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SUMMARY:NEIMME Lecture: Network Rail – Managing Mining Risks
DESCRIPTION:ind out how Network Rail assesses and manages risks to its infrastructure using innovative techniques to quantify changing risk over time.\nThe Lecture will look at the historic interface between the railway and mining and then set out how Network Rail assesses and manages mines and minerals risks to its infrastructure. It will include reference to some specific case examples and the use of innovative techniques to quantify the changing risk over time. \nNeal Ruston is the Principal Mining Engineer at Network Rail\, he is a Chartered Minerals Surveyor and is inked in the Institution to Minerals and Waste Management\, Construction\, Planning and Development and Geomatics. Neal is also a Fellow of the Institute of Materials\, Minerals and Mining. He has spent the last 47 years working the production mining and more recently in the identification\, assessment and management of mining legacy issues. Neal is part of the Network Rail Technical Authority which sets out Policy and Standards to be met by the wider business and supports it with professional advise in respect of mines and minerals matters. \n17:30-18:00 – Tea and Coffee\n18:00-18:50 – In-person only Lecture Starts\n18:50 to 19:00 – Q & A \nWelcome to our NEIMME Lecture. NEIMME is the Royal Chartered membership organisation for Engineering\, Science and Technology in the North. \nFor more information about our events and the benefits of NEIMME membership see: https://mininginstitute.org.uk/membership \nFor information on IOM3 membership see: https://www.iom3.org/
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SUMMARY:[SOLD OUT] Grant-Lee Phillips
DESCRIPTION:Grant-Lee Phillips is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He led the group Grant Lee Buffalo in the 1990s\, afterwards launching a solo career. He features as the town troubadour in Gilmore Girls. \n“In the Hour of Dust” was released Sept. 5th\, 2025 and was described by Americana UK as “a personal\, reflective record\, which comes across strongly in the lyrics. The performances are strong\, reflecting the quality of the musicians employed”. \nEVENT NOW SOLD OUT
URL:https://thecommonroom.org.uk/event/grant-lee-phillips/
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SUMMARY:IMechE: Technical presentation on the benefits of failure investigations
DESCRIPTION:This talk will discuss what we can learn from analysing weld failures to help us avoid them in the future and prevent problems with operational plant. \nWhat will you learn? \nFailure investigation is only a small\, but essential part of the root cause analysis process.  This presentation highlights the difference between failure investigation and root cause analysis\, considers the methodology of a failure investigation\, and using examples\, covers some of the pitfalls related to interpreting the data arising from failure investigations.  Some of the challenges associated with failures which occur frequently\, or occurred due to repairs being carried out without investigation of the failure are also considered. \nOur industry expert: \nJoanna Nicholas\, Consultant Welding Engineer at TWI Ltd \nMeet the speaker:  \nJoanna joined TWI Ltd in 1999\, and has been involved in research\, materials selection\, and failure investigations\, mainly with ferritic steels\, alongside welding consultancy.  She has also been involved in various aspects of computer modelling of weld phenomena and welding software supporting standardisation of weld procedures and welder qualifications. \nJoanna has a broad knowledge of ferritic steels with particular emphasis on hydrogen cracking and hydrogen diffusion\, HAZ hardness\, mooring chains\, fasteners\, in-service welding and 9% Ni steels.  She has carried out numerous investigations in these areas including failure investigation as well as production qualification and research. \nBenefits from attending the event: \nInformation transfer from experts\nDiscussion\, questions and answers on the specific topics\nA broader understanding of the extent of standards in the industry\nAttendance of this event qualifies for CPD
URL:https://thecommonroom.org.uk/event/imeche-technical-presentation-on-the-benefits-of-failure-investigations/
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SUMMARY:NEIMME Lecture: Managing Technical Safety
DESCRIPTION:Protecting People\, Environment and Reputations. \nThis lecture will examine some key Technical Safety incidents from the last 100 years history and outline what we learnt. \nThis is a joint lecture with the North East Branch of the Institution of Engineering and Technology \nBy effectively managing Technical Safety\, we aim to minimise the risk of our engineering assets causing ‘harm’ (to people\, the environment or commercially) across their lifecycle. This lecture will examine some key Technical Safety incidents from the last 100 years of our engineering history and outline what we learnt (or not!) from these often-tragic events. It will also explore the regulatory frameworks in which we operate (e.g. HSE). Finally\, the lecture will present a robust engineering strategy targeted at delivering positive Technical Safety outcomes which also facilitates the reliability\, availability and maintainability of pertinent assets across their lifecycle. \nRichard Burnard is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Richard has worked in both the public and private sectors across his 40-year career in a variety of industries including Utilities\, Nuclear\, Chemical\, Oil and Gas\, Pharmaceutical\, Renewables\, Manufacturing and Electronics. Richard spent the mid-section of his career as an HM Specialist Engineering Inspector with the United Kingdom Health and Safety Executive (HSE) working as part of their major hazards team. In his spare time Richard volunteers with the IET as a Professional Registration Advisor (PRA) and as a Northumbria Region IET Committee Member. He also works with local colleges and schools to promote careers in engineering and science. \n17:30-18:00 – Tea and Coffee\n18:00-18:50 – In-person only Lecture Starts\n18:50 to 19:00 – Q & A \nWNEIMME is the Royal Chartered membership organisation for Engineering\, Science and Technology in the North. \nFor more information about our events and the benefits of NEIMME membership see: https://mininginstitute.org.uk/membership/ \nFor information on IOM3 membership see: https://www.iom3.org/
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