Transcript Constructionarium: dreams, teams and learning What is Constructionarium? It’s like an aquarium but full of Construction Ravenspurn Oil Rig.

Constructionarium:
dreams, teams and
learning
What is Constructionarium?
It’s like an aquarium but full of
Construction
Ravenspurn Oil Rig
Brief History
• Ove Arup Foundation supported Chris
Wise to teach at Imperial College.
• Chris frustrated at the theoretical
teaching.
• Stef Stefanou (John Doyle) offered
money to Chris to find a solution.
• Industry bodies soon gave support:
Concrete Centre, Construct, Concrete
Bridge Development Group, Ove
Arup Foundation, CITB/NCCE.
Constructionarium teaching
team?
Triangular partnerships (innovative)
University
Students
Site
Suppliers
Construction Contractor
Consulting Engineer
What constitutes the
Constructionarium?
• Residential field trip (usually 6 days)
• Hands-on site experience for students
• Work experience?.....No, role experience
• Students’ roles range from CEng to
general operatives
• Innovative link of industry-academic as
equals on neutral ground
Why do it?
Long-term solution………………….
……………….to longstanding problems
Problems
Solutions
Skills Shortage
Hands on Experience
Safety and Nuclear
Awareness
Stringent H&S training
Recruitment by Industry
Exposes students to site life
and easy to Head Hunt
Theoretical Approach
Pragmatism rules due to tight
time deadline and budget
See the Big Picture
Applied management training
Gender Imbalance
Up to 40% female participants
Staff CPD Training
Learn by teaching
Where is it held?
National Construction College East
CITB Construction Skills, Bircham Newton,
Norfolk
•14 acres land
•fully residential college
•Construction training facilities
•on former RAF base
•Terraformed site
Scale - Flexible
• To start “keep it small” then grow
e.g. small bridge (6m) to large bridge (21m Millau
Bridge)
• Choose projects within area of partners’
expertise and use their network of
contacts for supplies
Infinity Bridge
Millau Bridge
What do contractors do?
• Bring logistics and site know-how, experienced staff,
materials, plant, equipment, operational and safety
management, ‘quick fix’ experience, supervision
experience, foresight
• Fund materials, plant & equipment, own staff and
accommodation
• Act as “Client”, negotiating contracts and variations
Others’ costs
• University: £150/student; staff
time; accommodation (£55/day) and
travel for students and staff; admin
and preparation.
• Consulting engineers: staff time,
design preparation, scaling,
modelling, student pack
development, residential costs,
travel etc.
Who is taking it up?
Imperial
John Doyle Construction
Expedition Engineering
Leeds
Shepherds
Buro Happold
Northumbria
G B Solutions
Space
Liverpool
A J Morrisroe
Mott MacDonald
Cambridge
Stephensons
Ramboll UK
Stow College, Glasgow
Dunne Engineering
Woolgar Hunter
West of Scotland
Dunne Engineering
Woolgar Hunter
Strathclyde
Dunne Engineering
Woolgar Hunter
UCL
Laing O’Rourke
Waterman
Greenwich
Byrne Bros
W S Atkins
London South Bank
Byrne Bros
W S Atkins
Southampton
Laing O’Rourke
Aecom
Salford
Costain
Jacobs
East London
Mitchellson Formwork
W S Atkins
Loughborough
Laing O’Rourke
Waterman
Nottingham
Sir Robert McAlpine
Walsh Group
Westminster
Byrne Bros
W S Atkins
Who else is interested
• Other Interested Universities :
Aston, Birmingham, Cardiff, Central
Lancashire, Kingston, Manchester,
Nottingham Trent, Portsmouth, Reading,
Warwick, West of England
• Rostov on Don University
• Bari University
• Shanghai University
• 6 Universities
Russia
Italy
China
U.S.A.
Who recognises its value?
• 2004 CONSTRUCT Award for Innovation
CITB NCC donated 5 acres of land
• 2005 Ingenia (R A Eng magazine) article led to
visit by Prince Philip as Senior Fellow of Royal
Academy of Engineering in 2006
• 2006/8 East of England Development
Agency (upgrade the outdoor classroom and
project portfolio)
• 2008 CITB NCC donated further 9 acres
Structural Steel Design Awards Finalist
• BIS, JBM, Construction Skills Council, HEFCE,
Professional Bodies, The Concrete Society,
Cogent and National Tunnelling Academy
• 2010 SQA Star Awards Highly Commended
• Continuing positive educational / technical press
Nuclear Island Project
• Participating Training Experience
• NOT a Nuclear Site
• Safety Awareness
 Nuclear Awareness
• New Nuclear Designed Package
For more information visit our website
www.constructionarium.co.uk