Chair, Vice Chair & YP Chair  

Congratulations to Darren Shaw, Sam Tudor & Niall Allan who will be taking over the roles of Chair, Vice Chair & YP Chair of the BDS respectively following the AGM on the 28th of April. In addition, don’t forget that nominations to other positions on the committee are still open until the 1st March 2025, a link to the nomination form can be found here.  

Next BDS Event  

At One Great George Street on the 3rd March, papers on Reservoir Safety Risks of Non-Statutory Reservoirs, Leakage Remediation at a Small Heritage Reservoir, and Leakage Remediation at the Hampton Distributing Reservoir shall be presented by Abi Morgan (Arup) & Guy Hitchens (Seven Trent Water), Peter Down (Mott MacDonald) and Stan Qi (AtkinsRealis) respectively.  

Next Supervising Engineers Forum – Call for Presentations 

The next Supervising Engineers Forum will be held at the National Conference Centre in Birmingham on Thursday 18th September 2025. We are now calling for presentations, with a closing date for submissions of Friday the 16th May 2025. Additional information including the topics covered can be found here.  

Site Visits 

A site visit to Toddbrook will take place on the 26th March 2025, more information to follow.