PWI events for your diary

PWI events for your diary May - July 2020

SECTION MEETINGS, COMMUNITY CAMPAIGNS AND SOCIAL EVENTS

SEMINARS, EXHIBITIONS, PRACTICAL EVENTS AND SITE VISITS

TRAINING COURSES, PROFESSIONAL REVIEW INTERVIEWS AND REGISTRATION WORKSHOPS, AND JOURNAL DEADLINES

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MAY 2020

5 May SECTION MEETING - WESSEX. The Challenges of the Section Track Maintenance Engineer (Speaker TBC). Network Rail, Basingstoke Campus, Gresley Road, Basingstoke, RG21 4FS

6 May SECTION MEETING - THAMES VALLEY. Kings Cross remodelling (John Hilliard, Assoc. Director, Engineering Integration Ltd). Network Rail’s Davidson House Offices, Forbury Square, The Forbury, Reading, RG1 3EU

7 May SECTION MEETING - CHESHIRE & NORTH WALES. Timetable Planning (Rob Cummings, Seasonal Performance Improvement Manager, Northern Rail). Crewe Arms Hotel, Nantwich Road, Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 6DN Technical Head of Track, BAM Nuttall). Upstairs Function Room, The Scots Guards Club, 2 Clifton Terrace, Opposite Haymarket Station, Edinburgh, EH12 5DR

7 May SECTION MEETING - MILTON KEYNES Slab Track Replacement St. Pancras to West Hampstead (Frances Johnson, Project Manager & Thomas Flowers, Senior Project Engineer, IP Network Rail) & PWI Presidential Visit (Joan Heery, President, PWI). Auditorium, The Quadrant, Network Rail, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes MK9 1EN

11 May SECTION MEETING - SOUTH & WEST WALES. Tram Train (Tim Kendell). Network Rail’s Offices, St. Patrick’s House, Curran Road, off Penarth Road, Cardiff, CF10 5ZA

13 May SECTION MEETING - EXETER. Diversity and Inclusion (Sophie Fardell-Rudd, Network Rail). Network Rail Ltd, Training Room, Central Station Buildings, Queen Street, Exeter, EX4 3SB

14 May SECTION MEETING - CROYDON & BRIGHTON. RAIB (Mark Young, Human Factors Specialist, RAIB). Mott MacDonald House, Sydenham Road, Croydon, CR0 2EE

15 May JOURNAL DEADLINE - Please send articles to journaleditor@thepwi.org

18 May COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN. Mental Health Awareness Week - See next page for details of how to get involved

20 May TECHNICAL VISIT - GLASGOW. Technical Visit to The Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway. The Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway, Bo’ness Station, Union St, Bo’ness, EH51 9AQ

20 May SECTION MEETING - WEST OF ENGLAND. Steventon Bridge: Intelligent Rule Breaking using Dynamic FEA Techniques (Garry Keenor, Group Engineer, Electrification, SNC Lavalin - Atkins). Engine Room, Atkins, 5th Floor Milford House, 1 Milford Street, Swindon, SN1 1DW

21 May SECTION MEETING - MANCHESTER & LIVERPOOL. OLE and Track Interface (Martin O’Connor). Manchester Metropolitan University, Room E0.05, John Dalton Building, Chester Street, Manchester, M1 5GD

21 May SECTION MEETING - NOTTINGHAM & DERBY. Cost effective electrification mast foundation design (Professor William Powrie, Faculty of Engineering & Environment, University of Southampton). Aston Court Hotel, Midland Road, Derby, DE1 2SL

JUNE 2020

2 June SECTION MEETING - WESSEX. Railway Research: Latest Developments (Prof. William Powrie, University of Southampton). Eastleigh Railway Institute, 2 Romsey Road, Eastleigh, Southampton, SO50 9FE

3 June SECTION MEETING - THAMES VALLEY. The Role of Transport for Wales (Alan Whiston, Senior Asset Engineer for Track, Off-Track and Earthworks, TfW). Network Rail’s Davidson House Offices, Forbury Square, The Forbury, Reading, RG1 3EU

4 June SECTION MEETING - CHESHIRE & NORTH WALES. Design & Construction of Wigan Springs Branch Traincare Depot (Richard Thornton, VolkerRail & Les Fox, Atkins). Crewe Arms Hotel, Nantwich Road, Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 6DN

4 June SECTION MEETING – MILTON KEYNES. Geotechnical Talk (Clare Brint, Route Asset Manager (Geotechnics), Eastern Region Network Rail). Auditorium, The Quadrant, Network Rail, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes MK9 1EN

5 June COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN. World Environment Day - See next page for details of how to get involved

8 June SECTION MEETING - LONDON. Crossrail 2 (Chris Curtis & Mike Dyson). Transport for London, Ground Floor, Palestra House, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ

8-11 June TRAINING - PWI TRACK ENGINEERING DIPLOMA. MODULE 1. (See page 72)

9 June SECTION MEETING - NORTH EAST. Edinburgh to Glasgow Electrification (Mark Churchill, Principle OLE Engineer, Amey Consulting). Newcastle College Rail Academy, William Street, Felling, Gateshead, NE10 0JP

11 June PROFESSIONAL REVIEW INTERVIEWS

HELD ONLINE

13 June SOCIAL EVENT. Annual Intersection Quiz - with teams taking part from Edinburgh, Manchester & Liverpool, Lancaster, Barrow & Carlisle, North East, Cheshire & North Wales and Glasgow Sections. County Hotel, 9 Botchergate, Carlisle CA1 1QP

17 June SECTION MEETING - EXETER. Gauging - Western Works Delivery Achievements (James Grant, Senior Technical Officer, Network Rail). Network Rail Ltd, Training Room, Central Station Buildings, Queen Street, Exeter, EX4 3SB

18 June SECTION MEETING - MANCHESTER & LIVERPOOL. Maintenance (Danny Teece and Jeff Pearson, Network Rail). Manchester Metropolitan University, Room E0.05, John Dalton Building, Chester Street, Manchester, M1 5GD

22 June COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN. Rail Safety Week - See next page for details of how to get involved

JULY 2020

15 July SECTION MEETING - EXETER. The good old days! A look at safety (Mark Woollacott, Project Engineer, Network Rail). Network Rail Ltd, Training Room, Central Station Buildings, Queen Street, Exeter, EX4 3SB

16 July SECTION MEETING - MANCHESTER & LIVERPOOL. BIM-Update (Lawrence Chapman). Manchester Metropolitan University, Room E0.05, John Dalton Building, Chester Street, Manchester, M1 5GD

RAIL LIVE & INFRARAIL ARE BOTH POSTPONED:

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LATER IN 2020

COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN 17 August 2020 PWI Engineering Kids Day (see next page)

COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN 17 August 2020 PWI International Week (see next page)

COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN 7 September 2020 PWI Careers Week (see next page)

COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN 30 November 2020 PWI Family Week (see next page)

TRAINING - PWI TRACK ENGINEERING DIPLOMA 21 - 24 September 2020 MODULE 2 9 - 12 November 2020 MODULE 3 (See page 78)

TRAINING - S&C REFURBISHMENT 6 - 8 October 2020 Part A 20 - 22 October 2020 Part B (See page 78)

PROFESSIONAL REVIEW INTERVIEWS 16 Sept 2020, 173-177 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BJ 16 Dec 2020,173-177 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BJ Professional Review Reports must reach us at least six weeks prior to your preferred interview date.

JOURNAL COPY SUBMISSION DEADLINES July 2020 Issue, Deadline 15 May 2020 October 2020 Issue, Deadline 15 August 2020 January 2021 Issue, Deadline 15 November 2020

PWI TECHNICAL SEMINARS See page 17 for details.

9-10 September RAIL LIVE Stand J3, Quinton Rail Technology Centre, CV37 8RP. BOOK HERE: www.raillive.org.uk

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