A group of Royal Engineers’ have learnt the ‘ins and outs’ of road construction during a recent visit to a National Highways improvement scheme near Stockbury roundabout.
The team of military instructors and students from Brompton Barracks in Chatham, are currently undergoing technical civil engineering training. They visited the M2 Junction 5 improvement scheme site at Stockbury roundabout to share their expertise and learn from the team of civil engineers currently building one of the largest construction projects in the region.
Dan Rollinson, project lead for the M2 Junction 5, said: “It was a pleasure to show this special group of engineers around the scheme and take them through delivering a project on ‘civvy street’. Especially as the visit happened at an exciting time for the team – as we prepare for the arrival of the first pre-cast beams that will form the road deck on the south side of the new flyover next week. Once in place, drivers will see the flyover starting to take shape.”
While on site, the students were able to learn more about how a large construction project is designed and delivered, and took the opportunity to discuss best practice with industry experts around activities such as road construction and drainage installation. The group also got chance to see first hand the complexities of constructing a new flyover, slips and link roads, while keeping a busy junction open to traffic.
Following the visit, Scott Petrie, Servicing Warrant Officer, Royal Engineers, added: “The visit was a great opportunity to contextualise and reinforce the learning students have been undertaking and will continue to undertake. The scheme was a brilliant example of delivery, using not only innovative and standard design solutions, but also demonstrating the scale of temporary and enabling works required to deliver such a scheme.”
To find out more about our work to improve M2 junction 5, and the arrival of the bridge beams, visit our project webpage: https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/south-east/m2-junction-5-improvements/