Presentation by Elaine Toogood, Regional Architect, The Concrete Centre.

This presentation explores the possible impacts of current and future legislation to the design of non-residential buildings and considers the design for Low Embodied and Operational Carbon solutions in concrete.

Tom Newby is a structural engineer who has had two postings to Haiti, first with Tearfund soon after the earthquake in 2010 and then with Habitat for Humanity in early 2012. During these postings his work involved setting up a transitional shelter programme and permanent housing reconstruction. He will talk about his experiences and the engineering aspects of the work.

Presentation by Andrew McNaughton, Technical Director, HS2 Ltd.

Andrew will outline the characteristics of high speed rail drawing on half a century of experiences from around the world. He will then go on to discuss the development of a High Speed Rail proposition for Great Britain using the lessons learnt and what this would mean for relationships between cities in the coming century.

This meeting is in co-hosted by the ICE and The IET.

*Please note changes to start time and venue*

This seminar is an excellent opportunity for SCEs and DEs to share experience and best practice. In addition to Supervising Civil Engineers and Delegated Engineers, company training staff are also welcome to attend.

Further details to follow.

Presentation by Tom Hunter & William Coulet – Broads Authority.

Managing dredged sediment in an area with the equivalent status of a National Park, numerous nature reserves, SSSIs and Ramsar sites is a challenge. This presentation looks at how these challenges are overcome and some recent innovative projects involving the construction of retaining structures in very soft ground on a limited budget.

Presentation by Ian Scott, Health and Safety Advisor, Aggregate Industries Contracting.

Over the last five years Aggregate Industries has implemented a range of initiatives designed to make our activities safer. Since May 2012 the contracting division has worked over 3,000,000 hours without incurring a single RIDDOR incident. In his talk Ian will expand on this remarkable statistic, outline some of the difficulties in achieving this and the strategies employed by the company to not only reduce accidents to zero but to maintain the standard once it has been achieved.

Presentation by  Ian Anderson, Eastern Region Panel Member for ICE Panel for Historical Engineering Works.

Heathrow began life as a small preWW2 airfield for Fairey’s, an aircraft manufacturer.  After WW2 it was decided to rebuild Heathrow as the prime London Airport.  It has grown to be the busiest UK airport with 70 million passengers and 1.5 million tonnes of freight passing through per annum.  It has seen many innovative buildings built, including terminals, aircraft hangars, tunnels & the control tower.

Presentation by Ir. Thomas S K LAI CEng, MHKIE, MICE, MIStructE, Chairman, HKIE UK Chapter and Past Chairman North Thames Region, IStructE.

The Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway is one of the few profitable railways in the world. Its success led to its listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in October 2000. This presentation traces the birth and growth of the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway through the economic and political turbulence during the negotiation of the future of Hong Kong in the 1980’s and 90’s to become an international corporation today.  It details the management decisions taken to deliver each line On Time and Within Budget. It also outlines the factors and the leading role played by engineers that underpin its success.

First session of the new Written Exercise Discussion Group for graduates planning to apply for their Professional Review in Autumn.

Are you looking for help to improve your chances of finding a civil engineering job? Or is your current job unsuited to your skills? If so, come along to one of our graduate workshops for advice on how to find the right job and stand out when you apply.

This seminar is an excellent opportunity for SCEs and DEs to share experience and best practice. In addition to Supervising Civil Engineers and Delegated Engineers, company training staff are also welcome to attend.

Second session of the new Written Exercise Discussion Group for graduates planning to apply for their Professional Review in autumn. Speaker: Roger Chantrelle, ICE East of England Membership Development Officer.

This seminar is an excellent opportunity for SCEs and DEs to share experience and best practice. In addition to Supervising Civil Engineers and Delegated Engineers, company training staff are also welcome to attend.

Presentation by  Peter Phipps of Mott MacDonald.

*Please note this is an evening meeting not as previously advertised*