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A couple of weeks ago I spent the day at my daughters school - Belfairs Academy in Westcliff - supporting their careers fair. I was there in my capacity as a STEM Ambassador / Chartered Civil Engineer representing the industry as a whole but I was also representing my employer Taylor Woodrow and the wider Vinci group. It was a …
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ICE and IStructE members and guests in Essex were treated to a fascinating lecture last night on all things Demolition, Deconstruction, and Dismantling. The lecture - given by McGee Group Director Paul Bland and Head of Demolition Nick Taylor - covered all aspects of building demolition and was augmented with examples from their extensive portfolio …
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On Tuesday morning I visited the Victoria Station Upgrade project in London to do annual reviews with two trainees working toward their Chartered Professional Review for full corporate membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers. They are two great candidates one male and one female doing equal roles on site and both are aiming to …
This afternoon I had the great pleasure of ascending to the 35th floor of 20 Fenchurch Street aka The 'Walkie Talkie' building to marvel at the public Sky Garden and the views. My 1.5 hour booked slot commenced at 3.30pm and so I was able to see it in sunshine and to witness the sunset. …
Peter Hawkins – Counter Terrorism Security Advisor (CTSA) Supervisor in the Protective Services Command of Norfolk Constabulary - gave an excellent talk on designing resilience in public spaces last night (4th November). Given to a joint audience of civil and structural engineering members of ICE and IStructE, the event was held at the usual ICE …
On Saturday I stumbled across @StructureFOUND on twitter and thence to http://www.structurallyfound.org.uk. Structurally found is a photographic competition being held over the OpenHouse weekend of 20/21st September. The idea is to instagram or tweet any number of photos each showing one or more of the nine structural forms listed on the website with the appropriate …
Last week I attended the first Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Essex Branch lecture of the 2014/15 session at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Chelmsford. The subject was the Dawlish Railway Repairs and a very interesting and informative lecture was given bu Emma Lewis of Network Rail and Jon Powell of consulting Engineers Tony Gee …
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Institution of Civil Engineers members and guests recently visited the Essex Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) project in Basildon and were treated to a presentation on the scheme and a tour of the construction site. The £120M project is being designed and constructed by UBB – a joint venture between Spanish company Urbaser and UK contractor …
Last Friday I spent the third and final day touring projects that had entered the ICE East of England Merit Awards 2014. You can read about the first two days of visits on my blog here. This final days projects were all in the South of the region in my home town of Southend and …
Last week my employer Vinci Construction UK played the first of a series of friendly 20:20 cricket games against other civil engineering and related companies. We played consulting Engineers AECOM at a very nice ground in St Albans - The Old Albanians ground at Woollam Playing Fields. I went along to take some photos (mainly …
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