The presentation of the Happold Medal to Robin Nicholson at an event hosted by the CIC at the Institution of Civil Engineers in association with the Edge.
Robin Nicholson CBE, Convenor of the Edge and former chairman of the Construction Industry Council (1998 – 2000) was the ninth recipient of this prestigious award, awarded jointly by the Construction Industry Council and the Happold Trust. Robin delivered a lecture entitled “Collective responsibility for a sustainable industry”
In association with the Happold Trust, this annual event is held in memory of CIC’s founding Chairman and visionary engineer, Sir Edmund (Ted) Happold. Previous recipients of the prestigious Happold Medal are Professor Keith Clarke CBE, Paul Morrell OBE, Patrick Bellew, Sir Peter Hall, Sir Howard Bernstein, Sir Crispin Tickell, Amory Lovins and Tessa Tennant.
Venue: The Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3AA
Chair: Jack Pringle - CIC Chairman
Panel speakers: Tony Burton - CIC Deputy Chair, Louise Clarke - CIC 2050 Group chair, Robin Wilson CBE - CIC Past Chairman & Gavin Thompson - Happold Trust Chairman.
Robin’s lecture is available in audio form - see the CIC’s YouTube site
See also Rob Garvey’s live version of the talk, and
Robin’s Building blog ‘Have we wasted the latest good crisis?’ from the 19th November