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Team on 17 February 2003
Award for restoration work
The restoration work carried out on the Anderton Boat Lift has been honoured in The Historic Bridge and Infrastructure Awards 2002.
The restoration work carried out on the Anderton Boat Lift has been honoured in The Historic Bridge and Infrastructure Awards 2002, with hydraulics specialist Bosch Rexroth, steel subcontractor R and R Engineering and client/main contractor British Waterways all being recognised for their "exceptional skill and care" The award scheme, established in 1998 and hosted by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), attracted 17 nominations on this occasion, just three projects gaining awards and a further six given commendations
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 3 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Steve Smith, System Sales Manager of Rexroth's Industrial Hydraulics Civil Engineering application group, received a framed certificate at a special presentation at ICE headquarters in Westminster, together with representatives of British Waterways and R and R Engineering.
The judges were impressed by the boldness of the original decision to restore the lift to fully working order and the high degree of skill employed in the design, management and implementation of the project, especially in ensuring that the conservation and heritage aspects were always a priority.
Originally commissioned in 1875, to create a link between the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal, then rebuilt in 1908 to incorporate an electrically-driven mechanical arrangement, the Anderton Boat Lift was finally returned to hydraulic operation in a GBP 7 million project and reopened in Spring 2002, amidst much acclaim and publicity.
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This and all other restoration work was carried out in consultation with English Heritage.
The Historic Bridge and Infrastructure Awards were established to recognise and encourage excellence and innovation in the conservation of all transport-related structures.
Having witnessed a number of inappropriate modifications to historically important bridges, the ICE's Panel for Historical Engineering Works (PHEW) felt that the incentive of a prestigious, well publicised award scheme would encourage engineers to produce high quality schemes.
Proposals were agreed with the County Surveyors' Society (CCS) and English Heritage, with Railtrack and British Waterways providing additional financial support.
This year's judging panel consisted of Professor Roland Paxton, Chairman of PHEW, Terry Girdler, Chief Structural Engineer of English Heritage, Andrew Leadbeater, former Chairman of the CSS Bridges Group and Mike Winney, Editor-Emeritus of New Civil Engineer.
The awards were presented by the President of the ICE, Professor Adrian Long. Request free introductory details about products from Bosch Rexroth - Hydraulics ...
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