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On Thursday 14th July, 22 local members of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and I visited London Gateway in Coryton, Essex to view the ongoing Phase 1 Port construction works. I had organised the visit in my capacity as Chairman of the Essex Branch of the ICE. London Gateway is owned by DP World, one …
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Had my first experience of using a Boris Bike yesterday and it was a mixed one. I was at our Office in Minories near Aldgate East tube station and needed to be at London Bridge Station for a site visit at 10.30. having been discussing Boris Bikes with a colleague first thing I decided to give one …
It was the London to Southend Bike Ride today and as I was not taking part this year I decided to go down and take a whole load of photographs of those people who were taking part and in doing so raising funds for a variety of causes and for the British Heart Foundation. I was taking photographs …
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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 …
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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Peter Hansford, the 146th President of the Institution of Civil Engineers made the last regional visit of his presidency to his home region of the East of England on July 1st. I was lucky enough to accompany Peter and his party as he spend the day in and around Ipswich and afterwards, at the ICE …
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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 …
The Southend Half Marathon in aid of Havens Hospices was held today. Whilst I have started running for fitnerss and to lose weight I am not fit enough to take on a half marathon just yet and so was not running myself. I did however go down to take a few photos of the runners …
This afternoon I took a quick trip out to see what I could see of the newly created mountain biking course for the 2012 Olympics in Hadleigh, Essex. I have to say that I was actually quite impressed. There is plenty of info out there on the course if you search for it and far …
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A few years ago our office in Tilbury closed and lots of old stuff was thrown out and some was archived into various shipping containers which can still be found on various of our sites. When we moved out I rescued a number of old books of photographs from one of the previous containers …
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