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| Ramboll receives the 2009 Ground Engineering Award Danish consulting firm Ramboll has received the 2009 Ground Engineering Sustainability Award for work completed as part of an ambitious programme to dredge British Waterways' canals in Long Sandall, South Yorkshire. Organised and judged annually by the British Ground Engineering magazine, the award scheme is a celebration of the very best in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering. Entrants for the Sustainability Award were asked to demonstrate the innovative, unusual, interesting or cutting edge reuse of materials. The Ramboll Whitbybird team of Environmental Engineers, led by director Phil Studds and ably supported by Zoe Miller and Mark Bell, set out to establish the most sustainable re-use solution for dredged sediments. The Yorkshire Business Unit of British Waterways (BW) was due to start dredging canals located in the South Yorkshire region. Dredging is vital to maintain navigable waters and to help ensure the long term passage of both freight and pleasure craft on the South Yorkshire Navigations, which is a key source of income for BW. The canals in South Yorkshire had not been dredged for 10 years, and this was beginning to impact the effectiveness of the waterways system in this area. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |