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Meeting Schedule

Here is a listing of upcoming meetings. The numbers in parenthesis are from the list of essays.

Date and time	Venue	Subject	Essay Number and Title	Speaker
March 18th, 2008, 6pm start (refreshments provided)	TA Millard Office (map)	Management	Drawing from your own experience describe the challenges a civil engineer has to face beyond the design and supervision of a construction project. Please include examples of any liaison with landowners, and the influence public consultation procedures may have on a project. What the ICE reviewers look for in a candidate.	Philip Porter, Director - Millard Consulting
January 21st, 2008, 6pm start (refreshments provided)	BESL Office (map)	Health & Safety	Drawing on examples from your own wide experience over many years in civil engineering, discuss the concept of 'safety culture' in the construction industry, commenting on any key changes that have occurred in the last 30 years. Discuss the importance of safety in civil engineering projects with particular reference to the impact of the Construction (Design and management) Regulations on all parties using examples from your own experience.	Matthew Friend, Area Safety Officer - Edmund Nuttall Ltd.
December 11, 2007, 6pm for 6:30pm (refreshments provided)	BESL Office (map)	Contract/Environmental	Discuss the advantages, disadvantages and specific management challenges of joint ventures in the construction industry. Environmental constraints delay civil engineering projects and result in excessive additional cost. Discuss this statement referring to your own experience.	Paul Mitchelmore, Project Manager for the Environment Agency

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