On Monday 9th May 2016 a
class of Barnsley College students were lucky enough to be invited to attend ‘a
day in industry’ organised by Sarah McHale of BMBC and James Kirkham of Mott
Macdonald. The event was planned to give the students an insight into the
design and construction industry using a live project on the Better Barnsley
Development.
The new May Day Green Market which is
currently being developed in Barnsley Town Centre was the ideal example to demonstrate
the work underway whilst also linking to the students current college work.
The day included a visit to Mott
MacDonald’s office in Sheffield where we were presented with information from
the project manager, structural engineer and designer. We were shown the processes
and software using Revit to create the drawings and specifications of the structure
that will carry the loading of the new build.
We then visited Billington Steel’s
design office where we were shown how they created the junctions between beams,
columns and braces with AutoCAD before being sent to the programming department
for cutting and drilling.
We was given a tour of the fabrication
shop in Wombwell. Here we saw where the deliveries are processed, stamping, cutting,
drilling, welding and fabrication, jet blasting and painting of the steel
before grouping together ready for despatch and transportation to site.
The group then moved to the actual site
of the structure itself in Barnsley town centre which is currently managed by
De Boer. Here they got to see and fully visualise the design they had seen from
the start of the day.
The day proved to be an invaluable
experience for the 1st year students on the Construction in the Built
Environment Course at Barnsley College. To see a structure being designed,
fabricated and constructed on site isn't something people are usually
fortunate enough to see. They now look forward to seeing the May Day
Green Market fully constructed at the end of the project.
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