Description
This event is sponsored byHOCHTIEF
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Get the Spring off to a flying start by taking in a new-build flyover, a major airline maintenance and overhaul facility, and a key player in the UK space technology industry!
Hosted this year in the Hertfordshire/Bedfordshire area, the UK technical visit will take in four very different companies all working at the leading edge of their sector. The one-day visit will take delegates outside their areas of expertise, exposing new ways of working and providing an insight into the wider transportation industry, allowing for knowledge sharing across industrial and discipline boundaries.
The visit can be used to provide evidence to meet key UK-SPEC competences needed as part of the continual professional development of engineers working towards Chartered or Incorporated status. It is a great opportunity for young engineers from different backgrounds to explore and discuss issues which are of concern and to broaden their engineering knowledge.
Timetable:
09:40 Meet at Stevenage Railway Station.Travel to Astrium (coach provided)
10:00 Astrium tour
Astrium公司,完全自己的ed subsidiary of EADS, is dedicated to providing civil and defence space systems and services. In 2009, Astrium had a turnover of €4.8 billion and more than 15,000 employees in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain and the Netherlands. Its three main areas of activity are Astrium Space Transportation for launchers and orbital infrastructure, Astrium Satellites for spacecraft and ground segment and Astrium Services for the development and delivery of satellite services.
During the presentation and tour you will gain an appreciation of the space sector, discover Astrium’s wide range of activities within the industry, and see the heart of the satellite design, manufacturing and testing.
12:00 Travel to Hitchin Project Alliance(coach provided)
12:30 Lunch– kindly provided by Network Rail
13:00 Hitchin Project Alliance tour
The Hitchin Grade Separation scheme is one of Network Rail’s committed Engineering Projects and is being delivered by the Hitchin Project Alliance, formed by Network Rail Investment Projects and HOCHTIEF UK.
The aim of the scheme is the elimination of conflicting movements between Kings Cross to Cambridge services and trains headed into London on the East Coast Main Line at Cambridge Junction, Hitchin. The scheme when completed will provide a number of benefits:
- Provide increased capacity for train services on the East Coast Main Line
- Increase the resilience of the timetable to disruption
- Improve utilisation of the two track Welwyn Viaduct
- Provide even higher levels of Railway Safety
The project comprises of a 2 ¼ Km chord line including an 800m viaduct which includes the ECML rail crossing, two new junctions and associated signalling upgrades. The Hitchin Alliance commenced on site in October 2012 and is currently delivering the scheme with a planned commissioning date of June 2013. Key achievements to date have been the installation of the key ECML bridge crossing at the beginning of July 2012 and the installation of the first turnout onto the Cambridge Branch in November 2012.
The visit will provide an insight into the formation and working of the Project Alliance as well as the works themselves.
14:30 Travel to Monarch Aircraft Engineering(coach provided)
15:00 Monarch Aircraft Engineering tour
Monarch Aircraft Engineering Ltd (MAEL) is a division of The Monarch Group, a leading UK-based travel Group which also comprises Monarch Airlines and the tour operating and holiday companies Cosmos Holidays, Avro and Somewhere2stay.com. The Group has a turnover of approximately £1 billion, offers airline capacity of over 8 million sector seats, has tour operating passenger volumes of some 850,000 customers, and employs 3,000 staff.
MAEL是一个英国的MRO focu获奖sing on cost-efficient service delivery to both Monarch Airlines and blue-chip third-party customers. MAEL has recently been listed in the top 10 MROs for Europe, Middle East and North Africa and in May 2012 was elected MRO of choice among its peer group and suppliers. MAEL operates globally, supporting clients located in east and west Europe, Middle East, Australia and North America. MAEL has superior knowledge in maintaining legacy fleets and is also a leading MRO for new technology aircraft, including the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, for which it is one of only eight worldwide Boeing-approved GoldCare providers.
The tour will include a short presentation from the Engineering team on the work Monarch do and their position in the Aviation industry, followed by a tour of the facilities on site.
17:00 Close of event.Coach to drop delegates at Luton Airport Parkway Station (coach provided)
Travel
You will be required to arrange your own travel to Stevenage Station for the start of the visit and from Luton Airport Parkway Station at the end of the visit. All group travel from your arrival until your departure will be organised and included in your cover charge.
Costs
The cover charge will provide travel during the technical visit. The charge does not cover insurance, travel to Stevenage or from Luton Airport Parkway Stations, or meals not covered by the above.
Condition of attendance
Please note that Astrium cannot permit access to its facilities without security checks. All delegates must hold a valid passport (UK or Foreign) and must submit their passport number, nationality and date of birth by 27 February 2013. Delegates must also bring their passports with them on the day.
For more information or to book a place on this event please visitwww.pedrorafa.com/events/O1509