North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (NEIMME)

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NEIMME hosts talks on mining related subjects which are free to attend for IOM3 members. For details of all our events and activities please visit the NIEMME website.

Upcoming IOM3 events

Free

Course
10–11 November 2023

East Yorkshire Polymer Study Tour

Free two-day residential course for 11-19 design technology teachers

Hull

Course
6–7 June 2023

An Introduction to Oilfield Metallurgy Spring 2023

Specialist metallurgical training for those working in the oil and gas sectors.

Virtual

Examination
6 June 2023

PIABC Level 3 Certificate in Wood Technology & Application Exam June 2023

PIABC Level 3 Certificate in Wood Technology & Application exam: 6 June 2023, 1400, to 1530

Steven Martin

President

Andrew Dobrzański

Secretary

David Bell

Honorary Treasurer

Relations with IOM3 Affiliated Societies are managed by the IOM3 Local Affairs Committee, which reports to the IOM3 Members' Board. The IOM3 Advisory Council has 7 members elected to represent each of our Regions.

Darron Dixon-Hardy

North East Regional Representative, IOM3 Advisory Council

Tim Leung

GES Committee

Tim Leung is a FIMMM, FICE and FHKIE and is a Chartered Engineer with more than 30 years of experience in the Hong Kong construction industry. I have in-depth and on-the-job experience in government and private developments in civil infrastructure and specialise in tunnelling by drill-and-blast, drill-and-break, use of NATM, tunnel boring machines, cut-and-cover and pipe jacking as well as in other underground works consisting of shaft sinking, foundations, site formation, ground investigation and geotechnical instrumentation.

As of my contributions to the IOM3, I was awarded the Institute’s International Medal of the IOM3 in 2018. Currently I am the Director and Consultant of Paul Y. Engineering Group. Main leading role in business development and business solution delivery driver, strategic planning, tendering and project management.

In addition, I have been actively supporting the construction and engineering industries and also the academic, such as,

Vice-Chairman (2021-) of the Civil Engineering Committee of the Hong Kong Construction Association

Committee Member (2019-) of the HKIE Civil Division

Advisor (2019-) of the H.K.U. Engineering Alumni Association.

Publication:

“Temporary Supports for Tunnels of Trunk Road T7 in Meta-sediment Ground”, 23^rd Annual Seminar by the HKIE in 2003.

“Monitoring during excavation of Route 8 Eagle’s Nest Tunnel” 26^th Annual Seminar by the HKIE in 2006.

“New Austrian Tunnelling Method (NATM) Tunnelling in Central-Wan Chai Bypass” and “Construction Challenges of Large Span Highway Tunnel in Hong Kong Urban Area by Drill-and-Break”, Hong Kong Underground Design and Construction Conference (UDCC) 2015

“Performance of NATM Hard Rock Tunnelling for Large Span Mined Tunnel underneath Cross-Harbour Tunnel”, World Tunnel Congress 2016 (WTC 2016) at San Francisco in April 2016.

“Instrumentation Monitoring for Tunnelling of Large Span Trinocular Cross Section Tunnel underneath Cross Harbour Tunnel”, 13^th International Conference – Underground Construction Prague 2016 organized jointly with 3^rd Eastern European Tunnelling Conference (EETC) at Prague in May 2016.

Cover story on “Use of NATM on Central-Wan Chai Bypass tunnel”, Journal of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE), Vol 44, Sep 2016.

“Challenges and Solutions for Tunnel Construction in Hong Kong Harbour”, World Tunnel Congress 2017 (WTC 2017) at Bergen, Norway in June 2016.

“Application of new Austrian tunnelling method to a large span trinocular cross section tunnel” (in Chinese), Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering in November 2017.

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North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (NEIMME)

Upcoming IOM3 events

East Yorkshire Polymer Study Tour

An Introduction to Oilfield Metallurgy Spring 2023

PIABC Level 3 Certificate in Wood Technology & Application Exam June 2023

Other local societies in the NE Region

North East Polymer Association (NEPA)

North of England Packaging Society (NEPkgS)

Cleveland Institution of Engineers (CIE)