South West Infrastructure Partnership (SWIP)

Well - it was quite a surprise to receive a letter from Mark Hansford to say that I had been awarded the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Gold Medal this year! Didn't even know I'd been nominated! Up to One Great George Street last Friday to receive the award. It was almost 50 years to the day that I'd walked into The University of Edinburgh to start learning about civil engineering. And I'm still learning! Thanks to everyone who I've worked with over the years - many famous and not so famous names no longer with us - people and companies. I'm still actively involved with WSP in the UK, South West Infrastructure Partnership (SWIP) and Great South West and working with great clients including The Crown Estate and Western Gateway on topics including tidal power, FLOW, carbon assessment, net zero and climate adaptation. It was inspiring to be able to talk to Prof. (Dr) Anusha Shah over lunch about our common interest in infrastructure development that is focused on benefitting society and the planet. Alice Bhandhukravi did a great job as compere getting around some wonderful tongue twisters when the awards for written papers were presented. It was also fascinating to talk to the other award winners on our table - martha mcgowan I hope you got back to Coldingham before midnight! Finally, I couldn't help but take a photo of that wonderful ceiling!

It's worth taking a moment to read Peter Kydd's insightful blog if you want to keep up to date on what's going on in the energy sector. Keep an eye on South West Infrastructure Partnership (SWIP)'s blogs as we shine a light on how each industry sector affects the work you're doing. It's great CPD!!

Peter Kydd's latest blog is a great read if you want a better understanding of the latest developments in energy reform.

🔌 Renewed energy: will post-election reforms supercharge the path to net zero? Peter Kydd discusses how post-election reforms are set to accelerate the UK’s path to net zero, with a renewed focus on energy independence, public-private partnerships, and advancements in clean energy. 📖 Read his new blog⬇️ https://buff.ly/3McGwFV #energy #renewables #cleanenery #netzero #postelection #UK #SouthWest

Join us to collaborate with infrastructure professionals and stakeholders across the region. You'll be invited to contribute to discussions on key infrastructure challenges for the region. This year, we've had workshops and roundtables on climate adaptation pathways, PAS 2080 and carbon management and floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea. Sign up now to receive an invite to our conference this November. https://buff.ly/3GEtmyU #SWIP #infrastructure #SouthWestEngland #collaboration

The Sustainable Earth Institute at the University of Plymouth is offering a Future Climate Leaders CPD course. In Cornwall & Isles of Scilly, the course is fully funded for enterprises through the Future is Green: https://buff.ly/4fKWnsM In Devon, it is up to 90% funded for enterprises as a Skills Bootcamp: https://buff.ly/4fLaTB4 The course starting in October is one day per week for 10 weeks. It's suitable for any size business and sector but employees must be given an additional sustainability or climate responsibility following the course. Please share with anyone you think will benefit, or apply yourself!

🏖️ Secret summer: how National Highways works behind-the-scenes to keep the South West moving during the holidays 📰 Read the new blog for the South West Infrastructure Partnership by Jason Hones, Regional Director – South West at National Highways and highways sector representative on the SWIP Steering group. He highlights the often unseen efforts that go into making summer travel on the region’s roads smooth and safe for holidaymakers and local communities. READ JASON'S BLOG⬇️ https://buff.ly/3X0eEuT #highways #summer #traffic #travel #roads #SouthWestEngland #holiday

🚀 Adding uncertainty and sensitivity analysis into DAFNI (the USARIS project) - hear more about this important project at the DAFNI Conference 2024! ⛈️ This project is one of an exciting line up of 14 projects across infrastructure, climate change, energy, water, and transport being discussed at the DAFNI Conference 2024. Book your ticket before end of August to obtain our Early Bird pricing! 🖥️ Get a preview of USARIS in the latest DAFNI blog where you'll hear about bringing uncertainty analysis into the DAFNI platform thanks to work being carried out by Francesca Pianosi, Associate Professor in Water and Environmental Engineering, and Saskia Salwey, Research Associate, both in the School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering at the University of Bristol. University of Bristol Engineering https://lnkd.in/enHQD7Ye   🖥️ The USARIS project (Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis for Resilient Infrastructure Systems) will bring methodologies for Uncertainty and Sensitivity analysis of model outputs into DAFNI and deliver recommendations for best practice in their application. It will also investigate scalability and provide recommendations for future developments of the DAFNI platform to support the uptake of uncertainty and sensitivity analysis by the DAFNI users’ community.   🎟️ Register for the conference now (book by end August to benefit from Early Bird pricing): https://lnkd.in/efi7q8CX ❗From September standard prices will rise from £45 to £60, student prices will rise from £20 to £30  📍Aston University 🗓️ 10 September 2024 #transportinfrastructure #infrastructure #modelling #flooding  #railways #digitaltwins #datasharing #DAFNIfacility #aviation #infrastructuremodelling #infrastructuredata #infrastructuremodels  #RAEng #USARIS

This event has all the characteristics we at South West Infrastructure Partnership (SWIP) identified as essential when we drew up our net zero road map (https://lnkd.in/dUVC7mwZ). In summary, leadership, carbon literacy and collaboration in a living lab environment to get things done quickly and efficiently.