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Ground engineering: What’s on in October 2024 and beyond
Ground Engineering's monthly round-up of events from across the geotechnical sector.
Havant Thicket Reservoir breaks ground as compaction trials begin
Ground has been broken and compaction trials have begun on the Havant Thicket Reservoir in Hampshire – the UK’s first new reservoir to be constructed in more than 30 years.
Meet the 2024 ground engineering early careers challengers
The teams involved in this year's Early Careers Challenge, run by Ground Engineering and Mott MacDonald, met at a kick-off meeting this summer.
‘Regulation makes reuse of excavated materials hard, but there are opportunities to change this’
Current regulatory requirements in England and Wales mean that many excavated materials are classified as waste, placing hurdles in the way of reuse, as opposed to disposal to landfill. RSK Geosciences director and SiLC chair-elect Tom Henman argues that this is a barrier to sustainable development and pathways to net…
Frequently asked sustainability questions answered
With the GE Sustainability conference around the corner, Keller group sustainability manager and EFFC Sustainability Working Group chair Luke Deamer addresses some of the most common questions he gets asked at events.
Community engagement and environmental net gains on the UK’s first reservoir in 30 years
At the GE Sustainability conference, Atkins Réalis principal engineering geologist Hollie Fisher will discuss georesilience strategies and stakeholder engagement on the Havant Thicket Reservoir project. Here, together with Portsmouth Water ecology manager Sinead McCarthy and environmental manager Mark Jessup, she gives a preview of the key themes.
‘Sustainability is everyone’s responsibility, including those working in ground engineering’
At the GE Sustainability conference, WJ UK project manager Emily Riley will take part in a collaborative session to help create a “manifesto for change” for the geotechnical sector. Here, she talks about how sustainability is a collective responsibility.
Ground engineering: What’s on in September 2024 and beyond
Ground Engineering's monthly round-up of events from across the geotechnical sector.
Sustainable foundation reuse on ‘IBM building’ refurb
At the forthcoming GE Sustainability conference, Arup fellow and director Dinesh Patel and geotechnical engineer Chris Brewis will be discussing recent innovative approaches within the foundation reuse at the 76 Upper Ground project in London. Here, they give a preview of their talk.