PIANC
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- Date
- 16 September 2024
- Time
- 18:00 - 21:00 BST (GMT+1)
- Location
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The Institution of Civil Engineers One Great George Street Westminster London, SW1P 3AA United Kingdom
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Overview
The annual PIANC UK young professionals seminar will take place on Monday 16 September. The event welcomes a number of speakers from a range of engineering firms and backgrounds - Mott MacDonald, Beckett Rankine, VolkerStevin, Nash Maritime, RoyalHaskoningDHV and Proserve.
Each speaker will present for approximately 10 minutes on an array of topics, from innovative quay wall systems to scour protection and electric ferries.
The event will end with drinks and networking at the bar in Kendals based in One Great George Street.
Programme
17:30 - 18:00
Tea/coffee and biscuits served in the lobby
18:00 - 18:10
Event starts with main presenter
18:10 - 18:20
Morrison Kong - graduate civil engineer, Mott MacDonald
18:20 - 18:30
Matt Jennings - assistant engineer, Beckett Rankine
18:30 - 18:40
Molly McMaster - section engineer, VolkerStevin
18:40 - 18:50
Helen Taylor - marine consultant, Nash Maritime
18:50 - 19:00
Subodh Vijay Kusare - senior maritime engineer, RoyalHaskoningDHV
19:00 - 19:10
Mitchell Furborough, solutions engineer, Proserve
19:10 - 21:00
Q&A and contigency - drinks at the bar to follow
Speakers
Morrison Kong
Mott MacDonald
graduate civil engineer
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Morrison Kong
Graduate civil engineer working in the Ports, Coastal and Offshore team. Experience in concept design of fender systems and pontoons, asset inspections, and optioneering studies of breakwaters. Interest in tendering processes.
Matt Jennings
Beckett Rankine
assistant engineer
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Matt Jennings
Maritime engineering consultant working on projects within the River Thames, such as ferry piers (e.g. Rotherhithe, Putney), flood defence schemes and maintenance of listed structures (e.g. Southend Pier).
Molly McMaster
VolkerStevin
section engineer
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Molly McMaster
Molly is a civil engineer working for specialist contractor VolkerStevin on the Southsea Coastal Scheme. Since graduating from the University of Bath in 2021, Molly has worked on this once-in-a-generation scheme to strengthen coastal defences and provide flood risk reduction to the city she calls home.
Helen Taylor
Nash Maritime
marine consultant
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Helen Taylor
Helen has been working in shipping and navigation consultancy since 2019 following her graduation from the University of Aberdeen. The main focus of her work has been around offshore wind farm developments and subsea infrastructure.
Subodh Vijay Kusare
RoyalHaskoningDHV
senior maritime engineer
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Subodh Vijay Kusare
Subodh Vijay Kusare worked at the capacity of maritime engineer and project manager with overall industry experience of 8+ years, for variety of jobs across the globe within Royal HaskoningDHV and previous employers.
Experienced in port/river infrastructure design and planning, project management at different stages of projects, located in India, UK and Middle East region.
Mitchell Furborough
Proserve
solutions engineer
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Mitchell Furborough
Mitchell Furborough is a solutions engineer at Proserve Ltd. Mitch predominantly designs and supports the installation of concrete mattress scour protection to prevent erosion in harbours from vessel and wave action.
Mitch holds a masters degree in civil and coastal engineering from Plymouth University and is a Graduate Member of the ICE.
