Plymouth’s Platinum Parkway has been shortlisted for the ICE South West Civil Engineering Awards 2023 with the public encouraged to get involved by voting for their favourite project.
The Forder Valley Link Road, (Platinum Parkway) which includes one of the UK’s largest integral bridges over the Bircham Valley, provides an alternative route between the A38 and the north of the city. The highly complex project for Plymouth City Council, undertaken by main contractor, Balfour Beatty, saw the 140 metre integral bridge constructed over the valley with a 10 percent gradient to overcome, utilising 35 metre long precast concrete beams.
Fourteen projects from across the South West were shortlisted by a panel of civil engineers to reflect outstanding engineering achievement, innovation, and ingenuity. All the shortlisted schemes must show how they positively improve life for people in the region, whether through growth and economic development, climate resilience and carbon reduction or enriching communities and delivering social value.
The public is in control of choosing the People’s Choice Award winner through a free online vote at ice.org.uk/sw/awards closing at 5pm on August 29.
Miranda Housden, ICE South West regional director, said:
“The People’s Choice Award is a great opportunity to promote civil engineering to the public and celebrate the hard work that civil engineers engage in to benefit the region’s communities. I’d encourage everyone to find out more about the outstanding projects on the shortlist and cast a vote for the scheme they think has had the greatest positive impact for their area or the region as a whole.”
The result will be revealed at a gala event in Bristol in November.
