diff --git a/DDRec/src/gear/createGearForCLIC.cpp b/DDRec/src/gear/createGearForCLIC.cpp
index dcdcbc5138bd10d85c0458b06d0146e48fa4b9db..9f9c5d93bc22a1bba41ca7e2295b03585efb5fd1 100644
--- a/DDRec/src/gear/createGearForCLIC.cpp
+++ b/DDRec/src/gear/createGearForCLIC.cpp
@@ -340,21 +340,25 @@ namespace DD4hep{
 	  
 	  gear::CalorimeterParametersImpl* gearCalo = 
 	    ( calo->layoutType == LayeredCalorimeterData::BarrelLayout  ?
-	      new gear::CalorimeterParametersImpl(  calo->extent[0]/dd4hep::mm, calo->extent[3]/dd4hep::mm, calo->inner_symmetry, calo->phi0 )  :
+	      new gear::CalorimeterParametersImpl(  calo->extent[0]/dd4hep::mm, calo->extent[3]/dd4hep::mm, calo->inner_symmetry, calo->inner_phi0 )  :
 	      //CalorimeterParametersImpl (double rMin, double zMax, int symOrder=8, double phi0=0.0) - C'tor for a cylindrical (octagonal) BARREL calorimeter.
-	      new gear::CalorimeterParametersImpl(  calo->extent[0]/dd4hep::mm,  calo->extent[1]/dd4hep::mm,  calo->extent[2]/dd4hep::mm, calo->outer_symmetry, calo->phi0 )   ) ;
+	      new gear::CalorimeterParametersImpl(  calo->extent[0]/dd4hep::mm,  calo->extent[1]/dd4hep::mm,  calo->extent[2]/dd4hep::mm, calo->outer_symmetry, calo->outer_phi0 )   ) ;
 	  //CalorimeterParametersImpl (double rMin, double rMax, double zMin, int symOrder=2, double phi0=0.0) - C'tor for a cylindrical (octagonal) ENDCAP calorimeter. 
 	  
 	  for( unsigned i=0, nL = calo->layers.size() ; i <nL ; ++i ){
 	    
 	    LayeredCalorimeterData::Layer& l = calo->layers[i] ;
 	    
+            
+            //Do some arithmetic to get thicknesses and (approximate) absorber thickneses from "new" DDRec structures
+            //The positioning should come out right, but the absorber thickness should be overestimated due to the presence of 
+            //other less dense material
 	    if( i == 0 ) {
-	      gearCalo->layerLayout().positionLayer( l.distance/dd4hep::mm, l.thickness/dd4hep::mm , 
-						     l.cellSize0/dd4hep::mm, l.cellSize1/dd4hep::mm, l.absorberThickness/dd4hep::mm ) ;
+	      gearCalo->layerLayout().positionLayer( l.distance/dd4hep::mm, (l.inner_thickness+l.sensitive_thickness/2.)/dd4hep::mm , 
+						     l.cellSize0/dd4hep::mm, l.cellSize1/dd4hep::mm, (l.inner_thickness-l.sensitive_thickness/2.)/dd4hep::mm ) ;
 	    }else{
-	      gearCalo->layerLayout().addLayer(                             l.thickness/dd4hep::mm , 
-									    l.cellSize0/dd4hep::mm, l.cellSize1/dd4hep::mm, l.absorberThickness/dd4hep::mm ) ;
+	      gearCalo->layerLayout().addLayer((l.inner_thickness+l.sensitive_thickness/2.+calo->layers[i-1].outer_thickness-calo->layers[i-1].sensitive_thickness/2.)/dd4hep::mm , 
+									    l.cellSize0/dd4hep::mm, l.cellSize1/dd4hep::mm, (l.inner_thickness-l.sensitive_thickness/2.+calo->layers[i-1].outer_thickness-calo->layers[i-1].sensitive_thickness/2.)/dd4hep::mm) ;
 	    }
 	    
 	  }
@@ -362,7 +366,7 @@ namespace DD4hep{
 	  if( it->first == "HCalBarrel" ){
 	    // additional parameters needed by MarlinPandora
 	    gearCalo->setIntVal("Hcal_outer_polygon_order"   , calo->outer_symmetry  ) ;
-	    gearCalo->setDoubleVal("Hcal_outer_polygon_phi0" ,  calo->phi0 ) ;
+	    gearCalo->setDoubleVal("Hcal_outer_polygon_phi0" ,  calo->outer_phi0 ) ;
 	  }
 		  
 
diff --git a/doc/release.notes b/doc/release.notes
index 3308e9f20e7083c43c69eb702610bf56394554fe..ea5ddcfc86a36931feecb3f4a8c74eef7e256d94 100644
--- a/doc/release.notes
+++ b/doc/release.notes
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ DD4hep  ----  Release Notes
    - The variables  "absorberThickness" and "thickness" are now DEPRECATED
    - The variable "distance" is understood to contain the distance from the IP or
      the Z axis to the innermost face of the layer. 
-
+  - DDRec/createGearForCLIC.cpp: Made compatible with new DDRec structure
 
 2015-08-12 N.Nikiforou
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