With the Construction Industry Council (CIC), the Trust sponsors the annual Happold Medal Lecture. This is held every two years on a topic agreed by the Executive Board of CIC as being of national significance. In honour of the occasion the lecturer receives the Happold Medal, which is designed by Kenneth Grange in the modern idiom.
Past lecturers
2004:
Sir Howard Bernstein, chief executive of Manchester City Council
The regeneration of Manchester
2003:
Tessa Tennant
Building sustainable Britain plc
2001:
Amory Lovins, author of Factor 4
1999:
Sir Crispin Tickell, former Ambassador to the United Nations and Advisor to the Chinese Premier
The Economics of Sustainable Development
The Royal Society of Arts (RSA) also holds a lecture in Ted Happold’s name every other year, which always focuses on a visionary topic within engineering. This lecture aims to capture the spirit of Ted’s optimism and vision.
Past lecturers
2004:
Himanshu Parikh, Buro Happold
New ways of engineering for developing countries
2002:
Peter Guthrie
Urban engineering for sustainable development
2000:
Max Fordham
Have we got the temperature right?
1998:
Stephen Groak, Arup’s R&D group
Representation in building