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Office closure 19th September
Please note our offices will be closed for business on Monday 19th September as we pay our respects to our late Queen Elizabeth II and celebrate her remarkable reign as monarch for the last 70 years.
Read MoreSpring 2022 Newsletter
Welcome to this month’s newsletter with the focus on offshore renewable energy. The ongoing Climate Emergency and progress towards Net Zero Carbon by 2050 have been driving the recent acceleration in renewable energy production, particularly offshore. Now coupled with the crisis in Eastern Europe affecting energy security to Europe, there are demands for more UK-based…
Read MoreJMR FIoD Award
process considering several criteria, including seniority, business experience, contribution to the director community, commitment to the Institute of Directors, and achieving our prestigious Chartered Director status.”. In addition, the Chairman of IoD Wales, Richard Selby, said of the award “Many congratulations on this achievement, we are extremely proud of you!”. While the selection is made at…
Read MoreSeptember 2021 Newsletter
Welcome to our September 2021 newsletter, which has, as its main theme, Integrated Ground Modelling in the offshore wind farm sector. As we approach the major climate change conference COP26 to be held in Glasgow in October this year, increasing focus is being applied to the Energy Transition, decarbonisation, and meeting Net Zero targets. The…
Read MoreAugust 2021 Newsletter
Welcome to this month’s newsletter with the focus on Geohazards. The hydropower sector should take note of two important events. The first was the lethal rock and ice landslide in the Chamoli District of Uttarakhand, India, that left ~200 people dead or missing, and destroyed and badly damaged two large hydropower schemes under construction. The…
Read MoreJuly 2021 Newsletter
Welcome to this month’s newsletter with the focus on the application of environmental and engineering geophysics to ground investigations. With the UK Government flagging its policy of ‘Build Back Better’ and the requirement to utilise brownfield sites more, there is growing demand for more costeffective and technically robust ground investigations. Now the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown…
Read MoreWhen mountains and lakes move: causes and consequences
Prof. John M. ReynoldsReynolds International Ltd, Mold, Wales, UK In young, dynamic, mountain regions, such as those in the Himalayan Region and the Andes, communities must deal with geological processes that occur almost on a weekly and certainly a seasonal basis. On top of this are the less frequent but often far more catastrophic disasters…
Read MoreApril 2021 Newsletter
Welcome to our first newsletter of 2021, which focuses on exciting advances in the offshore renewable energy sector. Industries and governments across the globe are planning to achieve net-zero carbon commitments, with offshore wind being a natural choice for many. The UK government alone has projected 30% of power will be supplied by offshore wind…
Read MoreNew Glacial Hazard Assessments of Pumqu & Poiqu Catchments, Tibet/Upstream Nepal
BREAKING NEWS! RIL is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of two detailed glacial hazard assessments for the Pumqu (Tibet)/Arun Valley (Nepal) and the Poiqu (Tibet)/Bhote Koshi (Nepal) catchments. These represent comprehensive, detailed, assessments of the glacial hazards within each of these two major catchments each of which lies upstream of cascades of multiple major…
Read MoreChamoli disaster, Uttarakhand, northern India, 7th February 2021
A devastating debris flow occurred on Sunday 7th February in Chamoli District, Uttarakhand, northern India, resulting in 26 deaths thus far with about 171 people missing including 35 construction workers trapped in a tunnel at the Rishi Ganga HPP at the time of writing. It appears to have originated as a major snow, ice, and…
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