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Blackpool sea defence project wins top engineering award

Blackpool sea defence project wins top engineering award

7 FEBRUARY 2011

A pioneering £76m scheme to future proof the North West’s leading holiday resort against flooding has landed the region’s top engineering award.

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  • Awards & competitions , Maritime

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  • North West

Mersey gateway crossing vital for regional economy, say engineers

4 FEBRUARY 2011

The Institution of Civil Engineers North West says the planned Mersey Gateway river crossing at Halton is vital to ensure the North West remains economically competitive well into the future.

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  • Municipal engineering

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  • North West

Engineers back Manchester vision for waste as energy resource

4 FEBRUARY 2011

The Institution of Civil Engineers North West has hailed the ambitious Greater Manchester waste initiative as a major step toward a sustainable low carbon future for our region.

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  • Waste management

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  • North West

Obituary: William Griffin

10 JANUARY 2011

Bill Griffin died peacefully after a short illness on Monday 3rd January 2011, aged 95, and is survived by his wife of 70 years, Gladys.

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Engineers’ Carol Concert raised the roof – and £800 for charity

6 JANUARY 2011

ICE North West raised £800 at their annual carol concert at St Ann’s Church in Manchester, with the funds being donated to WaterAid, a charity dedicated to providing safe drinking water to Third World nations.

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  • Municipal engineering

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  • North West

North West Professional Review results

13 DECEMBER 2010

Congratulations to the North West’s newly professionally
qualified members.

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  • Professional development

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  • North West

Obituary: Dr John Ash

13 DECEMBER 2010

It is with deep sadness that Liverpool John Moores University announces the death of Dr John Ash, researcher in the School of the Built Environment.

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NW News Winter 2010 now available

8 DECEMBER 2010

Institution of Civil Engineers North West Winter 2010 newsletter is now available for download.

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NW Construction Challenge 2010 - a towering success.

18 NOVEMBER 2010

On 28 October 2010, 23 teams of graduate and student ICE members participated in one of the most complex and demanding ICE NW Construction Challenges to date, held simultaneously at venues in Manchester and Liverpool.

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  • North West

Nominations for NW Civil Engineering Awards 2011

16 NOVEMBER 2010

Nominations are announced for the Community Award, Project of the Year, Education Volunteer of the Year and the Mentor of the Year in the North West Civil Engineering Awards 2011.

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  • Awards & competitions

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  • North West

North West engineer is ICE Mentor of the Year

North West engineer is ICE Mentor of the Year

12 OCTOBER 2010

Mark Brown has been awarded the accolade of ICE Mentor of the Year.

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  • Awards & competitions

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  • North West

Civil engineers back second Mersey gateway crossing

5 OCTOBER 2010

The Institution of Civil Engineers has thrown its weight behind plans for a second Mersey crossing at Halton – centrepiece of the ambitious Mersey Gateway project.

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  • Transport

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  • North West

Station plaque dedicated to Lancaster railway pioneer

18 SEPTEMBER 2010

Revolutionary railway engineer Joseph Locke is to be honoured with the unveiling of a specially commissioned plaque to his memory on Lancaster Station on Saturday 18 September 2010.

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  • Historical engineering

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  • North West

Engineers hail recovery park as way forward for waste

17 JUNE 2010

Lancashire and Blackpool residents can count themselves among the world's greenest today with the opening of a revolutionary facility that will divert over 80 per cent of their household rubbish from landfill.

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  • Waste management

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  • North West

Engineers back strategic Cheshire bridge link repair plan

17 JUNE 2010

The Institution of Civil Engineers North West has thrown its weight behind plans to secure the long term future of an arterial Cheshire road route as part of its hard hitting ‘State of the Nation’ assessment of the region’s infrastructure.

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  • Structures and buildings , Transport

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  • North West

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