Event organised by ICE
Join the Yorkshire and Humber RICE group (retired ICE members) for their 170th meeting as they host two presentations on Trinity House and the Panel for Historic Engineering Works.
The Trinity House story: one of Britain's best-kept secrets
Speaker: Julian Parkes
Have you ever wondered who looks after the major lighthouses around England, Wales and the Channel Islands? How did they come to be there in the first place?
Incorporated by Royal Charter by Henry VIII in 1514, Trinity House is today a vital part of Britain’s maritime community. In addition to owning and operating lighthouses, lightvessels, beacons and buoys to keep safe all mariners at sea around our shores, Trinity House is called in to mark—and clear if required— wrecks, help develop state of the art electronic navigation tools for vessels of all sizes to overcome the vulnerabilities of GPS, and to act as Nautical Assessors in Admiralty Court cases.
Add to that a sizeable maritime fraternity which regularly advises on current maritime issues and future opportunities, and a charitable side that donates in excess of £5m a year to worthy maritime causes, and you start to get a picture of Trinity House.
Panel for Historic Engineering Works (PHEW): history, purpose and present operation
Speaker: John Spain, RICE treasurer
John will set out the background to PHEW and its current course within the general workings of ICE. The means for all members to navigate the PHEW database and what it contains will be highlighted, together with the possible ways that RICE members can assist in keeping things shipshape (too many nautical/lighthouse puns). A number of current PHEW inclusions will be shown, together with a couple of notable works not currently included in the database.
A buffet lunch is available for £14, with dessert for £6. Payment information will be provided upon booking.
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Registration and refreshments
Presentations by Julian Parkes and John Spain, followed by Q&A
Bar open and buffet lunch service
Event close
Nautical Institute
fellow
A master mariner, younger brother at Trinity House and Fellow of the Nautical Institute, Julian Parkes completed a traditional, Merchant Navy deck apprenticeship, when he served world-wide on a range of general cargo vessels.
Retired
treasurer
John is the RICE group treasurer
A career water engineer in capital works, after graduation from Manchester University, John worked for a number of English water undertakings before landing at Yorkshire Water in 1983. For the next 23 years he held various posts in the area of capital investment, and works programme management.
After taking early retirement, he provided consultancy services to the water sector for 5 years, before giving it all up to join RICE, later joining the Committee and then taking over as treasurer in 2016.
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