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The Master’s Year

Teambuild 2015 challenged teams to plan, design and present hypothetical proposals based around
‘Edinburgh Gateway’ – the complex infrastructure interchange at Gogar, west of Edinburgh,
connecting road, tram, rail and air transport. The base project information was provided by the real
site team for the new interchange: WSP|PB allowed competitors viewing access to the federated
project BIM model through Autodesk’s BIMglue software. A further level of challenge was provided
by asking teams to engage with the SMART cities concept, and make intelligent data management
and IT a key driver in developing their schemes.
Eleven teams, representing twenty-four top construction industry companies, made it through to
the hotly-contested finals, and impressed throughout with their professionalism, enthusiasm and
dedication. Their performance was evaluated by fourteen senior industry figures, each representing
a construction institution. This year the panel included George Adams (Past President of the
Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers), Peter Murray (Master of the Worshipful
Company of Chartered Architects, and Chair of the National Landlords Association), Patricia Newton
(Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Constructors), and John Brennan (Fellow of the
Chartered Institute of Building, and past winner of the Construction Manager of the Year Award).

Photograph by kind permission of TeamBuild
The diversity of the judging panel was reflected in the institutional membership and employers of
members of the winning team: Laura Purton (ICE, Sir Robert McAlpine / Arup); Alex Moffat (ICE,
Balfour Beatty); Kate Keightley-Smith (RIBA, Hawkins/Brown); Harriet Lilley (CIBSE. Max Fordham);
and Carmel Lennon (ICE, Price and Myers).
The Procurement Strategy Prize of £1,250, awarded by the Worshipful Company of Chartered
Architects, was awarded by Master Peter Murray to Hestia a team from Hawkins/Brown, Eckersley
O’Callaghan, Curtins, Arup and Core Five, which included members of the ICE, CIOB IHT, APM and CIAT.

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