Linear infrastructure overbuild seminar
Join this in-person event hosted by Transport for London to launch Buildoffsite’s recent ‘Linear infrastructure overbuild guide’ and learn how using offsite solutions can contribute to this form of development.
Background
Cities have an ever-increasing need for additional, good quality housing as they continue to grow. Greenfield sites are often almost non-existent within existing city boundaries, which means their brownfield and demolition sites are the norm for redevelopment projects.
In this context, where demolition or remedial costs can be significant, the possibility to embrace innovative infrastructure overbuild approaches becomes an exciting, new alternative – one which becomes even more attractive where the infrastructure corridor land is in quasi-public ownership.
Buildoffsite’s recently published Linear Infrastructure Overbuild Guide presents the broad solution to a truly golden opportunity for Housing-led Urban Regeneration. More specifically, it creates an ideal platform (literally) for designers, manufacturers and developers to demonstrate the benefits of DfMA, where traditional construction methods are unlikely to be feasible.
The guide sets out to demonstrate how using offsite solutions can contribute to this form of development. Inspired by WSP’s Out of Thin Air reports, it aims to do three things:
- Make more potential sites viable, creating homes and offsite project opportunities.
- Enable stakeholders to consider how to unlock more of this potential.
- Help more developers and suppliers to be involved with infrastructure overbuild.
Hear first-hand from the guide’s editors and lead authors to explore the challenges, opportunities and benefits of offsite to overbuild, and gain insight and inspiration from other overbuild projects.
Buildoffsite is the voice of the offsite construction industry. For more information about membership, please contact Dirk Vennix.
Sponsorship opportunities
For information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Susan Richards.
Why attend
- Discover the linear infrastructure overbuild opportunity for cities and how offsite approaches are beneficial.
- Understand the key commercial aspects to be considered when setting up an overbuild project and how some major projects have been managed.
- Gain insight into the practicalities of creating sites above railways.
- Be inspired by case studies of overbuild project from around the world.
- Earn valuable CPD.
Who should attend
- Planners, landowners, architects, designers, manufacturers and developers
When
Tuesday 21 February 2023
08:30 – 12:30
Programme
08:30 Registration and networking
09:00 Welcome
Alexandra Jezeph, Senior Property Development Manager,
Commercial Development, Transport for London Property
09:10 Introduction and objectives
Dirk Vennix, Chief Executive, CIRIA and Buildoffsite
09:20 Examples of current overbuild projects
Bill Price, Director, WSP
09:40 Introducing the Linear infrastructure overbuild guide
Nigel Fraser, Industry Advisor, Buildoffsite
09:50 The challenge and housebuilding targets
Ivan Dowman, National Property Operations Interface Manager,
Group Property - Development, Network Rail
10:20 The vision: place-making and architectural opportunities for MMC
Nick Hacking, Partner, Sheppard Robson
10:40 The benefits of offsite to overbuild
• Civil engineering - creating the sites
• Superstructure - buildings
Jim Martin, Project Director for Major Multidisciplinary projects, WSP
George Poppe, Associate Partner, Sheppard Robson
11:00 Networking break
11:20 Interactive discussions and Q&A
How do we make more sites attractive to developers?
Jim Martin, Project Director for Major Multidisciplinary projects, WSP
How offsite can help, particularly with respect to the civil engineering aspects
Daniel Richards, Associate Director, Project Management (Consultancy), Mace
How can the creation of sites be funded?
Nigel Fraser, Industry Advisor, Buildoffsite
Town planning opportunities
Nick Hacking, Partner, Sheppard Robson
How to approach whole life costing/carbon and structural health care
Nigel Fraser, Industry Advisor, Buildoffsite
12:20 Closing remarks
Where
Transport for London
Victoria Station House (no step-free access from street level)
8th Floor
191 Victoria Street
London, SW1E 5NE
Fees
Buildoffsite members Free to attend (please complete and return the
booking form to Charlotte Draper.)
CIRIA members Free to attend (register online)
Non-members £120 + VAT (register online)
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