David Lowery, Project Director at Carillion talked through the massive road project and how digital technologies played a part at last year's ICE BIM conference. Don't miss this year's event on 13 October: www.ice-digitalengineering.com

2. A1(M) Leeming to Barton
David Lowery| Project Director

3. The Backdrop
• Improving safety by widening the carriageway provision and applying
motorway standards throughout.
• Construction commenced in 2014 and completion is scheduled in
2017 with a value of £ 380m on an ECI D & B model.
• 20km of new Motorway
• 18km of Local Access Road
• Approx. 70,000 vehicles per day
• 600,000 tonne of road surface ~ 1,500 jumbo jets
• 3 million cubic metres of earth moved ~ 1,100 Olympic
swimming pools
• 113km of drainage ~ Newcastle to Ripon
• Completed Scheme will help to save 20
lives and prevent more than 450
accidents over the next 60 years.

4. WHY?
WHAT?
WHAT?
HOW?
HOW?
Implementation Execution
Implementation Strategy

5. Ground
Investigation
Aerial
Topography
Existing
Utilities
Proposed
Utilities
Noise
Barriers
Street
Lighting
Structures
Design
Archaeology
Creating Collaboration
Complexity of BIM
implementation in infrastructure:
19+ disciplines have to
adopt culture change

6. Oct 2015Apr 2013 Oct 2013 Apr 2014 Oct 2014 Apr 2015 Apr 2016
Phase 2 Construction
Information Strategy
Implementation
Strategy
Execution
Strategy
Design Based
BIM Approach
Virtual
Construction
& Take Off
Virtual Traffic
Management
Virtual Traffic
Management
13 23 28 50 58 62 65117 228 328 450 507 561 583
109
467
755
1005
1299 1349 1349
Stake Holders / Organisations Project Team Collaborators
Packages Issued for Construction
Our Common Data Environment
Seamless Integration

7. Our Common Data Environment
467
201
300
71
1235
232
989
51
400
400
26
45
376
886
209
128
178
782
31
35
216
106
AK Lighting & Signs
Pipeline & Drainage…
Reinforced Earth Company
Ekspan Ltd
Project Scaffolding
Ivor King Piling
As-Builts for Approval
RSA Brief for Approval
EMJ Plastics Ltd
Hunnebeck
Saferoad UK
Workflow Packages Processed to
date…
Files | 74646
Containers | 3510
Offices | 10+
Collaborators | 583
Seamless Integration

8. Digital Processes | survey | design | construction | validation | inspections
Digital Process

9. Life Cycle Approach | existing conditions | parametric design | digital construction | asset performance
Existing Conditions
Proposed Above and Below Works Embracing Parametric Driven Design
Digital Construction Mobile Field Activities
Early Process
Criteria
Why?
How?
What?
Benefits
Realisation
Comprehensive
Digital Plan of
Works
BIM Execution
Planning
Concept to Completion

10. Virtual Review Process | 330+ information models | 250+ validation rules | 19+ disciplines, stakeholders,
client & customer
Virtual Construction

11. Our Process Plan | early collaboration | workflows | design based methodology
Designing Excellence

12. Embracing Phasing | innovative methodologies | construction phasing | point cloud validation
Constructing Excellence

13. Summary
Common Data and Validation Environment
Efficient Inter Disciplinary Co-ordination Meetings
Enhanced Design-intent | Improved Buildability | Machine Guidance
Safer to Build and Maintain
Integrated | Existing & Proposed Infrastructure
Business As Usual | This is the Norm
Feedback of Lessons Learnt | Shaping Highways England’s Strategy
“The A1 Leeming to Barton Project has an industry leading culture of improvement and innovation; the
successful implementation and novel application of BIM, the strong collaborative nature of the Risk Process and
the deep embedment of Lean principals within project delivery has significantly reduced the scheme cost and
created exceptional value” Tom Howard – Highways England Project Manager
Adding Value
£ 10m Innovation Savings and £ 2.5m from BIM Application

14. Fuelling Innovation