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Staffordshire debates HS2

11 JUNE 2013

A large audience discussed what HS2 would mean for Staffordshire in a debate organized by ICE Staffordshire Group on 30 May 2013.

Would the economic benefits be limited to Birmingham and Manchester with north Staffordshire being bypassed? Should we campaign for an additional station to link to our wider markets?

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  • Transport

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  • West Midlands

ICE banner flies at Birmingham Airport

4 JUNE 2013













A VolkerFitzpatrick/Colas joint venture major construction project is the latest to join in the 'This is civil engineering' campain in our region. The two projects to realign and improve the A45 transport corridor and Birmingham Airport runway extension form part of a £44 million civil engineering project to improve transport links, locally and worldwide.

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  • Education , Transport

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  • West Midlands

Latest report from your regional Chairman

Latest report from your regional Chairman

4 JUNE 2013

In a new initiative, Tim Harbot, ICE Chairman 2012-13 reports on the knowledge transfer opportunities which have taken place in our region since his inauguration in November last year.

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West Mids Hosts IUK Roadshow

14 MAY 2013

Beth West, Commercial Director of HS2 Ltd was the keynote speaker at an Infrastructure Procurement Plan breakfast event on 26 April at KPMG's offices Snow Hill, Birmingham.

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Educate, innovate, inspire - President's message to region on annual visit

14 MAY 2013

ICE President, Professor Barry Clarke is passionate about promoting ICE's key objectives of ensuring education has a role to play throughout a civil engineer’s life; inspiring the next generation to become civil engineers; innovating by creating and sharing knowledge and informing government decision making.

These objectives were reflected in his visit to the region on 2 May.

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  • Awards & competitions , Education , Innovation and research , Learning Legacy , Structures and buildings

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  • West Midlands

Top regional projects recognised at West Mids Awards

Top regional projects recognised at West Mids Awards

7 MAY 2013

This year's ICE West Midlands Awards saw a record number of entries from diverse projects across the region.

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Tamworth flood scheme spreads the word

16 APRIL 2013

On Wednesday 20 March, a class of 35 children from Thomas Barnes Primary School, Hopwas, spent the morning on the site of the £2.5 million Environment Agency Flood Risk Management Scheme at Coton, Tamworth.  The children, aged 8 to 11, were shown around the scheme by site staff, and learnt about what is being done in their local area to reduce the risk of flooding.

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  • Education , Environment & Sustainability

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  • West Midlands

HS2 Chairman speaks at BASE Birmingham

15 APRIL 2013

Some 200 ICE West Midlands members enjoyed Doug Oakervee, chair of HS2, outline progress on HS2 at a special evening meeting organised in conjunction with last week’s Base Birmingham event at Egbaston Stadium.

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Stratford Parkway welcomes President on Warwickshire tour

12 MARCH 2013

ICE Presidents are in great demand and diaries get booked up well in advance but ICE West Midlands has been lucky to secure two Presidential visits this year.  For the first visit Professor Barry Clarke, ICE President 2012-13, was invited by our Coventry & Warwickshire Group to tour two major universities and a key infrastructure improvement site in Warwickshire on 20 February.

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Bridge enthuses Shropshire youngsters

12 MARCH 2013

Youngsters at the Community College Bishops Castle took part in an engineering discovery day on 4 March.

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  • West Midlands

Consultants join forces to win Regional Comms Comp

12 MARCH 2013

In a spirit of true co-operation a team of five from WSP, Arup and Atkins has won the regional round of the Communications Competition. Tasha Scott, a Graduate Structural Engineer with WSP, had gathered her team from contacts she'd made at ICE networking events in the region.

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RCEA continues successful joint working with ICE West Midlands

14 FEBRUARY 2013

RCEA will be continuing its successful partnership on regional events with ICE West Midlands in 2013. The next event to take place will be held on 7th March and the topic will be the Birmingham Metro Extension. The presentation will be made by Geoff Inskip.

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  • Associated Societies , Transport

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Retired and staying connected

12 FEBRUARY 2013

Are you retired but still wish to keep in touch with your contemporaries?

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Look out for 360

22 JANUARY 2013

ICE West Midlands annual '360' magazine will be arriving with you soon. It's full of information to keep you up-to-date, including highlights from 2012, future events and articles about key people and projects in our region.

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New QUEST award – up to £4,500 to travel abroad!

18 JANUARY 2013

Have you ever thought about getting involved in a civil engineering project abroad? Travelling gives you the opportunity to widen your horizons, learn new skills and get valuable work experience, but it can be costly.

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  • Awards & competitions , Education , International Development , Professional development

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  • East Midlands , East Of England , London , North East , North West , Northern Ireland , Scotland , South East England , South West , Wales , West Midlands , Yorkshire and Humber

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