
This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxE0UJ9cfjUD_FLJkxKaH5w/search?query=car-free
 
Description C Rogers. UK Prevention Research Partnership workshop in London. 24 Sep 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 attended a UK Prevention Research Partnership workshop in London on 24th September 2019, where he disseminated his research on sustainable, resilient and liveable cities and deliverd a short presentation, as an elevator pitch, on UKCRIC and its cities methodologies for an infrastructure or city systems intervention. The audience of ~100 were primarily academics from communities other than engineering.
This served as dissemination from UF, LC, iBUILD, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA and UKCRIC UO.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description C Rogers. UKCRIC All Hands Meeting in Cambridge. 7th November 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 attended the UKCRIC All Hands Meeting in Cambridge on 7th November 2019. He disseminated the findings from his research portfolio during workshop discussions with ~30 UKCRIC academic partners. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, UKCRIC UO, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description C Rogers. UKCRIC All Hands Meeting in London. 3rd December 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 attended the UKCRIC All Hands Meeting in London on 3rd December 2019. He disseminated the findings from his research portfolio during workshop discussions with ~30 UKCRIC academic partners.
This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description C Rogers. UKCRIC All Hands meeting, Birmingham UK. 31 Jul 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 attended the UKCRIC All Hands Meeting in Birmingham on 31st July 2019. He disseminated the findings from his research portfolio during workshop discussions with ~30 UKCRIC academic partners. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, UKCRIC UO, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description C Rogers. UKCRIC All Hands meeting, Southampton UK. 3 Sep 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 attended the UKCRIC All Hands Meeting in Southampton on 3rd September 2019. He disseminated the findings from his research portfolio during workshop discussions with ~30 UKCRIC academic partners. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, UKCRIC UO, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description C Rogers. UKCRIC CIM Launch 17 Jun 2019 Leeds 
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 attended the launch of the UKCRIC Centre for Infrastructure Materials on 17th June 2019 in Leeds, at which he delivered the UKCRIC presentation and took part in workshop sessions during which he communicated the thinking behind and the findings from Liveable Cities, UKCRIC (NBIF, CN, PLEXUS and CORONA), iBUILD, ATU, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots. The audience of 30 delegates consisted of urban practitioners and academics.
This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, ATU, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description C Rogers. UKCRIC International Advisory Board. 11-12 March 2020 
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 attended a sequence of teleconference calls with the UKCRIC International Advisory Board on 11th and 12th March 2020 during which he disseminated findings from his infrastructure and cities research portfolio. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description C Rogers. UKCRIC TRAINRig. Derby 19 Jun 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Chris Rogers delivered the UKCRIC presentation at the launch of the UKCRIC TRAINRig, hosted by the University of Birmingham in Derby, on 19th June 2019 and took part in individual discussions during which he communicated the thinking behind and the findings from Liveable Cities, UKCRIC (NBIF, CN, PLEXUS and CORONA), iBUILD, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots. The audience of 30 delegates consisted primarily of urban practitioners. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description C Rogers. UKCRIC mtg with Director General of the Institution of Civil Engineers.18 Feb 2020. 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 attended a UKCRIC meeting with the Director General of the Institution of Civil Engineers and his senior colleagues on 18th February 2020 in London, during which he disseminated his findings from his UKCRIC research portfolio.
This served as dissemination from UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, UKCRIC UO and Pipebots
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description C Rogers. UoB Open Day. 28 Jun 2019 
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 attended an Open Day for prospective undergraduate and postgraduate students on campus at the University of Birmingham on 28th June 2019. He described his research portfolio to ~30 prospective students and parents. This served as dissemination from LC, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC UO, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description C Rogers. Water Engineering Professors Workshop. Leeds. 24 Jun 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 attended the Water Engineering Professors Workshop in Leeds on 24th June 2019, and took part table and plenary discussions on water industry research needs, during which he communicated the thinking behind and the findings from Liveable Cities, UKCRIC (NBIF, CN, PLEXUS and CORONA), iBUILD, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots. The audience of 20 delegates consisted of academics. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description C Taylor. 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan in October 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Professor Colin Taylor delivered a presentation entitled "Theoretical framing of the seismic robustness and resilience of smart cities and infrastructure" to the 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan in October 2021.
This served as dissemination from PLEXUS and CORONA.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Chris Rogers. Launch of the ICE East Midlands Annual Theme of Liveable Cities on 30th January 2019 in Derby 
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, UKCRIC-PLEXUS and the UKCRIC Coordination Node to the launch of the ICE East Midlands Annual Theme of Liveable Cities on 30th January 2019 in Derby. The audience of 80 delegates consisted primarily of city stakeholders and practicing engineers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Chris Rogers. A Civil Engineer's Modern Art in an Urban Landscape 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Chris Rogers presented the UKCRIC vision and the findings from Liveable Cities, iBUILD, Urban Futures, Urban Living Birmingham, CLI, UKCRIC-PLEXUS, UKCRIC-NBIF and the UKCRIC Coordination Node in a conference presentation entitled "A Civil Engineer's Modern Art in an Urban Landscape" at the Malvern Innovation Festival on 10th October. The audience of approximately 40 consisted of business people and members of the public.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Chris Rogers. Key Cities workshop on 21st February 2019 in Southampton 
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, UKCRIC-PLEXUS and the UKCRIC Coordination Node to a Key Cities workshop on 21st February 2019 in Southampton. The audience of 50 delegates consisted of city stakeholders (75%) and UKCRIC academics (25%).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Chris Rogers. Launch event of the UKCRIC National Distributed Water Infrastructure Facility on 11th October 2018 in Sheffield 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Chris Rogers attended the launch of the UKCRIC National Distributed Water Infrastructure Facility on 11th October 2018 in Sheffield and manned the UKCRIC display stand. The audience of around 3000 delegates consisted primarily of stakeholders and practitioners.
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. Series of lectures to 40 Sustainable Construction MSc students at the University of Birmingham on 5th March 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Chris Rogers presented the UKCRIC vision and the findings from Liveable Cities, iBUILD, Urban Futures, Urban Living Birmingham and the UKCRIC Coordination Node in a series of lectures to 40 Sustainable Construction MSc students at the University of Birmingham on 5th March 2019.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Chris Rogers. Sustainable, Resilient and Liveable Cities - Realising the Aspiration 
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, Urban Futures, Urban Living Birmingham, UKCRIC-PLEXUS and the UKCRIC Coordination Node in a conference presentation entitled "Sustainable, Resilient and Liveable Cities - Realising the Aspiration" and three posters to the Urban Transitions Conference on 25-27th November 2018 in Barcelona. The audience of 150 delegates consisted of city stakeholders and urban practitioners (50%) and academics from a wide range of disciplines (50%).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Chris Rogers. UKCRIC All-Hands Meeting on 6th December 2018 in Birmingham 
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 presented the UKCRIC-PLEXUS vision to a UKCRIC All-Hands Meeting on 6th December 2018 in Birmingham. The audience of around 40 delegates consisted of academics.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Chris Rogers. UKCRIC Cities workshop on 15th January 2019 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, UKCRIC-PLEXUS and the UKCRIC Coordination Node to a UKCRIC Cities workshop on 15th January 2019 in Birmingham. The audience of 30 delegates consisted of city stakeholders (25%) and UKCRIC academics (75%).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Chris Rogers. Workshop on Mainstreaming Green Infrastructure on 7th February 2019 at the RTPI 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 UKCRIC vision and the findings from Liveable Cities, iBUILD, Urban Living Birmingham and the UKCRIC Coordination Node to a workshop on Mainstreaming Green Infrastructure on 7th February 2019 at the RTPI in London. The audience of 20 delegates consisted primarily of practicing urban professionals representing different learned societies.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
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 Contribution to "The Path to Zero Carbon Heat" 
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 Fleur Loveridge, Tom Dolan, Josh Turner and other UKCRIC members contributed to the working group for the Net-Zero Infrastructure Industry Coalition report on The Path to Zero Carbon Heat. UKCRIC in particular contributed to the literature review and a number of workshops to develop the roadmaps.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.mottmac.com/releases/race-for-heat-decarbonisation-would-spur-uks-green-economic-recover...
 
Description D Taborda. BGA Early Career Group Event. 13 Nov 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 13th November 2019. BGA Early Career Group Event. "Sustainability in Geotechnics: a tale of progress from academia and industry"
David Taborda delivered one of 5 presentations that evening; there were about 30 people; young engineers, start of their career.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Demonstration day for Water Engineers 18.11.2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Demonstration day on 18 November 2019 for Water Group colleagues. Raise awareness, learning, collaboration opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Dissemination - E-UNSAT 2020 - Monitoring of thermo-hydrological behaviour in Green Infrastructure 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Dr Ross Stirling and Dr Anil Yildiz gave the presentation, Monitoring of thermo-hydrological behaviour in Green Infrastructure, at the E-UNSAT 2020 online conference on 16 Oct 2020 and to share research, raise awareness, learning and collaboration opportunities. Collaboration discussed with other researchers using our data, EPSRC funding proposal followed. https://eprint.ncl.ac.uk/269333
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC6foYyetpg
 
Description Dissemination - EGU 2020 - A (small) step towards standardisation in rainfall simulation experiments, 5 May 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Dr Ross Stirling and Dr Daniel Green presented the paper, A (small) step towards standardisation in rainfall simulation experiments, at EGU 2020 online conference on 5 May 2020 and to share research, raise awareness, learning, collaboration opportunities. Collaboration opportunities with research group in Portugal.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/EGU2020-18556.html
 
Description Dissemination - EGU 2020 - Harvesting Energy from Buried Infrastructure: current UKCRIC research 5 April 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Dr Ross Stirling and Dr Anil Yildiz presented the paper, Harvesting Energy from Buried Infrastructure: current UKCRIC research, at the EGU 2020 online conference on 5 April 2020. Share research, raise awareness, learning, collaboration opportunities. Collaboration discussed with other researchers using our data, EPSRC funding proposal followed.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/EGU2020-19412.html
 
Description Dissemination - ICE Presidential Visit, 22 October 2020 
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 Dr Eleanor Starkey attended the ICE Presidential Visit on 22 October 2020. Raise awareness, collaboration opportunities and share research with other ICE members.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Dissemination - NGIF engagement & stakeholder work, 8 February 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Dr Eleanor Starkey and Dr Ross Stirling participated in the NERC Engaging Environments Partnership-Virtual science camp introduction on 8 February 2021.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://earthwatch.org.uk/component/k2/early-career-research-opportunity
 
Description Dissemination - NGIF monitoring - online conference 12 September 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Dr Eleanor Starkey attended the UK Environmental Observations Framework - citizen science working group environmental science online conference to share research, raise awareness, learning, collaboration. Dr Starkey also presented a poster.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Dissemination - overview of NGIF facility via members magazine 1 November 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Dr Eleanor Starkey, Dr Claire Walsh and Dr Ross Stirling gave an overview of the NGIF facility via the Northumberland and Newcastle Society members magazine. Share research, raise awareness of NGIF, learning and collaboration opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.nandnsociety.org.uk/
 
Description Dissemination and virtual tour of NGIF at CIRIA online conference,15 October 2020 
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 Dr Eleanor Starkey presented at the Delivering and Monitoring Blue-Green Infrastructure CIRIA Online Conference on 15 October 2020 which resulted in collaboration opportunities being discussed with EA and Case Study Contribution (CIRIA NFM guide).
https://twitter.com/sydsimpson/status/1316749478171471873?s=20
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.ciria.org/CIRIA/Navigation/Events/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=E20236
 
Description Dissemination and virtual tour of NGIF for UG students - Northumbria University December 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Dr Eleanor Starkey hosted a learning and career development virtual tour of NFIG for Green Cities and Nature Based Solutions - undergraduate Stage 2 students from Northumbria University.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Engineering masterclass 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact The Engineering Masterclasses provide Year 12 students with an opportunity to explore topics of interest beyond what is covered within the A Level syllabus and offer the chance to experience typical undergraduate teaching at Cambridge. I delivered a lecture on 'Protecting Venice' engaging the students on concepts from the soil mechanics curriculum applied to practical and relevant problems.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017,2018
 
Description Environment Agency Visit 10.2.2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact NE Area Director for the Environment Agency visited NGIF on 10 February 2020. Collaboration opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Environment Agency visit 10.2.2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Till and Tweed catchment lead for the Environment Agency visited NGIF on 10 February 2020. Collaboration opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description European Geo sciences Union - Fleur Loveridge Chaired Session and Presented Research 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact The paper: "Harvesting Energy from Buried Infrastructure: Current UKCRIC research" was presented at the Virtual European Geoscience Union, 5th May 2020 as part of the session Shallow geothermal systems for building heating and cooling: geoscience and engineering approaches organised by Giorgia Dalla Santa, Witold Bogusz, Francesco Cecinato, Fleur Loveridge, & Donatella Sterpi.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description F Loveridge and P Shepley. BGA Annual Conference 19th June 2019. Harvesting energy from buried infrastructure 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact BGA Annual Conference 19th June 2019 - Shepley and Loveridge. 'Harvesting energy from buried infrastructure'. Fleur Loveridge and Paul Shepley attended the BGA Annual Conference and made a poster presentation, which attracted attention from some of the speakers and led to further contacts with industry organisations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description H70 Symposium, presentations, exhibition, tour, swale demonstation, promo videos by Newcastle University 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact H70 Symposium: Global Water Security: presentations, exhibition, tour, swale demonstration, promo videos by Newcastle University on 23 and 24 January 2020. Share research, raise awareness, learning, collaboration opportunities. https://conferences.ncl.ac.uk/watersymposium/ https://twitter.com/NGIF_UK/status/1220287317799251968
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://twitter.com/NGIF_UK/status/1220351514234978304
 
Description Institute for Science Innovation and Society (InSIS) Seminar 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Invited presentation on 'how engineers think', hosted by the Institute for Science Innovation and Society at Oxford University. The purpose was to advance thinking about the social anthropology of engineering problem-solving and technological innovation. Approximately 20 delegates attended, with active discussion over the two days. A collective position paper is now being drafted.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Invited talk at FLOODEX conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Talk given on Green Infrastructure research at the facility, delivered at major national convention at O2 Arena, London.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description L Alibardi and B Jefferson. 7th UK Wastewater Network Conference 28 Nov 2019 Cranfield 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact 7th UK Wastewater Network Conference 28th November 2019 Cranfield Campus. Luca Alibardi and Bruce Jefferson presented a conference poster without paper. About 100 people attended the conference. It had an international reach. Industry was the primary audience. Impact: it was an annual industry event with focus on innovative options with representatives for all UK water utilities and industry. Conference is supported by the Wastewater Network, British Water and the Institute of Chemical Engineers. Event/poster gave visibility to the aim of PLEXUS and the results relevant to the UK water sector.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Ministerial visit: tour, swale demo, official opening of facility, press release, promo video by EPSRC 24.1.2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Ministerial visit, Rt Hon Chris Skidmore MP: tour, swale demo, official opening of facility, press release, promo video by EPSRC on 24 January 2020. Share research, raise awareness. https://twitter.com/UniofNewcastle/status/1220765323873394688 https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2020/01/ngif/ https://twitter.com/EPSRC/status/1220719686507278336
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/centre-excellence-designed-cut-uk-17629016
 
Description Nature North - financing nature-based initiatives across northern England - conference and tour 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact 30 Delegates from Nature North - financing nature-based initiatives across northern England - conference and tour, reported change in views, increased interest in sustainable approaches to managing flood risk in built environment.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Newsletter article for IWA's Joint Specialist Group on Urban Drainage 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Newsletter article summarising the National Green Infrastructure Facility. Number of enquiries for tours and visits.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description RC1. Co-production workshop on integral bridges on 19 Mar 2018, Bristol. 
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 Soil-Structure Interaction RC. Co-production workshop on integral bridges, with industry representatives on 19 Mar 2018 in Bristol. The main purpose of the workshop is to scope out a tentative programme of work to be done in the PLEXUS project as a pilot for a longer term programme that we hope to attract funding for.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description STEM - subject taster session about NGIF & SuDS 27.11.2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact STEM - subject taster session about NGIF & SuDS on 27 November 2019 for Yr 11 Geography students, Sandhill View, Sunderland. Learning, career development.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description STEM - subject taster session about NGIF & SuDS 29.2.2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact STEM - subject taster session about NGIF & SuDS on 29 February 2020 to Ponteland School (KS2 plus staff). Learning and career development.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description School visit - Dream Big for Engineering: Newsham Primary School 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact 30-40 pupils visited the facility and took part in hands-on activities which raised pupils' awareness and interest in Green Infrastructure and environmental STEM subjects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Subject/research taster days at NGIF (Swale) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Subject/Research Taster Days at NGIF (Swale) for University applicant on 25 June 2019, 2 August 2019 and 6 February 2020. Learning, career development.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Talk by Fleur Loveridge to the Institution of Structural Engineers 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Talk title: "Energy Geostructures: using our sub-structures for ground heat exchange and storage". Online presentation to the Institute of Structural Engineers, Scotland. 16th February 2021. Approximately 90 I Struct E members attended
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Teaching / intro to NGIF citizen science, 24.10.2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Teaching / introduction to NGIF citizen science on 24 October 2019 to Newcastle University MSc Water students.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Teaching / intro to NGIF, SuDS and Swale Demo 12.2.2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Teaching / Introduction to NGIF, SuDS & Swale Demo on 12 February 2020 to Stage 1 Civil Engineering students. Learning, career development
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Tour of NGIF 13.11.2019 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Tour of NGIF on 13 November 2019 for Changsha (China) Natural Resources and Planning Officials, via Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS). Learning, career development.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://twitter.com/NGIF_UK/status/1194604384442834944
 
Description Tour of NGIF 15.1.2020 
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 Industry/Business
Results and Impact Tour of NGIF on 15.1.2020 for Helix stakeholders. Raise awareness, collaboration opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Tour of NGIF 15.10.2019 
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 Industry/Business
Results and Impact Tour of NGIF on 15 October 2019 for EML and Indonesian Met Office. Raise awareness, collaboration opportunities. Additional information requested about lysimeters.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Tour of NGIF 16.1.2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Tour of NGIF on 16 January 2020 for the Civil Engineering Contractors Association. Raise awareness, collaboration opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Tour of NGIF 17.12.2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact 24 Doors Of Christmas (delivered by NE1). Raise awareness, collaboration opportunities. https://twitter.com/NGIF_UK/status/1207319723169472513
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://newcastleschristmas.com/24doors/
 
Description Tour of NGIF 19.11.2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Tour of NGIF on 19 November 2019 for Fine Art colleague, Newcastle University. Raise awareness, collaboration opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Tour of NGIF 2.12.2019 
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 Other audiences
Results and Impact Tour of NGIF on 2 December 2019 for RENKEI workshop on Climate Change. Raise awareness, learning, collaboration opportunities. Facilitated new research, promoted use of GI etc.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://twitter.com/UniSotonIntl/status/1201541274328879104
 
Description Tour of NGIF 30.1.2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Tour of NGIF on 30 January 2020 for Roots and Wings. Learning and development.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Tour of NGIF, 4.3.2020 
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 Industry/Business
Results and Impact Tour of NGIF on 4 March 2020 to Urban Observatories International Symposium delegates. Share research, collaboration opportunities. Data scientists and cities researchers made aware of open access NGIF data.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Tour of NGIF, Corehaus Modular Housing, 15 September 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Dr Ross Stirling hosted a tour of NFIG for members of staff from Corehaus Modular Housing which resulted in an EPSRC Responsive Mode grant application submission.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Twitter - NGIF dissemination, ongoing 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Twitter - NGIF dissemination. Share research, raise awareness, learning, collaboration opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019,2020
URL https://twitter.com/NGIF_UK/status/1194604384442834944
 
Description US-UK Workshop on Transformation in Urban Underground Infrastructure 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact The workshop brought together established and emerging experts practicing in the UK and USA in civil engineering, urban planning, computer science, operations engineering, public policy, and other fields to prepare a survey of the state of the knowledge, select case studies of significance, and define the vision for transforming urban underground infrastructure systems. Its primary purpose is to outline a routemap that contains key knowledge and technical gaps, along with suggested approaches and describes the enabling environment over 1-year, 5-year, and 10-year time horizons. Agreed outputs were: a workshop report and academic paper.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Virtual tour of NGIF, 10 September 2020 
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 Industry/Business
Results and Impact Dr Ross Stirling hosted a virtual tour of NGIF on 10 September 2020 for members of British Water - Surface Water Management Focus Group to share research, raise awareness, learning and collaboration opportunities. The event resulted in developing an Innovate UK Proposal.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Visiting academic - Jorge Isidoro 12.11.2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Jorge Isidoro visited NGIF on 12 November 2019. Collaboration and informing research at NGIF - UGDaMS. Facilitated potential new research and informed scope of research at NGIF.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Work experience / subject taster day 6.11.2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Work experience / subject taster day on 6 November 2019 for a Newcastle University student. Learning, career development.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Workshop at the 2019 International Transdisciplinarity Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Transdisciplinarity Workshop held as part of the 2019 International Transdisciplinarity Conference. The interactive session informed academic study. A summary was produced and validated by the participants. The outcomes are being incorporated into guidance for the UKCRIC initiative and an academic paper.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://globalstudies.gu.se/english/newsandevents/calendar/Event_Detail/?eventId=70136812602
 
Description Workshop at the International Symposia for Next Generation Infrastructure (ISNGI) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Transdisciplinarity Workshop held as part of the 2019 International Symposia for Next Generation Infrastructure (ISNGI). The interactive session informed academic study. A summary was produced and validated by the participants. The outcomes are being incorporated into guidance for the UKCRIC initiative and an academic paper.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://isngi.org/
 
Description YouTube - NGIF dissemination 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Share research, raise awareness, learning, collaboration opportunities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019,2020
URL https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClwXblLB6KdagbOUvVn7b1w/videos