Mott MacDonald

Bergen Light Rail - A Tram to the Airport

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New Brand
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Introduction

• Jim Sherry
• Overview
• Project logistics
• Design features of interest

• John McInerney
• Design features of interest
• Systems Engineering
• BIM
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Bergen

• 2nd biggest city in Norway

• Population of 278,000 in the city
• Over 500,000 in the Greater Bergen Region /
Hordaland County
• Hordaland Fylkeskommune is the
administrative authority for the county
• Bergen Kommune – City Council
• Beautiful city - wettest in Europe: 2250mm
rainfall pa (Dublin 730mm)
• Light Rail system is funded by local and
national government – including road tolls
around Bergen
• 60 north
• Area 465.3 km2
• Population 250,000
• Population density 496
• Average temperature: July 13.5C January 1.5C
• Average rainfall: 2,250mm/year
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Bergen Overview

• Bybanen = light rail:

• Bybanen Utbygging = light rail development
• Bergen dumped trams at sea in 1950’s, when rail lines
were closed in Ireland

Tram in operation in Bergen City Strong public uptake Providing an alternative to the Car
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Rationale for Bergen Light Rail
Bybanen = light rail
Bybanen Utbygging =
light rail development

Overall Bybanen Layout

• 5 stages
• 1 & 2 operational
• 3 Mott MacDonald
• 4 & 5 future
• Mountainous terrain means linear
urban development
• Vision: 80% of workplaces and 50 %
of homes within 600m of a stop.
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Stage 3 – overall layout Sandsli

Rådal
Kokstad øst Sandslivegen

• 6 tunnels Kokstad vest

• 4 bridges Flesland

Birkelandsskiftet
• New workshop & depot
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Bergen Tram Key Dates

Flesland
Terminal
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 (2017)
(2010) (2013) (2016)

Depot
(2015)
Bergen Light Rail • The delta area at the depot
entrance with traction
Project Scope substation to the right.

Stage 3 Project Scope:

NOK 3.6bn (€ 450m)
• 8km of double track
• 6 tunnels, total length approximately 2800m
• 4 track bridges, total length approximately
340m, with the longest 110m
• 3 pedestrian bridges over track and roads
• 4 culverts for track, total length 680m
• 8 portals attached to tunnels
• 7 tram-stops
• Workshop Building for 50 Trams
• Parking Hall for 40 trams
• Office building for system control, drivers,
maintenance staff, and administration
• Two storey park & ride car park –
with bus stop on & tram line on the roof
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Project set-up

• No initial presence in Bergen

• MMD O&G presence in Stavanger
• Set up local company – Mott MacDonald Ireland NUF
(for invoicing & tax purposes).
• Set up local office, complete with suitable IT infrastructure.
• Employ local staff
• Optimisation stage with Client
• Register and demonstrate competence with DIBK
(Direktoratet for Byggkvalitet) – necessary for planning
application
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Multi office project

Multi office approach required for complex project

• 10 Mott MacDonald offices in 6 countries
Pascall + Watson - architecture
Mott MacDonald
RPA (Railway Procurement Agency) 5% Pascall + Watson
8% Norwegian
Ramboll Norway: g-prog RPA
12%
ACK arkitekter - ansvarlig soker

75%

• Mott MacDonald collaborative working processes

• (BIM / CDE / Lync / PiMS / Projectwise)
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Project logistics

• Approx. 354,000 hours in total

• 253,000 (67%) Ireland based
• 137 man years
• 34 full time engineers / architects for 4 years

• Early decision to limit full time presence in Bergen

• 8 technical staff with Norwegian contracts
• Substantial travel: 1242 Hotel nights, 1260 Flights
(round trip 4 flights!)
The Staff –
Bergen airport
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Project Commercial Management

• Tendered fixed price project in NOK: 60%

• Tendered time charge rates in NOK for changes and construction
support: 40%.
• Rates blended across Ireland, UK, mid Europe, and Norway.
• Costs in Euro, Sterling, NOK, SA Rand, Czech Koruna, Hungarian Forint.

• Euro / NOK exchange:

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Regulatory Authorities

• Bergen kommune
• Reguleringsplan (project zoning)
• Ramesokenad (planning permission – requires agreement of neighbours)
• IG sokenad (permission to build)
• Brukstillatelse (workshop - permission to operate)

• Bergen cultural committee

• Architectural presentation before planning submission accepted
• Norwegian Railway Authority
• Railway Safety Case
• Statensvegvesen (roads authority)
• Approval of roads and bridges.
• Bergenshalvøens Kommunale Kraftselskap (BKK)
• power supply approval of traction power system
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Stakeholders

• Bybanen AS
• Owns and operates trams within Hordaland fylkeskommune
• Stadler: tram supply and maintenance contract
• Skyss / Keolis: tram operating contract

• Hordaland fylkeskommune
• Owns and operates Workshop & Depot
• Owns and operates Park and Ride multi-storey car park

• Avinor:
• Operates airport – tram terminal under new Terminal 2, due to be
complete in 2017

• Neighbours (for Workshop & Depot):

• Avinor – future runway centreline 180m from site edge
• Military – adjacent land ownership at Depot
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Norwegian construction environment

• G-prog: combined specification and pricing document

• Norwegian construction contracts:
• 7 civil and building, 4 technical, 4 specialist equipment.
• Client administers contract – consultant provides technical support

• Differing construction practices:

• Blockwork, road gullies, concrete precast on steel frame.

• O drawings: to scale bird’s eye view

• Language:
• Norwegian contract language
• Emails in Norwegian or English
• All Deliverables in both Norwegian and English
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Optimisation Stage

• Optimisation exercise a contract obligation:

• Line: 50 optimisation points
• Depot: 25 optimisation points
• Each optimisation point to provide analysis and assessment of functionality, ,
overall strategy for implementation, risk factors, cost & programme reductions
• Decision Papers
• During optimisation and detailed design
• Identify issue
• Determine options, costs, programme, functionality pro’s and con’s,
• Make a recommendation
• Rastolen example
• Line optimisation report:
• 68 optimisation points
• 27 decision papers (optimisation stage)
• Depot optimisation report
• 25 optimisation points
• 50 decision papers
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Design Features of Interest

• Depot layout optimisation

• Rock – mass balance
• Rainfall + Freeze thaw cycles
• Tram start in cold weather (covered points at parking hall exit)
• TEK 10: energy efficiency balance
• Slip-form Kerb
• Bus terminal re-location
• Change tunnel profiles to eliminate pumping
• Depot planning
• Equipment advice
• Depot architecture
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Site layout optimisation
Site layout options
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Current site layout
Site layout options
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Slip form kerb

Slip-form kerb quickly deliniated Extract from 3D model

track area during construction
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Birkelandsskiftet bus terminal – light rail interface
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Current workshop layout

Bogie workshop

Painting & bonding

Light maintenance
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Workshop sections
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Equipment advise

• C35 Tram wash – linked to overall operations

• C36 Tram sanding – linked to overall operations
• C37 Tram lifting
• C38 Tram maintenance equipment, including:

• Wheel lathe relocation and optional new wheel lathe

• Mobile lifting jacks with central control
• Stationary wheel profile measuring device
• Underfloor washing station
• Rail drop for bogie shimming
• Bogie load test measuring stand
• Wheel tyre saw with hydraulic wedge
• Wheel bridge for measuring wheel point loads500kN hydraulic workshop press and
hydraulic test stand
• Compact road / rail shunter vehicle

MMD rail team Manchester + RPA

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Collaboration

Design elements: Tunnels, portals,

bridge, roads, retaining walls, OCS,
ducting, tram stop, landscape
architecture.
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Architecture – South Facade
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Architecture – South Facade
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Architecture
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Architecture
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Introduction

• Jim Sherry
• Overview
• Project logistics
• Design features of interest

• John McInerney
• Design features of interest
• Systems Engineering
• BIM
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Dyrhovd Tunnel

• Tunnel classified - dark

• Pedestrian & cycle - lit
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Options Assessment - Optimisation – Decision of Location on
Turnback Location Location of Main Turnback

20

15

10

0
C001 C002
-5 C003
C005
-10

Technical Economical
Operational Affect on Design
Affect on Construction Health and Safety
RAM Interfaces
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Rastolen Terminus

Rastolen Terminus
• Tram Partial Terminus
• Pedestrian facilities
• School
• Pedestrian underpass
• Road and cycleway
• Vertical gradients
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Airport - Platform
Bergen Light Rail – Avinor Stop
Avinor Stop under
construction
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System Engineering

IMS
(Project Plan
of Work)

Systems
RAMS
Engineering
Strategy
Management
[3]
Plan [17]

RAM
System Safety Requirements Configuration Interface
Performance
Management Management Management Management
Management
Plan [5] Plan [18] Plan [21] Plan [19]
Plan [4]

RAM
Design Safety
Performance Project Human factors EMC Verification &
Case (this
Assessment Acceptance Integration Management Validation
document)
Report [TBD]
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Systems Engineering

Technical
Municipal
Entities
ORGANISATIONS
Authorities
Public &
Organisations
Operator
Maintainer

C44 Electrical Rail Signals &

High Voltage TRAMS C52 Points
BYBANEN St 3 Signalling
REQUIREMENTS

C43 Power C43 Power C51

Substations Catenary Track
Rolling Stock
C45
(Stadler &
C24 Street Signals
SYSTEMS
Project) Buildings
Bybnanen
REQUIRE- CONTRACTS
C11 - C14
CCTV and PIA Stage 3
STAGE 1 & 2 C23 Shelters
MENTS
Infrastructure Ground (inc. bridges
and tunnels) Stops &
C21 Facades and C21 Facades and
Screening Screening

Signal &
Telecomms C05 -C06 C31 Contamin-ated
Contractors Preparatory Contract Material
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3D Ducting and Cable Management System • 56,4 km ducting
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Speed Profile Optimisation

• Original Alignment
• Journey time calculation
• Optimise for geometric
speed, alignment options
• Adjust for speed restrictions
• Safety review signalling
areas, facing, visibility
• “Rationalise” speed profile
for driver
• Revise cant for final speed
profile
• Final track, OCS, signalling
with speed profile
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Rail power design
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Building Information Modelling - BIM
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Project team collaboration

• Project Team Collaboration

• Dublin : Civil, Elec,Rail Systems
• Cork : Roads, Bridges,
Manchester
Retaining Structures
• London: Tunnels
• Budapest : Tunnels
• Bristol : Geotechnical
• Prague & Brno : Bridges
• Bergen : Client Interface

• PiMS ProjectWise – Key Dates

• 2012 Q1,2: Bergen Line Setup
• 2012 Q3: Bergen Depot Setup
• 2013 Q1: Add Project Stage
Controls

• External Collaboration
• Client 3D Workshops
• Contractors / Local Authorities
Time - Quarters
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QA & workflow
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Stage 3
BIM Video
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BIM – Software Selection

• Features
• Interoperability
• Hardware & network requirements
• Client/contractor compatibility
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Software selection

1.Engineering/Modelling 2. Coordination 3 .Deliverables

CAD
Microstation
PDF
DGN

Bentley MX
DWG DWG

Ben. Rebar

NWD NWD
AutoCAD
Navisworks

Civil 3D

Revit
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Level of development & detail
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BIM Results – Construction information

3D model – setting out

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BIM Results – Construction information

3D model – setting out

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3D Model – setting out

• Information Directly from 3D Model

• Appreciation of Construction Interfaces
• Maintain Project Controls
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3D Model – setting out
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BIM Results: Client benefits of BIM

Shared Stakeholder Reputation

understanding

Visualisation Model for Stakeholder ........MMD has produced a fantastic

3d model which runs through a very
complex terrain. From what i have
seen on other projects, this is
maybe the most complete and
advanced infrastructure model you
can find today.......

.......A lot of the

Construction Progress
things MMD has done in this project
with 3d models will probably set a
benchmark for how things, are
presented in 3d in future
infrastructure projects in Norway.

Stian Veseth VESETH AS

Thank you
Jim.Sherry@mottmac.com
John.McInerney@mottmac.com

Link to construction video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEpV3t1iNX0&feature=youtu.be