fibUK Developments in structural concrete conference 2024

Poppy is Cambridge Electric Cement's co-founder and COO. Previous to joining CEC, she worked as a supply chain, operations and sustainability strategist, and spent 10+ years with Accenture designing and building sustainable value chains for G2000 companies. She has lead teams across a variety of industries and international settings, including Industrials, Aerospace, Consumer Goods and Life Sciences. Her work has focused on building new business models and then the operational capabilities needed to realise them - across sourcing and procurement, supply chain, planning, manufacturing, and logistics functions. As an ‘intrepreneur’, Poppy co-founded Accenture’s Supply Chain Decarbonisation business in 2021, which generates $100m+ revenue today. Poppy is motivated by building great teams, creating new solutions, and delivering sustainability impact. She holds a double first class MEng in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Cambridge, where she first met Cambridge Electric Cement’s academic founding team. Outside of work, she loves travel, gardening, rugby and cycling.

Ladin Camci BSc MSc is ‘Chief Technology & Sustainability Officer (CTSO)’ and ‘Executive Board Member’ of CARES, an international product certification body that focuses on the production, processing, supply and installation of steel products used in the construction industry. Ladin has contributed for the development of sustainability and responsible sourcing schemes and digital transformation of CARES internal and external processes to compliment his considerable experience. Ladin is the convener of the fib TG 5.2, deputy convener of fib TG 7.5 and member of fib Special Activity Group on Sustainability.

Chris is Professional Head of Bridge Engineering in AtkinsRéalis where he has led some of their most complex bridge projects.  In 2012 he was awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering Silver Medal and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy in 2013.  He was awarded the Institution of Civil Engineer’s Gold Medal in 2016.  Chris has led some of Atkins’ most complex award-winning bridge projects including the design of the New Medway Road Bridge, the 67 km long Dubai Metro Viaducts, the Walton Bridge arch across the River Thames and the bearing replacements and strengthening for the Forth Road Bridge.  He is Chairman of the BSI bridge committee, the UK’s Steel Bridge Group and fibUK.  He was recently a Project Team member for the drafting of the next generation Structural Eurocodes EN 1993-1-5, EN 1993-2 and EN 1993-1-11 which deal with plate buckling, steel bridge design and cable-supported structures respectively.

João is a Chartered Civil Engineer at AtkinsRéalis with over nine years of experience in heavy civil projects, including tunnels, bridges, tidal barriers, and nuclear power plants. He specialises in complex structural design, stability assessments, and wind dynamic analysis for steel and reinforced concrete.

Recently, he led the successful delivery of the Bridgwater Tidal Barrier project, coordinating a multidisciplinary team to tackle global warming impacts. Previously, he was the Project Lead for secondary steelwork design at Hinkley Point C, managing contractual changes for the UK's first new nuclear power plant in a generation.

A graduate of Coimbra University in 2016, Joao focused his Master's Thesis on steel splice connections. He currently splits his time between leading the Turbine Halls Building for the EPR2 French Nuclear New Build fleet and working in the fusion energy sector.

Joost Walraven was a professor of Concrete Structures at Delft University of Technology from 1990 to 2012. He served as president of the International Concrete Federation (fib) from 2000 to 2002 and led the Eurocode for Concrete Structures team, which has been the standard in Europe since 2004. He also chaired the fib Model Code 2010 committee and later co-convened the task group for its updated version.

After retiring in 2012, he chaired several key committees, including the Dutch Committee on seismic effects from gas extraction. He was also involved in fib Task Groups on fiber-reinforced and ultra-high-performance concrete. Walraven received numerous awards, including the Freyssinet Medal in 2014, and authored over 500 publications.

Andrew is ‘CEO’ of CARES digital partner ‘Digital Construction Solutions’ He is a software development and business process architect who leverages his extensive knowledge of technology, construction and supply chain management to create digital solutions that improve the efficiency, safety, and sustainability of the built environment. His mission is to foster a collaborative multi-stakeholder approach to delivering and managing supply chains using digital services and technology to provide his clients and partners with the control, innovation, and transparency they need to achieve their goals and commitments at the highest level. Andrew has designed and implemented a range of digital tools and services that have been adopted by leading stakeholders from all parts of the supply chain, these tools and services have generated significant value and impact for the industry.

Jeanette has 35 years’ post-graduate experience in the construction and design of highway schemes and design and management of projects in the rail environment.  Her experience on site enables her to work well with Specialist Sub-contractors undertaking intrusive testing.  In the last 18 years Jeanette has developed her expertise in assessing the risks associated with post-tensioned structures, specifying intrusive testing and interpreting results from Special Inspections of post-tensioned concrete bridges.  Recent post-tensioned concrete bridge projects include the compilation of Risk Review, Risk Assessment and Risk Management Measures for a bridge carrying a motorway exit slip road that was damaged by fire. Jeanette is a Chartered Engineer and Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.