Student Symposium in the Built Environment 2005

Introduction

The 2005 annual North West Student Symposium was this year jointly organised by CEBE in collaboration with the University of Bolton. Hosted by Bolton on 27th April 2005, the event brings together final level Built Environment students and academic staff from Universities throughout the North West of England, together with employers with an interest in research. It is designed to provide an opportunity to exchange ideas and study experiences and allow an exploration of the potential use of innovative research within industry. Students are able to present the findings of their final year dissertations to peers and staff from partner institutions. The symposium draws support from the Association of Building Engineers, The Chartered Institute of Building, The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, The British Institute of Architectural Technologists and the Construction Industry Council. A wide range of topics were covered this year, including a best practice model for urban regeneration, how the terrorist bombing of 1996 affected Manchester’s urban regeneration, the classification of contaminated land as waste and how successfully ISO 9000 quality standards have been implemented in the Construction industry.

Prizes were awarded in the best presentation category. The best paper category is still to be finalised. The respective winners for the former were Chris Lord (University of Salford) and Linsey Brown (University of Central Lancashire) who each received £200 for best presentation. Both presentation winners are pictured below, alongside Alan Cornthwaite, Head of the Department of the Built Environment, the University of Bolton.

Commended presentation winners were Ebun Akinsete (The University of Bolton) and Mike Walmsley (University of Salford) who each received £100. They are pictured above with Alan Cornthwaite, Head of the Department of the Built Environment, University of Bolton (far left) and Aled Williams, CEBE Subject co-ordinator for Construction and Real Estate (far right).

For further information about the North West Student Symposium awards, please see www.cebe.heacademy.ac.uk/news/events/student_symposium/index.php. Abstracts from this year’s event will be available from the CEBE web site in the coming months. Copies of full papers and presentations will be available directly from Pam Lowe, email: p.lowe@salford.ac.uk; tel: 0161 295 5944.

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