Bridges 2012: Home & Away

The 20th Annual Conference and Exhibition

27th and 28th March 2012
The Midland Hotel, Manchester

***UPDATED CONFERENCE PROGRAMME NOW ONLINE***

Now in its 20^th year, "Bridges" remains the leading event for highway authority bridge engineers and their private sector partners, and continues to act as the definitive forum for all issues relating to bridge management and maintenance, policy, strategy and funding.

For 2012 the event will run as a two day conference, co-organised by Surveyor and Bridge design & engineering. Produced with input from the UK Bridges Board, and leading industry figures this event showcases the latest research, recommendations and case studies.

We will be giving attendees and exhibitors from the UK the usual high quality annual bridge event, but in 2012 everyone will enjoy the benefit of a second day that will include an additional international aspect. By utilising our existing contacts in the international bridge industry through the world's leading bridge publication Bridge design & engineering, we are confident that the second day of International Speakers and Case Studies will attract even more UK and international visitors and exhibitors to the event

Who Should Attend:

Highway authority bridge engineers
Consultants involved in the design of new bridges and in the assessment and strengthening of existing structures
Contractors providing specialist equipment and services necessary for bridge works
Manufacturers and suppliers of materials, machinery and systems for bridge works

Confirmed Speakers for 2012

Keynote Address from Bill Harvey, Director, Bill Harvey Associates Ltd and Visiting Professor, University of Exeter
Steve Berry, Local Capital Programmes & Delivery, Department for Transport
Stephen Pottle, Structures Manager, Transport for London
An Overview of the Olympic Park Infrastructure from Chris Hendy, Head of Bridge Design and Technology, Atkins and David Baird, Olympic Development Agency
Kevin Dentith, Principal Engineer, Bridge Maintenance, Devon County Council
Peter Curran, Director, Ramboll UK Ltd
Sharan Gill, Structures Engineer, TFL
Ian Draycott, Highway Authority Liaison Engineer, Mersey Gateway Project
Helena Russell, Editor, Bridge design & engineering
Steve Kite, Associate Director, Bridges, Arup
Carson Carney , Manager-Cable Stay Bridge Superstructure, American Bridge
Vardaman Jones, Infrastructure Director, High-Point Rendel
Dr. Lee Canning, Principal Engineer, SKM
Charles Cocksedge, Technical Director, Transportation, Aecom
Brian Duguid, Associate, Mott MacDonald
Laurent Ney, CEO, Ney & Partners
Elena Barton, Research Scientist , National Physical Laboratory
James Marks, Associate, Wilkinson Eyre Architects with Kandiah Kuhendran, AECOM and Philip Brown,Graham Construction

For additional programme information please click on Conference Programme, or contact:

Gary Stringer, Conference Development Manager
Tel: +44(0) 20 7973 6695
Email: g.stringer@hgluk.com

To discuss sponsorship and social networking opportunities, or exhibiting contact:

Steve Cobb, Sales Manager
Tel: +44(0) 20 7973 4683
Email: s.cobb@hgluk.com

Published by the Hemming Group, Bridge design & engineering magazine (www.bridgeweb.com) is a sister publication to Surveyor magazine.