We are very pleased to announce that our very own John Woodward has been confirmed as chairing the afternoon session of the World Demolition Awards this year. He will follow on after lunch from Howard Button, CEO of the NFDC who is handling the morning.
This year, the World Demolition Summit will be held on November 2nd at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel in London. It's the 9th year of the summit, which celebrates excellence and innovation in the demolition industry. As well as the awards, there's a high level technical conference which is currently calling for papers to be submitted.
As the conference organiser, Demolition & Recycling International (D&Ri) magazine is looking for presentations in the following areas:
Challenging and innovative project reports
Examples of best practice in recycling, health and safety and demolition
New technology or techniques to solve problems
Research with direct relevance to demolition and recycling contractors
If you'd like to submit a paper or simply to learn more about the conference, please email Steve Ducker at steve.ducker@khl.com.
Last weekend saw John attend the EDA Conference in Helsinki where he delivered a very well received presentation on tower block demolition in Scotland showcasing how C&D are working in partnership with Safedem on over 20 multi-storey structures with all types of demolition techniques.
Safedem MD and former NFDC President William Sinclair attended in his capacity of EDA Vice President.
The event featured presentations from UK, France, Holland, Germany, Croatia and Spain and various topics were covered including "Waste - The Circular Economy" and "Demolition Trends"
Following the formal conference all delegates attended a black tie dinner on Friday night at the Helsinki Kasino, a former naval conference centre on the waterfront.
If John is speaking at the next EDA Conference in 2016 at least he will know how to get there as it will be held in Glasgow to welcome William Sinclair into the EDA Presidential chair.
On April 23rd, the Design for Deconstruction Conference is being held in the Newton Building at Nottingham Trent University. The IDE has negotiated an early bird discount for IDE Members, allowing them to attend for just £150. This offer is going to be available until 11pm on March 18th, and only for bookings made online.
Details about what exactly this conference covers can be found on the Nottingham Trent University website including a copy of the programme. To take advantage of the early bird offer, book your place through the university's online store. If you miss the early bird discount cut off date, you can still book places until April 22nd.
The IDE has announced that the Design for Deconstruction conference will be taking place on Thursday, 23rd April.
The venue is the following:
Newton building,
Nottingham Conference Centre,
Nottingham Trent University,
NG1 4BU
The conference starts at 9am and runs until 4:15pm.
Here's the conference explainer:
"A modern era truism is that "Waste is a design flaw". Consequently true, the demolition industry does not create waste but handles that which others put there.
Construction will never be truly sustainable until consideration is given, during design and planning, to the deconstruction legacy.
Design for Deconstruction (DfD) has been around construction for some time but has never engaged with the sector that deconstructs.
This conference brings together, for the first time, those that design, specify, construct, manage and legally frame construction projects with those that take them down and handle the deconstruction legacy.
The conference will consider nano-technology and how this may impact in deconstruction. You will hear about the extensive work being done on steel re-use and reclamation, and how Building Information Modelling (BIM) could be extended into deconstruction and there will be blue-sky thinking on how to create the legal obligation to consider deconstruction during design and planning."
If you book your place before March 26th then the delegate rate if £200. The standard rate after that date is £250. If you would like to attend then please visit the Nottingham Trent University online store.
On September 25th the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is holding a Constructing Health and Safety 2014 event. The conference will run all day from 9am to 5pm and be held at the following location:
Institution of Civil Engineers
One Great George Street
Westminster
London
United Kingdom
SW1P 3AA
The conference will explain common reasons for failed health and safety inspections and highlight examples of best practice. It will explore imminent updates to legislation, and concentrate on embedding world class safety across the lifecycle of a project – highlighting significant innovation in technology, skills and BIM.
Reasons to attend the event include:
Improve your knowledge and gain understanding of the common reasons for failed inspections
Identify areas of best practice to apply to your everyday work
Receive a valuable overview of recent developments, together with an insight into current national initiatives
Understand how to embed safety across the lifecycle of a project
Show commitment to and support for raising health and safety standards
For more information or to book your place please get in touch with ICE directly either by email at events@ice.org.uk or by phoning 02076 652226.
The InterConstruct 2011 Virtual Conference, organised by the IOSH Construction Group in partnership with the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), takes place on Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 October and is completely online, allowing more opportunity to participate.
As the conference is virtual, you can attend sessions whenever you like. It runs for two days over the 18th and 19th October, but all the sessions will be available to view for 30 days once the event has ended. The sessions on offer are intended for managers, consultants, civil engineers, field-level safety supervisors, construction-level supervisors and safety and health coordinators. Areas covered include:
The latest regulatory issues facing international construction operations
Best practices, case studies and important safety strategies related to such technical topics as scaffolding safety and safe work at heights
How to reduce health hazards on construction sites by design and management
Safety strategies that help you improve your organizational bottom line
Using prevention through design tools to achieve a zero harm project
How to successfully implement safety and health programs on multiple construction sites located in various parts of the world
Next year's IOSH Conference will be held across March 6-7th in Manchester with the theme being Health and safety: Changing perceptions.
During the conference there will be 30 sessions, 50 speakers, and 5 key tracks including:
perception versus reality in relation to health and safety
strengthening practitioners’ understanding of legislation and enforcement issues
working smarter to keep health and safety on track
shaping safety culture and behaviour
improving workforce health and wellbeing
investigating work-related accidents effectively
The speakers making presentations during the two days include:
Professor Ragnar Löfstedt, Director, King’s Centre for Risk Management, Department of Geography, King’s College London and Chair, The Löfstedt Review
Geoffrey Podger, Chief Executive, Health and Safety Executive
Graham Dalton, Chief Executive, Highways Agency
Hugh Robertson, Senior Policy Officer for Health and Safety, TUC
Mike Wagland, Global Head of Health & Safety, Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd
Richard Perry, Head of Safety Policy and Compliance, BBC
IOSH is also promising some new additions to the conference such as a live and interactive prosecution under the Health and Safety at Work Act, examining a work-related accident investigation, and an experts panel discussing recent events in the news.
If you book your place before December 9th then you can save £80 on the price of entry. Visit the IOSH 2012 website for more details and to register.
This coming Tuesday, the 28th June, Sheffield Hallam University is the venue for the Revive 2011 conference.
Revive focuses on the built environment and what to do with an increasing number of empty commercial and residential properties. This includes experts in the field discussing empty space rates, the rental market, retail space redevelopment, managing arson risk in empty buildings, insurance requirements, and servicing of properties as well as many more during the day.
The Revive 2011 conference starts at 9:30am and runs through to 4:30pm with a couple of refreshment and food breaks along the way.
More information along with an online registration form can be found at the Sheffield Hallam University website. A full day's attendance will cost £50, where as half a day is £30.
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