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RIBA
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1/7/2008 at 11:18 GMT
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| Professor Michael Burdekin |
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IStructE`s 1998 Gold Medal Winner, Professor Michael Burdekin has been named in the Queen`s Birthday Honours list to receive an OBE for his contributions to the field of Health and Safety.
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IStructE
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26/6/2008 at 17:46 GMT
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How the Benevolent Fund helps
For over 70 years, the Benevolent Fund has been helping IStructE members, and their dependants, encountering financial difficulties as a result of circumstances such as:
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IStructE
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26/6/2008 at 10:40 GMT
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It has come to the attention of IStructE that approaches have been made by publisher St James`s House to consultants and The Structural Engineer advertisers to participate in a publication called Building Excellence for a fee.
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IStructE
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25/6/2008 at 16:37 GMT
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SPAB (The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings)
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25/6/2008 at 14:4 GMT
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Construction Industry Council (CIC)
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23/6/2008 at 10:19 GMT
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Construction Industry Council (CIC)
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23/6/2008 at 10:13 GMT
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| Mike Glover |
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Mike Glover of Arup will deliver his Gold Medal Address, titled 'Observations of a Projects Engineer', on Wednesday 25th June 2008 at Vinopolis, London.
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IStructE
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17/6/2008 at 17:35 GMT
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At its recent Council meeting Keith Clarke was appointed as the new Chairman of the Construction Industry Council. The Rt Hon Nick Raynsford MP, CIC`s former Chairman, now becomes Deputy Chairman in accordance with CIC`s rules & byelaws.
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Construction Industry Council (CIC)
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12/6/2008 at 10:31 GMT
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IStructE has organised for free guided tours of Unseen Hands: 100 years of Structural Engineering, which is now on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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IStructE
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11/6/2008 at 11:12 GMT
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A new guide to speed up planning partnerships between councils and developers in the UK has been published by Planning Minister, Iain Wright. The new `step-by-step guide` from the Advisory Team for Large Applications (ATLAS) sets out a logical process for identifying what should be done, when and by whom to reduce problems, and speed up new major developments through the planning system.
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Government News Network (GNN)
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10/6/2008 at 16:39 GMT
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IStructE
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10/6/2008 at 15:11 GMT
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A University of Southern California professor on sabbatical in China has created a prototype of a sturdy, quick-to-build bamboo house designed to help the vast number of people made homeless by the Sichuan earthquake on 12 May 2008.
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University of Southern California
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10/6/2008 at 11:25 GMT
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Further to previous warnings concerning telephone calls to IStructE members and their firms from individual purporting to represent IStructE, this problem evidently persists.
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IStructE
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9/6/2008 at 11:54 GMT
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Engineers Without Borders UK (EWB-UK) was founded on the idea that young people should have ways to use their skills to help people in poverty around the world. Many students and young engineers are putting their skills to use by taking part in our programmes: but you can also help to run our programmes.
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EWB-UK (Engineers Without Borders UK)
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6/6/2008 at 14:26 GMT
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The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) has called for the creation of an engineers` register in England and Wales to ensure safe building design.
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IStructE
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3/6/2008 at 16:14 GMT
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Network Rail / TfL
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30/5/2008 at 15:39 GMT
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The Global Infrastructure-Anti Corruption Centre (GIACC) has launched a free online information service designed to help identify and prevent corrupt practices within the infrastructure, engineering and construction sectors.
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Global Infrastructure-Anti Corruption Centre (GIACC)
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27/5/2008 at 15:42 GMT
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IStructE President Sarah Buck and the specially commissioned Centenary artwork appeared in a recent documentary on Stephen Wiltshire, the world`s leading architectural artist.
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IStructE
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23/5/2008 at 15:17 GMT
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The Technology Strategy Board recently launched a new initiative that will help UK business to meet the growing global demand for environmentally friendly buildings, while responding to the Government`s challenging targets for improving sustainability. With initial funding of £30 million over three years, the Low Impact Buildings Innovation Platform will work with industry, academics and research organisations to develop new products and services, and help bring them to the market.
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Technology Strategy Board
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19/5/2008 at 11:56 GMT
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A powerful earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, 10km underground, rocked China`s south-western Sichuan province at 14:28 local time (06:28 GMT) on 12th May 2008. It lasted 3 minutes and has killed more than 20,000 people, with many more missing, feared dead. The epicentre was the Longmenshan fault where the Quing-Tibet plateau pushes up relative to the Sichuan Basin. The shocks were felt right across the region, as far as Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan and Japan.
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IStructE
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19/5/2008 at 11:9 GMT
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The IStructE Centenary Annual Dinner took place on Friday 9 May 2008. This very special Annual Dinner was one of the highlights of IStructE`s Centenary year, marking the anniversary of the Institution`s first ever Council meeting held at the Ritz Hotel, London (UK) in 1908.
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IStructE
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15/5/2008 at 16:41 GMT
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A massive project to renew the 109 years old Weston Mill viaduct (UK) has started. Network Rail is spending a total of nine months and an investment of £4 million to improve the condition of the viaduct, which is also known as the `Shakey Bridge`. The renewal project is the largest engineering work carried out on the viaduct since the 1980s.
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Network Rail
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14/5/2008 at 14:42 GMT
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Liz Green of The Millward Partnership (TMP) has been shortlisted for Atkins Inspire, an annual event in association with everywoman to encourage, recognise and reward exceptional women working in the built environment. Liz is entered for the Sustainability Award which recognises the contribution of an individual in a job role that addresses 21st century issues facing businesses working in the built environment, in particular sustainability, zero carbon or low carbon design or realisation.
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IStructE
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14/5/2008 at 14:36 GMT
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IStructE
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13/5/2008 at 10:36 GMT
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In response to the recently announced parliamentary inquiry into engineering, the Professional Engineering Commmunity (comprising all of the major engineering organisations including IStructE) has prepared and submitted a formal report.
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IStructE
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7/5/2008 at 12:6 GMT
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EWB-UK has successfully held its first research conference bringing academics, students, NGOs and industry together to understand how research contributes to progress in international development and the way in which research is approached by different stakeholders.
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EWB-UK
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24/4/2008 at 11:48 GMT
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Since our alert in the last e-newsletter with regard to telephone calls received by a number of members from various people claiming to work for IStructE, further bogus calls have been made.
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IStructE
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20/2/2008 at 18:13 GMT
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A number of members have informed IStructE HQ of telephone calls received from various people claiming to work for IStructE. These individuals have requested information concerning employees of the target firm, presumably with a view to contacting them directly.
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IStructE
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22/1/2008 at 14:28 GMT
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The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) holds the 10th Annual Young Researcher`s Conference on Wednesday 19 March 2008 at the Institution`s HQ in Belgravia, London.
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IStructE
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3/10/2007 at 13:19 GMT
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IStructE has been a focal point for implementation of the Eurocodes in the UK since the government commissioned it in 2004 to prepare the report National Strategy for Implementation of the Structural Eurocodes: Design Guidance.
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18/7/2007 at 16:19 GMT
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The Construction Industry Council has appointed Keith Clarke, Chief Executive of Atkins, as its new Deputy Chairman. Keith succeeds Stuart Henderson in this role, which starts with immediate effect. He will succeed the Rt Hon Nick Raynsford MP as Chairman, for a 2 year term, starting in June 2008.
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CIC
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21/6/2007 at 16:24 GMT
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| Brenda Shonkwiler receiving her award from the President |
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Brenda Shonkwiler, of engineering consultants Gifford, has been awarded the Young Structural Engineer of the Year Award for 2007. This annual award, presented by IStructE, acknowledges young structural engineers who demonstrate outstanding performance and show exceptional promise for the future. Brenda was presented with her award at the IStructE Annual Dinner on 11th May 2007 and received a prize of £1,500 and a certificate of commendation.
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IStructE
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14/5/2007 at 17:54 GMT
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The most popular news article for 2008 was "Change to guest speaker for Centenary Annual Dinner" which went live on 23 April 2008.
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This article was archived on 09 May 2008
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