Learning Legacy Podcast – Episode 2: The Blueprint and the Real Thing

Design not only encapsulates the creativity and innovation of new products, but is the main source of information for construction to take place.  Episode 2 of the Learning Legacy Podcast takes a look at the design stages of stations and tunnel portals and encapsulating the importance of finding new methods of work and finding the opportunity to answer questions when there isn’t much existing research out there. Featuring: Giles Thomas – HS2 Integration Director Kim Quazi – ARUP Lead Architect Fernando Ruiz-Barberan – ARUP Building Envelope Team Associate  José Marquez Santoyo – ARUP Architecture Lead William George – Jacobs Senior Engineer Darren Carter – Jacobs Senior Associate Director Lee Canning – Jacobs Senior Associate Director Giles describes his role in connecting the teams creating 140-miles of track, 4 state-of-the art stations, two depots and 32 miles of tunnel together, and what HS2 has taken on board from London 2012 and Crossrail to make its Learning Legacy programme most beneficial for the industry. Kim, Fernando and José take a deep dive into the new Interchange Station, and how cloud-based data sharing allowed for a new way of sharing revisions for major infrastructures gave a new meaning to ‘going back to the drawing board’. William, Darren and Lee talk through the design process for the largest porous portal in the UK and documenting the challenges and collaboration with external experts in a paper will give other designers a head start when new tunnel portals are built.  “It is really important to tell the world the extraordinary things that are happening. Not only in our project, but throughout the line and the thousands of people who are working on the project. And they’ve all been given the opportunity to innovate and drive things forward.”  – Kim Quazi To find out more about HS2’s Learning Legacy Programme, click the link below Homepage – HS2 Learning Legacy Papers Featured in this episode  HS2 Interchange Station – Innovative Roof Design: An exemplary project on Integrated Design Team collaboration and the use of advanced Digital Workflows – HS2 Learning Legacy Design of Chiltern Tunnel South Portal – HS2 Learning LegacyThe post Learning Legacy Podcast – Episode 2: The Blueprint and the Real Thing first appeared on Engineering Matters.