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Hyder wins prestigious BSVI 2010 award in Germany for work on the A113 motorway

A joint venture comprising the Berlin Senate Department for Urban Development, Hyder Consulting and a.gu - Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning has won the BSVI Award (Bundesvereinigung der Straßenbau- und Verkehrsingenieure e.V.) for Sustainable Road Design 2010. This award recognises our innovative sustainable road design and landscaping work on the A113 from Neukölln junction to Rudow-Altgliencke.

Established in 1984, these prestigious awards take place only once every four years.  This year’s award sought examples of innovative solutions for sustainable road design. Twenty-one entries were submitted for consideration by the jury, which comprised representatives from urban, environmental, landscape and road planning and design. A key aspect of their judging criteria was how projects had successfully integrated technical expertise and nature conservation.

Our submission impressed the jury due to the novel ways in which it minimises adverse impacts on the environment and enhances the road-user experience including:

• High and green soundproofed walls along the motorway to prevent it being seen or heard from the surrounding area
• Soil filters to collect and clean polluted water from the motorway
• The design of parkland and landscape for agricultural use :

In addition new recreational parkland has been created and links the former East and Western part of Berlin, giving the project an added symbolic importance.

Stefan Wallmann, Sector Director - Transport at Hyder Consulting Germany commented: “I am delighted that our joint venture has won this major award. It is testimony to our leading expertise and ability to deliver key infrastructure projects which benefit our clients and the communities they serve.”