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The 2006 -2017 Queensferry Crossing project created a second road bridge over the River Forth near Edinburgh. Transport Scotland, set up a client team that consisted of department staff and staff from two major civil engineering consultancies - Arups and Jacobs. At all stages, the client had highly competent staff who were deeply involved in the management of the project. | |||
Features or the process used included: | |||
* '''Use a system approach''': Consider the system as a whole and the details. Effectiveness and efficiency – continual Improvement. | |||
* '''Control risk''': Identify anything that might go wrong; take action to prevent it happening / manage risk and opportunity. | |||
* '''Constant vigilance to identify and correct errors/faults''' | |||
* '''Consider options:''' Do not jump to solutions; look at a range of options. Do not, at the outset, decide the solution will be a bridge. Consider also tunnels and causeways. Allocate a significant amount of resource for deciding on the form that the crossing will take. | |||
* '''Use technology to its limits: ''' For example, a state-of-the-art intelligent transport control system was installed. Advanced modelling methods were used to predict the behaviour of the bridge under load. | |||
* '''Plan: ''' Carefully plan all activities. Time schedules are established and every effort is made to keep to them. | |||
* '''Take a long-term view:''' Consider durability in the design. Install monitoring devices so that in 50 years' time the integrity of the structure can be assessed. | |||
* '''Adopt demonstrable, open governance:''' stakeholder communications and community engagement. | |||
* '''Collaborate:''' Everyone involved is focused on the project objectives: within budget, on time, to specification, safe working, reduce environmental impact, etc. | |||
* '''Adopt an integrated safety philosophy:''' applied across the project: ‘Bridging the Forth Safely’. | |||
* '''Communicate: ''' Use co-location. The client, designers and contractors share an office building so that they can communicate easily | |||
* '''Address staff development:''' communication and training. | |||
For further infornation see 2018 [https://library.engineers.scot/files/original/eab36d6ca5ed59052808e053588717d3.pdf IES Journal pape]r | |||