Join us on Tuesday, 26 November, for this Midlands Branch event.

Geotechnical and Drainage Data Management

National Highways have recently launched their new Geotechnical and Drainage Management Service (GDMS). This service will support National Highways in better managing their geotechnical and drainage data, improving data decision making and investment planning. Verity Wadesmith will provide an overview of the new system and its functionality and include case studies of how the management of data can improve asset knowledge though research.

Underground Asset Mapping

The National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) is a digital map of underground assets in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, which will improve the efficiency and safety of the way we install, maintain, operate and repair our buried infrastructure by providing secure access to data from over 600 public and private sector asset owners.

Holger Kessler from AtkinsRéalis will speak about how the NUAR has been developed, how it is used and the plans for its full launch next year.

Regards,

Your IAM Midlands branch committee:

David Lyons (chair); Stephen Morgan (secretary); Andy Woolley; Sam Beamish; Mehran Torbaghan; Ali Hamdani; Amar Mirza; Miyanda Malilwe

Agenda:

1730: Welcome and refreshments

1800: Geotechnical and Drainage Data Management

1830: Underground Asset Mapping

1900: Discussion and questions

1930: Close

Speakers:

Verity Wadesmith is a chartered geologist, with almost twenty years’ experience in infrastructure geotechnical engineering, specialising in geotechnical asset management. She has experience in the operations and maintenance of high-profile geotechnical assets, and contribution to strategic knowledge developments in geotechnical asset management, through industry leading research.

Holger Kessler focuses on making geoscience data, information and knowledge available and accessible to improve planning and decision making particularly in the environmental, water resource, engineering and infrastructure sectors.

Location:

Room 127, School of Engineering, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT – building Y8 on this map: edgbaston-campus-map.pdf (birmingham.ac.uk)

The School of Engineering is a five-minute walk from University Station, which is less than ten minutes from Birmingham New Street. Full access details, including details of parking, are available here: Getting here - Edgbaston Campus - University of Birmingham