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The British Dam Society is an Associated Society of the Institution of Civil Engineers.  It consists of individual and corporate members.  Membership is open to anyone wanting to share experience or knowledge of any aspect of dams and reservoirs.

The contact details for any media enquiries to the BDS is media@britishdams.org (This email is monitored and a response to your enquiry will be made as soon as possible by one of our team).

The Committee comprises five Strategic Objective Working Groups (SOWGs), each with a remit to further one of the objectives of the BDS Strategy.

BDS also has a Young Professionals Group (BDS-YP) specifically catering for the needs and aspirations of the members of BDS under the age of 35.

BDS Executive Committee

BDS Chair

Darren Shaw

BDS Vice Chair

Sam Tudor

Technical Secretary

Andrew Thompson

YP Chair

Niall Allen

Former Chair

Rachel Davies

Former YP Chair

Rachael Lavery

Membership SOWG

To increase and diversify membership of the BDS, Supervising Engineer & All Reservoirs Panels

 

Professional Institution and Corporate Member Liaison Stephen Lockett
Reservoir Committee Link/ICOLD Technical Committees Anthea Peters
YP Membership and Mentoring Maddie Prendergast
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Champion Merlin Davis

Communications SOWG

To improve links and communications with members, external organisations, institutions and the public

 

Newsletter Coordinator Sam Safavian
Social Media Coordinator Sarah Watson
Website Manager Rhys Coombs
Website Launch David Bell
Dams and Reservoirs/Yearbook Editor Andrew Pepper

Events SOWG

To improve knowledge dissemination and communications to our membership

 

External Events Rob King
Evening Meetings Coordinator Matt Coombs
Technical Site Visits and Regional Hubs Coordinator Stephen Cavanagh
SE Forum Coordinator John Foster
Competitions Coordinator Gerallt Richards
YP Events Coordinator Mia Clark

Schools and Universities SOWG

To enthuse the next generation of dam professionals

 

Schools and Universities Lead

Drummond Modley

University & Schools Liaison, Student Research

Richard Williams

University & Schools Liaison, Student Research

Sam Leonard

YP Steering Group

YP Chair

Niall Allen

YP Social Media Champion

Sarah Watson

YP Events Champion

Mia Clark

YP Mentoring

Maddie Prendergast


ICE BDS secretary:

Secretary - British Dam Society,
The Institution of Civil Engineers,
One Great George Street,
London, Westminster.
SW1P 3AA
t +44 (0)20 7665 2244

bds@ice.org.uk
http://www.ice.org.uk