Event organised by The British Dam Society
In 2019, following the failure of the auxiliary spillway at Toddbrook Reservoir, the Secretary of State commissioned Prof David Balmforth to lead an independent review into the incident.
The first part of the report was published in February 2020, which made 22 recommendations. Over half of those recommendations called for new industry guidance for those who own, supervise, and inspect high-risk reservoirs. In Spring 2022, the Environment Agency will publish a suite of new guidance which responds directly to these recommendations.
The Canal and River Trust carried out their own investigation led by Dr Andy Hughes, the findings of which have also been considered during the development of new guidance.
New guidance:
Presentations will provide an overview of the content of each guidance, how it has been developed and the challenges encountered.
Turner & Townsend
project management director
Kieron is a project management director for Turner & Townsend. A mechanical engineer with a background in maintenance and construction, Kieron has over 20 years’ experience of leading teams and delivering engineering projects and programmes for UK water and utilities sector clients.
Costain Group
Principal Civil Structural Engineer
Viktor Pavlov is a Principal Civil/Structural Engineer at Costain Group Limited.
After graduating as a civil engineer with specialization in hydropower and dams, he worked on a number of embankment dam and small hydropower projects in Algeria and Bulgaria. He also spent two years at the Laboratory of Hydraulic Constructions at EPFL, Switzerland, where he obtained an MSc degree in Energy Systems.
Viktor has been involved in the design of several impounding reservoir spillways and flood risk management schemes in the UK. He has been serving as a UK representative on the ICOLD Technical Committee on Hydraulics for Dams since 2018.
Viktor is the author of several water industry publications including a recently published paper on ‘Flow-induced vibration effects on reservoir spillways’ and a ‘Spillway design guide’ commissioned by the Environment Agency of England.
Mott MacDonald
Project Manager
Tim is a Project Manager and with Mott MacDonald. After completing a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Limerick, Tim went on to complete a PhD in Civil Engineering, specialising in marine renewable energy, at the University of Southampton. Tim is an Incorporated Engineer with the Institution of Civil Engineers.
Tim’s experience as a project manager includes management of building and facilities new build and refurbishment projects. Clients that Tim has worked for consist mainly of UK government organisations such as the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), Ministry of Justice and Department for Education.
Tim’s experience as a civil engineer includes physical scale modelling of large hydraulic structures in specialist hydraulics laboratories, and the design and construction of wastewater infrastructure such as pipelines and gravity sewers.
Binnies UK Limited
Principal Environmental Planner
Andrew is a Principal Environmental Planner at Binnies UK Limited. He has 20 years’ experience successfully improving flood resilience and reservoir safety. This includes securing funding to strengthen the 16km dam of the Whittlesey (Nene) Washes to satisfy measures in the interests of safety. Eddie enjoys establishing collaborative and tailored approaches to achieve common goals.
An example of this was addressing specification oversights in Phase 2 of the 2009-10 National Reservoir Inundation Mapping programme. He has co-authored various R&D publications including ‘Accounting for residual uncertainty: updating the freeboard guide’ (Defra, 2017).
Eddie also possesses a unique set of transferable skills in other sectors and disciplines, notably examination of alternative solutions under the Habitats Directive for Wylfa Newydd Nuclear New Build.
The webinar will talk about the attributes and qualifications for becoming a Fellow of ICE.
ICE Kolkata is hosting a series of online lectures on the procurement process, contract management, and the code of conduct in relation to ethics and compliance. The series will consist of three lecture sessions.
A useful five session course delivered by industry experts focussing on key aspects of finance in Civil Engineering.
