Join us for the CIHT Yorkshire & the Humber Annual General Meeting 2022. You will also have the chance to hear from John Collins, Associate – Bridge Engineer at Roughan & O’Donovan discuss the Humber Bridge Rocker Bearings Replacement where a the pragmatic, collaborative approach taken to maintain traffic flows on this major transport link.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that CIHT Yorkshire & the Humber Region will hold it's Annual General Meeting at 17:00 on Wednesday 04 May 2022.
The CIHT Yorkshire & the Humber AGM will be held in-person this year. We invite all voting members of the region to join us.
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) is an opportunity for all CIHT members to get involved in the Yorkshire & the Humber region’s activities and to understand plans for the year ahead.
The AGM will see the region’s Chair reflect on the past year and the successes of the region in contributing to the transport profession and the CIHT’s national activities. The AGM will see the election of new committee members and will also see the appointment of a new Chair and Officers to take forward region’s plans for the next year.
If you would like to put yourself forward for a role or would just like to find out more about being part of the committee, please contact us at: yorkshireandthehumber@ciht.org.uk.
The AGM is open to all voting members of CIHT.
John Collins will present on the works from 2020 to date on the Humber Bridge rocker bearing replacement. Following the passage of Storm Ciara in February 2020, damage to the A-frame rocker bearings connecting the Barton side span deck box to the tower was observed. An emergency lane closure and repair was installed, just ahead of the first covid-19 lockdown. Following further investigation including a load trial in summer 2020, replacement was recommended. An alternative, temporary bearing design was developed by John and Mark Bulmer from AECOM. This created a new load path allowing for future permanent replacement of the bearings. The temporary arrangement was installed by the Humber Bridge Board and their subcontractors in 2021. These were highly specialised works requiring a detailed understanding of the bridge and its articulation behaviour. John will explain this background and the pragmatic, collaborative approach taken to maintain traffic flows on this major transport link.
John Collins, Associate - Bridge Engineer, Roughan & O’Donovan
John Collins is an Associate with Ireland’s leading bridge engineering consultancy, Roughan & O’Donovan. In 2019 the company opened its first UK office near Leeds in Otley, West Yorkshire, and John is building a new bridge design team to serve ROD’s growing UK client base. With 15 years’ experience, John has worked on a range of technically challenging bridge projects, including Network Rail projects, on the London Olympic site, the Humber Bridge A-frame rocker bearing replacement and Forth Road Bridge truss end links emergency works. He was a co-author of CIRIA’s guide, Hidden Defects in Bridges. In 2016 he was named RAEng Engineers Trust Young Engineer of the Year.
This year's AGM is being held at the Leeds College of Building, South Bank campus (address details below).
A presentation from John Collins, Associate – Bridge Engineer at Roughan & O’Donovan will follow the AGM. John will discuss the Humber Bridge Rocker Bearings Replacement where a the pragmatic, collaborative approach taken to maintain traffic flows on this major transport link.
- 16:30 Arrival
- 17:00 AGM
- 17:30 Break
- 17:45 Presentation - The Humber Bridge Rocker Bearings Replacement
- 18:30 Close
Venue Address
Leeds College of Building
Classroom 2, Ground Floor
South Bank 2 Campus
Cudbear Street
Leeds
LS10 1EF (For sat navs use LS10 1HD)
We welcome applications to become a committee member from across all membership grades and from all backgrounds within the transportation sector. Nominations are welcomed from Local Authorities, consultancies, student and apprentice members.
Members from all parts of the Yorkshire & the Humber region are encouraged to put themselves forward for nomination as we look to cover as- wide-an-area as possible.
If you would like to put yourself forward for a role or would just like to find out more about being part of the committee, please contact us at: yorkshireandthehumber@ciht.org.uk.
For further information, please email yorkshireandthehumber@ciht.org.uk
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