North East Region | Events
| Organisation: | ICE |
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| Date: | 05/12/17 |
| Time: | 5:45pm - 7:30pm |
| Speaker: | John Peterson BSc (Hons) CEng FICE FGS |
| Venue: | Teeside University |
| Cost: | free |
| Type: | Knowledge |
| Contact: | jade.robson@ice.org.uk |
| Region: | Newcastle-Upon-Tyne |
| Time of Day: | Evening |
| Topic: | Design |
A talk with many pictures and some terrible hand drawn sketches to provide an insight into various retaining wall solutions.
| Organisation: | ICE |
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| Date: | 05/12/17 |
| Time: | 5:45pm - 8pm |
| Speaker: | Andy Judson |
| Venue: | Common Room, Cassie Building, Newcastle University |
| Cost: | free |
| Type: | Knowledge |
| Contact: | jade.robson@ice.org.uk |
| Region: | Newcastle-Upon-Tyne |
| Time of Day: | Evening |
| Topic: | Other |
Flooding in Leeds city centre is no new thing, the frequency of such events now appears to be increasing. Up to November 2014 there had been 4 near misses since the Millennium. Then came the autumn and winter of 2015, like most of northern England the catchment of the river Aire was affected by extreme levels of rainfall which culminated in the city being hit by three significant events in just 6 weeks. The scheme to provide protection for Leeds was underway and areas of work that were completed provided protection. The presentation shows how the project will provide protection for similar events and the steps that are being made to accelerate the next phase of works.
| Organisation: | ICE G&S |
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| Date: | 07/12/17 |
| Time: | 17:45-20:00 |
| Speaker: | N/A |
| Venue: | Union Rooms |
| Cost: | Free |
| Type: | Networking |
| Contact: | jade.robson@ice.org.uk |
| Region: | Newcastle-Upon-Tyne |
| Time of Day: | Evening |
| Topic: | Networking |
The North East G&S committee welcome you to join us at the Union Rooms Newcastle for our annual Christmas quiz.
Defeat fellow colleagues and students in the general knowledge quiz. Which University teams will come out brightest and which company’s employees will make the grade? The quiz is open to all.
This is a great chance to meet other members in a social, non-formal setting. Quiz teams should have a maximum of 5 people. If you don’t have a team don’t worry just bring yourself and we will find you a team.
Prizes will be up for grabs for the winning team. There will be bonus points for the best team name, so get thinking.
All attendees will get a free drink and there will be food.
| Organisation: | ICE |
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| Date: | 07/12/17 |
| Time: | 19:00-22:00 |
| Speaker: | N/A |
| Venue: | Union Rooms |
| Cost: | free |
| Type: | Networking |
| Contact: | jade.robson@ice.org.uk |
| Region: | Newcastle-Upon-Tyne |
| Time of Day: | Evening |
| Topic: | Networking |
The North East G&S committee welcome you to join us at the Union Rooms Newcastle for our annual Christmas quiz.
Defeat fellow colleagues and students in the general knowledge quiz. Which University teams will come out brightest and which company’s employees will make the grade? The quiz is open to all.
This is a great chance to meet other members in a social, non-formal setting. Quiz teams should have a maximum of 5 people. If you don’t have a team don’t worry just bring yourself and we will find you a team.
Prizes will be up for grabs for the winning team. There will be bonus points for the best team name, so get thinking.
All attendees will get a free drink and there will be food.
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| Organisation: | ICE |
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| Date: | 30/11/17 |
| Time: | 13:00-14:00 |
| Speaker: | Matthew Greaves |
| Venue: | Online |
| Cost: | Free |
| Type: | Lunch and Learn |
| Contact: | jade.robson@ice.org.uk |
| Region: | Newcastle-Upon-Tyne |
| Time of Day: | Day |
| Topic: | Other |
Drones regularly feature in the media – attracting negative publicity from a sensationalist press. This session aims to dismiss some of the myths surrounding drones and examine how they can be used to quickly, safely and accurately capture data.
The session will cover the legal issues surrounding the use of drones and examine some of the potential uses of drones and drone captured data in Civil Engineering.
Speaker: Matthew Greaves, Founder, Drones on Demand
| Organisation: | ICE |
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| Date: | 14/11/17 |
| Time: | 17:45 - 20:00 |
| Speaker: | Tim Marples, Head of Public Safety and Subsidence, The Coal Authority. |
| Venue: | Mining Institute |
| Cost: | Free |
| Type: | Lecture |
| Contact: | jade.robson@ice.org.uk |
| Region: | Newcastle-Upon-Tyne |
| Time of Day: | Evening |
| Topic: | Health and Safety |
Tim Marples will introduce the role of the Coal Authority in managing the legacy of the County’s long and eventful coal mining history. He we will demonstrate the challenges they face and their approach to risk and remediation.
Tim is Head of Public Safety and Subsidence at the Coal Authority with responsibilities for managing the impacts of historical coal mining across Britain. He joined the Coal Authority in 2014 after 15 years at UK Coal Ltd (formally RJB Mining).
Since graduating as a Mining Engineer, Tim has gained over 30 years’ experience of the UK coal industry, encompassing both operational and strategic roles in surface coal mining, underground coal mining, tip washing, and mining restoration projects across the UK.
In 2009 Tim gained an MBA from Leeds University Business School, is a Fellow of the Institute of Quarrying and a member of The Mineral Engineering Society.
The Coal Authority is a Non-Departmental Public Body sponsored by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (DBEIS), set up in 1994 to manage effects of past coal mining including subsidence damage. They are based in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
This event will be hosted by the Northern Geotechnical Group.
| Organisation: | ICE |
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| Date: | 14/11/17 |
| Time: | 17:45 - 20:00 |
| Speaker: | Jim Kilcar & Ruxandra Tanasescu - Atkins, Ed Wallage - Engineering Services Manager |
| Venue: | Stephenson Building Lecture Theatre Teesside University Middlesbrough TS1 3BA |
| Cost: | FREE |
| Type: | Lecture |
| Contact: | katy.obrien@ice.org.uk |
| Region: | Tees Valley: Tees Valley |
| Time of Day: | Evening |
| Topic: | Design |
The New Wear Bridge project in Sunderland is nearing completion & this lecture will provide key insight into the Construction process of this massive Cable Stayed Bridge project.
This event will give a detailed insight into construction of the new bridge provided by Jim Kilcar and Ruxandra Tanasescu, both from Atkins.
Ed Wallage, Engineering Services Manager will relay the evolution of this landmark structure Designed and currently being built by Farrans Construction.
| Organisation: | ICE |
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| Date: | 07/11/17 |
| Time: | 17:45 - 20:00 |
| Speaker: | Jim Allen, Partner - Cundall. |
| Venue: | Cassie Building, Newcastle University, NE1 7RU |
| Cost: | FREE |
| Type: | Lecture |
| Contact: | katy.obrien@ice.org.uk |
| Region: | Newcastle-Upon-Tyne |
| Time of Day: | Evening |
| Topic: | Other |
Within a few miles of Stonehenge and situated in the centre of the British Army’s largest national training area, Larkhill Garrison is the home of the Royal School of Artillery. Work is underway across the Salisbury Plain training area to prepare for service personnel and their families returning from Germany in 2019, under the army basing programme (ABP). In accordance with the Salisbury Plain masterplan, an area of about 18Ha adjacent to Larkhill Garrison is being developed to provide over 400 homes.
In late 2016, Cundall’s geotechnical and civil engineering teams were approached by Gable to provide advice to the Larkhill project team. As the site had been used for live fire training for many years, works had commenced with the stripping of the topsoil so the area could be checked for unexploded ordnance (UXO) and any UXO removed or made safe by controlled explosion on site. The topsoil strip uncovered a unique network of First World War front line trenches and tunnels that recreated the British and German front lines. They had been built for realistic training prior to sending troops to fight on the Western Front.
The soil strip operation led to an area of ground collapsing to reveal entrances to previously unknown tunnels. Their undetermined extent and nature, potential archaeological significance and risk of UXO all presented the project team with a set of seemingly insoluble problems and the potential for significant programme delays. Survey work previously carried out by others to locate the tunnels, including geophysics (gradiometry and ground penetrating radar) had not been successful and the lack of information regarding the tunnels was a concern. Progress on the project had effectively stalled.
Cundall developed a survey comprising a set of complementary and integrated techniques. These techniques would ultimately succeed in mapping the orientation, inclination, extent and volume of the historic tunnels with pinpoint accuracy, while still allowing the most thorough archaeological records possible along with effective management of the UXO risk.
| Organisation: | ICE |
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| Date: | 26/10/17 |
| Time: | 15:00 - 17:30 |
| Speaker: | N/A |
| Venue: | New Wear Crossing Site Offices, Alexandra Business Park Sunderland SR4 6UG |
| Cost: | FREE |
| Type: | Site Visit |
| Contact: | katy.obrien@ice.org.uk |
| Region: | Newcastle-Upon-Tyne |
| Time of Day: | Day |
| Topic: | Site-Operations |
We are giving our members the opportunity to visit one of the highest profile construction projects in the North East. The site visit will include a presentation from ICE G&S Committee member and Farrans Site Engineer Amy Wright followed by a guided tour of the site. This is a great opportunity to see a large scale civil engineering project in the heart of the region.
If bookings are closed due to the maximum number of visitors being reached please email katy.obrien@ice.org.uk and she will place you on a waiting list. Due to the limited numbers available for the session we ask that if you have to withdraw from the site visit for any reason please contact Katy O’Brien so your place can be reassigned.
We ask people to arrive a minimum of 15minutes prior to the start time to ensure we get as much time as possible on site. All attendees will have to bring their own PPE with the site minimum PPE standards including high visibility jacket, steel toe capped boots, hard hat, safety gloves and safety glasses. Farrans retain the right to deny access to their site to anyone who does not have the appropriate PPE.
| Organisation: | ICE |
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| Date: | 26/10/17 |
| Time: | 19:00 - 21:30 |
| Speaker: | N/A |
| Venue: | Opera Piano Bar The Gate Newgate Street Newcastle NE1 4XQ |
| Cost: | FREE |
| Type: | Networking |
| Contact: | katy.obrien@ice.org.uk |
| Region: | Newcastle-Upon-Tyne |
| Time of Day: | Evening |
| Topic: | Networking |
Do you want to know what it is like to be a professional engineer? How does your education relate to what you will be doing in work?
Come along to our Careers and Beers event to hear from recent graduates about what their jobs entail and have the chance to ask them any questions. Open to all students, apprentices and anyone who wants to find out more about a career in Civil Engineering.
Food from 7pm with a free drink included.
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