Local Events
North Western Branch Events Programme 2011-12
The North Western Branch has developed a varied programme of events and activities for our 2011-12 Programme. In order to promote and showcase the diversity of projects that are taking place in the North West we have arranged events covering airport runway infrastructure, major bridge structures, public transport real time information systems, major maintenance projects, ferry facilities, railway engineering, highway maintenance and advancements in traffic signal technology.
Programme 2011-2012 October issue
Please take a look at our programme, as above, and if you are interested in attending any of our activities or you want more information about the event then please contact the person listed against that event. We publish more information about these activities closer to the event via email and our LinkedIn Group site.
We hope you find this range of activities and events interesting. If you would like us to promote a specific event topic then please contact our Events Co-ordinator – Peter Hallsworth. If you want to provide any feedback on our programme or after you have attended an event then please contact the Chairman, Mike Peet – michael.peet@btopenworld.com
2012 Branch Awards Dinner
The 2012 North Western Branch Awards Dinner was held on Friday 20 April at the Park Royal Hotel, Warrington.
Projects were judged in four categories - Transportation Project of the Year, Environmental/Sustainability Project of the Year, Safety Project of the Year and Best Practice Project of the Year.
Awards were given as follows:
Transportation Project of the Year
Winner
M53 Bidston Moss Viaduct Strengthening (The M53 Bidston Moss Viaduct Team)
Highly Commended - Hall Lane Strategic Gateway (Birse Civils Limited, Liverpool City Council, 2020 Liverpool)
Commended - Manchester Airport Runway 1 Refurbishment Project (Manchester Airport, Costain)
Environmental/Sustainability Project of the Year
Winner
12 Quays Ro-Ro Pavement Reconstruction (Dowhigh Limited)
Highly Commended - Chapel Lane Car Park, Wigan (Tarmac)
Commended - A66 Bassenthwaite Lake Drainage Improvements (EnterpriseMouchel)
Safety Project of the Year
Winner
Improving the Road Safety of Children and Young People (Lancashire County Council)
Highly Commended - The RideSafe BackSafe Initiative (RideSafe BackSafe)
Commended - A626 Dan Bank Slope Stabilisation (URS, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, Bethell)
Commended - Mersey Ferries Access Pontoon (Merseytravel)
Best Practice Project of the Year
Winner
Delivering Highway Maintenance Efficiency Savings (Capita Symonds, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council)
Highly Commended - Kingsway Tunnels Fire Main Replacement Project (Merseytravel)
Commended - Sherlock Lane Footbridge Replacement, Wallasey (Merseytravel)
More photos from the event can be found here:
www.flickr.com//photos/61871376@N07/show/
If you would like electronic copies of any of the photos, please contact alison@aldercross.com
APRIL EVENTS FOR YOUR DIARY:
16 April - Motorway Memories, Liverpool
Speaker:Howard Stevens
Further details at http://www.ice.org.uk/Events-conferences/Events/Motorway-memories
19 April - Transport Debate (Railways), Manchester
Further details at http://ice.org.uk/Events-conferences/Events/Transport-debate