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The Power of Networking Part 1.

A professional recap of my journey in 2024. It's called the Power of Networking as it played a vital role in my development and journey. I hope you enjoy the read.

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MARRAKesH

”For you my friend, I will give you for cheap price”. The most famously used phrase we encountered during our visit, spoken in their unique Moroccan Arabic dialect. Five days was all we needed to explore one of the chief central cities of Morocco. Lights off, face down, music on. That was the mood in the room. The main highlight of my visit. A traditional Moroccan Hammam experience that involved…

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Lets Find out!!!

Excited to share my first publication on Black History Month and how the theme of this year came to be. What is means to me and what it means to others. Hope you enjoy the read!

I recall waking up in the middle of the night for a pee, and I went “Oh, I think I got it now”. ‘WHAT DO YOU KNOW?’ popped into my mind as the THEME for this year’s Black History Month. It took me a while to think of a theme, so I thought it’d be best to switch off and let it come to me. The team and I decided to coin the phrase slightly differently to ‘LET’S FIND OUT’. Reason for this change,…

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THE DORMICE EFFECT

I call this one the Dormice Effect. As Civil Engineers we need to understand the vital role we should play interms of protecting endagered species.

The beauty of Civil Engineering isn’t all about designing and building structures. It’s also about preserving life or nature as we know it. This week I witnessed the preservation of life on one of the sites I had the pleasuring of supervising. BACK STORY : A train driver identified a lanslide sliding down towards the train tracks and straightaway raised an emergency alert. Now, a lanslide isn’t…

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The Era of Metamorphosis.

A relatable content for the many - in your own way. It was worth the re-vamp (all part of the growth process ). Hope you enjoy the read!!

Years back, I had the pleasure of witnessing my little sis and Little bro dressing up for their first day in secondary school and straightaway..it gave me a feeling of Déjà vu. We all know that feeling – witnessing your siblings or kids growing up so fast. Where did time go?. The feeling of adrenaline rush leaves you feeling like you’re in that moment with them but sadly your moment of shine was…

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Milton Keynes

A memorable Site Visit to Bletchley Station in my hometown - Milton Keynes.

Have you ever noticed the staircases you pace up and down at the train stations moving from one platform to another? How well dressed they are? Making it safer for you to not slip and fall. Did you know that they are often well dressed with what’s called an ‘Anti-slip resistance flooring’ material. I won’t get into the detail nor bore you with it properties but all I could say is that they…

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Fulham Broadway Station

I finally found the Chelsea Stadium. But not for the reasons you think.

I’ve always asked myself where on earth is the Chelsea football stadium? Of course, it’s in London but where. I then had the chance of working on a project at the very train station just outside the stadium. I’ve also wondered how Civil Engineering contractors win a project in the first place. As with many things in life, you have to earn it or show that more than you’re capable of getting the…

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Graduate Residential Week - Part 2

What a time to be alive... So far my highlight of 2023. Here is a glimpse of this year's Graduate Residential week.

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The English Riviera

The English Riviera!!!!! Add it to your summer destination.

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The English Riviera

The English Riviera!!!!

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STEM

STEM is simply a way of reaching out to the younger generation and giving back to the sys-STEM.

Every year I ask my siblings what they’d like to do when they leave school, and every year their answers are different from the previous year. It shows how it’s okay not to know what you want, but with some guidance from STEM, it makes a difference. Being a STEM ambassador enables me to contribute to the community and help younger generation realise the hundreds of options out there.  It is also…

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Concrete Cubes; Not Sugar Cubes

To all my fellow Civil Engineers and construction workers!! There's this excitement that comes with making concrete cubes. The feeling is different.

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LISBON - PART 1

A time well spent : Lisbon part 1

Colourful, Homely, Cheap, history, Art, Hills, Bridge, Friendly, Memorable, Hostel and Fun. A list of adjectives and nouns that comes to mind when I think of Lisbon. Fun facts : My home town Sierra Leone was discovered by a Portuguese explorer name Pedro de Sintra in 1462. Hence, one could say it was inevitable to pay visit to Portugal. A four days trip where we stayed in a hostel – ‘Home Lisbon…

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THE NEED FOR PLACEMENT or GAP YEAR.

The importance of a placement and/or gap year. The benefits are rewarding!

The year 2018-19 saw over 20 applications sent out for a placement opportunity, within my industry. A few interviews, many Noes and one YES. The year 2017 was a year of risk. I took the risk to study Civil Engineering at university without a fully comprehensive outlook of the bigger picture. My time in college studying general ‘Engineering’ however, set me up for whatever specific Engineering…

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A Language of Togetherness

The Never-ending hobbies! What's yours? Paying a visit back home to re-connect with how it all started.

A mini wooden goal post A year ago, I went back home – Sierra Leone. A trip of a lifetime. I wanted to reconnect and reminisce with that of my upbringing and reflect on the journey of transformation so far. What re-ignites these reconnections are the moments of laughter and fun, occasionally some bruises too. As for many boys/men growing up it was Football – street football in third world…