Mott MacDonald was part of an integrated team
appointed to help deliver Heathrow Airside Tunnel. Keeping the rail
tunnels operational and minimising disruption above ground during
construction were key requirements
Engineering and geotechnics has a major part to play in the
sustainability of projects. Mott MacDonald has the
multi-disciplinary approach to design projects in an
environmentally sympathetic way whilst maintaining engineering
integrity.
We have extensive experience in the minimisation of resource usage,
as a routine consideration and in specific circumstances in
sustainability assessment.
Our experience in this area includes:
- using sustainability project registers
- blending earthworks into the landscape
- designing schemes which reduce the footprint on established
grassland and woodland
- maximising the use of on-site materials to reduce the import to
site of scare natural resources, and export of surplus
materials
- making use of slightly contaminated materials and the safe and
effective removal of highly contaminated ones
- protecting and managing Sites of Special Scientific
Interest
- re-use of clay fills as backfill to structures
- material improvement through use of lime, cement or other
additives
- innovative solutions to soil structure interaction
problems
- ground source heating and cooling
Sustainable geotechnics is an engineering lead discipline but calls
on the skills of other specialists such as landscape architects,
environmental scientists and earth scientists. We're able to draw
on these areas of expertise together within one organisational
team.
