Professional organisation meetings for April

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Meetings for February 2018

5th,
Hidden defects in bridges – guidance for detection and management, Taunton
Quaker Meeting House, Taunton, 18:00
Learn about the Construction Industry Research and Information Association and UK Bridge Owners Forum
See here

7th,
Lower Thames Crossing, Bedford,
ARA (Aircraft Research Association) Social Club, north Bedford (Brickhill) off the A6 at the southern end of the dual-carriageway, 18:00, ICE Herts & Beds branch and Bedford Civil Engineering Society.
The twin-bore tunnels will be the third-largest diameter tunnels ever constructed.
Speaker is Andrew Kidd, Project Manager for the Lower Thames Crossing.
See here and here (PDF)

8th,
Visit to the Northern Spire, Sunderland,
New Wear Crossing 14:00 - 16:00
Being built by Farrans Construction
See here

12th,
Geotechnical Challenges of HS2 Phase 2b to Leeds, Loughborough
Slightly off-topic,
Room RT037, Sir Frank Gibb Building, Loughborough University, 18.00
Birmingham to Chesterfield section of the Phase 2b route, ICE East Midlands Geotechnical Group
See here and here (PDF)

13th,
A19/A1058 junction improvement works, Newcastle,
Mining Institute, Newcastle, 17:45
Bauer Technologies is making a three-level interchange at the Silverlink Interchange in a £75m scheme in North Tyneside, south of the Cobalt Business Park
See here

14th,
Smart Motorways – Why the North West will love them, Preston,
Foster Building, UCLAN, 18:00
Speaker is Dino Visco of Jacobs
See here

22nd,
ICE Breaking Dialogues – HS2: A white elephant in the North East? Newcastle
Again off-topic. Not for some people here though.
Mining Institute, Newcastle, 18:00
Debating the pros and cons of HS2 in the North East, the increased/decreased connectivity to London and Scotland, what we could get for the same money as a highway project or a public transport project.
See here

28th,
Ely Southern Bypass – design and construction, Cambridge,
The 1.6km A142 Ely Southern Bypass scheme. It has a 300m twin-box viaduct over the River Great Ouse.
The contract of the £35m bypass was awarded to VolkerFitzpatrick of Hertfordshire (part of VolkerWessels) in August 2016.
VolkerFitzpatrick also improved (grade-separated) junction 10a of the M1 in April 2015. Junction 10a is not technically an M1 junction, but a junction adjacent to the M1 on its spur, known as Kidney Wood Roundabout, where the M1 met the former A6, which went north-south into Luton. Pepperstock is junction 10 of the M1, and was also improved significantly. Not sure when the A1081 single carriageway extension, to the east, was built, probably 1990s. The dual-carriageway extension (East Luton Corridor) made the Kidney Wood Roundabout obsolete.
Organised by ICE East of England, Cambridgeshire branch, joint meeting with the IStructE.
LR6 - Cambridge University Engineering Department. 18:00.
See here, here, and here (PDF)

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Organisation meetings for March 2018,

7th,
A14 Improvement and the Application of BIM to a Major Highway Project,
ARA Social Club, north Bedford, 18:00
Talk by a representative of Costain, who are building the A14 scheme,
BIM involves LIDAR drone surveys and point cloud data,
Organised by CIHT East of England and Bedford Civil Engineering Society,
See here

12th,
Transport for the North Major Road Network, Liverpool,
Peter Molyneux, Major Roads Director, Transport for the North
Organised by ICE Merseyside.
James Parsons Lower Lecture Theatre of LJMU (former Liverpool Polytechnic) in the James Parsons Building off the A59, 18:00
See here

14th,
Engineering of bridges: Design assumptions and practice, Dundee,
Dalhousie Building, Lecture Theatre LT4, University of Dundee, 18:00
See here

The M6 Toll - Past, Present and Future,
James Hodson, Director of Motorway Operations and Facilities (M6 Toll)
Organised by the CILT,
Floor 10 reception, The Axis, 10 Holliday Street, Birmingham, 18:00
See here

20th,
East Midland Gateway/A6 Kegworth Bypass,
Best Western Premier Yew Lodge Hotel, Packington Hill, Kegworth, 18:00
See here

22nd,
The story of our Forth Bridge, Edinburgh,
Off-topic, but the same playing field,
A joint meeting with Network Rail and Historic Environment Scotland.
Edinburgh Napier University 18:00,
See here

27th,
Great Yorkshire Way / FARRRS Link Road, Doncaster,
The project built 4km of the Finningley & Rossington Regeneration Route.
The second phase of the project is 1.6km, effectively to take it to t'Donny airport.
Doncaster Town Moor Golf Club (A638, east Doncaster), 10.30am
The presentation is by Nigel Morley, the Project Manager of the £56m A6182 FARRRS (PDF) scheme, built by Carillion Civil Engineering, with engineering design by Mott MacDonald.
Technically the meeting is for retired ICE people, known as RICE.
The cost for lunch will be £11 per person and £2 for dessert, if you want it.
See here

The Forth Crossings - the debate, Glasgow,
A talk about all three Forth bridges, with John Andrew (Forth Rail Bridge), Ewan Angus (Forth Road Bridge) and Lawrence Shackman (Queensferry Crossing).
Technology & Innovation Centre, University of Strathclyde, 17:30
See here

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Organisation meetings for April 2018

9th,
The refurbishment of the Brynglas Tunnels and adjacent structures, Cardiff,
The Brynglas Tunnels and adjacent structures, first opened in 1967 after a 3 year construction period. The tunnel experienced a serious lorry fire in the westbound tunnel in July 2011, where 215m of the original internal and exit zone lighting was destroyed.
Trevithick Lecture Theatre, Cardiff School of Engineering, 18.00
See here

17th,
Smart Motorway site tour, Derby,
This scheme will convert the M1 into a controlled motorway between junctions 23a and 24 and an all lane running smart motorway between junctions 24 and 25 (7.5 miles). It started in early 2017 and is due for completion in late 2018.
Costain JV Site Offices (DE72 2HP), B6540, 15.00-17.00
Organised by Nottingham, Leicester and Derby Branch of ICE East Midlands.
See here and here (PDF).

This is a two-stage event, and is followed by:
Design and delivery of Smart Motorways in the East Midlands, Derby
The three speakers are - Danny Brown, Costain JV's Project Manager, Stuart Vale from Amey-Arup Joint Venture (he works for Arup) on the M1 J23a-J25 Smart Motorway Scheme, and Dave Cooke, the Highways England Project Manager for the M1 J23a-J25 scheme.
Costain site offices on B6540, west of M1, 18.00
See here and here (PDF)

East West Rail - central section preferred corridor, Peterborough,
Off-topic, but of interest to one or two.
The second phase through Milton Keynes is progressing through the design phases and expected to be completed by the early 2020s. The Central Section, the missing link between Bedford to Cambridge, is still in its early planning stages.
The speaker is John Lipscomb from Network Rail.
Great Northern Hotel, Peterborough 18.00
See here.

18th,
Hidden defects in bridges – guidance for detection and management, Truro,
The speaker is Donald Pearson-Kirk, who talks on a guide by Arup and AECOM, authorised by the UK Bridge Owners Forum and Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA).
New County Hall, Truro, off A390, 18.00
See here.

25th,
Site visit: A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Project, Cambridge,
The project is a joint venture between Costain, Skanska, Balfour Beatty and Carillion, along with a two-way design joint venture between Atkins and CH2M.
Attendees will need to bring all the PPE gear, like boots.
Construction of the project is well under way, with the new A14 planned to open towards the end of 2020, costing £1.5bn.
It will take place at one of the site compounds in the afternoon; notification is by email.
See here

An Introduction To...Strategic Planning of the Highway Network,
Organised by CIHT North East & Cumbria.
The speaker, Nick Bryan, will discuss how the council plans, manages and delivers schemes across the highway network of North Tyneside.
North Tyneside Council, Quadrant, Cobalt Business Park
See here

26th,
The Alan Stilwell Memorial North West Transport Lecture 2018, Liverpool,
The talk is mainly about Transport for the North, which is finalising its first Strategic Transport Plan and will become the first statutory Sub-National Transport Body later this year.
Peter Jost Lecture Theatre, James Parsons Building, former Liverpool Polytechnic, off A59, 17.45
See here and here (PDF)

A project in a nutshell: The A45/A46 Tollbar End Improvement Scheme, Birmingham,
Joint meeting with CIHT West Midlands and the Transport Planning Society.
Birmingham Repertory Theatre – Suite 1, 18.00
The scheme was designed by Arcadis, from whom a speaker (John Greiller) is from.
See here and here (PDF)

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I'm attending the evening talk on the 17th at M1 23a-25, mainly to hear from Dave Cooke than the project team.

And if anyone wants to hear the bits of the A14 scheme they won't tell you about on the official tour, I can set up a webinar

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Organised meetings for August 2018

23rd,
Forth Bridges boat trip, Edinburgh
£10 per person. Journey on the Maid of the Forth and visit the Forth Bridges.
Has a well stocked ships bar and optional BBQ Ribeye Steak supper.
18.30, B924, South Queensferry
See here

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Organised meetings for September 2018,

11th,
Site visit to the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon upgrade,
Correct PPE must be worn by all attendees and a PPE requirement form will be sent to all who register, for completion and return.
Organised by ICES.
Swavesey A14 site offices (section 4), near the north-bound A14 Cambridge Services, Boxworth CB23 4NG 14:30-17:00 £10 deposit (refundable)
See here
The site page shows up-to-date pictures of structures on the scheme.

12th,
Worcester southern link road railway bridge extension project, Pershore,
Civic Centre, Pershore, 18:00
The A4440 road bridge for the was built with a self-propelled modular transporter (SPMT).
The bypass is not unlike the York northern bypass, but built in modular sections.
Organised by Hereford & Worcester branch of ICE West Midlands
See here and here (PDF)

13th,
A19/A1058 Junction improvement works, Abergele
The talk will mention the Rock Socketed Contiguous Large Diameter Bored Pile Walls.
The speaker is from Bauer Technologies Ltd
The project is a £75m Highway England scheme to transform the roundabout junction to an ambitious three-level interchange.
Kinmel Manor, off A55, Abergele, Conwy, N Wales, 18:00
See here

Orwell Bridge, Ipswich,
A speaker from Jackson Civil Engineering will talk about the history of the Orwell Bridge.
Ipswich Transport Museum, 19:30
See here

21st-22nd
Two day visit Eurotunnel Control Centre / Channel Tunnel / Louvre Lens museum & Arras WW1 tunnels
Friday - a presentation on the construction of the Channel Tunnel from Mr Philippe Vandebrouck, the Project Director during construction.
Channel Tunnel, France
See here and here (PDF)

25th,
A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Upgrade Site Visit of Works,
In June 2018, the northbound and southbound A1 traffic south of Brampton Hut was switched onto the new A1 carriageway. The eastbound A428 was also switched to travel under the new structure at Girton. There will be four lanes between Bar Hill and Girton.
PPE required - strong boots.
Organised by IStructE Peterborough group.
A14 Site office (Section 2) on the B1514, Brampton PE19 5UH 17:00 The site page may have an incorrect date. It is listed as Tuesday.
See here and here (PDF)

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Meetings for October 2018,

2nd,
A19-A1058 Coast Road Improvement Scheme (Silverlink), Newcastle,
The talk is given by one of the project managers. The scheme at the Silverlink Interchange is due to end in March 2019.
Currently the A1058 Coast Road has the better grade separation, not the A19. I would argue that the A19 is the more important route, acting as a distributor road around eastern Newcastle.
Cassie Building, Newcastle University, 17:45
See here

Improving Performance in Highways Service Delivery,
A talk about the Midlands Highway Alliance (MHA), formed in July 2007, and the first of its kind in the UK. The former 10 local authorities has now become 21. It is centred at Leicestershire County Council.
The speaker is Peter Barclay, a civil engineer originally with Nottinghamshire County Council.
Sparkenhoe Committee Room, County Hall, Glenfield, 18:00
Organised by ICE East Midlands
See here and here (PDF)

11th,
Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route - Balmedie to Tipperty project,
The project will be completed in autumn 2018. The whole distributor road is 58km long.
Sir Ian Wood Building, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, in Garthdee off the A90, 17:30
Organised by the CIHT.
See here

17th,
M1 Junctions 32 to 35a Smart Motorway Improvement Scheme, Badsworth,
This 12-mile scheme received a certificate of excellence at the 2018 ICE Yorkshire and Humber Awards. It went from the Thurcroft Interchange to the Tankersley Interchange and was built by Costain. It is the first smart motorway scheme to use variable mandatory speed limits to manage both traffic and air quality requirements and has successfully transformed the opinions of the police who initially had significant safety concerns regarding the smart motorway concept.
The cost for lunch will be £14 per person and £2 for dessert. This talk is mainly intended for retired engineers in the ICE.
Rogerthorpe Manor Hotel, Badsworth near Pontefract, on B6474 north of South Elmsall 10:30
See here

23rd,
Engineering the North Coast 500, Inverness,
A talk about the NC500.
Inverness College UHI, at the junction of the A9 and A8082, 17:30
Organised by ICE Highlands and Islands Branch.
See here

24th,
Tension Structures, past, present and future
Possibly one or two bridges.
Lecture Theatre 194, University of Bradford, 18:00
A talk given in association with Arup/Oasys (geotechnical software). Oasys is the software house of Arup. Organised by Yorkshire IStructE.
See here

31st,
Site visit: A19 - A1058 Coast Road junction improvement, North Shields,
Hard hat, safety glasses, safety gloves required.
A19 Project Office, NE29 7DB
See here

Orwell Bridge, Ipswich,
Construction began in October 1979 and finished in December 1982.
The speaker is the Senior Contracts Manager, Jackson Civil Engineering.
Wherry Flint Room, Quay Place, Ipswich 18:30
See here

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Organisation meetings for November,

5th,
Joint Meeting with ICE hosted by the ICE - Crossrail, Belfast
Not on topic. Crossrail is soon to open.
The speaker is Dr Dark Raiss.
Ulster Museum, Botanic Court, Belfast, 17:30
See here

6th,
The Tyne Bridge at 90
Lavishly illustrated with images and sounds, the talk will be a celebration of a world-renowned North East icon.
Cassie Building 2.32, Newcastle University, 17:30
See here

7th,
EMESP Lecture 2018 - Queensferry Crossing – Inception to Completion, Nottingham
The Queen on 4 September 2017 opened the bridge, following 10 years of design, planning and construction.
Lawrence Shackman is the speaker, from Transport Scotland. He was Project Manager for the £1.35bn bridge. Nicola Sturgeon has yet to bungee jump from the bridge.
This event costs about £5, and you have to book.
It is a joint event with the IET, IOP, IStructE and IMechE.
The Albert Hall, Nottingham, 18:00
See here

8th
Challenges & achievements of the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme, St Albans,
Speakers are from the A14 Integrated Delivery Team.
It is now proposed that the new road (and an associated section of the A1) will be designated as motorways.
AECOM House, St Albans, 18.30
See here

12th,
A1 Junctions: Phase 2, Belfast,
The speaker is Conor Doonan.
Arup, Bedford House, Belfast 18:00
See here

Talk on Bridge Design: what do we mean by quality?
Organised by IStructE Surrey Regional Group.
The speaker is Ian Firth, President of the IStructE in 2017.
Lecture Theatre M, Surrey University, Guildford, 18:00
See here

15th,
Safeguarding and strengthening of the Exe Viaduct, Exeter
The Exe Viaduct is 692m and carries the M5.
The speaker is Mark Maynard from Highways England in Bristol.
University of Exeter 18:00
See here

A465 section 2 improvements, Abergele,
The Heads of the Valley through the Clydach Gorge. 1.2m tonnes of rock face is being excavated. There is 2.2km of dual carriage way and an 80m single span gateway bridge at Brynmawr.
The speaker is Bill Hughes from Arcadis. who also worked on the A487 Caernarvon to Bontnewydd Bypass.
The Kinmel Hotel & Spa, Abergele, off the A55, 18:00
See here

20th,
Dualling the A9 - Perth to Inverness, Inverness,
The speakers are Jo Blewitt and Alan Gillies from Transport Scotland and Neil Stewart from Jacobs.
Main Lecture Theatre, Inverness College UHI 17:30
See here

Graduates & Students: Annual Bridge Lecture, Coventry,
ICE West Midlands Graduates and Students Annual Bridge Lecture
There will be a state-of-the-art review of the design and construction of multiple span suspension bridges.
Oculus Building, University of Warwick
See here

21st,
Great Yarmouth third river crossing: Nationally significant infrastructure project, Norwich
The speakers are Mark Kemp from Norfolk County Council and Joanna Lyon from WSP.
A joint event with the CIHT.
County Hall, Norwich, 18:00
See here

Dundee G&S Prestige Lecture: Queensferry Crossing construction, Dundee,
The Queensferry Crossing project,
LT1, Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee 18:30
See here

Innovations in street lighting, Ipswich,
Jackson Civil Engineering, Ipswich, 18.00
See here

26th,
A6 Manchester Airport Relief Road - an engineer's perspective
The A6 Manchester Airport Relief Road is a multi-million-pound major infrastructure project providing a link across Stockport, Manchester and East Cheshire.
The talk will look at the history of the scheme, since its opening in October 2018.
The speaker is Bill Edwards, the project manager.
The road was being built by Carillion - you do the maths. Th A6 to M60 Link is planned, which will link the road to the M60 at Bredbury.
The 10km road opened on 17th October 2018.
Piccadilly Plaza Manchester, 17.30
See here

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Meetings for January 2019,

15th (Tues),
Kegworth Bypass Bridge, Kegworth,
The talk is about the new A6 Kegworth Bypass. Over the weekend of the 12th May 2018, the M1 was completely closed to build the bridge. I can't remember what the diversion was. The bridge was built by the Buckingham Group. Buckingham Group also built the Copper Box Arena for the 2012 Olympics.
The East Midlands Gateway development was maybe why the bypass was eventually built; as Bedfordshire's The Adventures of Stevie V in 1990 told us on the dance floor - money talks. When money can be acquired, or is accessible, from tree branches, Kegworth would have had a bypass twenty years before. Ask John McDonnell about how this could be possible.
The two speakers are Adam Smith of Buckingham Group and James Parson of Cass Hayward, the designer of the bridge.
Organised by ICE East Midlands.
Yew Lodge Hotel, Kegworth, 18.00
See here and here (PDF).

16th (Wed),
Bridge distress caused by approach embankment settlement, Preston, 18.00
This talk is a bit more civil engineering that most here would probably cope with. Or maybe you are all PhD civil engineering types? If you know your soil mechanics, then you will like it that much more.
The talk is about the geotechnical performance of Surtees Bridge, the A66 bridge over the River Tees near Thornaby-on-Tees, built in 1980.
The speaker is Chris Danilewicz of Jacobs.
Organised by ICE Lancashire and the ICE North West Geotechnical Group.
FB 025 (Lecture Theatre 3), Foster Building, UCLAN, Preston
See here


21st (Mon),
Queensferry Crossing – Inception to Completion,
The speak is Lawrence Shackman, Project Manager for the Queensferry Crossing.
Organised by the CIHT.
David Keir Building, Queens University Belfast, 17.30
See here

22nd (Tues),
Lower Thames Crossing: A new connection for Essex, Chelmsford,
The project will be the UK’s longest road tunnel.
Lord Ashcroft Building, Anglia Ruskin University, 18.00
See here

29th (Tues),
Crossrail - how is it being delivered? Middlesbrough,
Not on-topic. Joint meeting with the IStructE.
Apparently 10% of all journeys on the London Underground will be on the Elizabeth Line.
42 km of 7-metre diameter tunnel has been built.
7 new subsurface stations up to depths of 40 metres.
Stephenson Building Main Lecture Theatre, Teesside University, 17.45
See here and here

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Meetings for January 2019,

15th (Tues),
Kegworth Bypass Bridge, Kegworth,
The talk is about the new A6 Kegworth Bypass. Over the weekend of the 12th May 2018, the M1 was completely closed to build the bridge. I can't remember what the diversion was.

The parallel A453 from 23a to 24.

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Meetings for February 2019

11th,
The Northern Spire: Engineering a new bridge for Sunderland, Belfast
The Northern Spire was opened in August 2018 and is 336m long.
It was constructed by Farrans Victor Buyck Joint Venture on behalf of Sunderland City Council at a cost of £117million.
Joint IStructE ICE meeting.
Arup, Bedford House, Belfast 17.30
See here and here


20th,
Road Safety & Data Analysis, Lincoln
Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership was founded in June 2000.
The Collection 18.00
See here

21st,
Transforming transport - getting from A to EV, Glasgow,
The Scottish Government is pledging to phase out new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2032.
Joint meeting with IET
The Studio, 13.00
See here

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Meetings for March 2019

6th,
Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet
Speakers are Ted Doherty from AECOM and Anne-Marie Rodgers from Highways England
forms part of Oxford to Cambridge expressway
ARA Social Club, Bedford, 18.00
See here

7th,
Graduates & Students Site Visit to M5 Oldbury Viaduct – Major Renewal Scheme, West Bromwich
BMV JV Project Office 16.30
See here

11th,
A19/A1058 junction improvement works, Liverpool
Organised by ICE Merseyside
18.00 James Parsons Lower Lecture Theatre
See here

21st,
A1 Leeming to Barton
Shulmans LLP, Wellington Place, Leeds 18.30
See here and
here (PDF)

25th,
AWPR signs
Regus House, Aberdeen, 18.00
See here

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Meetings for April 2019,

10th,
The A483/A489 Newtown Bypass, Cardiff
Construction began in February 2016 and the bypass was open to traffic in February 2019.
Joint meeting CIHT Wales
Cardiff University School of Engineering, Trevithick Lecture Theatre (T2/09) 17.30
See here

11th,
The A483/A489 Newtown Bypass, Abergele
Joint meeting CIHT Wales
Kinmel Manor Hotel, Abergele, 18.00
See here

23rd,
Smart motorways, Gloucester
Max Brown, Head of Smart Roads for Highways England
Shire Hall, Gloucester, 18.00
See here

24th,
Temporary Works: An Update, Norwich,
Discussing BS 5975
University Technical College Norfolk, 18.00
See here

25th,
A6 Manchester Airport relief road, Manchester
Mark Conway Specialist Operations Director for Morgan Sindall, and member of the A6 team, will explore the key challenges in building
Renold Building - Room D007, University of Manchester 18.00
See here

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Meetings in May 2019,

2nd,
The Northern Powerhouse: An integrated transport utopia? Leeds
Leeds College of Building, 18.00
See here

7th.
Bridge tour, Manchester
A tour of Manchester's bridges
Caffé Nero, 18.00
See here

8th,
Luton Direct Air Rail Transit (DART) project, St Albans,
Off topic, but does affect the A1081 bypass in Luton (a steel girder bridge)
AECOM House, 18.00
See here

A14 scheme, Cambridge
Speaker is Willie McCormack, Construction Director of the A14 Integrated Delivery Team
Cambridge Golf and Conference Centre, A14, Hemingford Abbots, 18.00
See here

21st,
HS2 East Midlands Hub – Toton City,
maybe off topic a bit,
Best Western Premier Yew Lodge Hotel & Conference Centre, Kegworth 17.30
See here and here (PDF)

29th,
Site visit: Dartford tunnel, Dartford
Not the first visit for many people here, or the last. Legendary queues I am told. Ice cream van available on request.
Organised by ICE East of England.
Dartford Crossing offices, A282, 20.30
See here and here (PDF)

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Bet that Manchester bridges tour was interesting, wouldn't have minded that myself!

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Meetings for June 2019,

11th,
Kegworth bypass bridge lecture, Cardiff,
Includes a mention of the East Midlands Gateway.
Joint event with the Institution of Structural Engineers, Wales Group.
Trevithick Lecture Theatre (T2/09), Cardiff University School of Engineering, 17.30
See here and here (PDF)

19th,
A63 Castle Street and Princes Quay Bridge, Hull,
The A63 Castle Street Improvement scheme involves building a 400m long underpass through Hull City Centre.
Speakers are James Leeming from Highways England, and Richard Green-Morgan from Balfour Beatty
Wilberforce LT12, University of Hull, 18.20
See here

23rd,
Forth Bridges boat trip, South Queensferry,
90 minutes in the boat, Adults £14 and £7 per child.
Maid of the Forth, 17.45
See here

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Organised meetings for July 2019,

16th,
Humber Bridge Hanger replacement & testing, Hull,
Wilberforce LT12 at the University of Hull 18.20,
See here

25th,
Hidden defects in bridges - CIRIA C764, Maidstone,
A talk about CIRIA Guide C764 - Hidden defects in bridges,
Kent County Hall, 17.45,
See here

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Organised meetings for September 2019,

6th (Friday),
Brunel’s Bristol swivel bridge: its place in his office and his world,
About Brunel’s 1849 Swivel Bridge, located between the Cumberland Basin and the River Avon,
Create Centre, Bristol, 9.00
It costs about £37.
Organised by the IStructE.
See here

10th (Tuesday),
SMART Motorways: Smart Piling and Smart Investigation – Van Elle, Kirkby-in-Ashfield,
Van Elle is the largest geotechnical contractor in the UK.
Van Elle, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, 18.30
See here and here (PDF)

12th (Thursday),
Burnshot Bridge: from Concept to Construction, Edinburgh,
A90 Burnshot Bridge on the Edinburgh Bypass, constructed in 1964 as part of the A90 corridor to the Forth Road Bridge. Demolished in 2017 due to deteriorated half-joints. New £3m bridge built by Balfour Beatty from April 2019, to open early 2020.
The Royal Society of Edinburgh, George Street 17.30,
See here
Also a site visit to the bridge on 23rd September near Craigiehall.

24th (Tuesday),
Learning from failures and disasters,
Could be some bridges
Organised by the IStructE.
Room PFC/02/06, Peter Froggatt Centre, QUB, Belfast 17.30,
See here

25th (Wednesday),
M4 Smart Motorway,
Speaker is David Pilsworth,
Organised by Thames Valley Branch of ICE South East England,
Holiday Inn, Guildford, 18.00,
See here and here (PDF)

26th (Thursday),
Ageing infrastructure – a 21st century challenge! Portsmouth,
Bridges will be mentioned.
Organised by the South Branch of ICE South East England.
University of Portsmouth, 17.30
See here and here (PDF)

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Meetings for October 2019,

2nd (Wed),
South West Transport Boards, Taunton,
Organised in conjunction with CIHT and sponsored by WSP,
Somerset County Cricket Ground, 10am (all day),
See here and here (PDF)

3rd (Thu),
Substance with style - the importance of engineering design,
Organised by the IStructE in a joint meeting with the IESIS,
The speaker is Arup's Global Bridge Leader, and Design Leader for the Queensferry Bridge and in the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame,
Room K325, John Anderson Building, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, 18.00,
See here

7th (Mon),
Design and construction of the Northern Spire Bridge Sunderland, Belfast,
The Northern Spire in Sunderland opened in August 2018,
it cost £117m, with a 105m high spire, and a 330m long deck, built by Farrans Construction and Victor Buyck Steel Construction,
Ulster Museum, 17.30
See here

9th (Wed),
British Construction Industry Awards 2019, London,
£515 excluding VAT,
Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane in Mayfair 18:00,
See here

10th (Thu),
Use of Technology in Highway Operations with links to Future Mobility, Abergele,
A talk about the A55/A494 corridor and WelTag Stages 1 and 2 (Welsh transport appraisal guidance, similar to New Approach to Appraisal or NATA) ,
Speakers are from the North and Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent and WSP,
Kinmel Manor Spa Hotel (off the A55, north Wales), Abergele, 18.00
See here

11th (Fri),
Management of Structures,
£150 excluding VAT for non-ICE,
Hazel McDonald of Transport Scotland will give an hour-long talk on Managing Scotland's Trunk Road Structures: All creatures great and small - Hazel McDonald is Chief Bridge Engineer for Transport Scotland and apparently did a PhD from 1995-98 on the temperature effects in concrete box girder bridges,
Richard Fish will give a talk about bridge collapses - Richard Fish was Chief Bridge Engineer for Cornwall County Council from 1989-2001, a former Chairman of the UK Bridges Board and project manager from 1994-2002 for the Tamar Suspension Bridge Strengthening and Widening,
Mercure Southgate Hotel, Exeter 09.00 (all day)
See here and here (PDF)

12th (Sat),
Liverpool walking tour, Liverpool,
Apparently Liverpool was the second city of the British Empire,
Includes a free drink and a small meal at the Ship & Mitre,
Organised by ICE Merseyside Branch,
Here is the route,
Queen Victoria Monument, Derby Square, Liverpool, 11.00 (3 hours),
See here and here (PDF)

15th (Wed),
HS2: The development of Bridges and Viaducts, Warwick,
Off topic a bit,
Humanities Department near Kirby Corner, University of Warwick 18.30,
See here

Engineering theme park rides,
Can theme park rides be included in SABRE? Just call them exciting and strange roads?
Organised by the IStructE and costs £5,
The 33rd East Midlands Engineering and Science Professionals Annual Prestige Lecture,
Speaker is Dr John Roberts, who will give a lecture on engineering theme park rides, and was the President of the Institution of Structural Engineers from 1999-2000,
He designed the world's largest rollercoaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach and the London Eye,
Albert Hall Conference Centre, Nottingham, 19.30,
See here

16th (Thu),
M6 Junction 10 Junction Improvement,
The Bentley Interchange, for the A454 Black Country Route,
Walsall Council House, 18.00,
See here

24th (Thu),
Engineering the A14,
The contract has cost £1.5bn, and is a joint venture of Costain, Skanska, Balfour Beatty, Atkins and Jacobs,
Julian Lamb from the JV and Mike Evans from Highways England,
Self-driving dump trucks have been tested for the first time in the UK on the project,
Organised by the Cambridge Network of the IET,
Room LT0, University of Cambridge Engineering Dept, 18.30,
See here and here

29th (Tuesday),
Lincoln Eastern Bypass - Construction update, Lincoln,
A talk on the £120m Lincoln Eastern Bypass (LEB) scheme,
Six months are remaining of the contract,
The Collection, 18.00,
See here


30th (Wed),
The A4440 Worcester Southern Link Road Improvements, Worcester,
Isn't the Worcester Bypass a bit similar to the York Northern Bypass? This talk is about dual-carriageway transforming most of the southern bypass, near the Ketch and Powick Roundabouts.
Organised by ICE West Midlands and CIHT West Midlands Region,
Worcestershire County Council, Worcester, 17.30, moved from the 9th,
See here and here

31st (Thu)
Background to BS5975 and the Development of Temporary Works, Glasgow,
Anything else taking place on this day?
BS5975 was developed for falsework on structures,
Technology and Innovation Centre, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, 17.30,
See here
Picture is of Barton Bridge collapse on 19th February 1959 (present M60, former M63) which killed four workers. And there was another collapse on 30th December 1959?

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Bit ambitious suggesting the BCI Awards at £515 for a single seat or £5k if you can get a table