Yesterday I was at University of Essex in Colchester supporting the local Big Bang fair representing the Institution of Civil Engineers. The event was more careers fair than the big STEM event of last year but over four sessions I still got to speak to many many yr 9 and 10 students many of who …
Inspiring future engineers at Belfairs Academy
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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Southend Connexions 2012
ICE Essex recently supported a careers fair for Southend 13-19 students held at the Southend Connexions centre in Shoeburyness. It was a full day affair with students bussed in from the many schools in the area. I was there for the day and was ably assisted by Laing O'Rourke graduate engineer Matthew (Matt) Fitch. We …
Heads of the Valley
Went to Cardiff yesterday on the train. Went to talk BIM with some of our (Carillion) chaps and some clever bods from ARUP. Learned a bit about the A465 Heads of the Valley dualling project and more specifically Section 3 Brynmawr to Tredegar that Carillion and ARUP are jointly working on. The project soon goes …
Dramatic Bridge Collapse in Colchester
ICE Ambassadors recently supported the Colchester Careers Convention that was held at the Weston Homes Community Stadium in Colchester. As part of that event we demonstrated some bridge design software for the home and did a load test to destruction on a paper bridge. As part of the Careers Convention (a blog entry about the main …
Colchester Careers Convention
November started in style this year with a brilliant careers convention held at the Weston Homes Community Stadium north of Colchester. The event was organised by the Colchester 14-19 action group and I was there with other ICE members to promote careers in construction generally and civil engineering specifically. The event was an all day …
How many chocolate bars…
So here we go. A little competition for you engineers and non-engineers alike. There is no prize - just a smug feeling of getting the answer right - assuming you do. Basically, I have made a paper bridge to use as part of a demonstration session I am doing at a schools careers fair at …
Year 10 careers Fair St Bernards High School
I manned a stall at a year 10 careers fair at St Bernards High School, Westcliff earlier in the week. I was ably assisted by AECOM engineer Laura Cockle and between us we were promoting careers in the Civil Engineering industry and engineering generally as representatives of The Institution of Civil Engineers. Over the evening …
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Southend Connexions Careers Fair 2011
On Wednesday 2nd February I spent a very enjoyable and productive day at SYC - the Southend Connexions Youth Centre in Shoeburyness - with over 1,700 secondary school students. I was there to support the Southend Connexions Careers Fair 2011 and to promote careers in civil engineering and construction. This is a fairly common activity for …
WHSG ICT Conference
On Wednesday afternoon I was at Westcliff High School for Girls as a guest speaker at an ICT conference aimed at A Level ICT students. The event had been organised by WHSG for their own students and for students at other local schools. It was held in their new English Block in their excellent conference …
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