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Axle regs
• The Automobile Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers is holding a seminar on 15 June entitled Complying with Axle Load Regulations. Speakers include David Hay, senior vehicle safety engineer at the Department of Transport, Wincanton's engineering director Jim Taylor and Hugh Edwards of the Vehicle Inspectorate. It will be held at the IMechE headquarters at Birdcage Walk, London SW1.
Cost is £132 for members and members of associated bodies and £164 for nonmembers.
Contact 0171-937 1287.
Czech hot spot
• The seventh International Fair of Fire Fighting Equipment is being held at the Brno Exhibition Centre in the Czech Republic on 21-24 June. The last event in 1993 was attended by 88 exhibitors from 12 countries.
Contact 01042 (0) 5 41152941.
Euro-Forum
• The 23rd European Transport Forum will be held at Warwick University on 1115 September. Discussions include environmental issues, multi-modal transport, truck management and road safety Costs are up to £850 for four days, excluding accommodation.
Contact: 0181-741 1516
Constructive talk
• The Construction Insurance Today conference is being held at the Cafe Royal, London, from 28-29 June . The attendance fee is £665.00.
Contact 0171-453 2171
Transport forum
• John Watts, Minister for Railways and Roads, will be among the speakers at the Franco-British Transport Forum on 13 June. More than 150 delegates will attend the forum at the Gloucester Hotel, London. The event is organised by the French Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain; other speakers include top executives from Eurotunnel, SNCF, Norbert Dentressangle, Coopers and Lybrand and CAT GB. Attendance will cost £170 (ex-VAT) for non-members.
Contact 0171-304 7020. • A centenary celebration of Dennis vehicles will be held at the Amberley Museum near Arundel, West Sussex, on 17 June.
It will feature a wide variety of vehicles built by the Guildford-based company, including the earliest examples of its fire engines. Municipal vehicles, civilian trucks and even Dennis motor mowers will portray the company's story from earliest times to the present day.
Contact: (01798) 831370.
Offloading relief
• Christchurch. New Zealand is the venue for the Chartered Institute of Transport's conference, Transport and Aid '95. It will run from 2-5 October and focus on how transport can effectively deliver humanitarian aid. Full registration costs $780NZ.
Contact 0171-6369952.