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 …
Trifarm Essex
This morning I paid a visit to Trifarm - a purpose built open water swimming lake and triathlon centre near Boreham in Essex. This was my first visit there and it was not to use the facilities but to play taxi to my daughter who was having an open water swimming lesson there. The sporting facilities were …
ICE visit to Essex MBT project.
Institution of Civil Engineers members and guests recently visited the Essex Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) project in Basildon and were treated to a presentation on the scheme and a tour of the construction site. The £120M project is being designed and constructed by UBB – a joint venture between Spanish company Urbaser and UK contractor …
Essex Sunset – Right Place Right Time
After a long but enjoyable day touring the East of England looking at construction project entries for an awards competition I was travelling home and enjoying an ever increasingly dramatic sunset over London. I was coming off the M25 at the A127 junction and managed to find an ideal spot to capture the last of …
ICE Summer Cycle – Almost Final Details…
Regular readers and occasional visitors alike will have seen my previous posts about the possibility of a Institution Of Civil Engineers social summer bicycle ride through the lanes of Essex, Suffolk and Hertfordshire. We have decided that this cycle will go ahead on Sunday 7th July 2013 starting at 9am in historic Stansted Mountfitchet and returning to …
Possible ICE Summer Cycle?
I'm considering organising an ICE Summer social cycle around the leafy lanes of Essex and its environs and am wondering what appetite there might be... Am thinking a minimally organised ride - so no signage or marshalling - so just a group or two of people out for a social ride. Thinking donation's of £5 -£10 'entry …
Thurrock Thameside Nature Park
With the family in tow I finally got to visit the Thurrock Thameside Nature Park near Stanford-le-Hope in Essex this morning and jolly good an outing it was too. The park is on a small corner of the Cory landfill site near Mucking and is not that easy to find if you don't know where …
Photoblog – Brentwood Half Marathon 2013
Went out this morning in the cold to photograph runners taking part in the Brentwood Half Marathon. Much respect to all of them as the conditions were horrible. The event website can be found here http://www.brentwoodhalf.org/ An album of all my photos taken this morning can be found online here. I am only an enthusiastic amateur …
Church Road Bridge Demolition – Salders Farm Junction Project
This was an opportunity not to be missed if - like me - you are a civil engineer and a photographer. The old Church Road Bridge over the A13 between Sadlers Farm Junction and the Pitsea Flyover was being demolished todayas part of the junction improvement works. The highway that it crosses is being widened and the …
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Sadlers Farm Junction Works – Update
I swung by and took some photos of the works going on at Sadlers Farm in South East Essex yesterday in advance of the closure of the A13 between the junction and the Pitsea flyover this weekend to demolish the old Church Road Bridge. The works have been getting some bad press of late due …
