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 …
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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#TwitterRoadRace 2012
I took part in the very first global Twitter 5k road race yesterday and it was great. The event was organised by Doug Cassaro of Washington, DC who goes by the Twitter handle of @seedougrun and he used his blog I run because... to manage (very well I might add) registration, race day info, posting times and providing the results. …
London in the dark
I was in Heathrow for the day today and passed through London on the way home as night was falling. I took some pictures of a construction job at Paddington Station on my phone as I passed through and I rather liked the results - even though the actual quality of the photos wasn't very …
Heads of the Valley
Went to Cardiff yesterday on the train. Went to talk BIM with some of our (Carillion) chaps and some clever bods from ARUP. Learned a bit about the A465 Heads of the Valley dualling project and more specifically Section 3 Brynmawr to Tredegar that Carillion and ARUP are jointly working on. The project soon goes …
ICE Essex goes Japanese
ICE Essex held a rather different sort of evening meeting recently. Instead of the usual lectures with a single speaker / topic and attendees sat in rows aka theatre style, we held a 'Mini Presentations' evening with five short presentations and seven speakers in a more relaxed and social room arrangement. Read on to learn …
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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Jasper has settled in
Jasper the kitten has been with us now for a month and is settled in and considers the house to be well and truly his now. I have to admit to be completely smitten with the young fella. He is a typical kitten who loves lots of chasing toys on strings, pouncing on 'mice' and …
Sarries vs Ospreys vs Tinchy Stryder
Had a fun evening out last night - went to Wembley Stadium to watch Saracens vs Ospreys in the Heineken Cup rugby plus Ronan Parke and Tinchy Stryder sing both pre-match and at half time. It was cold, Tinchy Stryder was okay and the rugby was excellent. Our attendance was principally driven by my daughter's …
Phase 1 Quay Steams Ahead at London Gateway
I was lucky enough to get a tour of the Phase 1 Quay works at the London Gateway Port project last week. The works are progressing at an impressive rate and work is about to start on installing the enormous tie bars. Read on to learn more about what they are doing, some of the …
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