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The Journal of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors Hydrography NIDP 3D Printing Coastal Development July/August 2016 CIVIL ENGINEERING SURVEYOR... Read more
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07-08.16 Institution Views 5 GEO Business 2016 24-25 May 2016, London Darrell Smart, Editor L ASER scanners, check! Drones, check!, 3D printing, check! Virtual reality, check! Artifi cial intelligence... Read more
6 ICES Regions Civil Engineering Surveyor Head Office Dominion House, Sibson Road, Sale, Cheshire M33 7PP United Kingdom +44 (0)161 972 3100 www.cices.org CEO: Bill Pryke 􀀍 bpryke@cices.org Membersh... Read more
07-08.16 ICES Regions 7 control and Sintons Law for the unforeseen ground conditions events in June. The committee is also working closely with CECA North East, this was illustrated with the collabora... Read more
8 ICES Regions Civil Engineering Surveyor 13 OCT 16: Collateral warranties – limitations and liabilities Scottish Water, Stepps, Glasgow, 8.30-10.30am Speaker: Keith Kilburn, Brodies 28 OCT 16: Lighth... Read more
SCCS Hire Fleet The most comprehensive in the UK www.sccssurvey.co.uk The hire of survey equipment has changed considerably over the years as a result of the demands made by design engineers and archi... Read more
10 Institution News Civil Engineering Surveyor ICES development in Ireland and Northern Ireland The institution’s development officer Katie Holt visited Ireland and Northern Ireland last month to sup... Read more
07-08.16 Institution News 11 ADS for SJ Geomatics ICES has approved the development scheme for staff at SJ Geomatics. The scheme at the Suffolk-based company will be managed by Steve Jones.Welcome Han... Read more
12 News Roundup Civil Engineering Surveyor BIM for parliament The UK Houses of Parliament is to undergo a full laser scan survey as part of the creation of a BIM model of the Palace of Westminster est... Read more
07-08.16 News Roundup 13 Total station accuracy for dam monitoring Total stations have been used to monitor France’s Razisse Dam. The 30m high by 300m wide dam on the Dadou River in southwest France w... Read more
ICES Dinner 2016 Institution of Civil Engineers, London 6.30pm, 23 September 2016 Join ICES president David Loosemore for a celebratory evening at the Institution of Civil Engineers’ historical One Gr... Read more
07-08.16 Meet the Membership 15 exposed to innovation all my life, I find it hard to comprehend the resistance to change, although I understand that people feel comfortable with what they know. Overco... Read more
16 Legal Q&A Civil Engineering Surveyor Legal Q&A: The construction act 20 years on Romy Kalmin, Lawyer, CMS How has the industry’s payment culture changed?T HIS month (July 2016) it is exactly 20 yea... Read more
07-08.16 Legal Q&A 17 is in a precarious financial position as the paying party might not be able to recover sums overpaid on an interim basis, even if this is corrected at a later stage. How can you ... Read more
18 Industry Insight Civil Engineering Surveyor Vote in the country, continent cut off!Julian Francis, Director of Policy and External Affairs, Association for Consultancy and Engineering What now for ... Read more
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20 Security Civil Engineering Surveyor Becoming aware The Engineering Council’s new security guidance Abigail Tomkins Your responsibilities in monitoring project security N EW guidance has been releas... Read more
07-08.16 Security 21 Why has the Engineering Council released this guidance?Part of being professionally registered as an engineer or technician is that we work for the benefit of the societies we liv... Read more
22 3D Printing Civil Engineering Surveyor Hello, this is London rising Andrew Godwin How to 3D print a map of London from Environment Agency LiDAR data I ’VE always held a fascination for maps; from m... Read more
07-08.16 3D Printing 23 material isn’t right, your nozzle is too hot, the flow rate is too high, or any number of other factors, this will lead to the nozzle trailing plastic across the gaps between b... Read more
24 3D Printing Civil Engineering Surveyor The reason for the small size is mainly printing time; to print a 7.5cm tile took between 1 and 4 hours, depending on the level of detail. To print a 15cm til... Read more
07-08.16 BIM 25 􀀭􀁐􀁕􀁋􀁐􀁕􀁎􀀃􀁛􀁏􀁌􀀃􀁜􀁕􀁚􀁌􀁓􀃄􀁚􀁏􀀃􀁎􀁌􀁕􀁌Trevor Strahan RIBA RIAS, Principal Architect, Morgan Sindall Professional Services How much data and detail is too much for BIM to su... Read more
CSCS Cards Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors +44 (0)161 972 3100 membership@cices.org www.cices.org The Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors is a registered educati... Read more
07-08.16 Transformations 27 OSGM15 and OSTN15 Updated transformations for UK and Ireland Mark Greaves, Lead Consultant – Geodesy, Ordnance Survey, Peter Downie, Geodetic Manager – Geodetic Survey, La... Read more
28 Transformations Civil Engineering Surveyor Update to ETRS89 realisation The EUREF IE/UK 2009 campaign realised a new ETRS89 across the whole region, resulting in 12 zero order stations in Great Bri... Read more
07-08.16 Transformations 29 extrapolation of the TIN using boundary points outside the grid created from a seven parameter ‘Helmert’ style transformation between ETRS89 and OSGB36. So, the accuracy of... Read more
30 Transformations Civil Engineering Surveyor On the Stornoway datum for the Outer Hebrides, OSGM15 now achieves a smoother and consistent fit along the whole island chain and is closer aligned to the... Read more
07-08.16 Transformations 31 can be attributed in part to the new gravity field data now available from the GRACE mission. In addition, much of the available orthometric height data in the extreme west... Read more
32 NIDP Civil Engineering Surveyor Power play Chris Hallam FCInstCES, Partner, Nabarro What does the National Infrastructure Delivery Plan have in store for energy?T HE government’s National Infrastru... Read more
07-08.16 NIDP 33 The stark truth is that the UK is fast running out of power generation assets.© barun patro coal hit zero, no less than four times – having never previously done so since the opening... Read more
34 Coastal Development Civil Engineering Surveyor Before it is washed to the sea?Coastal development and erosion Dr Mick Strack, School of Surveying, University of Otago A look at the perfect storm of... Read more
07-08.16 Coastal Development 35 do not attract strong advocacy defenders. Public interest groups have to be very well resourced to fight court cases brought by well resourced, skilled and professional... Read more
36 Coastal Development Civil Engineering Surveyor (for example, ‘subject to development restrictions as notified in district plan and resource consents’). Economic interventions While the main respons... Read more
07-08.16 Coastal Development 37 the only reasonable long-term options.”2 Regional councils have also prepared documentation to assist the planning for coastal erosion and particularly the issues arisi... Read more
38 Coastal Development Civil Engineering Surveyor sea eventually takes the land, which may be decades away. The property bears no cost of the easement until the sea is ready to take it, except to the ... Read more
07-08.16 Coastal Development 39 point of view, it will be difficult to require property owners to relinquish their rights. While property owners hold considerable political power and continue to asse... Read more
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07-08.16 Payment 41 The challenges of being paid Barry Hembling, Partner, Fladgate Practical measures to avoid the pitfalls of non payment O VER the last 18 months there have been about a dozen cases... Read more
42 Payment/Events Civil Engineering Surveyor • Check the dates in the contract to ensure the application has been raised at the agreed interval. There is no obligation to make interim payments other t... Read more
07-08.16 Safety 43 Are we managing safety effectively? Andrew Leisk FCInstCES FCIOB MRICS, Commercial Manager Time to embrace a new way of looking at safety?“The one permanent emotion of the inferior ... Read more
44 Safety Civil Engineering Surveyor into failure is the biggest single source of residual risk. Such gradual shifts are, however, necessary for an organisation to adapt and survive in a competitive m... Read more
07-08.16 Safety 45 of common safety interventions in the construction industry, with surprising results (well may be not so surprising) that they do not in reality generate much safety yield. In desce... Read more
46 Safety Civil Engineering Surveyor The new view is that human error at the sharp end is not the cause of the trouble, but a consequence of problems that can be found at the blunt end. Rather than b... Read more
07-08.16 Safety 47 New view safety must focus on normal work procedures and daily routines that have been normalised; the workarounds and adaptations that have been taken at the expense of safety. Thi... Read more
48 Offshore Survey Civil Engineering Surveyor Offshore survey 􀀫􀁌􀁝􀁌􀁓􀁖􀁗􀁐􀁕􀁎􀀃􀃅􀁖􀁈􀁛􀁐􀁕􀁎􀀃􀁗􀁙􀁖􀁋􀁜􀁊􀁛􀁐􀁖􀁕􀀃􀁈􀁕􀁋􀀃􀁚􀁛􀁖􀁙􀁈􀁎􀁌􀀃􀁖􀁍􀁍􀁚􀁏􀁖􀁙􀁌􀀃􀁍􀁈􀁊􀁐􀁓􀁐􀁛􀁐􀁌􀁚Robert Eadie MCI... Read more
07-08.16 Offshore Survey 49 Timescales for development The time between the initial seismic exploration of an area to its starting production can be as long as 15-20 years. This time is not entirely i... Read more
50 Offshore Survey Civil Engineering Surveyor depth of the top of the pipe. Some clients require precision acoustic positioning (known as LBL — long baseline) using an array of acoustic beacons set to... Read more
07-08.16 Offshore Survey 51 100m of each other. The exceptions are subsea rock installation vessels, which should be kept away from any construction activity as rock installation can degrade visibilit... Read more
Membership Surgeries Bookings: Juliette Mellaza Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors +44 (0)161 972 3113 membership@cices.org www.cices.org The Chartered Institution of Civil Engineeri... Read more
07-08.16 Adjudication 53 Decision Sir Robert Akenhead carried out a thorough review of the relevant case law and came to the conclusion that the adjudicator did have jurisdiction to deal with the disp... Read more
54 Advertorial Civil Engineering Surveyor Monumental restorations The Kissimmee River once meandered for 103 miles through central Florida and its floodplain stretched up to 3 miles wide. It was also ... Read more
07-08.16 Advertorial 55 Collector app to provide an accurate position for mapping that vegetation class. Using templates, Spencer recorded an array of attributes such as the plant type, its areal exte... Read more
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07-08.16 􀀾􀁏􀁌􀁙􀁌􀀃􀁛􀁖􀀃􀀩􀁜􀁠57 Geomax Espenstrasse 135, CH-9443 Widnau, Switzerland www.geomax-positioning.com A1 Survey Western House, Western Industrial Estate, Lon-y-llyn, Caerphilly CF83 1BQ,... Read more
58 􀀷􀁙􀁖􀃄􀁓􀁌􀁚􀀖􀀹􀁌􀁊􀁙􀁜􀁐􀁛􀁔􀁌􀁕􀁛Civil Engineering Surveyor Met Consultancy celebrated the completion of the one of the largest regeneration programmes in Yorkshire with a national treasure. T... Read more
Provider Date + Time Course Cost 07-08 NOV 16 9am–5pm ArcGIS 1 – Fundamentals of ArcGIS 10.x for Desktop (2 Day)􀀷􀁋􀁌􀁖􀀃􀁗􀁚􀁒􀀃􀁇􀁄􀁜􀀃􀁆􀁒􀁘􀁕􀁖􀁈􀀃􀁌􀁖􀀃􀁗􀁋􀁈􀀃􀃀􀀃􀁕􀁖􀁗􀀃􀁒􀁉􀀃􀁗􀁋􀁕􀁈􀁈􀀃􀁆􀁒... Read more