> Dear Colleagues,
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> You are warmly invited to attend a seminar to be given by Mr. Peter Braithwaite, Ove Arup, Solihull Campus. The seminar will be held at 330-430pm on Tuesday (29/11) in room G42, Ground Floor, Mechanical and Civil Engineering Building (Middle of Building 8 at http://www.location.bham.ac.uk/edgbaston.htm). Tea/Coffee will be provided at 3pm and after the seminar. ALL are welcome. The University is served by the University railway station with a frequent train service  from Birmingham New Street station. Car parking facilities  can be found in the  South Car Park (just below building 39 on the map). The abstract of the seminar can be found below. The lecture is free, but those intending to come should contact me by Thursday (24/11) noon to enable suitable arrangements to be made. We look forward to seeing you at the University of Birmingham.
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> Thank you for your attention.
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> regards,
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> Andrew
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> ABSTRACT FOR SEMINAR 
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> Sustainability, Sustainable Development and Geotechnical Engineering
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> " Sustainability, Sustainable Development and Geotechnical Engineering " - is in danger of becoming the latest "next big thing", this presentation attempts to demystify sustainability and sustainable development and demonstrate why sustainable development is a process which must be seriously adopted to ensure our continued ability to develop.
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> An essential part of this process is the ability to measure progress overtime and ensure that sustainable development can be effectively monitored.
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> After discussing the meanings of sustainability and sustainable development, the presentation continues with exploring the implications that sustainability has with regard to urban regeneration. 
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> Geotechnical engineering has a major part to play within urban regeneration and the final part of the presentation will investigate whether geotechnics has a part to play within the sustainable development framework. 
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> CIRRICULUM VITAE
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> Peter Braithwaite is a Director of Environmental and Sustainability services with Arup, based at the Solihull Campus. He is a recognised expert in sustainable development and is a frequent presenter at international conferences and seminars.  With over 25 years experience in the UK and overseas, in a wide range of engineering projects, he has in depth expertise of the impacts of major developments on the natural environment and man. His expertise with regeneration projects includes managing a wide range of commissions from masterplanning to audits and investigation, studies and remedial design through to implementation.
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> Peter is a civil engineer by initial training, having graduated at The University of Strathclyde and subsequently completing an MSc at Imperial College. He has progressed through geotechnical engineering to develop his skills in the environmental field and more recently in sustainable development. Peter has provided expert technical advice on numerous projects, particularly with urban regeneration, contaminated land clean up, industrial developments and waste management.
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> Peter is one of the originators of SPeAR, Arup> '> s successful sustainability assessment tool and remains heavily involved in developing Arup> '> s skills in sustainability. In addition Peter is involved in a number of national initiatives aimed at promoting sustainable urban regeneration, sustainable housing design and in particular the promotion of brownfield land regeneration. 
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