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Amazing opportunity for you to attend a lecture on one of the most important projects in London, 22 Bishopsgate, which will be the 2nd tallest building in London! Networking drinks + canapes to follow with current Imperial Civil Engineering students & staff, alumni, ICE members and WSP engineers!

Date: Monday 24th February

Time: 18:30 - 19:30 Drinks & Canapes to follow

Location: Room 201 Skempton Building, Imperial College South Kensington campus

FURTHER INFO ON THE TALK AND SPEAKER:

Located on the site of an abandoned building project in the heart of London's financial district, WSP had to overcome a variety constraints above and below ground to design the second tallest building in western Europe..

When construction of The Pinnacle was halted in 2009, it left behind a three-storey basement with nine floors of concrete core and piles embedded more than 50m into the ground. Rather than excavating this ‘stump’ and beginning again, WSP were able to successfully re-use the existing foundations and incorporated more than 40% of its basement slabs into the replacement tower.

Through mega-transfer girders, inclined columns with high-strength steel cable ties, triple-storey A-frames, partial demolition of the existing basement, and partial top-down construction, the structural design unlocked the site and pushed the limits of structural engineering.

Installing an additional 85 mini piles in among the forest of existing deep piles, enabled the foundations to support a building with approximately 30% more lettable area than its predecessor.

TwentyTwo Bishopsgate also offers a more elegant design and protects more key sightlines across the city. All this was achieved surrounded by narrow streets, tall buildings and London’s valuable historical heritage.

At 278m, it will be the second-tallest building in London, demonstrating what is possible when efficient, ingenious engineering meets good design.

Alex Black-Roberts is a structural Engineer who has worked on TwentyTwo Bishopsgate for 5 years, working as part of the team that designed everything from the pile caps to the 62nd floor.

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As always CivSoc promises a term full of exciting events! 

Ranging from talks, site visits and of course socials 

Heres a list of upcoming Spring term events, save the dates! 

Oh, wait...That's not even it yet.

We are having DIVERSITY WEEK on the 10th-14th of February! 

Aaaaand there's more!!!

See, its a term full of events, mark your calendars, more information on individual events will be posted closer to the date! 

Yes, you read that right: we've been nominated by the National Undergraduate Employability Awards as a top-ten University Society in the UK!

What's the Best University Society NUE Award?

In the NUE's own words, "This award celebrates societies who have a real passion for supporting their members with employability skills.". Out of the huge number of societies and clubs present in UK universities, we have been selected within the top 10! 

The award is organised by RateMyPlacement and sponsored by Entreprise Rent-A-Car!

What does this nomination mean to us?

It rewards CivSoc's hard work to help our members engage with professionals, discover the different fields of civil engineering and secure that special internship, graduate role or job they're looking for!

If you're part of a company, this is proof that we deliver! Interested in a partnership? Find info here and email us at civsoc@ic.ac.uk!

We're achieving this by running:

• the yearly CivSoc Careers Fair,
• Shell Day, with its technical talk, application workshop, CV Clinic, and networking session,
• industry talks: this year so far with Ramboll, Hawkins/Brown Architects, AECOM, Metis Consultants and Vinci,
• site visits to 101 George Street - world's tallest modular construction - and to Chiswick Park Footbridge by Expedition Engineering,
• the first Negotiation Masterclass to instill essential soft skills
• university visit and site visits during our yearly International Tour!
• and more next term!

Want us to organise an event or have an idea? Drop us an email at civsoc@ic.ac.uk!

CivSoc has a whole range of events planned for you: socials, careers, sports, networkings... you name it!

Is there an event you would like us to run? Drop us an email at civsoc@ic.ac.uk! 

This year, students elected Seville for Tour destination, which proved to be an excellent choice! During 6 days, 71 undergraduates discovered both Seville and Cadiz and visited the La Constitucion de 1812 Bridge, the Port of Seville and the Dragon Bridge. Everyone had a great time, enjoying the lovely weather, celebrating the end of term, meeting new people, bonding with students from other years and for most of us discovering Seville for the first time! Tour is always a rich experience, relevant to Civil Engineering, culturally stimulating, in a relaxed environment.

Special thanks to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College Union, Shell, Vinci, Metis, AKT II, and CGCA for their support. 

Photos available here!