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It was once again a very interesting UIC Meeting of Panel of Structural Experts in Paris with numerous infrastructure managers from Europe. First-hand updates on ongoing innovation projects, developments in standardisation at the UIC and CEN offered great added value. I took the opportunity to thank my colleagues for their much-appreciated contribution to the benchmark on Knowledge Management & Leadership. I conducted the benchmark to answer the question "How much expertise do infrastructure operators need and how can this expertise be secured in the long term?" Here my conclusion: 1)   Knowledge management does not stop at the company's boundaries; external factors such as gap of skilled employees and availability of training programmes must also be taken into account. 2)   A high level of externalisation at infrastructure operators creates the risk that knowledge will be lost and the necessary skills can no longer be covered. 3)   In-house expertise and resources are required to build new engineering structures safely and efficiently and to be able to use existing engineering structures as long and efficiently as possible. 4)   Knowledge management methods will only be successful if there is an open culture of information and knowledge sharing. This requires a maximally pronounced transformational leadership culture and a moderately pronounced transactional culture. Many thanks Didier Van de Velde, Ronald van der Zwan, Andrea Vecchi, Durot Frédéric and others. #UIC PoSE, #SBB

Tomorrow, JMJ's Rahul V. and Andy Ellis will be at the The ECC Association Extra Conference in Austin, Texas where they look forward to immersing themselves in the latest insights for capital projects and connecting with industry leaders. We hope to see you there. #ECCExtra2024 #networking #capitalprojects #engineering #construction #industryinsights

Lessons learnt from the assessment of defected projects

Initiative that complement the training and education at the universities. It also shows the need of some update changes that is urgently need in these universities to consider the priorities of the industry

Curious about ASCE's peer review program? Read more about this key program, and how it can be helpful for good organizations to function even better, below.

I am delighted to announce that my team (Ellis Smith Ethan Egerton Theo Kinder Thomas Gill) and I have been nominated for “Outstanding Solution Idea” with the Common Mission Project UK !!! Context: In the first term of my final-year at university, I completed a module called Complex Problem Solving under Gail Ollis. The objective was to take a current issue that the UK Ministry of Defence were suffering from, and create a minimum viable product to alleviate this. After a rocky start, we eventually had to switch ideas after two weeks where we met James Robert Fawcett MBE BSc (Hons) FCIEH CEnvH LFOH AFPH. He introduced us to the Defense Infrastructure Organisation and their issue of retaining environmental health reports from local authorities. These reports are generated whenever a local authority inspects a military kitchen to assess its suitability. The issue was that local authorities weren’t obliged to send these reports to the DIO, which were needed for them to actually improve the infrastructure of these military kitchens. Instead, they were sent to and kept by the contractors of the military kitchens (Most, if not all, military kitchens are operated by an external contractor). We came up with both a long-term and short-term solution: Long-term: Add a contract addition to the contracts of the contractors that forces them to send a copy of these reports to the DIO. This would be added when these contracts are up for renewal. Short-term: Add some extra unassured guidance into the primary authority register (these are guidelines that instructs how a local authority should assess the kitchen) to instruct local authorities to also send a copy to the DIO. Again, we are very delighted to be nominated for this, thanks to our problem sponsor James Robert Fawcett MBE BSc (Hons) FCIEH CEnvH LFOH AFPH and our module co-ordinator Gail Ollis for help along the way.

What does it mean to win a Structural Award? Hear from some of the people involved in winning projects from 2023. If you want to enter this year's awards or simply find out more information you can here: https://lnkd.in/eHr9_isY Will your project become a #structuralengineering icon? #StructuralAwards

Here's a clip from LSC Summit 2023 where JC Clemens sheds light on the often contentious topic of construction draws and explains how their process avoids the dreaded "death loop". In this summit, you'll get a unique learning experience from experts like JC as well as plenty of time to expand your network and get deals done. To learn more, click the link in the comments!