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YRP newsletter l Issue 3 May 2015 l 1
Welcome to our YRP newsletter at WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Rail. This issue rounds up the latest opportunities and events for you to get involved with.
Newsletter - Issue 3
YRP Black Tie Dinner & Award EveningOn the 16th April, 20 of us were lucky enough to attend this annual event held at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London for a great evening of food, drink, music and guest speakers. Our gold corporate membership awards us with a table but this year we also purchased another, recognising those who have made a significant contribution to producinng excellent work in our department or involvement with YRP. Attendees were a mixture of our colleagues from the PB and WSP sides of our business, opening up the opportunity for us to get to know each other better.
After a lovely three course dinner accompanied by speeches, the band kicked in and opened up the dancefloor for a few of us brave ones to try out some moves and for the networking part of the evening to flow.
A special congratulations goes out to Sofia Angelara from our Manchester office who was shortlisted for the Young Rail Professional of the Year Award. Sofia certainly was a close competitor, we were proud of her as she walked away with a bottle of bubbly and certificate to commemorate her achievement.
There was an after party organised at Sway bar next door to the venue but some of us ventured further onto Soho to carry on the dancing into the early hours.
It was a great opportunity to celebrate our work, network and to start getting to know each other in our newly integrated department.
A selection of photos from the evening are now in our 360 gallery, if you would like your personal photos to be uploaded, please send them through to [email protected].
The YRP Membership Page on our Rail 360 Collaboration site is a great way to access all the important links you need quickly.
Don’t forget to register using your work email to keep up with the latest in YRP and so we can keep track of who is a member in our business!
Newsletter - Issue 3
If you have any feedback, queries or would like to register your event attendance, please email: [email protected]
Summary of Upcoming Events:• YRP Site visit - Crossrail Tunnelling and Underground Construction
Acaademy (TUCA) 15 May, Ilford - East London, 3-6pm
• YRP Seminar - Building Information Modelling (BIM) 21 May, Bentley BIM Academy - London, 6-8pm
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We’re hosting! 30 June 2015
Please save the date so you can join us at
our office in Chancery Lane where Nigel Standing and Tim
Peet will be presenting on Crossrail. Look out for more details in the
near future.
Kevin GedgeNorth West Secretary
Update from the NorthThe North West Regional Committee had a succesful launch event on Thursday 19 March at Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry which attracted a variety of speakers including those from Network Rail and Transport for Greater Manchester. A number of our employees also attended the Light Rail Ale Trail having met at this event. Look out for an event to the Manchester Rail operating centre for the w/c 18 May.
Julianna is the Public Relations and Communciations Manager, Executive Committee Member, and International Coordinator for YRP and is based in our Chancery Lane office. Feel free to get in touch with her with any questions or ideas you may have. [email protected]
Damon HighWestern Vice Chair
Western Vice Chair AppointmentDamon has been heavily involved with YRP for a while, having held the External Relationship Manager position on the Executive Committee. Since stepping down from this post he continues his involvement by becoming the Vice Chair of the Western Regional Committee. He hopes a lot more WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff people will become part of this, considering our large Great Western Electrification Project team that work in Swindon. Don’t hesistate to contact him if you are interested.
