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Learning from bridge failure

This ICE seminar looks at some of the lessons learned from recent bridge failure. It examines the importance of sharing knowledge and good communication and captures key lessons for future structures. Chaired by Barry Mawson, Editor, Bridge Engineering Journal, 2008.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 11 JULY 2011

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  • Structures and buildings

John Frederic Bateman - Victorian dam engineer

Professor Iain Moffatt outlines the career of John Bateman, an important 19th century engineer who was responsible for the construction of a greater number of dams than any other of his era, notably Loch Katrine and Longdendale. ICE Smeaton Lecture 2010.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 11 JULY 2011

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  • ICE topics:

  • Historical engineering , Water

Integrated water resources management - moving from theory to practice (1)

One of a series of presentations anddiscussions looking atintegrated water resources management. This presentationlooks at complex risk: the future of regional and local water resource and land management. ICE Lecture 2009.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 8 JULY 2011

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  • Water

Wave power development - past, present and future

Dr Trevor Whittaker of Queen's University, Belfast, presents the design options available to the wave power developer and the research role universities have played in the development of the industry. ICE James Forrest Lecture 2009.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 8 JULY 2011

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  • Energy

Historic British breakwaters - what have we learnt between 1600 and 1900

William Allsop, HR Wallingford, describes the evolution and construction of breakwaters around the UK. He draws particularly on those constructed during the major period of harbour construction 1830-1900. ICE Vernon Harcourt Lecture 2010.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 8 JULY 2011

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  • ICE topics:

  • Maritime

High speed rail: a viable alternative to shorthaul flights

Theresa Villiers MP sets out the case for a £20bn high speed rail link between London, Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham, which could replace up to 63,200 flights a year and generate economic benefits to the value of £60bn. ICE/Scott Wilson Transport Lecture 2008.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 8 JULY 2011

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  • Transport

Heathrow's eye in the sky: understanding the engineering success of the control tower

Richard Matthews, Director, Arup, outlines the construction of Heathrow's new control tower and celebrates this incredible feat of engineering success. ICE Lecture 2009.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 8 JULY 2011

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  • Structures and buildings

Ground storage energy systems - where are we?

This seminar discusses the development of ground storage heat and energy systems in the UK over recent years and thermal behaviours of soil. BGA and EGGS event 2009.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 8 JULY 2011

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  • ICE topics:

  • Energy , Ground engineering

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: 8 JULY 2011

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  • ICE topics:

  • Ground engineering , Innovation and research

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: 8 JULY 2011

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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: 8 JULY 2011

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  • ICE topics:

  • Environment & Sustainability

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: 8 JULY 2011

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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: 8 JULY 2011

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  • ICE topics:

  • Environment & Sustainability

Disproportionate collapse: a pragmatic approach

Dr Uwe Starossek, Professor of Structural Engineering at Hamburg University of Technology, sets out a framework for a pragmatic design approach, with emphasis on performance-based methods,applicable to any kind of structure. ICE Lecture 2009.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 8 JULY 2011

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  • Structures and buildings

Design of the built environment for the ageing population

This ICE/EPSRC seminar examines the changing needs as the population grows older. Itshares research into engineering solutions for extending the quality of life of older people and creating urban infrastructures and environments that are inclusive and accessible to all.

  • Document type: Recorded lecture
  • Last updated: 8 JULY 2011

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  • ICE topics:

  • Environment & Sustainability , Innovation and research , Municipal engineering , Structures and buildings

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