Assessment, Costing and enHancement of long lIfe, Long Linear assEtS (ACHILLES)
Lead Research Organisation:
Newcastle University
Department Name: Sch of Engineering
Abstract
Infrastructure is fundamental to our economy and society, e.g. being one of the 10 pillars of the recently launched UK Industrial Strategy. Long linear (geotechnical) assets (LLAs) are a major component of this infrastructure and fundamental to the delivery of critical services over long distances (e.g. road & railway slopes, pipeline bedding, flood protection structures). Central government infrastructure investment will rise by almost 60% to £22 billion p.a. by 2022 (ONS). This will support both the development of new infrastructure, and the repair of existing infrastructure. At present, there are 10,200 km of flood defences in Great Britain; 80,000 km of highways; 15,800 km of railway). Failure of these assets is common-place (e.g. in 2015 there were 143 earthworks failures on Network Rail - >2 per week), the resulting cost of failure is high (e.g. for Network Rail, emergency repairs cost 10 times planned works, which cost 10 times maintenance), and vulnerability to these failures is significant (748,000 properties with at least a 1-in-100 annual chance of flooding; derailment from slope failure is the greatest infrastructure-related risk faced by our railways). However, the exact reasons for - and timing of - failure is, at present, poorly understood. This leads to unanticipated failures that cause severe disruption and damage to reputation. Current approaches to design and asset management perpetuate this situation as they are based on past experience, which cannot be extrapolated to future performance: the infrastructure is older, ever more intensively used and subject to increasingly extreme weather patterns. Together, these factors significantly increase the likelihood of failures in the future causing reduced performance and poorer service. Climate change has been identified as one of the factors driving this change.
There is an exciting opportunity to bring together new advances in research and technology with design and asset management practices from different LLAs to reduce the risks posed to infrastructure systems by deterioration and future change. Current techniques can estimate future rates of deterioration that might lead to failure in transport infrastructure slopes, but are difficult to scale up, do not capture all drivers of deterioration relevant to all LLAs, are poor at dealing with uncertainty and heterogeneity, and lack rigorous validation against representative field data. Different asset owners have access to vast quantities of failure and condition data from their networks (recently enabled by technological advances in data capture and storage) but use different approaches to address failure based on historical data. ACHILLES proposes a research programme that brings these approaches together, coupled with statistical advances to enable rigorous use of network data, and economics to assess the value of design, monitoring and mitigation options. Our long-term vision is for the UK's infrastructure to deliver consistent, affordable and safe services, underpinned by intelligent design, management and maintenance. ACHILLES proposes a Programme to address this challenge by combining laboratory/field experimentation, numerical modelling and simulation, statistical data and cost benefit analysis, and activities to enable its outcomes to be adopted by LLA owners/operators:
Deeper understanding of material and asset deterioration and how to model and predict
New design tools to account for deterioration; and assessment tools to characterise
Strategies to mitigate deterioration from material to asset scale
Decision-making framework to prioritise spending on design, monitoring and/or interventions that accounts for heterogeneity and uncertainty, and informs appropriate business cases
Better understanding of the importance of characterising heterogeneity and uncertainty for infrastructure decision making processes
Knowledge and tools to incorporate data analytics into asset assessment and monitoring
There is an exciting opportunity to bring together new advances in research and technology with design and asset management practices from different LLAs to reduce the risks posed to infrastructure systems by deterioration and future change. Current techniques can estimate future rates of deterioration that might lead to failure in transport infrastructure slopes, but are difficult to scale up, do not capture all drivers of deterioration relevant to all LLAs, are poor at dealing with uncertainty and heterogeneity, and lack rigorous validation against representative field data. Different asset owners have access to vast quantities of failure and condition data from their networks (recently enabled by technological advances in data capture and storage) but use different approaches to address failure based on historical data. ACHILLES proposes a research programme that brings these approaches together, coupled with statistical advances to enable rigorous use of network data, and economics to assess the value of design, monitoring and mitigation options. Our long-term vision is for the UK's infrastructure to deliver consistent, affordable and safe services, underpinned by intelligent design, management and maintenance. ACHILLES proposes a Programme to address this challenge by combining laboratory/field experimentation, numerical modelling and simulation, statistical data and cost benefit analysis, and activities to enable its outcomes to be adopted by LLA owners/operators:
Deeper understanding of material and asset deterioration and how to model and predict
New design tools to account for deterioration; and assessment tools to characterise
Strategies to mitigate deterioration from material to asset scale
Decision-making framework to prioritise spending on design, monitoring and/or interventions that accounts for heterogeneity and uncertainty, and informs appropriate business cases
Better understanding of the importance of characterising heterogeneity and uncertainty for infrastructure decision making processes
Knowledge and tools to incorporate data analytics into asset assessment and monitoring
Planned Impact
£20 billion is invested annually by the UK Government in infrastructure (digital, energy, transport, water, flood defence). We must be certain that it delivers safe, resilient and affordable service that meets societal need. The functioning of infrastructure systems is dependent upon the ground beneath or around its assets (e.g. pylon, pipe or railtrack). Tools to assess, monitor, design and repair the performance of the ground are fundamental. ACHILLES will deliver these tools.
The knowledge and tools that arise from ACHILLES will transform LLA practice which currently relies heavily on empirical data derived from historical performance and professional judgement. We will engage with a vast network of potential beneficiaries to embed new knowledge into practice guidance, asset management standards, software tools, and policy associated with the investment, safety and resilience of assets. A summary of the major users/beneficiaries of the research is provided below. Primary benefits arise from direct collaboration with the research; secondary benefits are generated through the actions of others utilising our research outcomes (and thus may manifest sometime after completion of the programme).
1. Techniques and tools to assess asset performance - Primary beneficiaries : Asset Owners (Highways England, Network Rail, TfL, Canal and River Trust, Environment Agency, HS2 Engineering consultants. Secondary beneficiaries : Society and Service Users
2. Data on asset performance - Primary beneficiaries : as 1
3. Data interpretation methods - Primary beneficiaries : as 1. Secondary beneficiaries: sensor developers and data anaylsts.
4. Prioritised investment strategies (migration) - Primary beneficiaries: Asset Owners, IPA. Secondary beneficiaries : NIC and Government.
5. Design tools and techniques - Primary beneficiaries : HS2, Engineering Consultants. Secondary beneficiaries : Industry and society.
6. Outcomes to inform guidance and standards (including adaptation to climate change) - Primary beneficiaries : John Dora Consulting, CIRIA. Secondary beneficiaries : Industry and society.
7. Cost savings, reduced disruption, improved safety, improved services - Secondary beneficiaries : IPA, NIC, Society.
8. New technologies, new markets for products - Primary beneficiaries : Sensor and software developers (Model Center).
9. Awareness of the role of infrastructure, impact of climate change, role of science and engineering - Primary beneficiaries : Students and the public.
A stakeholder-led Impact Advisory Group will be constituted in order to provide the routes to these impacts: Standards development and dissemination via specialist consultant (John Dora Consulting), embedding advances in modelling and data handling into commercial software via specialist software developer Model Center; changing industry practice via asset owners and their consultants; influencing industry more broadly via CIRIA; policy influence via the Infrastructure and Projects Authority. Impact milestones will be set by the Impact Advisory Group. Short-term secondments of ECA and RAs to these stakeholder organisations are planned. Additional translation to practice will be gained through regular attendance at the meetings of multi-partner groups (e.g. GAOF who represent the LLA owners, Natural Hazards Partnership), sensor and software developers and data specialists via, e.g. the National Innovation Centre for Data in Newcastle and relevant CATAPULTs (Transport Systems & Future Cities). We will showcase impacts on society via e.g. the Great Exhibition of the North (2018) and Global Grand Challenge Summits. Academic impact will be made via TCs, conferences, workshops, direct academic engagement and training ECAs.
The knowledge and tools that arise from ACHILLES will transform LLA practice which currently relies heavily on empirical data derived from historical performance and professional judgement. We will engage with a vast network of potential beneficiaries to embed new knowledge into practice guidance, asset management standards, software tools, and policy associated with the investment, safety and resilience of assets. A summary of the major users/beneficiaries of the research is provided below. Primary benefits arise from direct collaboration with the research; secondary benefits are generated through the actions of others utilising our research outcomes (and thus may manifest sometime after completion of the programme).
1. Techniques and tools to assess asset performance - Primary beneficiaries : Asset Owners (Highways England, Network Rail, TfL, Canal and River Trust, Environment Agency, HS2 Engineering consultants. Secondary beneficiaries : Society and Service Users
2. Data on asset performance - Primary beneficiaries : as 1
3. Data interpretation methods - Primary beneficiaries : as 1. Secondary beneficiaries: sensor developers and data anaylsts.
4. Prioritised investment strategies (migration) - Primary beneficiaries: Asset Owners, IPA. Secondary beneficiaries : NIC and Government.
5. Design tools and techniques - Primary beneficiaries : HS2, Engineering Consultants. Secondary beneficiaries : Industry and society.
6. Outcomes to inform guidance and standards (including adaptation to climate change) - Primary beneficiaries : John Dora Consulting, CIRIA. Secondary beneficiaries : Industry and society.
7. Cost savings, reduced disruption, improved safety, improved services - Secondary beneficiaries : IPA, NIC, Society.
8. New technologies, new markets for products - Primary beneficiaries : Sensor and software developers (Model Center).
9. Awareness of the role of infrastructure, impact of climate change, role of science and engineering - Primary beneficiaries : Students and the public.
A stakeholder-led Impact Advisory Group will be constituted in order to provide the routes to these impacts: Standards development and dissemination via specialist consultant (John Dora Consulting), embedding advances in modelling and data handling into commercial software via specialist software developer Model Center; changing industry practice via asset owners and their consultants; influencing industry more broadly via CIRIA; policy influence via the Infrastructure and Projects Authority. Impact milestones will be set by the Impact Advisory Group. Short-term secondments of ECA and RAs to these stakeholder organisations are planned. Additional translation to practice will be gained through regular attendance at the meetings of multi-partner groups (e.g. GAOF who represent the LLA owners, Natural Hazards Partnership), sensor and software developers and data specialists via, e.g. the National Innovation Centre for Data in Newcastle and relevant CATAPULTs (Transport Systems & Future Cities). We will showcase impacts on society via e.g. the Great Exhibition of the North (2018) and Global Grand Challenge Summits. Academic impact will be made via TCs, conferences, workshops, direct academic engagement and training ECAs.
Organisations
- Newcastle University, United Kingdom (Lead Research Organisation)
- Arup Group Ltd, United Kingdom (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Network Rail Ltd, United Kingdom (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Amey Plc, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- CH2M HILL (Collaboration)
- Department for Transport, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Geotechnics (Collaboration)
- Atkins UK, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Mott Macdonald UK Ltd, United Kingdom (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Government of Wales (Collaboration)
- Environment Agency, United Kingdom (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Severn Trent Water Ltd, United Kingdom (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- High Speed Two HS2 Ltd, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- Highways Agency, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- Welsh Government, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- ADEPT, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- Geotechnics Ltd, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- ch2m (Project Partner)
Publications




Loke M
(2019)
3-D resistivity inversion with electrodes displacements
in ASEG Extended Abstracts

Mendes J
(2019)
On the development of an ultra-high-capacity tensiometer capable of measuring water tensions to 7 MPa
in Géotechnique

Liu G
(2020)
Matric Suction and Volume Characteristics of Compacted Clay Soil under Drying and Wetting Cycles
in Geotechnical Testing Journal

Postill H
(2020)
Modelling seasonal ratcheting and progressive failure in clay slopes: a validation
in Canadian Geotechnical Journal
Description | Our programme grant is still ongoing, but as we approach the 2 year mark, we are continuing to make significant steps forward in our capability to model long-term performance of long linear assets as these are affected by weather events. We are now much better able to replicate historical deterioration of these assets using sophisticated computer models (validated against field observations) and are therefore confident that we can develop methods to reliably model future performance of long-linear geotechnical infrastructure assets. We have also been able to develop methods to assess the impacts of geotechnical interventions on the performance of long linear assets (both historical and future planned interventions). We are progressing this in collaboration with national infrastructure network asset managers who have shown great interest in our work and need this to better plan for the future. |
Exploitation Route | Our research findings will influence design practice (through a more robust underpinning of design parameters with quantifiable, long term assessments of rates of deterioration and deformation of geotechnical assets); the construction of earthworks (including the implementation (type and timing) of remediation interventions); the monitoring and management of earthworks (what to look out for, how to work with heterogeneity and what/when to plan interventions); and investment strategies (planning the timelines of financial implications of managing the assets). |
Sectors | Construction,Transport |
Description | Our achievements in pushing the envelope of modelling earthworks deterioration continues to generate considerable interest from major national infrastructure stakeholders. This has resulted in increasingly detailed discussions with Network Rail about influencing earthworks management not just with their geotechnical staff, but also with staff involved in business planning. Our research outcomes on quantification of deterioration rates and cost implications for early interventions is being used to assist with clarification of the need for a better share of funds for remediation works and financial planning for the current and next control periods. Our research has influenced the project portfolio of Highways England and it is steering discussions on the design of earthworks for HS2. In collaboration with the Environment Agency, we have added a flood embankment as a new infrastructure type to our portfolio of monitored assets. |
First Year Of Impact | 2019 |
Sector | Transport |
Impact Types | Economic |
Description | EPSRC RISE (Recognising Inspirational Scientists and Engineers) Connector award |
Amount | £500 (GBP) |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2018 |
End | 11/2019 |
Description | ARUP |
Organisation | Arup Group |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Provision of research results relevant to infrastructure projects. |
Collaborator Contribution | Provision of facilities for meetings. Support with dissemination. |
Impact | Outputs still to be determined - on-going activity. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Amey iSMART |
Organisation | Amey PLC |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | contributions to iSMART expert advisory board |
Collaborator Contribution | critical evaluation of project progress and relevance to stakeholders |
Impact | active involvement in expert advisory board |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Atkins iSMART |
Organisation | WS Atkins |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | contributions to iSMART expert advisory board |
Collaborator Contribution | critical evaluation of project progress and relevance to stakeholders |
Impact | active involvement in expert advisory board |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | CH2M - Jacobs |
Organisation | CH2M HILL |
Department | CH2M Birmingham |
Country | United States |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Access to research results relevant to civil engineering infrastructure. |
Collaborator Contribution | Participation in the planned meetings and workshops. Provision of data and information. |
Impact | Outputs and outcomes still in development. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Environment Agency |
Organisation | Environment Agency |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Access to research results relevant to water and flood protection infrastructure. |
Collaborator Contribution | Access to field data and sites. Attendance at meetings and access to staff. |
Impact | On-going discussions about access to test sites for research projects. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Geotechnics iSMART |
Organisation | Geotechnics |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | contributions to iSMART expert advisory board |
Collaborator Contribution | critical evaluation of project progress and relevance to stakeholders |
Impact | active involvement in expert advisory board |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | HS2 |
Organisation | Geotechnics |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Provision of research results relevant to rail new build. |
Collaborator Contribution | Facilities for steering group meetings, HS2 experts attending steering group meetings. Dissemination through supply chain. |
Impact | Active involvement in stakeholder events. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Highways England |
Organisation | Department of Transport |
Department | Highways Agency |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Access to research results relevant to road infrastructure. |
Collaborator Contribution | Attendance at project meetings. Access to data and R&D initiatives. |
Impact | Meeting at stakeholder event on 4 Feb 2019, with follow on discussions on suitable test sites. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Mott Macdonald UK Ltd |
Organisation | Mott Macdonald UK Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
Start Year | 2007 |
Description | MottMac iSMART |
Organisation | Mott Macdonald UK Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Contributions to iSMART expert advisory board |
Collaborator Contribution | Critical evaluation of project progress and relevance to stakeholders |
Impact | Active involvement in expert advisory board |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Network Rail iSMART |
Organisation | Network Rail Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Contributions to iSMART expert advisory board |
Collaborator Contribution | Critical evaluation of project progress and relevance to stakeholders |
Impact | active involvement in expert advisory board |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Severn Trent |
Organisation | Severn Trent Water |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Access to research results relevant to water industry infrastructure. |
Collaborator Contribution | Access to infrastructure network and data. Attendance at stakeholder events. Dissemination of research outputs. |
Impact | Awaiting results from research activities. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Welsh Government |
Organisation | Government of Wales |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Access to research results relevant to transport infrastructure. |
Collaborator Contribution | Attendance at meetings. Dissemination of the research findings. |
Impact | Awaiting results of research activities. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Discussion with Highways England |
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 | Discussion about future collaborations and involvement in impact advisory group |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Discussion with Network Rail |
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 | Discussion of data sharing and pathways to impact |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Expert Advisory Board and Impact advsory group attendance at workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Discussions about future directions of Programme |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | GAOF (Geotechnical Asset Owners Forum) - Nov 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | An invited presentation on the ACHILLES programme grant to members of the GAOF (Geotechnical Asset Owners Forum), hosted at the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) - 119 Britannia Walk, Hoxton, London N1 7JE. Actions and follow-up with key asset owners recorded and incorporated in future plans and activities of ACHILLES. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | GAOF-5-Mar-19 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A presentation by Prof Neil Dixon to the Geotechnical Asset Owners Forum (GAOF), part of CIRIA, on the ACHILLES projects. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | India Landslide Workshop: Keynote presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Presented invited opening keynote at the Mastermind Session on Landslide Hazards in India Workshop, January 2019. The event was organised by the National Centre for Earth Science Studies, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India. Workshop participants comprised India Government policy makers and India leading academic researchers. The aim of the workshop was to develop a national landslide programme for India. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Industrial Advisory Group - 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | A series of presentations and up-dates on the ACHILLES programme grant to members of the Industrial Advisory Group (IAG), on 7 Feb 2020, held at The Institute for Materials, Minerals and Mining, 297 Euston Road, London NW1 3AD. Discussion and presentations by IAG members on their needs and expectations of ACHILLES. Actions and follow-up recorded and incorporated in future plans and activities of ACHILLES. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Interview for Ministerial Review: "Network Rail vegetation management review: valuing nature, a railway for people and wildlife" |
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 | Rail Minister Jo Johnson announced the appointment of John Varley OBE TD to chair the review of Network Rail's approach to vegetation management in England and Wales. The review was launched by the Rail Minister on 10 May 2018 to consider how Network Rail can best ensure the safety of our railways, while also protecting wildlife and preserving trees. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/network-rail-vegetation-management-review-valuing-nature-... |
Description | Invited lecture at the Institute of Civil Engineers, London, 26th November 2018 |
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 | Invited lecture at an event designed to promote PRIME technology to the civil engineering and geotechnical communities. The event was entitled 'Priming the industry: an innovation in earthworks monitoring' and consisted of the lecture followed by a discussion between an invited panel of geotechnical specialists. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.ice.org.uk/eventarchive/priming-the-industry-an-innovation-in-earthworks-m |
Description | Joint meeting of Impact Advisory Board and Expert Advisory Panel |
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 | presentation to industry, government and academics to discuss pathways to impact and international engagement and partnership opportunities |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Network Rail Geotech Conference 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 | An invitation by Network Rail to present on the ACHILLES programme grant at their Geotechnical Conference held at the BGS, Keyworth 3-4 March 2020. Actions and follow-up with key personnel in Network Rail noted and plans made for future activities / engagement. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Presentation at Nanyang Technological University |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Presentation and discussion with Academics, researchers and practitioners in Singapore |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Presentation to CARe2018 in Hong Kong |
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 | Presentation and discussion around climate impacts on geotechnical infrastructure and how to create increased resilience in the face of climate change |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://care2018.ust.hk/index.php/report01/ |
Description | Presentation to Geotechnical Asset Owners 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 | Discussion around involvement on stakeholder group and development of National Geotechnical Infrastructure Observatory |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Presentation to Network Rail employees. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Presentation of modelling outputs on slope stability. Engaged with Network Rail professionals, as part of the Industrial Advisory Group for the ACHILLES programme grant. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Presentations - ACHILLES team and HS2 representative |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Presentation of ACHILLES project progress. Presentation by HS2 representative on civil engineering works and geotechnical aspects of HS2 works. Engaged with HS2 (High Speed 2 rail) professionals, as part of the Industrial Advisory Group for the ACHILLES programme grant. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Published a blog article with Institute for Policy Research (IPR). Title: How do we maintain invisible transport infrastructure? |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The blog post was for the Institute for Policy Research (IPR) who are based in Bath. The blog has 3000 monthly readers |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/iprblog/2018/10/30/how-do-we-maintain-invisible-transport-infrastructure/ |
Description | Stakeholder Engagement - London |
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 | A series of presentations to industry and academic members (48 attendees) of the External Advisory Board and other Stakeholders, of research activities planned for the ACHILLES series of projects. The purpose was to explain the aims of the research programme and to obtain feed-back from the stakeholders on how they could assist, and what would be their preferred priorities. A key outcome is the follow on discussions with key stakeholders (Environment Agency and Network Rail) for future activities - new meetings scheduled in April 2019. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Virtual meeting with Simon Abbott via Teams |
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 | Detailed discussion of pathways to impact |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | discussion with Environment Agency on collaboration and field sites |
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 | progressed discussion on collaborations and field site development |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | iSMART/ACHILLES presentation at tradeshow |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | presentation of the outcomes from iSMART and the plans for ACHILLES to a broad audience. It resulted in in-depth discussions and reached people outside out normal network. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | invited lecture to East Midlands Geological Society |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | 30+ people attended the invited lecture that reported on previous work of iSMART project and current research conducted by ACHILLES programme grant. Attendees were from a range of backgrounds. Several travelled from beyond midlands to attend. Following the lecture there was lively debate. It has resulted in broadening actively engaged stakeholder network and intensification of links with key consultants who attended subsequent events organised by ACHILLES |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | meeting with Environment Agency to discuss potential field sites |
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 | Presentation of research plans followed by discussion of potential collaboration and development of field sites |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | presentation at CIRIA event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Present findings from iSMART and seek engagement with newly funded Programme Grant - sparked questions and willingness to engage |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |