Section Details
Chair: Craig Green
Secretary: Richard Quigley
e-mail: richard.quigley@networkrail.co.uk
Meeting Venues
The Wellington Pub, 37 Bennetts Hill, Birmingham, B2 5SN at 17:00
2nd Floor, Network Rail, Baskerville House, Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2ND.
Lunchtime meetings 12:30 for a prompt 12:45 start - 14:00 finish. Evening meetings at 17:00.
Booking preferred for each event!
Please follow link to events calendar for details of section meetings
Section Programme
Wednesday 9th January 2019 - Reading
Annual Joint Meeting with IMechE - The California High-Speed Rail Project - from Planning to Construction (Matthew Savastano, FPWI, WSP Group)
Thursday 10th January 2019 - Network Rail, Baskerville House, Birmingham
Derailment Investigation (Dr Mark Burstow, Principal Vehicle Track Dynamics Engineer, Network Rail) Booking preferred!
Thursday 7th February 2019 - Network Rail, Baskerville House, Birmingham
Platform Train Interface (Richard Quigley, Senior Gauging Engineer, LNW) Booking preferred!
Thursday 14th March 2019 - WSP Offices, The Mailbox, Birmingham
Environmental Impact of HS2 (Melanie Knight, Managing Consultant, Ramboll) & HS2 Curzon Street Project (Carol Stitchman, Technical Director, Stations, WSP) N.B. Change of venue and slightly earlier time. Booking preferred!
Thursday 11th April 2019 - Network Rail, Baskerville House, Birmingham
The History of CWR & Hot Weather Management (Andy Franklin, Principal Project Engineer, Network Rail) Booking preferred!
Thursday 9th May 2019 - Network Rail, Baskerville House, Birmingham
High Output Track Renewals - Ready for CP6 (Ben Brooks, High Output Alliance Director & Neil Sunner, Senior Programme Manager, LNW) Booking preferred!
Thursday 13th June 2019 - Network Rail, Baskerville House, Birmingham
PWI Practical Trackwork Challenge 2018 - Rothley (Malcolm Pearce, PWI Fellow and Thames Valley Section Secretary) Booking preferred!
Thursday 12th September 2019 - Network Rail, Baskerville House, Birmingham
Train-borne Rail Depth Measurement (Damon Goulding, Engineer (Mobile Monitoring), Network Rail) Booking preferred!
Thursday 13th February 2020 - Network Rail, Baskerville House, Birmingham
Derailment Risk at Facing Switches (Andy Franklin, Principal Project Engineer, Network Rail) Booking preferred!