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The 2011 Branch Prize winning lecture on the Convention Centre Dublin will be held in Cork on 7 February, at the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork. The Branch is hosting the event, in association with Engineers Ireland, Cork Region.

The Convention Centre Dublin (CCD) centrally located on Spencer Dock on the north bank of the River Liffey in Dublin City Centre is Ireland’s new world-class, purposebuilt international conference and event venue. The CCD with its iconic status combined with spacious, flexible and elegant conference halls, leading-edge technology and an extensive range of support services will provide an exceptional venue for Irish and International conferences and corporate events,. The Centre caters for all types of events, from large conferences and product fairs for up to 8,000 delegates, as well as for Award Ceremonies, Gala Dinners, Board Meetings, Breakfast Meetings, Training Sessions and Seminars, Christmas Parties, Press Launches etc.

Speaker:
Ken Moriarty, BSc, CEng, MIEI, MIStructE, Director, O’Connor Sutton Cronin Multidiscipline Consulting Engineers has worked with O’Connor Sutton Cronin for over sixteen years and has a wealth of experience in Structural Engineering working on a wide variety of complex structures and deep basements which have included, for example, office developments at Mespil/Burlington Road and Herbert Street, in addition to the iconic Convention Centre Dublin development. Ken is a Chartered Structural Engineer and is a recipient of the European Concrete Societies Network (ECSN) award for his role in the National Gallery of Ireland Extension in 2004.

Date: 7 February 2012
Time: 18:30 Tea & Coffee served, Lecture at 19:00
Location: Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork

The Irish Concrete Society are holding a half-day seminar as follows:

Designing masonry to Eurocode 6
Using Irish National Annexes & Product Standards and Designing masonry to Eurocode 6
Half -Day Technical Seminar, 31^st of January 2012
Venue: IPA, 57-61 Lansdowne Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
€75 ICS members’ rate; €100 non-members’ rate

This technical update is suitable for all designers, producers, users and specifiers of masonry in Ireland.
Delegates to the event are offered a substantial discount on the list price of associated standards from NSAI.

Full details are available from the Irish Concrete Society website
http://www.concrete.ie/downloads/news/Designing%20Masonry%20to%20Eurocode%206.pdf

Alternatively, contact secretary@concrete.ie for bookings or more details of the seminar.

The Irish Concrete Society is a not for profit organisation dedicated to promoting excellence in the use of concrete.
Visit www.concrete.ie to learn more about us.

Irish Concrete Society news updates are now available on twitter.  Follow @irishconcsoc

The 2012 Annual Dinner of the Republic of Ireland Branch of the Institution of Structural Engineers will be held in Conrad Hotel, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, on Friday, 3 February 2012, at 7.30 p.m. (black tie).

The Annual Dinner is the principal social event for members and we would like to welcome all members in groups, or as individuals.  The Branch extends a warm welcome also to members’ guests, colleagues, partners, and friends.

The Branch Committee is confident that the function will be well supported, and that as many members as possible can meet the President of the Institution in 2012, Mr John Nolan, as well as many other notable guests from Ireland’s construction industry.

Our guest speaker on the night will be Ms Terry Prone: business woman, media expert, popular commentator and author. Terry is in constant demand by radio and TV programmes as an authority on communications issues and we look forward to welcoming her on the night.

To confirm your place please use the following Reservation Form, which should be returned to:

Ms Carrie Poettcker, O’Connor Sutton Cronin Consulting Engineers, 9 Prussia Street, Dublin 7

Date: 3 February 2012
Time: 19:30 for dinner at 20:00 (black tie)
Location: Conrad Hotel, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2

From 12th – 14th January 2012, the Republic of Ireland Branch will be attending the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition in the RDS Main Hall, Dublin. Now in its 48th year, the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition is an important event for promoting careers in Science and Technology to Irish Primary and Secondary School students. By attending this event we hope to excite young people about engineering and to demonstrate the fun and creative side of structural engineering.

In order to make this a success, we need enthusiastic volunteers to man the stand who will be able to participate in the activities on the stand, answer any questions about structural engineering, and most importantly to inspire a future generation of engineers. If you are interested in being a part of this exciting event please email Dr Colin Caprani, Branch Secretary stating your availability.

The 2011 Annual General Meeting of the Republic of Ireland Branch, of the Institution of Structural Engineers, will be held on Tuesday, 13 December 2011 at 17:30. The AGM is an important part of the Branch calendar, and all members are encouraged to attend and contribute to the meeting.

The agenda is available here and minutes of the 2010 AGM will be available on the night.

*** PLEASE NOTE *** The AGM will NOT be followed by an Evening Lecture, as incorrectly stated in the Agenda.

We look forward to seeing you at the AGM.

Date: 13 December 2011
Time: AGM starts at 17:30.
Venue: Dublin Institute of Technology, Bolton St., Room 259

Proposed Amendments to Branch Regulations

The committee has reviewed the current Branch Regulations (adopted in 2001) and has decided to propose amendments to have the Regulations facilitate changing practice. Members are urged to read the following documents in advance of the AGM, and to attend to provide their views on the night, in advance of the vote:

• Current Branch Regulations (adopted April 2001);
• Proposed Amendments 2011;
• Institution Bye-laws, Regulations, and Standing Orders.

The IABSE Irish National Group will host an evening lecture on Thursday 1st December 2011, in Room 259, DIT, Bolton Street (at 7:00 pm). This lecture will focus Sustainable Fire Engineering. Specifically, the speaker will discuss the application of a ‘reliability-based’ & ‘person-centred’ approach in order to achieve a safe and sustainable built environment. This presentation will examine the authentic language and meaning of sustainability and will then track how this impacts on the professional practice of fire engineering. Finally, special mention will be made of Fire-Induced Progressive Collapse.

This event is being staged in co-operation with Engineers Ireland and the Institution of Structural Engineers (Republic of Ireland Branch), and is a CPD approved event.

Click here to download a flyer to publicize the event.

Date: Thursday, 1 December 2011
Location: Room 259, DIT, Bolton Street
Time: 7.00 pm

For candidates intending to apply for Chartered Membership through the Mutual Recognition Agreement route (and to sit the Chartered Membership exam in March 2012) please note that Form M/MRA and the relevant supporting documentation should be returned to the Institution no later than 20 November 2011. For further information, please contact the membership department at membership@istructe.org.

On Thursday 20 October 2011, at Cork City Hall, the esteemed engineer Dr Bill Harvey will present an evening lecture entitled ‘Underneath the Arches – Choosing a life in the cold and damp‘. Dr Harvey has been a committed bridge engineer since 1954. He began properly working on bridges in 1971 when he spent some time on big steelbridges (Humber, Ouse, Dunkeld) before settling into academic life working on masonry arch bridges in 1981. Since then he has become an internationally renowned bridge engineer and has spent many happy hours in cold damp places but also in libraries and sometimes even in the sun, learning about how arches came about, how they were built, how they work and how they deteriorate. He has worked as an independent consultant and software developer since 2000.

This lecture will skim through various aspects of bridge history: using pictures and videos of bridge behaviour to explain what we think we know and the gaps that remain in our knowledge and understanding of these economically vital structures. There will also be brief excursions into aspects
of more modern structures.

This event will hosted by Engineers Ireland – Cork Region, in conjunction with the Institution of Structural Engineers, Republic of Ireland Branch, and is open to the public.

Click here to download a flyer to publicize the event.

Date: Thursday 20 October 2011
Location: Millenium Hall, City Hall, Cork
Time: 7.00 pm (Tea/coffee available from 6.30 pm)

The Republic of Ireland Branch of the Institution of Structural Engineers are always looking for and welcome new committee members. We would like to invite anyone interested in joining to contact Dr Colin Caprani, Branch Secretary, at info@istructe.ie or come along to one of our Branch events to talk to us.

Pearse Sutton, Branch Chairman