30infoworksQ22009 AWARDS Wales& West, Ireland, ExpandedPiling, ExploreLivingandVetterUKhaveall receivedRoSPAGoldforexcellencein occupationalhealthandsafety. ConsiderateConstructorsAwards LaingO'Rourkewon25Considerate Constructorsawardsatthisyear'snational event- withInfrastructure, Construction SouthandConstructionNorthtakingfour Goldsbetweenthem. GoldConstructionSouth: TheAtrium, Camberley. ConstructionNorth: MiddlesbroughCollege. Infrastructure: A590NewtonBypass; ProjectOmega. SilverConstructionSouth: Oxford Biochemistry. ConstructionNorth: Higher BlackleyEducationVillage; MastLIFT, Pendleton; NottinghamEmmanuelSchool. Infrastructure: SouthWestReinforcement Pipeline. ExploreLiving: PhoenixParc. BronzeConstructionSouth: EastThames GroupHQ; StationPlaza. Construction North: NewcastleHospitals; Calderstone NewMSU; AlexanderTowers, Princes Dock. Scotland: 141BothwellStreet; West LothianCivicCentre; ForthValleyAcute Hospital. Wales& West: CardiffCentral Library; SouthmeadP21EnablingScheme; UBHT- RACC( Cardio). Infrastructure: KnostropWWTW; M62J6improvement scheme. ExploreLiving: PhoenixParc; QuestPlace. ConstructionNorthwontopspotin innovationattheNortheast' Constructing Excellence'awardsforitsground- breaking workinBuildingInformationModelling. LiverpoolOnepickedupaRIBAawardfor Site13B. Earlierinthequarter, theproject wasvoted' mostoutstandingcommercial building'attheNorthwestRICSawards. QueenslandStateArchivesreceivedthe awardfortechnologyandinnovationatthe AustralianInstituteofBuilding's ' ProfessionalExcellenceinBuilding' awards. LuggagePointAdvancedWater TreatmentPlantinBrisbanewasnamed ' WaterReuseProjectoftheYear'atthe GlobalWaterAwardsinZurich. Theplantis thefirstinAustraliatorecyclewatertoa standardfitforconsumption. LochLevenCommunityCampusin KinrosswonVisioninBusinessforthe EnvironmentofScotland( VIBES) and ScottishGreenAppleawardsfor environmentalbestpractice. Thejudges said:" LaingO'Rourkeconductsbusinessin awaythatlendsitselftothebalanced environmental, socialandeconomicneeds ofthecommunitiesinwhichtheyoperate." 141BothwellStreethasbecomethefirst commercialdevelopmentinGlasgowto achievean' excellent'BREEAMrating. ExpandedPilingwashighlycommended attheGroundEngineeringawardsforits secantpiledwallatSevernTrentWater's newheadquartersinCoventry. AttheEveningStandardNewHomes awards, EmbassyCourtwasjointwinner forbestnewsmalldevelopment. AtthesameceremonyGraftonSquare, inClaphampickedupthegongforbest newaffordablehomesdevelopment, with thejudgingpaneldescribingtheschemeas " sophisticatedandstylish". TheLUASlightRailprojectinDublinhas receivedameritawardfromtheNational IrishSafetyOrganisation, aswellasan Envirocomawardinrecognitionofexcellent publicengagement. Twooftheproject structures, BreweryRoadBridgeandthe SpineRoadTunnelhavebeennominated forConcreteSocietyawards. TheA590HighandLowNewtonBypass wontheInstitutionofCivilEngineers'North WestMeritawardforitssustainable practicesandinnovativemanagementof sensitiveecologicalissues. Readersof' MuseumandHeritage' magazinegavetheirsealofapprovalto LeedsCityMuseum, votingittheir favouritemuseumnationwide. MiddlesbroughCollegewonacoveted RICSRenaissanceawardinthe ' regeneration'category. Theprojectisnow intherunningforanationalRICSaward- to beannouncedinOctober. BirminghamHemisphereandthenew outboundcontrolfacilityatManchester Terminal1werebothrecognisedfor excellenceinconstructionattheir respectiveregional' BuiltinQuality'awards. Wales& Westhaswontheprizefor ' integrationandcollaborativeworking'at theConstructingExcellenceSouthWest BuiltEnvironmentAwards. Theaccolade wasgivenfortheFromeCommunity Hospitalproject, whichwasofficially openedbytheCountessofWessexin late2008. Andthewinneris. A590NewtonBypass, GoldConsiderate ConstructorsAward TheWales& Westteamcelebratetheirwinatthe ConstructingExcellenceSouthWestBuiltEnvironment Awards

ADAYINTHELIFE AbigailGreen, ProjectManager infoworksQ2200931 AbigailGreeniswillingandabletotackle thetrickiestofjobs. Whileperfectlycapable ofdeliveringthegoodsonthesmaller schemes, it'sthecomplex mega- projectsthatreallygethergoing. Approachinglifewiththesamevigourshe bringstosomeofBritain'sbiggestprojects, Abbyrelishesapersonalchallengeasmuch asaprofessionalone. " I'vejustcompletedmyfirsttriathlon. Yes, it wasgruellingbut, oddlyenough, enjoyable. NowI'mintrainingforthenextandI supposethisjobistheperfectpreparation." Abby, who'sbeenwiththeGroupforseven years, isspeakingfromthesiteofthe greatestsportingchallengeofall- the Olympics, whichLondonwillhostin2012. Sheiscurrentlyaprojectmanagerwithin theutilitiesteamatCLM- theconsortium comprisingCH2MHill, LaingO'Rourkeand MacemanagingtheOlympicbuild programme. " IfIwascompetingattheOlympicsI'dhave tosayitwouldbefootballforme, though that'sgivenwayrecentlytothetriathlon." Describingthe" buzz" thatcomeswith workingonaschemeofthisscale, Abby says:" It'sjustverysatisfying. Ihavebeen fortunatetobeinvolvedinsomereally significantdevelopmentssuchasthemain terminalbuildingatT5andofcoursethis projecthere, whichisequallyimportantfor thecountryasawhole. " Iliketobeabletolookbackon aproject, seeitinfullflow andseepeoplegettingoptimum useoutofit. That'sthe realbuzzandthemain rewardifyoulike". Inanaction- packedcareer, the28- year- old civilengineeringgraduatehasalsoworked onManchesterUnited'sfamousOld Traffordground, DublinAirportandmore recentlytheenablingworksandmassive remediationchallengesofthe2012site. AftergraduatingfromPortsmouth University, Abbycompletedamasters sponsoredbyLaingO'Rourke. Shethenimmersedherselfinthe businesses, workingonarangeof InfrastructureandExpandedprojects - withvarietyandpaceafeaturethroughout. Sowhatwouldsheadviseafriend ponderingherfutureinconstruction? " I'dtellher:' goforit'. Thisisnotjustajob, asteppingstoneinarun- of- the- millcareer. It'sactuallyaboutseeingthingsyou've accomplishedtakeshapeandbeingpartofit. " Therearesomanydifferentchallengesyou cantakeonandatLaingO'Rourkeweare veryfortunatetohavesupportivenetworks. Ithinkthat'soneofthereasonsIlikethebig projects: yougettoknowsomanypeople; therearesomegreattimesandstrong links." Abbyiseagertotryoutmoreadventures. " IwasluckyenoughtobeontheYoung GunsprogrammeandthroughitIhave madesomerealfriends. " I'vealsoestablishedgoodfriendshipshere andweareplanningafewexciting challengestogetherinthecomingmonths." Willtheyinvolvefollowingthefootstepsof RanulphFiennes, thepensioner- turned- Everest- conquerorwhoseautobiography she'scurrentlyreading?" No, theHimalayas aredefinitelynotforme. I'mmoreawarm climate, ground- levelorpossiblysailing-seafaringtype." Whatiscertainisshewon'tbesittingback justwatchingtheaction." Tobehonest, I can'tstandfilms, I'mjustnotpreparedto sittherefortwoorthreehourswatchingit allrollout." Hands- on, all- action, AbbyGreensmiles andturnsbacktothetaskinhand: getting theOlympicsacrosstheline. All- actionAbbysetsthepace " Thisisnotjustajob, asteppingstone inarun- of- the- millcareer. It'sactually aboutseeingthingsyou'veaccomplished takeshapeandbeingpartofit."