June 2011

AGM 2011

IHE South Western Branch - June 2011

The Branch held a very successful 46th Branch AGM held at Exeter's Met Office on Thursday, 12th May 2011. Over 40 Branch members attended the AGM an increase on both previous AGM's with nine former Branch Chairmen present.

We would like to thank Richard Hayes for representing IHE's Council and delivering the London Report.

To also thank our outgoing sponsor (2010-2011) Traffic Solutions run by Branch Member, Mark Ralph and our 2011-2012 sponsor WJ Roadmarkings South West.

And our excellent speakers:

• Jon Dutton, Forecasting and Service Delivery Met Office, Forecasting at the Met Office.
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• Zsolt Schuller, Devon County Council, Exeter's expanding Cycle Network

• Andrew Cook, Parsons Brinckerhoff and Ian Yelf of Carillion Civil Engineering, 'Redhayes Bridge' - Green Link across M5 to Exeter's Science Park and Cranbrook (East Devon's new town)

The South Western Branches Future Events Programme includes:

A site visit to 'Redhayes Bridge' before it officially opens in July 2011.

An Environmental Day to be held in late June or early July 2011 at Devon County Council's, Littlemoor House at Sowton, Exeter offices and laboratory.

The day to consist of an introduction by Devon's Keith Grant.

Subjects to include:
• Sustainability
• Drainage
• East Devon floods
• Drainage Law
• Materials - what is in and what is out?

Numbers will be limited to twelve members.

An evening meeting in Cornwall with the Institution of Lighting Professionals (ILP).

To be followed up by a similar event in Dorset focusing on Weymouth and Portland's Olympic venue.

A visit is planned to WDM's works in Bristol later in the year - WDM are providers of highway survey and monitoring equipment.

Branch Newsletter

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Do you have any news relating to our field or work, pictures, funny stories anything you think would be a good read let me know. It will be emailed and posted onto the SW Branch website too, if anyone would like a hard copy they will need to let me know. So anything to go into it needs to be with me (Helen Pickett), iheswnewsletter@hotmail.co.uk

South Western IHE Young Professionals Group

South Western Branch is trying to start a Young Professionals Group. This will run from the ages of 18-35 and provide a group for discussions, events, trips, training and social events. A way of supporting each other through EngTech and IEng and through our young careers. Affiliate membership is free for the first year as is student membership until age 25, so if you know of anyone who would like to join us let them know, or if you, yourself are interested in joining this new exciting and dynamic group please let me know, as I will be setting it up and will be the link between the YPG and the main South Western Branch Committee. Email me now.