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20 MARCH 2013
A joint meeting with CIWEM, two speakers who are leaders in their field will describe the latest developments with green roofs and grey water
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Associated society member , Member , Non-member
Environment & Sustainability , Innovation and research , Water
South East England
An update on recent developments in construction law.
Law and Contracts
South West
Four teams will battle it out to be the winners of this year's ICE East of England Communications Competition. What we need now is an audience to support the teams, ask questions and maybe become protesters for a night!
East Of England
Geotechnical and geophysical methods used for site characterization, as well as instrumentation for geotechnical monitoring, have advanced enormously in recent decades. As a consequence, a deeper understanding of the mechanical and physical properties of natural deposits, including their spatial variability in situ, is now possible. Modern monitoring systems allow the observational method to be applied to a greater range of situations with increasing confidence. The combined use of modern soil mechanics and the observational method often represent the only viable option for tackling the challenges posed by large or unusual structures in difficult geological and geotechnical environments. This is particularly the case when the duration of the project allows one to maximise the benefits of applying the observational method. The lecture will illustrate this with reference to the long-term project at Zelazny Most, Poland, the largest tailings storage facility in Europe and one of the largest of its kind in the world. Construction of the Zelazny Most tailings dam commenced in 1977 and up to 2012, 506 million cubic metres of tailings have been stored. The 14.3 km long ring-dam has reached heights of between 31 and 60 m and current plans are to raise it by a further 15 m. Significant geotechnical hazards have been identified about 20 years ago and now two dam sections are being monitored. The monitoring has showed the commencement of horizontal displacements along deep shear planes which are a result of glacio-tectonic phenomena during three major periods of glaciation. These displacements are continuing and are of great concern to all involved in the project.
Associated Societies , Ground engineering
BGA half-day seminar at Imperial College prior to Rankine Lecture Unsaturated soil slopes: from theory to practice
Associated Societies , Ground engineering , Water
19 MARCH 2013
Manchester Branch and the Graduates and Students present a joint debate on water
Water
North West
This event, the latest in the 'Great Debate' series, will seek to provide an overview of how houses and their associated services may change over the next 30 years.
Environment & Sustainability , Structures and buildings
ICE NNND - How to Avoid Potholes
East Midlands
ICE Northants - How not to install sheet piling - A Beginners guide Speaker: Tim Dawson, Contracts Manager - Land & Water Services
ICE Lincs A Partnership Approach to deliver Flood Risk Management Schemes for Louth and Horncastle
We need you to play the part of the 'public' at this interactive evening!
Awards & competitions
The presentation will include an explanation of how birds as well as bathers are well looked after along the Severn Estuary.
Environment & Sustainability , Waste management
Climate change has the potential to have significant effects on the stability and serviceability of earthworks slopes, impacting on the performance of our transport infrastructure. The television programme makers have had a marvellous time looking at 2012 disasters in the North East. One local authority had 8 landslides last year, and it has become the major issue for railways.
Environment & Sustainability , Geospatial engineering , Ground engineering
North East
Glasgow and West of Scotland Lecture in Dumfries
Scotland
18 MARCH 2013
The Butterley Company (1790 - 2009) - the Rise and Fall of an Industrial Superstar
Historical engineering , Structures and buildings , Transport
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