The proliferation of unnecessary and unsightly street furniture is alive and well in Southend much to my annoyance. Most of the time I have to admit that Southend Borough Council gets things right - but not in this case. In various streets in the neighbourhood parking restrictions have been implemented resulting in parking spaces being painted on the …
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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ICE Members visit Sadlers Farm Project
A group of 25 members of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) recently paid a visit to view the ongoing construction works at the junction of the A13 and the A130 known as Sadlers Farm Junction in Essex. The £63.6 million project is being undertaken by Birse Civil Engineering for Client Essex County Council and …
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 …
British Gas National Cup Diving, Southend.
I was lucky enough to get to see some some world class diving yesterday at the British Gas National Cup diving event in Southend, Essex, UK yesterday. The event was held at the Olympic standard diving facilility at the new Southend Swimming and Diving Centre at Garons Park in. We had seen it advertised that …
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Time Lapse Photography
This is my first stab at time lapse photography. Photos taken from my back yard once every 10 seconds for 5 minutes at 10 frames per second saved as a an animated gif. Quite pleased with the results as it was my first attempt. Might have another go tomorrow but need some better software to …
Prittle Brook Greenway Phase 1 nearing completion
Phase 1 of the Prittle Brook Greenway project in Southend is nearing completion but there are one or two areas where things need to be corrected. The Greenway runs near the bottom of our road and this afternoon I had a quick cycle along it to see how the work was progressing. The Phase …
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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 …
Cuckoo Corner Update
The works in Southend to improve some congested junctions is progressing really well and hopefully drivers will already be seeing the benefits even before the full works are complete. Birse Civil Engineering are carrying out works at both Progress Road junction and at Cuckoo Corner as part of the Better Southend Schemes. Both jobs have …
A stroll around my neighbourhood
This morning I decided to go for a stroll around my neigbourhood - Westcliff and Southend in Essex. I wanted some air, some exercise and to see how some local construction work was going and I though I'd be an hour or so. In practice I was out for over three very enjoyable hours. I …
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