Our next BDS evening meeting will be on Monday 4th October 2021 at 6:00pm. The meeting titled ‘Independent Reservoir Safety Review’ will be presented by Professor David Balmforth.

The presentation will cover the work undertaken for HM Government to review the safety of reservoirs in England. It will set out the approach to the review and the assessment of the current safety management process and the role of:

• the owner;
• surveillance personnel;
• operation and maintenance personnel;
• the Supervising and Inspecting Engineers;
• and the Regulator.

Professor Balmforth will explain how he arrived at his conclusions and why he made the recommendations he has made. He will also discuss the other possibilities he considered but did not implement. In particular the presentation will deal with the relationship between the reservoir industry and the public and will explore what we mean by safe. Although the presentation is focussed on reservoirs, it has implications for all infrastructure sectors.

This meeting will be held live at the ICE (1 Great George Street, London) and also online. Refreshments will be served from 5.30pm, however, the ICE have not yet reopened the bar and therefore will be no bar facilities after the meeting.

PLEASE NOTE: The ICE has a new online platform (WorkCast) which they will be using for this event. It is recommended that you join the meeting 5-10 minutes early to familiarise yourself with the registration and login requirements.