The M74 Completion project recently played host to the president of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), the global organisation for the promotion and advancement of civil engineering around the world.
The ICE President Paul Jowitt was joined by David Anderson, ICE Glasgow & West of Scotland Chairman, and Derek Chambers of Interlink M74 JV when he visited the project in late November as part of his President's Visit to Scotland.
Mr Jowitt was shown the fly-over videos which provide a virtual model of what the new motorway will look like upon completion before being given a tour of the site.
The group visited two of the key structures on the route of the new motorway which is one of the largest infrastructure schemes currently on the ground in Scotland. The M74/M8 link viaduct will carry both carriageways of the M74 over the M8 while the Port Eglinton viaduct, the largest of the project's thirteen structures, will allow the new motorway to pass over a number of surface streets and rail lines.
Mr Jowitt left the project impressed with what he had seen and said:
"The M74 Completion Project is a real gem. It combines some challenging engineering on a constrained urban site - not least the impending launch of the Port Eglinton Viaduct - with factors that don't usually spring to mind with most motorway projects: positive support from the local community, minimal disruption, urban regeneration together with contaminated land clean-up and materials reuse. All this reflects the very positive and seamless working relationships within the Interlink M74 JV team"
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