ICE Wales Cymru Technical Report Route (TRR) Seminar

The North West Regional Support Team is holding an ongoing programme of membership surgeries for individuals who want to find out about routes to membership. If you want to know more about the application process, you can book an individual consultation with Membership Development Officer, Ian Yates who will be able to answer your questions and offer advice.

A chance to discuss membership issues on a one-to-one basis

Speak to a Membership Development Officer face to face without having to leave your desk.

A free seminar on the role of the engineer in dispute avoidance, organised by CIArb and open to ICE members

The role of the engineer in society is constantly changing – as one challenge is identified and overcome, another presents itself due to the ever shifting needs of humanity and the environment. In his Presidential Address Michael Phillips Chartered Engineer, Engineers Ireland President, and Director of Traffic and City Engineer at Dublin City Council, will explore the ever-evolving role of the engineer including the contribution they will make to the economy into the future.

Liverpool WwTW - Ground Engineering for a double storey extension!!!

The Jack-Up platform is a well-accepted and capable tool in the range of equipment available to in-shore and offshore engineering.  Jack-ups are convenient as they can be mobilised to site on their own buoyant hull with the stability, once elevated, associated with a fixed platform.

The first documented jack-up platform use was in the re-construction of the Tay Bridge in 1882.  Jack-ups have been used in offshore energy exploration since 1955 when the LeTourneau designed Scorpion first worked for Zapata and George Bush senior.  There are now around 500 jack-ups operating in the offshore oil and gas arena and an increasing number being used for renewables installation (wind turbines, current turbines, etc.). 

The first Class Rules were published by ABS in 1968 and the first IMO MODU code was published in 1980, by which time the various parties involved had developed or were developing their own individual approaches to the site specific assessment of jack-ups in the elevated operating condition.  The diversity of approach was recognised by Shell who sponsored a study to understand the situation in 1987.  Following this a JIP was initiated in 1988.  This resulted in the publication of SNAME T&R Bulletin 5-5A (T&RB5-5A) in 1994.  This was the first time that there was a single document that was considered to be (broadly) acceptable by all the main players.

Following the publication of T&RB5-5A, work continued to improve areas where it was known that further refinement was needed and also to advance the site assessment process, resulting in a number of technical advances, some of which were embodied in revisions to T&RB5-5A. 

In 1996 a project was initiated to develop an ISO from T&RB5-5A, and after considerable effort, this was published as ISO 19905-1 in August 2012.  The ISO embodies most of the accessible technical advances as well as many technical improvements. 

This presentation will address the above with particular emphasis on the technical developments that have been incorporated in ISO 19905-1. 

Jenny Burridge, Head of Structural Engineering at the Concrete Centre, will present at this Hereford & Worcester Group event.

EAB G&S Technical Meeting

Richard Coy of Chevron Traffic Management will discuss all aspects of the design and implementation of temporary traffic management from early highway scheme designs through appointment, detailed TM scheme design through to production and review of drawings and installation and maintenance of the schemes on site. In particular he will focus on the Highway Agency’s aiming for Zero initiative and the impacts on the industry.

In this presentation Dr Frances Elwell will describe Mott MacDonald's and Anglian Water's work on catchment management, the aims, objectives and findings so far, including some illustrative case studies.

The waterway opened in 1810 and was officially abandoned in 1914. Over the past 30 years, plans have been developed to fully restore the canal. An ambitious delivery programme is now under way to complete the work in the next 10-15years.

Designed to collect solar heat from a road surface, a Road Energy System (RES) comprises pipes and racking embedded within the asphalt layers of a road. Heat collected by fluid circulating within pipes in the road is transferred to the ground by water wells to be stored as heated groundwater in an underlying aquifer, or is stored as heated soil or rock using closed loop borehole collectors.

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