Event type:
Lecture, Evening meeting
Organised by:
Engineering Group
Venue:
The Geological Society, Burlington House
Event status:
EVENT CLOSED
In the UK there are governmental led initiatives to deliver improved economic, social and
environmental outcomes ‘of the relevant area’ from the ‘provision of services, or the
provision of services together with the purchase or hire of goods or the carrying out of
works’. In England, for example, we have the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012
whilst in Wales we have the Welsh document Community Benefits: Delivering Maximum
Value for the Welsh Pound.
But how can Ground Engineering play its part in delivering this
ambition to the benefit of local communities and businesses? How can we better engage
with the local supply chain for services and works to achieve this? And in particular from
this evening are there design and construction approaches used when working in remote
areas with restricted supply chains and significant logistical issues impacting import that
could be exported back to the UK to add social value? And if so what are the constraints
that would limit what could be achieved and how can we overcome them?
Naomi Lee will provide case studies of overseas projects and how these have been
procured and constructed to inform a debate with the audience chaired by Paul Maliphant
to consider the questions posed above. Naomi’s examples will include a detailed example
from a water barrage and tailings storage facility design and construction project at a gold
mine in Burkina Faso and supporting examples from Colombia, Russia and Kazakhstan.
Speakers
Paul Maliphant,
Development Director, Mott MacDonald
Naomi Lee, Associate Director, Wardell Armstrong International Ltd
Time
Tea / coffee from 5.30pm
Meeting Commences: 6.00pm
Cost
Free to attend - Registration not required.
Webcast
Please follow this link to access the web-cast of the seminar: http://geolsoc.adobeconnect.com/eg1506/
Further information
For further information and registration, please contact the event convener