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Have Geosynthetics changed geotechnical engineering?

INTERNATIONAL GEOSYNTHETICS SOCIETY, UK CHAPTER, 12TH INVITATION LECTURE. Held jointly with the British Geotechnical Association on Wednesday 10th October 2012 at the Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George St, Westminster, London. Delivered by JOHN GREENWOOD BSc MEng CEng MICE MIHT FGS

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  • Last updated: 19 JUNE 2013

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  • Associated Societies , Environment & Sustainability , Ground engineering , Water

Stabilised rammed earth: a case study in Western Australia

This is an extremely interesting technical paper that applies an experimental approach that will increase the general understanding of rammed earth from an engineering perspective. This will assist in the development of a rammed-earth construction industry which is sustainable and uses local res....

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  • Last updated: 19 JUNE 2013

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  • Environment & Sustainability

The urban futures methodology applied to urban regeneration

This is a highly novel methodology which integrates futures thinking with engineering, science and social science to produce a practical tool for assessing the resilience of urban redevelopment schemes. It is the outcome of a prestigious research grant funded under the EPSRC Sustainable Urban En....

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  • Last updated: 19 JUNE 2013

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  • Environment & Sustainability

Geotechnical Engineering Lecture

A double-paper presentation. Benoit Jones, Morgan Est plc, examines the evaluation of innovative sprayed-concrete-lined tunnelling. Chris Mundell, Atkins, discusses limited equilibrium assessment of drystone retaining structures. ICE Geotechnical Engineering Lecture, September 2010.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 18 JUNE 2013

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  • Ground engineering , Innovation and research

Geological Disposal Facility for the UK’s Radioactive Wastes

Monday 28 March 2011 Neil Chapman. Chairman, ITC School of Underground Waste Storage and Disposal, Baden-Dättwil, Switzerland. Neil presents his paper A geological disposal facility for the UKs radioactive wastes for which he was awarded the James Watt Medal.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 18 JUNE 2013

Generation and alleviation of sonic booms from railway tunnels

Eur Ing Alan Vardy looks at the strong pressure waves caused as trains enter railway tunnels at high speeds and the lack of consensus about what pressure levels canbe regarded as acceptable.He also looks at sonic booms caused by high speeds and how potential discomfort might be reduced.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 18 JUNE 2013

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  • Transport

Future perfect - an engineering agenda for a sustainable society?

Mark Whitby of Ramboll Whitbybird tackles the challenges of sustainability and climate change and looks at what needs to be done by the profession to mitigate for these threats. ICE/RIBA Prestige Lecture 2007.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 18 JUNE 2013

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  • Environment & Sustainability

Forth Replacement Crossing: Design and Construction of the Bridge

EAB AnnualPrestige Lecture, 24 January 2013

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  • Last updated: 18 JUNE 2013

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  • Environment & Sustainability , Ground engineering , Health and safety , Innovation and research , Structures and buildings , Transport

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  • Scotland

Expansion of Electrified Rail Network

De-carbonising passenger and freight transport by 2050 is a significant challenge to the energy and transport industry, power generation and distribution companies, and civil engineering professionals at large. Expansion of the electrified rail network can contribute to this.....

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  • Last updated: 18 JUNE 2013

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  • Energy , Transport

Enterprise Risk Management – Addressing Challenging Times

This event gives the opportunity to review the new guide outlining a significant new approach to Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). Held on 4th October 2011 and Chaired by Richard Coackley President-Elect, Institution of Civil Engineers.

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  • Last updated: 18 JUNE 2013

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  • Management

Entering the ecological age - concluding the Brunel lecture

Between 2008 and 2010, Peter Head, Director, Arup,conducted an international lecture tour to review the major changes required in the development of infrastructure, policy and legislation to tackle climate change issues. ICE Prestige Lecture 2010.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 18 JUNE 2013

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  • Environment & Sustainability

Engineering for a sustainable future

Will Day, Chair of the Sustainable Development Commission, looks at the tension between the current global economic growth model and the unmet aspirations of billions of people around the world. He examines the implications for the engineering profession. ICE/Halcrow Sustainability Lecture 2010.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 18 JUNE 2013

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  • Environment & Sustainability

Energy piles - a developing technology

Karl Drage, Geothermal International and Tony Amis, Cementation Foundations Skanska, address the key technical and commercial issues relating to Ground Source Heat Pump technology. ICE Lecture 2008.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 18 JUNE 2013

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  • Energy , Ground engineering

Egan 12 years on: never waste a good crisis

Andrew Wolstenholme, Managing Director of Balfour Beatty Management, reviews the Egan principles and shows they are as relevant today as in 1998. ICE Prestige Lecture 2010.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 18 JUNE 2013

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  • Management

Designing for earthquake effects in Great Britain

Consulting engineer Edmund Booth describes the role that research has played in supporting UK earthquake engineers and describes two studies that provided an important basis of the UK National Annex to Eurocode EN1998. ICE Unwin Lecture 2008.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 18 JUNE 2013

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  • Ground engineering

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