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UKSTT’s 1st National Trenchless Conference
The inaugural National Trenchless Conference took place in Coventry at the Manufacturing Technology Centre on 11 June 2024 and took into consideration five important themes that have emerged from previous UKSTT events and discussions within the Society. The intention was to explore these themes and look at how to address them in future. Each theme was fully discussed in a concentrated 1-hour session, each session being led by a UKSTT Council member who set the scene and was supported by a couple of speakers on relevant aspects of the topic to stimulate thought.
The first theme was chaired by Dawn Greig, Immediate Past Chair for UKSTT and Senior Director for Picote Solutions. The theme was ‘Trenchless – demonstrating the benefits’ and Dawn was joined by Chris Rogers, Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Birmingham.
The second theme, ‘Standards and regulations – help or hinderance?’ was chaired by Richard Swan, UKSTT Working Group Chair for Standards and Regulations and Director of Technical Services at Picote Solutions. Richard was joined by Jo Parker, Chartered Civil Engineer, Director of
‘Trenchless – demonstrating the benefits’ - Dawn Greig
Watershed Associates and Philip Clisham, Chartered Civil Engineer and Director of PClisham Consulting Ltd.
Theme three ‘Recruitment to trenchless – meeting demand’ was Chaired by Jo Parker. Jo was joined by David Rambridge, Managing Director DRBi Ltd & Chair of NADC Executive Committee & Dr. Dexter Hunt Associate Professor in Sustainable and Underground Construction at Birmingham University.
The fourth theme ‘Increasing awareness of trenchless options’ was chaired by Tim Sargent, UKSTT Working Group Chair and Business Development Director for Morrison Water Services. Joining Tim was Brent Eastell, Technical Lead within Severn Trent’s Water Design Excellence Team.
Bringing the conference to an end was session Five ‘Future opportunities’. Chaired by Iain Naismith, UKSTT Technical & Education subcommittee Chair and Senior Research Fellow at IKT – Institute for Underground Infrastructure, Iain was joined by Chris Rogers who presented a shared presentation with Kirill Horoshenkov from Sheffield University.
Conference organiser Iain Naismith commented “Thanks to some great organisation and an excellent rapport between session leads and speakers, we produced an event that satisfied delegates and exhibitors, with both groups learning about and addressing together key issues for the sector, and raised the profile of the Society resulting in several new volunteers stepping up to help with initiatives”.
There were plenty of breaks throughout the day which provided a perfect opportunity for some networking whilst also allowing
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