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Challenges managing the modernization of the Antarctic research station Rothera

Simon Garrod, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) (United Kingdom), presents the challenges of managing a "construction site" rather than a "scientific research site" at the Antarctic research station Rothera. The BAS is undergoing extensive redevelopment at Rothera research station as part of its modernization programme. The first phase involved replacing the existing wharf with a deeper version to allow the new BAS research vessel, the RRS Sir David Attenborough, to resupply the station. This construction project brought significant challenges due to the scale of activities and the relatively limited space available for machinery operations, quarrying and stock-piling of rock, building the new steel frames, and workshops. Additionally in the second season of the two-year wharf project, we started groundworks for the new science and operations building. During this period, we sought to minimise the impact to science, both on station and in the field, since Rothera is the hub for BAS air operations. This is a long-term programme of construction so we had to find ways to facilitate construction needs, whilst maintaining scientific outputs. Construction will last for several years and therefore and we could not put science on hold. Accommodating the numbers of people on station has been a challenge and has required changes to both station infrastructure and station routines. The wharf project has now been completed successfully and perhaps most importantly of all, safely. As major construction activity was undertaken, whilst maintaining normal station operations, safety and risk management was an overarching theme and required a joined up approach between construction partners and BAS. From the outset, the project philosophy was to deliver the modernization programme as a partnership, rather than as a separate construction team working independently of BAS. Achieving this level of integration began well before construction started on site. This joined up approach has been integral to the overall success of the project delivered and was a key element in managing a construction site at an Antarctic research station. For a full list of presenters, abstracts and additional materials for the 19th COMNAP Symposium (2020) “Antarctic Station Modernization: Future-proofing Infrastructure to Support Research and to Reduce Environmental Impact” please visit www.comnap.aq/projects/comnap-symposium-antarctic-station-modernization. More information on the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs is available at www.comnap.aq. Follow us on Twitter @COMNAP1.