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The GB region is a hub for members based in mainland UK, representing all sectors of the industry, providing local CPD and networking events for engineers.

 

Some of the events previously held by the GB region include:

  • Technical presentations like 'The Drive to Zero Emissions Vehicles' and 'All things BIM – how it will develop in the next 10 years'
  • Social events such as pub quizzes and a 5-a-side football tournament
  • Site visit: Battersea Power Station
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GB in the Engineers Journal

Emergency should give us hope that we are able to tackle the climate crisis

Coronavirus is not the only global crisis we face: the climate crisis, as others have noted, is expected to be more devastating. Some have observed that the response to the two crises is starkly different. As an expert in behavioural sciences, I have been giving some thought to what explains this difference.

Finally, most parties take the UK’s housing crisis seriously

For more than 20 years we have been researching and writing about the downgrading of public housing in the UK, but thankfully, the tide finally appears to be turning, write Rowland Atkinson and Keith Jacobs.

Stop that car, and plan cities around bikes to make cycling a real option for more women

Cycling is contentious because campaigners demand physical changes to the roads – often at the expense of cars. And roads are political, writes Katja Leyendecker

Soakaway design and construction - an overview

A soakaway size calculator spreadsheet makes iterative soakaway design much quicker and easier, allowing the designer to complete an optimal design in minutes, writes Stephen Webster

Professional indemnity market in Ireland: Update and overview

The professional indemnity (PI) market in Ireland is undergoing significant change. This also applies to those that purchase design and construct professional indemnity insurance. Brian O’Mara looks at the current state of the market, and revisits important steps every firm should take regarding their own renewal. There are two marketplaces for insurance of engineers' professional indemnity for Irish companies: insurers with a local presence, and those based in London - more commonly ...

Study of 800 million tweets finds distinct daily cycles in our thinking patterns

Our mode of thinking changes at different times of the day and follows a 24-hour pattern, according to new findings published in 'PLOS ONE'. University of Bristol researchers were able to study our thinking behaviour by analysing seven-billion words used in 800 million tweets. Used AI methods to analyse aggregated and anonymised UK twitter content Researchers in artificial intelligence (AI) and in medicine used AI methods to analyse aggregated and anonymised UK twitter content ...

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Our committees arrange and host technical presentations, discussions, debate and social events in our regions and represent the group at liaison committee. If you are interested in being a part of this committee, please contact our Sector Support team at sectorsupport@engineersireland.ie. You must be logged into the website to display the current committee members below.

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