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 …
Southend Bridge Replacement
Last weekend saw the 130 year old bridge that carries the railway over Southend High Street replaced with a new one in the space of barely two days. This was an impressive engineering feat and a very real example to many people in Southend just what professional civil engineers and engineering companies can achieve. I missed the …
Sadlers Farm Junction Improvements
Stopped by and took some photographs of the ongoing works at Sadlers Farm this afternoon. Was a bit grey and only had my small camera but they came out okay. Included below are some of the new Church Road bridge and the highway either side plus some taken from the new London Road bridge looking …
Historic Civil Engineering in Essex
The Essex Branch of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has just published a leaflet and matching poster highlighting 17 sites of historic civil engineering in Essex. It is the third in a series of leaflets produced in the East of England region to complement those for Hertfordshire and Suffolk. The poster / leaflet was …
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