(Without Drowning in Data)

Smarter Drainage

Design for a Resilient

Future

Speaker

Juan Aguirrebengoa Principal Civil Engineer (Mott MacDonald)

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Smarter Drainage Design for a Resilient Future (Without Drowning in Data)

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Juan Aguirrebengoa

Agenda

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Stormwater in the UK

Case Studies

Challenges

Approaches

Conclusions

Stormwater in UK

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Case Studies

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High Speed Two

• Britain’s biggest infrastructure project, connecting London

and Birmingham

• Area North spans approximately 90 km through the

Midlands

• Mott MacDonald SYSTRA Design Joint Venture team,

working as part of an Integrated Project Team (IPT) with

Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) and HS2 Ltd

Drainage infrastructure design:

• Critical component of rail infrastructure

• Flood risk management, climate resilience and

sustainable water management

• +100 drainage systems integrated with existing

watercourses and drainage systems

• Streamlined and customised digital delivery

Phase 1 Main Works Civils Contract

(Area North)

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East West Rail

• Major new railway connecting Oxford, Milton Keynes, Bedford, and Cambridge

• Aims to boost economic growth and connect

communities

• MWJV (Mott MacDonald and WSP) appointed

as Principal Designer (PD)

• Client: East West Railway Company

 Drainage infrastructure design:

• Critical component of rail infrastructure

• Flood risk management, climate resilience and

sustainable water management

• +50 drainage catchment Integrated with existing

watercourses and drainage systems

• Multiple stakeholders and adaptive design

Challenges

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Challenges

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Model

proliferation

Status Quo

Bias

Single Source

of Truth

Maintenance

Metadata

management

Model

Granularity vs

Usability

Governance

and Standards

Compliance

Fragmented

Data Sources

Validation and

Quality

Assurance

Digital Skills

Gap

Software

interoperability

Future-proofing

for Asset

Management

Iteration

Fatigue

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Past

2D

analysis

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2D

analysis

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2D

analysis

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Conclusion

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Juan Aguirrebengoa

Thank you! juan.aguirrebengoa@mottmac.com

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