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Infrastructure Engineering aims to design the built environment around us, helping to create better places to live for our communities, by producing public realm space or transportation links to last long into the future. In Design ID we specialise in delivering technical problem solving and holistic technical project management, to achieve our Public Sector Client goals, whilst leading Construction Teams in delivering efficiency, sustainable and environmental improvements for the same aim.

We do this by applying our mantra of ‘Think | Design | Engineer’ whereby we aim to Think about the ‘big picture’ first, using our breadth of experience across many sectors and disciplines, to ensure the design brief and challenges we are aiming to solve are the optimal ones to focus on for the project success. We then seek to Design a solution from a holistic perspective, considering materials, available suppliers, wider ecological or statutory authority perspective, temporary works and construction to ensure our design is appropriate for the ‘big picture’. Finally, we Engineer
the solution, following codes and standards where applicable, or using our industry leading expertise from first principles, to determine appropriate civil and structural design outputs.

We have split our services into the following core sectors, but in each of them we are driven by the same holistic engineering ability to see the bigger picture, where we have also applied more general infrastructure Health, Safety & Environment advisory roles such as Principal Designer, Project Supervisor for the Design Process (PSDP) and BREEAM Infrastructure Assessment.

Bridges

Our passion for good infrastructure starts with good bridges, as the most striking public display of our engineering skills. We love the challenge of spanning rivers, roads and railways, with new links for people, cars and trains, often in the most constrained and testing of environments, where our holistic technical experience and problem solving ensures there is no challenge we can’t overcome.

We lead Design & Construction Teams with our specialist bridge engineering skills, to deliver sustainable and efficient solutions, including;

  • Initial site condition and principal inspection
  • New design of bridges in stone, masonry, concrete and steel
  • Innovative material use (GRP, FRP, MMC)
  • Advanced existing structure assessment
  • Rehabilitation of existing and heritage infrastructure
  • Innovative engineering, and;
  • Technical Project Management.

Our extensive portfolio project list showcases our ability to deliver diverse bridge design projects, from the small rural crossing in the West of Ireland, to the mega projects of our European cities, specific to our Client's needs. Partner with us to create resilient infrastructure that connects and enhances our communities.

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Featured Project

Blackwater Bridge Replacement

The Blackwater Bridge Replacement encompassed the demolition of the existing masonry arch bridge, which carries the N2 National Road over the Blackwater River, north of Monaghan Town. The existing structure impeded the flow of the River, leading to severe flooding events, whilst also having exceeded its design life. As the main route connecting Dublin to Derry and used by over 12,000 vehicles per day, it was vital that the N2 would remain operational during the bridge replacement.

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Rail

The historic infrastructure present throughout the railway network of the UK and Ireland poses a unique challenge that we have enjoyed answering. Our experience ranges from untangling the red tape around developing land adjacent to the railway, getting out on track to complete inspections and assess existing infrastructure, to designing new public realm areas at Crossrail Stations.

We lead Design & Construction Teams with our specialist railway engineering skills, to deliver sustainable and efficient solutions, including;

  • Railway Asset Inspection / Assessment
  • Railway Asset Management & Monitoring
  • Outside Party Projects alongside the railway
  • Construction Engineering Manager Role (CEM)
  • Contractors Responsible Engineer Role (CRE-Design, TWD & Construction)
  • Railway Infrastructure Design (bridges to platforms)
  • Temporary Works Design (eg Road Rail Access Points, cut slopes)
  • Technical Project Management

Our extensive portfolio project list showcases our ability to deliver diverse projects on or near the line, from residential development at the top of railway embankments, to the mega railway projects of Crossrail & Brent Cross Development. We are used to partnering with the full supply chain from the railway authorities (Network Rail, TfL, Translink, Iarnród Éireann), to skilled Construction Teams, to those developers who don’t know what they’re in for when they purchased that brownfield site beside the railway!

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Featured Project

Lambeg Railway Station Footbridge Replacement

Public Realm

There isn’t a single member of our Infrastructure team who doesn’t want to create public realm and community projects they can be proud of, and that’s an enthusiastic passionate service we’re keen to provide. One of the unique things we provide in our delivery is bringing our holistic technical experience and problem solving from other sectors to the public realm, driving environmental improvement, using local sustainably sourced modern materials, and bringing existing tired infrastructure back to life.

Some of the specific services and project types we’ve delivered include;

  • Initial site condition survey reporting
  • Urban Public Realm
  • Rural Trails & Sculptural Installations
  • Active Travel Greenways
  • Design for Tourism
  • Access for All Engineering
  • Rehabilitation of existing and heritage infrastructure
  • Technical Project Management.

Our extensive portfolio project list showcases our ability to deliver in a diverse range of public realm environments, from the small trail providing active travel recreation for rural communities, to the urban redevelopment of parts of London for Crossrail, partner with us to create resilient infrastructure that connects and enhances our communities.

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Featured Project

Royal Hillsborough Forest Sculpture

The timber sculpture is inspired by the natural woodland setting and the Gothic architecture of Hillsborough Parish Church. Using Grasshopper and Karamba3d, we created scipts to develop the concept form provided by the artist into a working analysis model, evolving the visually form to reduce member stresses and to optimise timber lengths to suit available materials.

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Marine

Our Marine Engineers are experienced dealing with the toughest coastal environments, in some of the most challenging access and corrosion conditions on Earth. To tackle this, we combine good old fashioned robust engineering, with the aim of providing reduced carbon solutions using modern materials. We do this with a real understanding of marine and environmental loading to drive our designs to solve the problems encountered.

We lead Design & Construction Teams with our specialist marine engineering skills, to deliver sustainable and efficient solutions, including;

  • Initial site condition and underwater inspection
  • Advanced existing structure assessment
  • Rehabilitation of existing and heritage infrastructure (Cathodic Protection)
  • Design for Scour & Dredging
  • Design of new port side infrastructure
  • Marina Design for Access & Berthing
  • Marine Temporary Works Design;
  • Technical Project Management.

Our extensive portfolio project list showcases our ability to deliver diverse marine engineering projects, from lifting and piling temporary works, to big picture Port Masterplanning, partner with us to create resilient infrastructure that will out-live us!

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Featured Project

The Great Light, Belfast

Contractor Design Services

Our expertise spans from simple working platform designs to wider site logistics planning and the development of construction methodologies. We excel in bridging the gap between design standards and construction realities, ensuring buildability and innovative, holistic solutions, where temporary works complement and enhance permanent structures. Our unique position allows us to foresee opportunities and deliver designs that work in harmony, optimising both efficiency and functionality for construction teams.

We support Construction Teams to deliver sustainable and efficient solutions, including;

  • Initial site condition and dilapidation inspections
  • Asset Monitoring & Site Reporting
  • Statutory Technical Approvals
  • Temporary Works Design to BS 5975
  • Site Logistics & Construction Phase Programming
  • Traffic Management
  • Technical Project Management as D&B Lead.

Our extensive portfolio project list showcases our ability to deliver temporary works designs, from the simplest working platform to big picture site development and phasing, partner with us to create resilient infrastructure that will improve your bottom line.

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Featured Project

A82 Pulpit Rock

Industrial

As the sector we can make the biggest environmental impact in, our holistic lead consultant engineering skills are readily applied to any industrial project to efficiently deliver our civil, structural and infrastructure design, whilst remembering that we are just an enabler to the more important process and operations side of the project team. Our aim is therefore to design each project with a primary focus on programme, usually fitting into a wider business need or construction programme.

We support our industrial clients to deliver sustainable and efficient solutions, including;

  • Initial site / utility survey and asset condition inspections
  • Power Station Development
  • Industrial Facility Design
  • Advanced Modelling for ease of M&E Plant installation.
  • Temporary & Enabling Works for Windfarm developments
  • Plant Logistics & Construction Phase Programming
  • H&S & BREEAM Infrastructure Roles
  • Technical Project Management as Lead Consultant

Our extensive portfolio project list showcases our ability to deliver industrial design, from the simplest asset survey to big picture facility development and phasing, partner with us to create resilient infrastructure that will meet your business need.

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Featured Project

Sensata Technologies