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 …
Crossrail Whitechapel Progress
The other day - whilst passing through London in the daylight - I continued on my District Line tube train and stopped off in Whitechapel to see if I could see anything of the construction work going on in the area for the new Whitechapel Crossrail Station which will ultimately link the underground, overground and Crossrail in …
Moorgate Crossrail shaft works
I found time yesterday to have a nosey at various construction projects on my route from Paddington to Aldgate. The one I was most interested in was the Crossrail works just outside Moorgate London Underground Station. I was not too optimistic of being able to see too much but was pleasantly surprised and got some decent photos. …
Progress at Paddington
I found time this afternoon to have a nosey in and around Paddington Station in London. I have passed through Paddington a number of times in recent weeks on my way to and from Heathrow but have not found the opportunity during daylight hours to have a closer look. A big milestone has just been …
Southend Connexions 2012
ICE Essex recently supported a careers fair for Southend 13-19 students held at the Southend Connexions centre in Shoeburyness. It was a full day affair with students bussed in from the many schools in the area. I was there for the day and was ably assisted by Laing O'Rourke graduate engineer Matthew (Matt) Fitch. We …
Traffic Management Tips from Chevron TM
Richard Coy - Technical Manager at Chevron Traffic Management - gave an interesting and informative lecture on Thursday 9th Feb on temporary traffic management for highway works. The lecture described the principal steps from outline arrangements through detailed design and implementation and highlighted the areas that often cause problems at each stage. The meeting was the latest …
The Foundation Works – Colchester New Year Event
I had a great evening out at at the new Firstsite building in Colchester this week at The Foundation Works New Year event. Guest speaker was Su Butcher of Just Practising with her talk 'Adventures in Social Media'. I heard about the event via twitter and was there for a number of reasons including having …
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ICE Essex Mini Presentations evening – the slideshows
I recently organised a Mini Presentations evening for the Esssex Branch of the Institution of Civil Engineers. You can read more about the event itself here and the background and organisation of the event here. I have included on this blog page the presentation slides in case anyone is interested. The slideshow above is the …
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