The 2024 Annual Lecture will be given by Ted Zoli (HNTB), who is joining us from the USA. Adaptation and the practice of bridge design in North America As bridge design practice continues to evolve, it is useful to ask how well-adapted we are; and where change may be both necessary and wise. As bridges […]
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Nethercot Paper Prize, 2024 Early career architects, engineers, and designers (expected to be under 35 and based in the UK) are invited to submit a single author paper for judging for the Nethercot Prize. The paper should cover the process of designing a new structure or adapting an old one. The prize is named after […]
This panel discussion pulls together some participants from the recent IABSE Henderson Colloquium to discuss the topic of "Moving Bridges", outlining the challenges and difficulties of designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining these structures. Based on the discussion had at the colloquium, this event (and the accompanying short report) shares the areas for further research around […]
For interest of IABSE British Group members, this conference will be hosted by the French Association of Civil Engineers in Menton on the French Riviera: DESIGNING, BUILDING AND RETROFITTING WITH UHPFRC: WELCOME TO MENTON! Seven years after the 2017 Ultra-High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) conference held in Montpellier, focused on the know-how and applications carried out […]
The Milne Medal is awarded to an individual engineer for excellence in structural design, both in the overall concept and in the attention to detail in their work, and is named in recognition of the late Bob Milne, who served for many years as the Honorary Secretary of the IABSE British Group. This year, we […]
The IABSE British Group is delighted to be able to offer a site visit to the Renfrew Bridge, following the Bridges Scotland Conference and hosted by Hardesty and Hannover. Project Background The Renfrew bridge is a 184-meter double-leaf bobtail cable-stayed swing bridge connecting Renfrew to Clydebank and Yoker. The crossing is the centrepiece of the […]
“Journey to Success” is an event for early career engineers and designers where leading figures who have been in practice in the fields of buildings and transportation infrastructure discuss their own personal journeys. The event will discuss skills, opportunities, risks and difficulties. The panel will be chaired by Francisco Martin (Mott MacDonald), and will consist […]
Speaker: Max Clayton, Winner of the Nethercot Prize 2024, IABSE British Group. Moderator: David Knight, Chair, IABSE British Group The 2024 Nethercot Prize winner Max Clayton will give a webinar on his paper outlining the design and construction of Fern the Diplodocus. In the gardens of the Natural History Museum, […]
The IABSE British Group is delighted to welcome you to the Future of Design 2025, a full-day conference for young engineers aimed at promoting the work of early careers designers and inspiring the future generation, held on the 10th of April at the University of Leeds. Details of the event itinerary, competitions and tickets will be […]
