On Wednesday evening I had the pleasure of joining around 150 students, parents and industry figures at the second annual Taylor Woodrow Inspiration Lecture held in the grand surroundings of One Great George Street in Westminster - the home of The Institution of Civil Engineers. The theme of this years lecture - intended to put …
Cricket. First game for 20 years!
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 …
Connaught Tunnel Crossrail Works
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 …