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Infrastructure

Infrastructure

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Design & Planning
& Pre-construction

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  • 3D Visualiser / Specialist
  • Civil Engineer
  • Contracts Manager
  • Ecologist
  • Geotechnical Engineer
  • Logistics and Plant Manager
  • Procurement Manager
  • Rail Systems Engineer
  • Structural Engineer
  • Traffic Safety & Control Officer

Before any infrastructure project can start, there is a lot of design and planning which takes place and can take a very long time. Different types of surveys will need to be completed, detailed costs will need to be calculated and planning approval will need to be agreed.

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Rail Systems Engineer
Geotechnical Engineer
Traffic Safety & Control Officer
Civil Engineer
Structural Engineer
Logistics and Plant Manager
Ecologist
3D Visualiser / Specialist
Procurement Manager
Contracts Manager
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Geotechnical
& Earthworks

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  • Banksman
  • Environmental Engineer
  • Land / Geomatic Surveyor
  • Hydrographic Surveyor
  • Piling Operative
  • Plant Operator
  • Quality Assurance Manager
  • Site Engineer / Technician
  • Site Manager

Before anything like a road, bridge or tunnel can be built, the ground must be tested to make sure it can support it or to see if extra support is needed. This may involve employing people with specialised knowledge and machinery.

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Environmental Engineer
Hydrographic Surveyor
Site Manager
Land / Geomatic Surveyor
Piling Operative
Banksman
Plant Operator
Site Engineer / Technician
Quality Assurance Manager
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Sub-structure
& Super Structure

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  • Formworker
  • General Construction Operative
  • Highways Engineer
  • Rig Driver
  • Safety Net Rigger
  • Scaffolder
  • Setting Out Engineer
  • Tunnelling Operative
  • Tunneling Section Engineer
  • Welding Fabricator

This is the skeleton that holds everything together and is possibly the most important part of the project. If the sub or super structure is not right or made of the right material, the project will not work.

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Tunnelling Operative
Tunneling Section Engineer
Welding Fabricator
General Construction Operative
Scaffolder
Highways Engineer
Rig Driver
Formworker
Setting Out Engineer
Safety Net Rigger
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Drainage & Utilities

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  • Building Services Engineer
  • Civil Engineering Technician
  • Compliance Manager
  • Drainage Engineer
  • Electrical Engineer
  • Gas Service Installer
  • Nuclear Process Engineer
  • Plant Operator
  • SHEQ Advisor
  • Site Inspector

It is important that any new infrastructure does not cause flooding. Sometimes new drainage is needed to prevent this happening. Utilities including gas, electricity, water and communications are often carried under roads and over bridges to form a network across the country.

Increasingly, we are using wind and other alternative methods of producing energy and these must be linked into existing systems.

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Gas Service Installer
Plant Operator
Civil Engineering Technician
Site Inspector
Drainage Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Building Services Engineer
Nuclear Process Engineer
Compliance Manager
SHEQ Advisor
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Finishes

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  • Compliance Manager
  • Head of Track
  • Highways Engineer
  • Landscape Architect
  • Landscape Manager
  • Painter and Decorator
  • Site Inspector
  • Traffic Technical Officer

This is about making sure that the area around the project is made to look nice and that any infrastructure fits pleasingly into the local environment.

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Landscape Architect
Head of Track
Site Inspector
Highways Engineer
Painter and Decorator
Traffic Technical Officer
Compliance Manager
Landscape Manager
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Operation, repair & Maintenance
& Management

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  • Bricklayer
  • Highways Maintenance Technician
  • Stonemason
  • Structural Engineer
  • Surveyor
  • Transport Modeller
  • Tunneling Ventilation Engineer

Once built, any piece of infrastructure needs regular maintenance, to keep it in good working order, and may need repairing or extending in the future.

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Tunneling Ventilation Engineer
Structural Engineer
Highways Maintenance Technician
Stonemason
Bricklayer
Transport Modeller
Surveyor
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Roles In Construction

Infrastructure

An interactive tour through the 6 stages of infrastructure and the roles in construction involved in each. Click the "+" symbols to find out about a specific role and use the right-hand-side navigation arrows to move through the stages.

Infrastructure is anything that links cities, town, villages and other places. It can include roads, trainlines, bridges, tunnels, ports, flood defences and much more!

How To

Read About The Construction Phase

Use the + and x button to open and close the descriptions and find out more about each phase of infrastructure.

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Navigate The Construction Phases

Use the up and down arrow buttons to navigate the 6 phases of infrastructure and the jobs involved in each.

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Explore The Construction Roles

Click a hotspot to explore an individual role involved in the current phase of infrastructure.

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Explore More Areas In Construction

Want to know about even more roles in construction? Use the navigation menu to explore other areas in construction and the phases and job roles involved.

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