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Dear All, Below is an announcement of a lecture on Wednesday the 17th of November in Derby at the Midland Hotel (opposite Derby rail station), organised by the East Midlands Geotechnical Group (EMGG) and the Permanent Way Institution (PWI): Date : Wednesday 17 November 2010, 6 for 6.30pm Subject : "Whole Life Cost Considerations for Track Infrastructure" Venue: Derby: Midland Hotel - opposite Derby rail station (Derby, DE1 2SQ) Speaker : Arthur Durham (Atkins) Abstract : Whether considering the profitability of an existing railway or the feasibility of a new railway one of the most robust methods for making this assessment is through whole life costing. Using this concept one considers not only the initial capital cost of creating the asset but also the ongoing cost of maintaining it to a prescribed level of safety and performance for the duration of its economic life. Recent demands for the reduction of Green house gas emissions have allowed this model to be expanding to include the quantification of the cost of CO2 emissions required for production, maintenance and disposal of the asset. As a result of this broader focus the cost benefit of other technologies, which until recently would not have been deemed feasible, are now being considered for a range of track form types. If you would like to be on our mailing list, please send me an e-mail. More information may be obtained about the various talks at : http://emgg.lboro.ac.uk Regards, Ashraf --------- Dr A. El-Hamalawi BEng, PhD (Cantab), MASCE,MCGS,RegEES Senior Lecturer in Geomechanics Civil and Building Engineering Department, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU United Kingdom Tel: +44-1509-223206 Fax: +44-1509-223981