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Last week I had the pleasure of spending a couple of days touring the East of England visiting a number of civil engineering projects as one of the judges in the Institution of Civil Engineers 2014 Merit Awards. There were varied projects from flood defence schemes to roads and from reservoir raising schemes to railway …
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Okay. So I have decided to take a Gold Bond charity place in the Prudential RideLondon Surrey 100 that will take place on the 10th August. Partly as I am keen to take part in this event but mainly as I want to raise money for the British Tinnitus Association. As this is a Gold …
A group of Civil Engineers visited the ongoing works to that will allow the water level in Abberton Reservoir to be raised by 3 metres last week. The project is being carried out by Carillion Civil Engineering for client Essex and Suffolk Water. After an introduction to the project the group mounted up into two …
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'What' I hear you say.. To give it its full title it was an Institution of Civil Engineers East of England region Supervising Civil Engineer and Delegated Engineer Seminar. Hence the abbreviation. It was the first one I'd been too and it was very useful. I am an SCE. Find out more about this here. Graduates …
Regular readers and occasional visitors alike will have seen my previous posts about the possibility of a Institution Of Civil Engineers social summer bicycle ride through the lanes of Essex, Suffolk and Hertfordshire. We have decided that this cycle will go ahead on Sunday 7th July 2013 starting at 9am in historic Stansted Mountfitchet and returning to …
I recently managed to organise myself a visit to the C315 Connaught Tunnel Crossrail Project in East London to see first-hand how the works are progressing. The works are being carried out by Taylor Woodrow – the UK Construction arm of VINCI PLC for Client Crossrail. The project involves modifying a disused Victorian railway tunnel …
I'm considering organising an ICE Summer social cycle around the leafy lanes of Essex and its environs and am wondering what appetite there might be... Am thinking a minimally organised ride - so no signage or marshalling - so just a group or two of people out for a social ride. Thinking donation's of £5 -£10 'entry …
With the family in tow I finally got to visit the Thurrock Thameside Nature Park near Stanford-le-Hope in Essex this morning and jolly good an outing it was too. The park is on a small corner of the Cory landfill site near Mucking and is not that easy to find if you don't know where …
Last weekend saw the 130 year old bridge that carries the railway over Southend High Street replaced with a new one in the space of barely two days. This was an impressive engineering feat and a very real example to many people in Southend just what professional civil engineers and engineering companies can achieve. I missed the …
Working from home today so took the opportunity of buzzing down to the seafront to take a nosey at the civil engineering works going to 'repair' and stabilise the cliffs where a major slip occurred 10 years ago. Despite it being rather gray I snapped some pics and later spoke to the Public Liaison lady …
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