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Another of our ICE Essex Branch evening meetings was held last Tuesday 11th January at Anglia Ruskin University. Richard Cooke of Birketts llp - a local law firm with offices in Chelmsford - gave a very interesting talk on the new Bribery Act 2010 and it implications for the construction industry. Richard Cooke is a …
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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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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 …
2010 has been a busy year - but a good one. Golf is one of my great loves and my game has improved a little in 2010. I continue to track my scores and be an active member on http://www.Golfshake.com - a site that I first joined back in 2006. According to my Golfshake stats …
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 …
Okay. So when I got back from golf this morning I gave Phones4u a call and got the answer I anticipated 'no sir, it is not possible for any of the texts of the o2 account upgrade could have affected your old phone' so there we go. They did say it should be repairable under the warranty …
So here's the thing. Daughter has an LG Cookie touch screen phone. Very nice and does the job. Not looked after well (she is 12 after all) and screen bit scratched. Phone is on an O2 simplicity monthly contract for £20 a month. Daughters birthday next month. Has been saying she wanted a decent digital …
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 …
Tonight saw the latest ICE Essex Branch learned society evening meeting in the 2010/11 session. The meeting saw Dr Andrew Bond of Geocentrix Ltd presenting on the subject of Eurocodes 2 and 7. The evening meeting was preceeded by the Essex Branch 2010 AGM. Andrew Bond is a chartered civil engineer with 30 years' experience in …
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The Essex Branch of the Institution of Civil Engineers held its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 12th October 2010. The AGM was a short affair held immediately before an evening meeting on Eurocodes 2 & 7 given by Dr Andrew Bond of Geocentrix. The AGM was chaired by current Essex Branch chairman Andrew Kenyon (me) …
