<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%> Major Events
Major Conferences & Seminars
1991
June 28th   EXPLORATORY MEETING
Wexham Springs

1992
March 27th   INAUGURAL MEETING
Guest Speaker - John Bergg
London
December 4th   CATHODIC PROTECTION OF
CONCRETE BRIDGES - SEMINAR
London

1993
March 4th   TASK GROUP UPDATE SEMINAR
& WORKSHOP
Warwick
May 12th   DEVELOPMENTS IN CONCRETE BRIDGES
(Joint with Inst.Struct.Eng)
London
June 15th   ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Warrington

1994
March 8th   TASK GROUP UPDATE SEMINAR & WORKSHOP
Guest Speaker - Martin Cockersole, Chairman CSS
Warwick
April 12th   CONCRETE BRIDGES IN SCOTLAND - SEMINAR
Glasgow
May 18th   DURABLE POST-TENSIONED CONCRETE BRIDGES
(Joint Seminar with Concrete Society)
London
June 28th   ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Cardiff
September 30th   CENTENARY YEAR BRIDGE SEMINAR
(Joint Seminar with University of Wales)
Cardiff

1995
March 20th   ANNUAL DINNER
Guest Speaker - Alan Picket, Highways Agency
Rugby
March 21st   ANNUAL UPDATE SEMINAR
Rugby
April 25th   WHOLE LIFE COSTING-SEMINAR
London
June 20th   ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Bristol
October 25th   MODIFICATION OF CONCRETE BRIDGES - SEMINAR
London
November 22nd   WHOLE LIFE COSTING - SEMINAR
Manchester

1996
March 19th   ANNUAL DINNER
Guest Speaker - Jean Philippe Fuzier
Rugby
March 20th   ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Assessment and Durability (BD57)
Rugby
June 19th   ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Mold (N.Wales)

1997
March 18th   ANNUAL DINNER
Guest Speaker - Michael Virlogeux
Rugby
March 19th   ANNUAL CONFERENCE
- Assessment and Testing
- Future Developments
Rugby
June 11th   ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
(followed by presentation on Terminal 5, Heathrow by Norman Haiste, BAA)
Heathrow
October 23rd   DEVELOPMENTS IN BRIDGE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
(Joint Seminar with Inst. Highways & Transportation)
- HA Codes & Standards
- Integral Bridges
London
1998
March 19th   ANNUAL DINNER
Guest Speaker - Stan Taylor
Rugby
March 20th   ANNUAL CONFERENCE
- Integral Bridges
- Rail Bridges
Rugby
June 24th   ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Greenwich
September 30th   UPDATE ON INTEGRAL BRIDGES
Edinburgh

1999
March 23rd   ANNUAL DINNER
Guest Speaker - Philip Jones
Rugby
March 24th   ANNUAL CONFERENCE
- Aesthetics
- H A Codes and Standards
- Waterway Bridges
Rugby
June 23rd   ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Hollingbourne
Nov 3rd   DESIGN & MANAGEMENT OF POST TENSIONED CONCRETE BRIDGES
London

2000
April 11th   ANNUAL DINNER
Guest Speaker - Fred Trueman OBE
Rugby
April 12th   ANNUAL CONFERENCE
- Sustainability
- Strengthening
- Assessment of Deteriorated Structures
Rugby

 

 

2001
March 28th   ANNUAL DINNER
Guest Speaker – Keith O’Keefe
Cambridge
March 29th   ANNUAL CONFERENCE
- Thaumasite
- Assessment
- Soil Loading for Integral Bridges
- Strengthening Techniques
Cambridge
June 13th   ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Newcastle

2002
April 11th   Launch of Guide to Testing and Monitoring of Durability of Concrete Structures
BRE, Garston
June 25th   ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Oxford
June 25th   ANNUAL DINNER
Guest speaker - David Kendall
Oxford
June 26th   ANNUAL CONFERENCE
- Testing and Monitoring of Durability
- TR47 Revision
- Specifications for Durability
- Eurocodes
- Falkirk Wheel
Oxford

2003
July 1st   ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Oxford
July 1st   ANNUAL DINNER
Guest Speaker - Peter Brown (Oxfordshire CC)
Oxford
July 2nd   ANNUAL CONFERENCE
- Conservation
- History of precast concrete
- Modern concretes
- Integral bridges
- CTRL (St. Pancras)
Oxford
September 4th   The Concrete Centre Launch
Commonwealth Institute, London

2004
June 28th   ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Oxford
June 28th   ANNUAL DINNER
Guest Speaker - David Bligh (Southern Water)
Oxford
June 29th   ANNUAL CONFERENCE (Theme - Motorway widening)
- Motorway Archive
- Motorway widening
- Joining bridges
- Demolition of bridges
- M60 widening
Oxford

2005
April 5th   ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Oxford
April 5th   ANNUAL DINNER
Guest Speaker - Richard Sumray (London 2012)
Oxford
April 6th   ANNUAL CONFERENCE (Theme - Fast construction)
- Speed innovation (segmental and launched)
- Multi-wheeled transport
- Jacked box culverts
- Precast arches
- CTRL (Ebbsfleet slide-in bridge)
Oxford

2006
June 28th   ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Oxford
June 28th   ANNUAL DINNER
Guest speaker - Michael Chrimes, ICE
Oxford
June 29th   ANNUAL CONFERENCE (Theme - Materials)
- Use of HSC, SCC and LWC in bridges
- Silane alternatives
- Rust inhibitors
- Integral bridges to EC2 (EN 1992-2)
- Standard precast concrete bridge
Oxford
November 14th   SEMINAR - DESIGN LIABILITY
Guest speaker - Robert Evans, Knowles
Inst. Struct. Eng, London

2007
June 27th   ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Oxford
June 27th   ANNUAL DINNER
Guest speaker - David Baird, Olympic Delivery Authority
Oxford
June 28th   ANNUAL CONFERENCE (Theme - A Client's View)
- UK Bridges Board
- Bridge Management
- BOF Research Priorities
- Maintenance of Bridges in Scotland
- Challenge of 7-day railways
- Impact of Eurocodes on Procurement
- Guide to Assessment (TG9)
Oxford

2008
June 25th   ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Oxford
June 25th   ANNUAL DINNER
Guest speaker - William Paschetta, Vinci, Olympic Delivery Authority
(Modern Precasting Methods in Bridge Constriuction)
Oxford
June 26th   ANNUAL CONFERENCE (Theme - Bridges in a Changing World)
- Flexible Arch Systems - A research update
- Launching Bridges into the future
- Enhancing the strength of concrete bridges
- Designing Concrete Dridges to EN1992-2
- HA Implementation of Eurocodes (Draft BDxx)
- CEEQUAL
- Sustainability revisited
- Evaluating the benefits Oxford

 

Study Visits
June15th1993  THELWELL VIADUCT
June28th1994  BUTEDOWN LINK ROAD (CARDIFF)
June20th1995 SECOND SEVERN CROSSING
July5th1995 TRL, CROWTHORNE (Expansion joints and structures)
February22nd1996 TAYWOOD ENGINEERING LTD (High-strength concrete)
April24th1996 C V BUCHAN LIMITED (Accrington) (Precast Concrete Works)
June19th1996 DEE CROSSING
April16th1997 PSC FREYSSINET (Iver, Bucks) (Bearings, Joints, Post-tensioning)
August10-20th1997 NORTH AMERICA - INTEGRAL BRIDGES
June24th1998 LEWISHAM EXTENSION, DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAIL (LONDON)
September23rd1998 BEATTOCK, M6 (in association with BCA and Scottish Office)
June23rd1999 CHANNEL TUNNEL RAIL LINK (Kent)
June20th2000 TOWER BRIDGE, London
February15th2001 MEDWAY BRIDGE & NORTH DOWNS TUNNEL (CTRL)
June12th2001 TYNE BRIDGES, NEWCASTLE
June13th2001 BYKER VIADUCT, REDHEUGH & LEMINGTON GUT BRIDGES, NEWCASTLE
August29th2001 MEDWAY BRIDGE (CTRL)
July18/19th2002 LIFFEY, TANEY AND BOYNE BRIDGES (Dublin)
March26th2003 STRATFORD BOX AND THURROCK VIADUCT (CTRL)
May18th2004 A1, YORKSHIRE
March17th2005 ST PANCRAS STATION (CTRL)
April3rd2006 A23, COULSDON (Surrey)
September4/5th2006 IRELAND (Level Crossings) Sponsored by ABM
September25th2007 UPPER FORTH CROSSING, KINCARDINE, SCOTLAND

(Members are invited to offer their own organisations or ideas for appropriate study visits)

 

 

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