Annual report 2013 by Engineers Australia

ANNUAL REPORT 2013 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Northern Division

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CONTENTS From our President Acting General Manager’s Report

Community Engagement Engineering Week Canstruction

Body of Knowledge and Professional Development National Assessor’s Report Industry Partner Speaker Centre for Engineering Leadership and Management (CELM) Regional Groups – Alice Springs, Indonesia, Timor Leste National Registration Technical Sessions and Seminars 2013 Electrical College ITEE College Structural College Mechanical College Heritage Committee Transport Committee Technologist Report Government and Industry Advisory Groups NT Business Council

Leadership and Influence Women in Engineering Young Engineers Management Committee 2013/14 Congress Report

Recognition and Promotion Engineering Excellence Awards Gala Dinner Member Recognition Member Stats 2013

Education and Qualification Charles Darwin University Youth Programs

Internal Structure & Administration Division Activities 2013 Event Alerts Division Newsletters Website Sponsors

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CONTENTS cont.. December Newsletter Introducing Northern Divisionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New General Manager Annual Meeting and Christmas Function 2013 Dates for your Diary 2014

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FROM OUR PRESIDENT What an eventful year 2013 has been! One of the most significant events to affect Engineers Australia this year was the new regulations. This year we discussed and debated the changes extensively. We were visited by National President Dr Marlene Kanga and General Counsel Caroline Marsh to explain the new regulations and we provided feedback on the changes. In May, Congress approved the disciplinary regulations and just recently, Council approved the full regulations. During the next 12 months, you will notice changes as the new regulations are implemented throughout the organisation.

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FROM THE ACTING GENERAL MANAGER The last 12 months have been very busy for Northern Division. There have been many challenges and obstacles that presented themselves to the staff of Engineers Australia in our small division. I am pleased to advise that Greg Ewing has been appointed as the General Manager. Greg commenced with the Division on 25 November and comes with excellent qualifications for the position. Gregâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bio appears in the section December newsletter. Please welcome Greg and I am sure he will be a great asset to the Northern Territory.

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Continued…..FROM OUR ACTING GENERAL MANAGER

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

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The Great Hall of Parliament House in Darwin became a canstruction® site during the week commencing 1 to 6 September 2013. The inaugural Canstruction event in Darwin saw three organisations take up the challenge to assist with providing much needed support for Foodbank NT. Teams designed and built the structure, developed safety plans and sourced their cans of foods through various outlets in the Northern Territory. Structures include a “Rainbow Serpent” by the GHD Team, “Barramundi Painting” by Wallbridge & Gilbert with RP Project Management building a rugby field entitled “Crocs without Hunger”. Hon Kezia Purick, MLA Speaker of the Legislative Assembly presented prizes to the winning teams at a Cocktail Function which was held at Parliament House on Thursday 5 September 2013. The winners for each category: Best use of labels: Wallbridge & Gilbert - Barramundi Structural Ingenuity: Wallbridge & Gilbert – Barramundi Juror’s Favourite: Wallbridge & Gilbert - Barramundi Best Meal: GHD Pty, Ltd. Rainbow Serpent Peoples Choice: RP Management – Crocs against Hunger – Rugby Stadium The structures were amazing. The judging panel comprised of Hon Kezia Purick MLA, Speaker of the Legislative Assemby, Allan Fett, President of Young Engineers Northern Division and Foodbank NT’s Peter Fisher had a difficult decision. The use of over 4,000 cans in the structures will provide much needed support to Foodbank NT who will be on hand during decanstruction on Saturday 6 September to take them away. Engineers Australia’s, Karen Relph, said “we are delighted to have been involved in the inaugural canstruction® in assisting Foodbank NT with much needed support”.

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BODY OF KNOWLEDGE & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT National Assessor Report This has been an interesting year in that it has seen the release and full use of eChartered. eChartered is the on line system of getting assessed for Chartered Status. The system has been in use for a full year now and seems to be working well despite a few bugs initially. This year has also seen the end of the transition between the old 04 competencies and eChartered. There have been several members , especially in the latter half of the year who have gained Chartered Status;

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Industry Partner Speakers Throughout 2013 various industry partners provided keynote speakers for the following events:   

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Fellows Luncheon – Buzz Café – Marcia Hoffman, Acting Chief Executive, Department of Transport – March 2013 Gala Dinner, Dr Marlene Kanga, National President, Engineers Australia – April 2013 Women in Engineering – Healthy, Wealthy & Wise Forum - The Administrator of the Northern Territory, Her Honour, Sally Thomas AM, the Administrator of the Northern Territory and sponsored by INPEX – Catie Kirke, Health & Wellness Coach, ART your Life, Angela Lockwood, Change Consultant, Heather Jensen, Financial Planner, Bendigo Bank – June 2013 Fellows Luncheon – signing of PDP Agreement with Townes Chappell Mudgway – July 2013 Technical Presentation – Gary Nairn, Chairman of the Northern Territory Planning Commission – April 2013 GENX Function – Professor Charlie Fairfield, Chair of Power and Water Sustainable Engineering and Senior Project Engineer, David Graur, BAM Clough – September 2013 CELM Breakfast - Hon Peter Styles, Minister for Infrastructure – October 2013

Centre for Engineering Leadership and Management (CELM) The Centre for Engineering Leadership and Management (CELM) was created by Engineers Australia in 2002 as a strategic response to the demands of the complex and changing business environment in which engineers work. CELM is currently a special interest group which complements the work of the Colleges and Societies of Engineers Australia by contributing to the growth, strength, standing and influence of the engineering profession. CELM is comprised of a Board and Chapters across each of the Divisions. In Northern Division the Divisional committee acts as the CELM committee. 2013 Meetings The CELM Board and Chapter Chairs typically meet four times a year and over 2014 have held a number of teleconferences and one face to face meeting in Sydney on 5th September. The last teleconference for 2013 is scheduled for 5 December and includes a focus on the proposal to make CELM a College. Engineering Executive CELM continues to champion the cause of the Engineering Executive. The Eng Exec is a competency-based assessment and accreditation framework that considers the unique skill sets of engineers in executive roles and provides an avenue for senior engineers who may not be CPEng to have their professional prowess recognised. Northern Division does not currently have any members who have pursued Engineering Executive and I encourage senior engineers to consider applying in 2014. Mentoring The professional development program provides a great pathway for members to become chartered but sometimes Northern Division Annual Report 2013

CELM continued……. another way to bounce ideas of a senior engineer or discuss career development and issues is helpful. CELM understands that it is important to foster and develop our engineers and support wellrounded career development. The Sydney and Victorian Divisions have put in a great effort and have drafted a mentoring charter which is currently under legal review by EA Counsel. Leadership Education While there are various courses available across the country on particular management topics, CELM endorses the EEA run, tailored 1 week residential course specifically designed for engineering executives to broaden their capability to effectively lead their organisations. The Engineering Leadership Residential offers the opportunity for engineering leaders to hone their skills, learn from peers and apply skills to scenarios by: • Developing techniques for effectively managing uncertainty • Strategising through scenarios to effectively respond • Demonstrating leadership to ensure clarity of purpose and direction • Enhancing your leadership style to embrace future challenges • Leading people through change. • Improving your leadership communication I attended the course in 2010 and can recommend it as a great way to bounce scenarios and ideas around in a dynamic environment with your peers and eminent engineers. In 2013 the course was deferred as organisations cut-back on expenditure across many areas but the course is expected to run in 2014 and I encourage organisations to contact EEA for further details. National Convention and Engineering Leadership Conference The Engineering Leadership Conference is held every two years and in 2014 will be incorporated as one of the program areas under the umbrella of the 2014 National Convention. The ELC draws a great range of presenters from across the country and by running concurrently with the Convention will provide even more reasons in 2014 to attend. Practice Notes - A number of colleges have practice notes covering topics of particular interest to their members. CELM have recognised there is a gap in the engineering based leadership and management areas and is currently working to develop practice notes suitable to the engineering profession on some key topics. Please advise Northern Division of any topics that may be of particular interest to your organisation for CELM consideration. Top 100 Each year Engineers Australia publishes its Top 100 list of Australia’s most influential engineers. The Top 100 list is sponsored by the Centre for Engineering Leadership and Management, which develops, recognises and promotes the ability of engineers to participate in and lead business, innovation and change. Northern Division was not represented on the list in 2013 however I believe this is because we need to push ourselves forward to be included.

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I look forward to your support in 2014 to make sure we get at least one Northern Division engineer on the list. Merry Christmas 2013. As usual for this time of year, the guy in the red suit gets all the glory while the elf engineering support team does all the work. To engineers and elfs across the world, take some time out from the hard work and have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Gary Boyle CELM Representative Northern Division 2013

Regional Groups Alice Springs There were a number of events held in Alice Springs during 2013. Felicity Wall continues to be a champion for our regional group and encourages great numbers every time there is an event in this region. Events included:   

Who Killed the Electric Car – Movie Night – March 2013 Technical Presentations – Engineering Excellence Awards project entrants – June 2013 Drains, Mains and Pipes – A presentation by Professor Charlie Fairfield – October 2013

Indonesia This report compiled excerpts from a report compiled by Division President, Louise McCormick

On the 20 February to 24 February 2013, Northern Division Director, Bronwyn Russell and Northern Division President Louise McCormick visited Jakarta and Bali to meet with Northern Division members in Indonesia. Mr Trevor Symes and Mr Richard Green were our hosts in Jakarta. The short report documents the trip. Our Indonesian engineering experience started at the hotel with the view outside the window! ( see pic 2 below). Across the road from our hotel was the banking district and World Trade Centre Jakarta. A pedestrian bridge allowed people to cross the very busy road safely. Adjacent to the hotel was a half constructed high rise building. We were informed by our hosts that this building construction had been in dispute for some 15 years and had been left standing still. Amazingly, the steel was not as corroded as would be expected. On the morning of the 21 February we made our way to the Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) to meet with Richard Green, the Project Engineer for the site. Our taxi ride took approximately 1 and 1/2 hours from the hotel to the terminal. It was a great opportunity to see many aspects of life in Jakarta, including the engineering. Northern Division Annual Report 2013

The airport, north Jakarta and North West Jakarta is sinking approximately 100mm a year. In high tides, extensive flooding occurs. Richard informed us that the sinking was a phenomenon of development occurring in Jakarta. He said that high rise buildings were being built in place of what was once a single dwelling and where one household was drawing ground water, there were now many households drawing water. Many sections of Jakarta sit on marine muds and the excessive drawing of water is effectively compressing the spongy marine muds that these areas of Jakarta are on. We experienced the “swimming pool” on our way to JICT. However, it didn’t seem to deter the locals. Flooding was also a regular occurrence in areas that were not sinking due to poor maintenance regimes and drains not being cleaned out. We experienced this nearby to our hotel. Elevated toll ways were being built to cater for the growing traffic demands. Richard informed us that eventually, the toll way will be the only road as the existing roads sink under water. Richard also explained that obtaining a consistent quality of the concrete aggregates is somewhat difficult due to the fact that the concrete aggregates for the bridges are a mix of river stone and limestone mined from river delta plains. Richard is managing a port expansion project worth USD$100 million, which is funded by a Japanese Investment Company. The impressive entrance bridge was worth USD$8.5 million. Like most projects, there are challenges. However, this project had some very unique challenges. There is now a 40 month delay due to the Makam illegal occupation. The Makam believe a descendant of Mohammed is buried in the site where the new expansion is to occur. Figure 1 provides a general layout of the project and the location of the illegal occupation. (Figure 1) Design challenges include earthquake and geotechnical issues. Japanese designers undertook most of the design work. Interestingly, our Engineers Australia members believe that the local designers overdo the designs in Jakarta. Our meeting in Jakarta with Indonesian members was very successful. A total of 11 members joined us. Everyone, except one graduate was a chartered engineer. The graduate member was also looking to become chartered. Asked about design How they can become more active Link with ICE 82 members Fellows Articles for newsletter Next visit president should bring technical presentation Lots of British ex-pats in Jakarta Some Australians from larger firms in Jakarta on secondment Newmont Mining Karl Smith tried to get to Bali but couldn’t due to bad weather and no seats available on the last sea plane. Northern Division Annual Report 2013

Karl - I am the Manager of Project Development group at Batu Hijau. Our team is around 30 consisting of Civil, Structural, Mechanical and Electrical discipline completing in house designs and construction supervision. My goal is to have the engineers not only members of the IEAust but also Chartered. The reasoning behind this is that we receive technical support from Newmont Australia ( I am also a Member of the IEAust WA) and we are using or moving over to more Australian Standards. To become members our Engineers have to have a high level of English, in order achieve this my team are attending IELTS training sessions and are soon to sit their tests in Bali. I will try and attend your meeting and will let you know, However would it be possible for either yourself or delegate to visit our site and provide a presentation to the PD group. I totally understand if this is not possible but perhaps we could arrange at some other time.

Figure 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Google Image of JICT

Photo 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; View from the hotel window showing the street below, buildings and a typical pedestrian bridge

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Timor Leste In 2012, Northern Division put out a call for help to sponsor a student to attend the Engineers Education Australia Project Management course which the Division was hosting. Many contributions came in from many of our generous members and organisations and assisted with Antonio De Silvaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s airfares, accommodation and per diem rates for him to attend the course. Engineering Education provided the course for Antonio. Antonio hopes to achieve a Certificate IV in Project Management from his attendance at this course. The course was completed in October 2013.

National Registration Northern Division continues to champion National Registration for Engineers. Various meetings have been held with Ministers from the CLP and Opposition. By partisan support has been reached with both parties in principle. Marlene Kanga took the opportunity to meet with Ministers during her visit in April 2013.

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Technical Sessions and Seminars 2013 Month

February 2013 February 2013 February 2013

March 2013 April 2013 April 2013 May 2013

May 2013 June 2013 June 2013 June 2013 June 2013

Topic

Diploma of Project Management E-Chartered Workshop Breakfast Safety Issues relating to the use of Glass in Modern Buildings Technical Presentation Governance Workshop Project Management Practice Course Module 3 Chartered Workshop / Breakfast Designing Structures for End-of-Life Deconstructability Seminar Australian Rainfall & Runoff Seminar Women in Engineering Breakfast Consult Australia Technical Presentation EA Technical Presentation

Speaker

Engineering Education Australia National Assessor, Chris Lugg FIEAust Professor David Lilley

Australian Institute of Companies Directors Engineering Education Australia National Assessor Chris Lugg FIEAust CPEng Eminent Speaker Professor Mark Bradford ARR Healthy, Wealthy & Wise Consult Australia Gary Nairn

Professional Indemnity Presentation NATSPEC Workshop

Darren Pavic

Institute of Public Works Australia Conference Seminar Eco Business

IPWEA Eco Business

September 2013

Mains Pipes Technical Presentation Steel Institute Seminar

Professor Charlie Fairfield Darwin and Alice Springs SIA

November 2013

Chartered Workshop

National Assessor Chris Lugg FIEAust CPEng

August 2013 August 2013 August 2013 September 2013

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Electrical College The Electrical College held one face to face meeting in Adelaide in June, and one video conference meeting in September. A second video conference meeting planned for 4 December. A major focus of the Board was on promoting and supporting CPD for members and encouraging members to become chartered. A small sub committee was established to review and report on the extent of nuclear science education in Australia, as the Board was concerned that this may be an important area of study lacking in Australian Universities. The committee reported that nuclear science education was well covered in a number of Universities and UNSW will be starting a program in 2014. The new regulations were reviewed, discussed and many comments made on the proposed new structure of the Colleges and changes proposed for College membership. A sub committee was established to review all current electrical Australian Standards and to ensure the electrical college has a representative on all respective standards committees. The disappointment of the year was the cancellation of the National Electrical Building Services and Industrial Installations (NESBII) Conference, planned for October this year, due to lack of sponsorship and apparent lack of interest among members. Len Chappell Electrical College Board Representative

ITEE College Colin Van Eck represented Northern Division on the ITEE College for 2013. Colin attended various video conferences and face to face meeting during the year.

Structural College The Structural College (SC) Board met in Melbourne in February and again in Canberra in November, as well as holding tele-conferences in both June and August, and discussed a range of different issues relating to structural engineering. Much time and effort has been expended by SC Board members in trying to make progress with an Australian version of Confidential Reporting on Structural Safety (CROSS). CROSS has operated successfully in the UK since 2005 and has now developed into an international network. It has recently welcomed Southern Africa (which includes the Republic of South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia and Namibia) to the network. Other countries are known to be considering how best to join into the CROSS system. Both the Structural College Board and the Civil College Board are keen for EA to join CROSS. However, there seems to be substantial resistance from other sections of EA and its management/bureaucratic Northern Division Annual Report 2013

organisation, to the point where little progress has been made in the last 12 months, and it is uncertain how much progress will/can be made in 2014. This has left SC Board members more than a little frustrated! Members of Structural College are encouraged to join CROSS as individuals (no charge) and receive free newsletters relating to safety issues and near-misses by e-mail, together with more detailed reports from the Standing Committee on Structural Safety (SCOSS). Reading this information counts towards CPD hours and, more importantly, raises awareness of potential safety issues which may be encountered in their engineering work. More details are available at: www.structural-safety.org/ A very positive event for SC members that happened in Darwin in September was the half-day seminar "Design of Portal Frame Buildings including Runway Beams and Monorails" led by Scott Woolcock of the Australian Steel Institute. This attracted about 30 members which was a very good attendance for Northern Division. Scott’s presentation and accompanying document were very well received by all those who attended. Thanks are due to Peter Russell for initiating the idea of this event, and for his enthusiasm in making the arrangements for the speaker, etc.. SC Board have discussed the feasibility of producing “Practice Notes” which aim to provide a source of up-to-date information relating to topics of interest to SC members. A similar initiative was introduced by the Institution of Structural Engineers in January 2012. In the intervening period, over 40 “Technical Guidance Notes” have been published in “The Structural Engineer” at a rate of two or three Notes in each monthly edition. Some of the more detailed Technical Guidance Notes are Euro-centric, and relate to use of Eurocodes, but other Notes are more generic and more widely applicable. It is hoped that SC Board members may be able to utilise and develop the IStructE material for an Australian context; there are copyright and ownership issues that need to be overcome, and SC Board are seeking ways to progress this matter. On a more formal front, Richard Eckhaus has stepped down from the Chair of SC Board and become its Congress Representative. The new Chair is Rob Heyward, who focuses on forensic engineering (based in Queensland) and has given presentations to EA members in Darwin. The new Deputy Chair is Karlie Collis from Newcastle NSW. The SC Board was delighted to: $

recognise the high quality of the paper “Lessons from the 22 February 2011 Christchurch Earthquake” by Associate Professor Helen M Goldsworthy (University of Melbourne) in the Australian Journal of Structural Engineering with the 2013 RW Chapman Award.

award the John Connell Gold Medal to Prof Robert Melchers, from University of Newcastle (NSW) in recognition of his major contribution to structural engineering over many years.

SC Board share the concerns of many of its members about the change in EA policy to charge its members for attendance at technical meetings which can be regarded as CPD, and will be monitoring the effect of the change on attendance at events. We are also concerned about the future of the Eminent Speaker program, and how changes will affect EA members in more remote Divisions. Northern Division Annual Report 2013

SC members are reminded that the next ASEC conference (ASEC2014) will be held in Auckland, New Zealand on 9-11 July 2014. Details of the conference can be found at: www.asec2014.org.nz/default.cfm. Prof David M Lilley, NT Representative - EA Structural College Board

Mechanical College 2013 has been a very interesting year for the Mechanical College Nationally. Especially with the introduction of the new regulations. There are a few interesting inclusions and exclusions in the new regulations and encourage everyone to read them. These regulations have been accepted by congress in the last AGM. As most would have seen through Confluence, and the fact that we are the second largest College of EA, Mechanical College of EA has been supporting various other SIGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s or committees to get some traction so as their membership could increase. To name a few:

1. Engineering Committee for Engineering Design. 2. Nano Engineering SIG 3. Macatronics SIG

In summarising, the Mechanical College has certainly been very active in promoting the Mechanical Engineering profession by way of having yearly Mechanical Engineering Excellence awards. On the local front, we have been involved in the course advisory board and group with CDU to ensure that the Mechanical Engineering course is relevant to industry. We have had our yearly meeting and a review of Mechanical Engineering subjects was done on the 19th of September 2013. As the Mechanical College Board Representative for 2014, I hope to have more exiting news for you all. Please visit the confluence site and you will see all the minutes of our meetings and other documents that relate to Mechanical Engineering. So stay tuned.

Jaswant Deo Mechnical College Representative 2013

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Heritage Committee 2013 will see the development of an Engineering Heritage Brochure for Tennant Creek. Peter Poole has been busy researching and compiling all of the information for the brochure with a committee providing much needed support for photographs. It is expected that this brochure will be launched in January 2014. Funding has been provided by NRETAS Heritage Grants and the Community Benefit Fund who has provided funding for the brochure launch in Tennant Creek.

Transport Committee The National Committee on Transport Engineering was a National Committee under the Civil College Board. In November 2012, the Civil College Board decided to â&#x20AC;&#x153; amend the status of the current National Committee on Transport Engineering to that of a Special Working Group of the Board. The working group is to be a multi-college working group tasked to investigate and report on the viability of establishing a Transport Technical Society.â&#x20AC;? In April, 2013 the Civil College established the Transport Special Working Group (TSWG) to assess the feasibility of establishing the a Technical Society on Transport. Ken Grattan Transport Committee Representative 2013

Technologist Report This has been a busy year for the National Committee for Engineering Technologists (NCETA). We held two face to face meetings during the year. In April we met in Hobart and in September we met in Sydney. These face to face meetings are very important as they not only bring the national committee together to discuss important issues affecting Engineering Technologists, they also give the committee members a chance to meet a number of Technologist members from the hosting State, and communicate with them on a personal basis thus fostering interstate relationships. During these meetings we reviewed, discussed and commented on the new EA regulations to ensure Engineering Technologists would not be adversely affected by the regulations. We formulated a sub- committee to contact similar bodies in New Zealand, Great Briton and South Africa to compare the working relationships and professional attributes of Engineering Technologists in each country. EA CEO Stephen Durkin joined us via teleconference in our April meeting to discuss his views on the future direction of Engineers Australia and where he sees special interest groups (SIGs) fitting Northern Division Annual Report 2013

into the new structure. EA president elect Alex Baitch attended our September meeting in Sydney and discussed his objectives for his term as president next year. He also discussed in detail how he sees SIGs fitting into the new EA structure. In my capacity as Chair of NCETA I attended the EPAC conference in Canberra, during October, as a SIG representative to help ensure that all special interest groups within EA remain relevant and continue to have input into the future plans and direction of EA. There are 1807 engineering Technologist members in Engineers Australia, approximately 2% of the total membership. Sadly only 8 of these members come from Northern Division. We should all be looking to recruit new members from our work places. Len Chappell TFIEAust. CEngT Chair NCETA and Northern Division Representative

Government and Industry Advisory Groups Peter Russell has reported on Congress with this report following. Peter also represents Engineers Australia on the following committees and advisory Groups. His report on these committees is below:

- Standards Australia I do not represent EA on the Wind Loading Committee BD006-2 however I do report regularly to Division Committee on matters relating to the Standard AS/NZS 1170.2:2011. This standard is a particularly important one for structural engineers in Darwin as most buildings have elements that are wind sensitive. The standard has undergone numerous changes since its release, the latest being this year as amendment 2. Our Standards meetings have not been face to face this year and have been conducted by email and teleconference. This reduces the personal expenses associated with travel, accommodation and time off work (none of which are reimbursed). The BD006-2 committee is very active, even between editions of the Standard. When new research becomes available the committee endeavours to incorporate it into the Standard as soon as possible. They have done this with debris loading, balustrades, internal ceilings and walls, local pressure factors and solar PV arrays. In fact, if you have an area of interest and not much research information is available, please let me know and I will attempt to have some guidance placed in the Standard and Commentary. Owing to the large time commitment and lack of reimbursement for authors by SAI Global, the Wind Loading Commentary was not produced by Standards Australia. Instead, the Australasian Wind Engineering Society produced a separate commentary for the 2011 edition (as it did for the 1989 edition). I commend these commentaries to those who seek a little more background to the code rules and design intent. Recently the code committee has been discussing the use of extremely low internal pressure coefficients for commercial and industrial buildings in cyclone areas. This practice is becoming more common as the market tightens and it is not condoned by members of the committee. It is certainly not the intent of the Standard and an amendment is planned for this clause. Alternatively, a Building Note might be needed in the interim.

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- Building Advisory Committee The BAC has been extremely busy again this year with applications for Deemed to Comply status and advice to the minister. The NT Deemed to Comply Manual is referenced under the Building Code of Australia for high wind areas for class 1 and 10 buildings. As such it can be applied to Queensland and WA as well as the Top End. To date there is no charge for an application, however it is quite a rigorous process and takes time to be approved. The alternative for some manufacturers is the CodeMark process, which is quite expensive, and for others it is to simply have each and every installation signed off by a registered engineer. The BAC has been reviewing old sections of the manual with a view to removing out of date sheets and products that are no longer available. Some sheets are still in permissible stress design and can be confusing to all. Some sheets had generous concessions that were never properly documented and some of the policies badly needed updating. If you find a well used product has been removed from the manual, it is usually because the BAC has not had a response from the applicant about renewal and updating. A good deal of grace is given before withdrawal, despite what you may hear. The PV array industry has placed much pressure on our government for deregulation. At present the BAC requires manufacturers to prove their products will stay in place for a 250 kph gust. This has meant that some manufacturers have had to modify their frames and fixings in order to achieve this. The requirement for low cycle fatigue testing of the metal components has been removed by the Australian Building Codes Board. Despite these measures, the Building Branch informs us they are investigating structural failures of PV arrays, so caveat emptor. - Building Industry Reference Group (BIRG) The BIRG which was chaired by our own John Brears has been disbanded. Many of the initiatives put forward by the committee in regard to procedural fairness were not taken up by the legislators. The legislation is pretty much focused on consumer protection (along with much other legislation). It now seems to be a very one-sided affair with rights for the consumer and responsibilities for the builder and no consideration that the owner / consumer may in fact be the culprit for any wrong doing. There is more to come on this legislation yet I believe, including the standards and tolerances sections. Peter Russell Engineering Manager

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NT Business Council Engineers Australia has been the secretariat for the NT Business Council for a number of years. The Council has met with various CEO’s, Ministers and key industry representatives throughout 2013 including:      

Chief Minister, Adam Giles MLA Minister for Business, Dave Tollner MLA Peter Carew, CEO of Department of Business Leader of the Opposition, Delia Lawrie MLA Reserve Bank of Australia Alison Anderson (Previous Minister for Women’s Policy and Indigenous Affairs)

The Business Council currently has 23 active industry members and will continue to be a voice to government for the various associations. Peter Goed has been Chairman of this group and will continue in 2014 in this position.

LEADERSHIP AND INFLUENCE Women in Engineering Nerida Beard represented Northern Division in 2013 as the Women in Engineering representative. Whilst there were not too many events this year, we held a Healthy, Wealthy and Wise forum for Women with keynote speaker Her Honour, the Honourable Sally Thomas AM, Administrator of the Northern Territory and delivered an enlightening address to those who attended. Over 60 women and a couple of brave men attended this event, including our own Tom Maher. The event featured Catie Kirke, Health & Wellness Coach, ART your life, Angela Lockwood, Change Consultant and Heather Jansen, Financial Planner from Bendigo Bank. The proceeds from this event went to Dragon abreast and was proudly sponsored by our WIE partner – INPEX.

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Young Engineers It was an extremely fun and exciting year for the Young Engineers in 2013. We had an abundance of diverse and fun events, we even managed to squeeze a few Professional Development ones into there as well. We had great attendance from our members as well as made plenty of new friends with those from other young professional associations who attended; including the Young Architects (DeNT), the Young Planners, the Young Accountants, the once-again-up-and-running Young Professional Network and more. The Young Engineers started the year by kicking off with the annual meet-and-greet of the new YEAND committee which meant an 80's themed TenPin bowling night that was graciously sponsored by Wallbridge & Gilbert. It was a fun night that served as a great learning opportunity for the new committee and big reminder for the ever-so-green president of YEAND that he needs to prepare his speeches. We followed this with some trivia nights at Duck Nuts to acquire a good base of regular attendees by our members and threw our weight behind the Chartered Workshops hosted by EA. This resulted in such high interest and attendees that the packed room even had standing participants. With some small successes under our belt, the YEAND committee got very ambitious and decided to throw a 1920s themed Charity Gala at the Speaker’s Green in Parliament House. It was months of planning and a lot of hard work dedicated by the committee which included enthusiastic nonoffice bearer committee members. Finally the day had arrived and everything had been organised with the i's dotted and t’s crossed. It turned out to be a sold-out, massive success with over 200 young professionals in attendance, an awesome chance for networking, and almost $5000 was raised for the Australian Red Cross. Wow!!! The women looked stunning, the men were manly and the photos were remarkable. It was easily the biggest event of the Young Professional Event Calendar and I’m sure it will be back next year, bigger and better! A big thanks to Territoria Civil who sponsored the event as well as a huge thank you to Neil Hallagan, who helped us secure the sponsorship. Without any time to catch our breath, we dived straight into our Annual Golf Day Fundraiser. For those that have attended these in the past, you are fully aware of how much fun is had at this event. It was great to see the faith and belief, in the future leaders in engineering, shown by the companies who sponsored this event, even in the times of financial uncertainty. In alphabetical order, thank you to ConocoPhillips, Douglas Partners, GenAir Solutions, Sinclair Knight Merz, Territoria Civil and Wallbridge & Gilbert. Without your support, the young engineers would be unable to hold such diverse and plentiful events so we say “THANK YOU!!!” profusely and emphatically. Again the Young Engineers committee leaped immediately into the next event, the ever-so-popular professional development event of GenX. We once again sold-out and jam-packed the room with engineers of all ages, experiences and streams of engineering. I have never experienced such enthusiasm and eagerness from such a diverse crowd except maybe at a concert. We had two wonderful speakers who gave two great speeches, complimenting each other very well. First we had the PWC Chair of Sustainable Engineering, Professor Charlie Fairfield give a rousing speech aimed to challenge us on our preconceptions of a sustainable world. He was then followed by the Northern Division Annual Report 2013

worldly BAM Clough Senior Project Manager David Gruar who took us through his experiences and travels of his life as an engineer. It was an amazing night that was topped off with the an opportunity for the Young Engineers to recognise and thank the former divisional director Bronwyn Russell, for her years of hard work and service to the engineering profession, on behalf of all of the young engineers committees over the years who have worked with her. A month off for the Young Engineers committee was taken and we jumped on the back of several events hosted by other young professional associations including a very informative seminar of networking hosted by the Young CPA, The launch of the new-to-Darwin FutureNet and the relaunch of the massively popular and extremely valuable Young Professionals Network. It looks like it will be an exceedingly busy year for Young Professionals in the year 2014. A busy and fun year was topped off with the YEAND Christmas Dinner where the new committee was voted in. It was once again a hugely successful and tremendously entertaining night which seemed to be the norm for the events hosted this year with $500 raised for the Australian Red Cross’s Typhoon Haiyan Appeal. I’d like to thank this year’s committee who have been remarkable to work with and have put up with the massive workload fantastically. Thank you to the 2013 YEAND committee office-bearers, a great bunch of people who I happily call friends; Winnie Robertson, John-Paul Foster, Tom Marshall, Paul Marchetti, Cordelia Mac, Joanna Winslade and Adam Gibbs. Also a big thanks to the non-office bearers who helped out during the year, Anne-Marie De Zylva, Mina Lee, Flavia Rick, James Goss and Lauren Clarke. I look forward to working with the new committee next year and getting more Young Engineers interested in the professional and fun events that we host. Have a wonderful Christmas and great new years and I’ll see you all in 2014. Allan Fett President of Young Engineers Australia Northern Division

Young Engineers 2014 Committee Position President Co-Vice President National Representative Treasurer Secretary Engineers without Borders Representative Indigenous Representative Student Representative Women in Engineering Representative

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Representative Alan Fett Cordilia Mac & Paul Marchetti Winnie Robertson Tom Marshall James Godd Laim Trieu Adam Gibbs Anne-Marie De Zylva Joanna Winslade

Photographic Journey of Young Engineers Northern Division

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Management Committee 2013 Thank you to the outgoing management committee. They have worked tirelessly throughout the year in what has been a difficult year for them. They have lobbied on behalf on the Division at a national level and have gone over and beyond their roles. In particular, President, Louise McCormick. Louise has been a power of strength throughout the year. NameÂ

Louise McCormick Jaswant Deo Len Chappell David Lilley David McHugh Adam James Sumesh Dhir Teng Yik Simon Turner Brian Forester Allan Fett Peter Russell Colin Van Eck Ken Grattan Trevor Horman Gary Boyle Nerida Beard Lakshman (Lucky) Rajaratnam Felicity Wall Sunny Bhatti Tom Gooding Julie Woerner

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Position

President Deputy President/Mechanical College Board Chair of National Technologist Committee / Past President/Electrical College Board Structural College Board/CDU Representative/ Committee Member Civil College Board/Committee member Committee Member Committee Member Committee Member Committee Member Committee Member Young Engineers President/Committee Member Congress Representative ITEE College Board Transport SIG Heritage Representative CELM Representative Women in Engineering SIG Water & Coastal SIG Alice Springs Representative Gove Representative Jabiru Representative Bio-Medical College Board

2014 Management Committee Name

Position Louise McCormick

Northern Congress Representative/Past President

Jaswant Deo

President/Mechanical College Board

Len Chappell

Chair of Electrical College Board/Technologist Representative

David Lilley

Structural College Board/CDU Representative/ Committee Member

David McHugh

Civil College Board

Adam James

Committee Member

Sumesh Dhir

Committee Member

Brian Forester

Committee Member

Allan Fett

Young Engineers President/Committee Member

Peter Russell

Committee Member

Nerida Beard

Deputy President

Julie Woerner

Committee Member

Jack Foster

Committee Member

Jo O'Brien

Committee Member

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS Lauren Clarke

Women in Engineering

Lakshman (Lucky) Rajaratnam

Water & Coastal (SIG)

Felicity Wall Trevor Horman Gary Boyle

Alice Springs Regional Representative Heritage Representative Centre of Engineering Leadership and Management (CELM)

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Congress Report This year there were two Congress meetings held – one in May and one in November. Congress has been very active this year with the new regulations and strategic plan for 2014-17. Summarised below are the salient issues discussed at Congress in 2013. 1. New Regulations In 2011, our new by-laws were implemented. As such, new regulations were required to comply with the changes in the by-laws. Throughout the year, much discussion was held regarding the new regulations. In May, Congress approved the disciplinary regulations and in November, Council approved the full regulations. 2. Strategic Plan 2014-17 Looking forward, Congress discussed the proposed Strategic Plan for 2014-17. Our Vision Statement and themes of “Professional Home for life”, “Community”, “Trust”, “Leaders”, “Definitive Voice”, “Global”, and “Sustainable” were discussed. A final Vision Statement will be established once all feedback has been provided. The Strategic Priorities in the plan included: 1. Professional home for life 2. Connectivity and partnerships 3. Professional credentials and currency 4. Business sustainability 5. Tomorrows engineers 6. The Voice (the authorative voice on engineering) 7. International orientation Feedback from Divisions is sought before February 2014. 3. Election of National Deputy President and new Council members There were 2 nominations for National Deputy President – Barry Tonkin and David CruickshankBoyd. The Northern Division Committee invited Barry Tonkin to address the committee for a Q&A session to determine Barry’s position on policy issues. The committee did not get a chance to do the same with David as he was a late entrant. David Cruickshank-Boyd won the position of National Deputy President. Council nominations included 9 contenders for 4 positions. Northern Division President Louise McCormick and Northern Division Congress Delegate Peter Russell strongly supported a number of the contenders due to their alignment with Northern Division values and thoughts on EA policy. The Council members elected included Greg Walters (already on Council), John McIntosh (Vic Division President 2012-13), Alexandra Meldrum (Congress Governance Committee), and Barry Finlay (Congress Liaison Committee). Northern Division Committee has been concerned about the direction the leadership of the organisation has been taking us and will be monitoring the new representation to understand their values and policies. Northern Division Annual Report 2013

4. Congress Liaison Committee In 2012, Congress felt that the Congress delegates were disconnected to Council and that Congress was not as effective as it should be. As such, the Congress Liaison Committee was formed to improve communications and the outcomes of Congress meetings. Northern Division President, Louise McCormick was part of this committee for part of the year. However, she had to quit the committee due to the task load of managing issues within the Division. Congress moved to continue the committee charter for a further 12 months to continually improve the effectiveness of the relationship between Congress and Council. 5. Congress Governance Committee Quite a lot of change to how Congress works was investigated in the Congress Governance Committee. The following summarises the main points:       

Council will be now known as, “The Board”, similar to a shareholder model of operation; Consideration of remuneration for Board members to cover their overheads – 0.5% of the entire EA budget was discussed; Delegate numbers to be reduced and the ratios of which representative bodies they come from will be reviewed; Discussions around whether the National President and Board Chair should be the same or two different positions; Discussion around whether the Chair of the Board is elected by the board or by Congress; All financial members, not just Congress reps past and present, will be able to nominate for the board; The term of National President will be extended to 2 to 3 years;

Several Congress members, including Northern Division delegates, were uncomfortable in approving the changes without consultation with the general membership. These changes will mean changes to the by-laws and a membership ballot will be prepared for delivery in 2015. 6. New Policies A number of policies for development were discussed and moved at the November Congress including a Climate Change Policy, a new College Board for Management, A Sustainability Policy, and better collaboration between Industry and Academia.

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7. Disciplinary Actions Rolf Hartley presented the report to Congress in November 2013 for the last time as College Boards take on the disciplinary action management with support from a new legal counsel within EA to increase the speed that complaints are dealt with. Transitional arrangements under the new regulations will be done by a pool of members which will form a committee under the new system "the Professional Conduct Committee". One of the three members shall be a legal qualified person. The numbers of complaints are static - 86% are civil and structural, usually home owners. Complaints relate to communications problems, mostly on non-technical issues.

RECOGNITION, PROMOTION AND MEMBERSHIP Engineering Excellence Awards Engineers were “dressed to kill” at 2013 Engineering Excellence Awards With the sinking of Martini or two at 2013 Engineering Excellence Awards, celebrations were in full “swing” when the winners were announced at the Awards evening. This was the first event ever to be held in “The Marquee” at SKYCITY Darwin on Thursday 25 July 2013. The Awards evening was themed around James Bond and with Rolex’s and Aston Martins on the lawns, this elegant evening turned it on for all who attended. 2013 saw the largest number of projects entered in the Engineering Excellence Awards which highlights the importance and eminence that is placed on the Awards in the Northern Territory. Those celebrating included:  

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Cullen Bay Seawall Rectification entered by Sinclair Knight Merz, Department of Infrastructure and Advance Civil Engineering won the Engineering Excellence Award for 2013 TKLN Renewable Energy Project entered by Power and Water Corporation (Remote Operations) Epuron and CAT Projects won the Engineering Excellence Award for Research, Development and Innovation Ichthys Project Road Transport Management Plan entered by Sinclair Knight Merz, JKC and Inpex and the RAAF Base Tindal – Married

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Quarter Precinct entered by Craig and Rhodes were joint winners of Engineering Excellence for Reports, Procedures & Systems Framelock Shade Systems won the Engineering Excellence Award for Small Business Ventures and Projects TKLN Renewable Energy Project also won the Australian Solar Council Award for sustainability Archer Zone Substation entered by Power and Water Corporation and GHD was chosen as the “People’s Choice” Award in 2013

Other Awards included:  

High Level Bridge over Daly River Highly Commended Award for infrastructure entered by the Department of Transport and Infrastructure Nightcliff Jetty Repairs Highly Commended Award entered by Departments of Transport and Infrastructure

The People in Engineering Award winners were:  Professional Engineer of the Year – Dave McHugh, FIEAust CPEng  Professional Engineer of the Year – Highly Commended – Dr David Lilley FIEAust CPEng, FICE FIStruct FIEMechE  Young Professional Engineer of the Year – Adam James MIEAust CPEng

Entertainment for the evening included “Diamonds are for Trevor” who thrilled the audience with several Shirley Bassey and James Bond numbers. An encore from the crowd was called for his final number “Skyfall” Trevor is also performing at this year’s Darwin Festival. To finish off guests danced the night away with the “Hot n’ Cold” Big Band featuring swing music from the 1940’s to now. James Bond tragic Richard Margetson was Master of Ceremonies for the evening and James and his girls would have been pleasantly surprised on how the Engineers and their partners “dressed to thrill” at the 2013 Engineering Excellence Awards.

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Picture Library from 2013 Excellence Awards

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Gala Dinner National President, Dr Marlene Kanga and Chief Executive Officer, Stephen Durkin attended the 2013 Gala Dinner at the Holiday Inn Esplanade Darwin. Over 140 members and guests attended this fun annual event for Northern Division. The task for those attending was to take a look around the world at some of the Best Engineering Structures that exist, and to re-create it for us tonight. The choices were wide and varied and some came up with unusual choices. Judges on the evening were Madam Speaker, Kezia Purick MLA and The Administrator of the Northern Territory, The Honorable Sally Thomas, who incidentally is also a high court judge. John Holland Territoria Civil table were the outright winners with their space station which including a shuttle with two scale jetpack and yellow feathers used as the “after burn”. A real feat of Engineering by this young group. There were two tables from the JV with the “Oldies” against the “Young Ones” and of course youth one out this time. This group one a $200.00 voucher for dinner at Saffron in Parap. Second place went to Aurecon for the Palmerston Water Tower – this group won a tour of Parliament House including refreshments following the tour. This was kindly donated by Madam Speaker. Third Place (and we believe this was rather biased) went to Stephen’s table for their “Sydney Harbour Bridge”. They incidently won a tour of Government House (including the wine cellar) which was kindly donated by the Administrator of the Northern Territory. Incidentally Madam Speaker also sat at this table. Two other tables were provided prizes for their bribes to the judges and there was a fourth prize to an assorted table which included some staff! Bribe money is to be used by YEAND as part of their fundraising for the bushfire relief through Red Cross. Northern Division Annual Report 2013

Marlene was the keynote speaker for this event and she spoke on “Engineering in the Asian Century” and presented on the need for Australia to innovate and develop new technologies and industries while forming effective partnerships in Asia to broaden the flow of ideas and maximise the economic benefits for Australia. She also touched briefly on the new regulations for Engineers Australia. An enjoyable evening was had by all.

Member Recognition Congratulations to the following members who became Fellows in 2013.    

Jaswant Deo AFIEAust CEngA Louise McCormick FIEAust CPEng NPER Jaswant Deo AFIEAust CEngA Neil Hallagan, FIEAust

A total of 3 Fellows luncheons were conducted in 2013 in the months of March, July and September. The Division would also like to congratulate the following members in 2013 who received accolades or awards:    

Trevor Horman, AM Queen’s Birthday honours 2013 Bryan Davies, 2013 Power & Water Science & Engineering Award Don Darben (dec) – Bridge of the Victoria River Bridge (renamed) “Don Darben Bridge” Joanna Winslade – Finalist Young Achiever’s Award

ENGINEERS AUSTRALIA To advance the science and practice of engineering for the benefit of the community engineersaustralia.org.au/northern-division Northern Division Annual Report 2013

Member Stats 2013 The member stats below have been provided by national office on membership growth in the Northern Territory.  As of 1 July 2013, Membership income as grown by 9.39%, 2.96% ahead of income target for this financial year. Congratulations team NT!  In November 2013, Northern Divisions membership grew by 6 members at the grade of Graduate or above.  Northern Division has an overall retention rate of 82.27%, slightly above EAs national average. The Grades of Fellow and Member had exceptional retention rates, 93.88% and 89.66% respectively. Graduate retention for Northern Division is at a respectable level. 1st year Graduate retention is 100%, 2nd year Graduate retention is 92.31%, and 3rd year Graduate retention is 81.25%. Third year graduate retention is where most work is needed

New member summary provided from Foxtrot 2013 Grade Associate Student Fellow Graduate Member Student (IEAust) Technologist Graduate Technologist Member Total

Number 1 1 5 17 84 1 2 111

Congratulations to the following members who received chartered status in 2013:       

Alan Thomas MIEAust CPEng Robert Stoddart MIEAust CPEng Mohammadreza Haghnia MIEAust CPEng Brett Reid MIEAust CPEng Samantha Hayden MIEAust CPEng Jeetendra Dahal MIEAust CPEng Reyan Brunie MIEAust CPEng (WA)

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EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION Report on CDU activities for Engineers Australia Northern Division Annual Report 2013 The School of Engineering and Information Technology has had another excellent year with increasing student numbers and members of staff, and improvements to its facilities. In the last 12 months, the School of Engineering and IT welcomed Charlie Fairfield (Professor of Sustainable Engineering), Baolin Wang (Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering), Susi Bertei (Lecturer in Chemical Engineering), and Yolande Yep (Technical Officer). CDU is still seeking to recruit an Associate Professor/Professor in Chemical Engineering, and hopes to do so in the next academic year. Major investment has been made in providing much needed laboratory equipment in the Chemical Engineering areas of the North Australian Centre for Oil and Gas (in Building Pink 7), and the main framework for the new Structural Load Testing Facility is now in place (see photo). The hydraulic cylinder and its control system are due to be delivered in late December 2013, and the SLTF is expected to be commissioned by the end of February next year. When fully operational, this facility will be one of the best of its type in Australia. In 2013 as in previous years, student applications and numbers increased by approximately 19% above last year’s figures. This has been helped by the start of the BEng and MEng Degrees in Chemical Engineering. CDU is the only Australian University to offer these Degrees in external study mode. In line with new Australian Government requirements, changes are in hand to alter the titles of the existing BEng and MEng Degrees to BEng (Honours) and MEng (Honours) Degrees. The changes to the Degree content are relatively small; each of the Thesis units will increase from 10 credit points to 20 credit points thus removing all electives from the BEng Degree. In addition, a draft submission has been made to ASIIN to request European accreditation of the three-year Bachelor of Engineering Science (Cycle 1) followed by Master of Engineering (Honours) (Cycle 2) under the EUR-ACE label. It is likely that the EUR-ACE Accreditation Panel will be visiting CDU for 2-3 days in May 2014, and will want to meet with “industry” for discussions in much the same way as when the EA Accreditation Panel visited (more details will be available nearer the time). There are numerous advantages in seeking EUR-ACE accreditation, including enhanced international recognition of the engineering education at CDU, which is expected to increase recruitment of international students, especially from China. Increasing students numbers means that there are increasing demands for suitable student work placements (which all students must successfully complete before they can graduate), and also for suitable “research” projects for Thesis units. The School is always keen to hear from companies/organisations wishing to explore suitable topics and/or work experience opportunities for our students. Northern Division Annual Report 2013

To continue to reinforce our existing links with local engineers in industry and external organisations and to help ensure that the content of our Degrees remains up-to-date, we were pleased to meet members from the engineering community to the Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Industrial Advisory Board and to the Course Advisory Groups (one for each of the engineering disciplines taught at CDU). The School wishes to express its sincere thanks to those members of EA Northern Division who have contributed to the success of the School and its various activities over the past year. D M Lilley 26 Nov 2013

Rob Wolff standing in front of the SLTF framework

Youth Programs 2013 Science & Engineering Challenge The 2013 Science & Engineering Challenge was held on Tuesday 30th April & Wednesday 30th May with the support of Charles Darwin University. The Challenge saw 410 students, 19 teachers and 22 volunteers enjoy the eight different activities designed to highlight the wide breadth of experiences for scientists & engineers. Schools from throughout Darwin Palmerston, Katherine, and even a small group from Alice Springs took part in the challenge, and schools were as enthusiastic as ever, with teacher contacting Engineers Australia to secure positions before registration had even opened. The students at Essington lead the way, with the Essington School winning overall, with students from the Essington International Senior College coming second. Sadly, due to funding cuts, the students were not able to attend the Australian Finals, but are keen to come back next year for another chance.

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SunChase Model Solar Car & Boat Challenge With a reduction in sponsorship from previous sponsors, it looked like the SunChase Model Solar Car & Boat Challenge was not going to go ahead in 2013, however in the 11th hour; the Science Teachers Association of the Northern Territory (STANT) came to save the day – and what a day it was! Over 150 students, with over 60 cars and boats, raced to be the ultimate winner in the solar fun. Whle the best of intentions in the design didn’t always lead to a fast (or even moving) car, the ‘Alans’ ( Allan Fett & Alan Thomas) worked to a steady and demanding mob! Once again Nortruss Builders Suppliers provided as superfast track, with some small cars whizzing down the 24m in 8 seconds! Marrara Christian School & Essington Senior College both registered teams for the large Model solar cars, and with the help of NT Correctional services, the 88m specially made track was installed for the students to use. Marrara was victorious in the Darwin challenge and was invited to the National Finals in Melbourne in November, where they won a prize for Top five Best Poster and Greatest Team effort, which is a great result for their ( and Darwin’s ) first representation at this national competition.

SMART (Science Maths and Real Technology) After a slow start, the SMART Program roared into Alice Springs to unveil its latest show ‘ Science at Home’. Focusing on the science that students and families can do in their own home, the message of the show is that we are all surrounded by science and that anyone can take part, and the students definitely all left enthusiastic to try some science at home…. Particularly if it included giant flame balls! Visits to Arnhem Land and Darwin in August & September, and the new show was very well received by the students of Darwin. Very special guest, Kara Sloper, from Sheel Australi came along for the day, and really enjoyed the enthusiasm of the children and the up-to –date messages and technology that the show uses. 2925 students across the Northern Territory have been visited in 2013, and the tours for 2014 have been organise to see even more! National Science Week 2013 was the Northern Territory’s largest ever National Science Week! Over 5000 people took part on 60 events that spanned from Haasts Bluff to Nhulunbuy, Darwin to Alice Springs and everywhere in between. Highlights of National Science Week 2013 included the very first launch, hosted by the Hon Kezia Purick, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, with guest speaker Vice-Chancellor of Charles Darwin University, Barney Glover. The Northern Territory winner of the Tall Poppy Award was also announced on the night.

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Other events throughout the Northern Territroy included an Indigenous Science Fair at Nhulunbuy High School, the Desertsmart Eco Fair in Alice Springs, and Comedian Rod Quantock at the Railway Club with ‘ Pardon my Carbon’. A new addition to the National Science Week calendar was the office ‘ Brain Break’ where teams registered to have Australia’s ‘Smartest Morning Tea’. The local co-ordinating committee ran a competition for all offices who registered for the Brain Break, promising cupcakes for the winning office. The lucky people at the City of Darwin won, however due to the size of the party ( over 50 people!) it was decided a cupcake just wouldn’t cut and a large chocolate cake was provided instead!

Charles Darwin Activities 2013 Following on from David Lilley’s report from Charles Darwin University, the Division also supported activities which included:     

Student Barbecues welcoming new students to the campus Thesis Presentations Graduation/Engineering Ambassador prize giving ceremonies Industry Engagement meetings Careers Fair

Many of the above events provided students with the opportunity to sign up to various events.

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INTERNAL STRUCTURE & ADMINISTRATION Division Activities 2013 Month

Topic

February 2013

Young Engineers “Meet n Greet” Bowling – 80’s themed evening in conjunction with architects and planners

March 2013

Fellows Luncheon

March 2013

Welcome New Students BBQ – Charles Darwin University

April 2013

Meet the National President Luncheon Marlene Kanga – Charles Darwin University

April 2013

Gala Dinner

April / May 2013

Science and Engineering Challenge Darwin

June 2013

Supporters Cocktail Function (Partners, Sponsors, Supporters and Friends)

June 2013

Technical Presentations Engineering Excellence Awards – Alice Springs

June 2013

Young Engineers Gala themed Event “Great Gatsby”

July 2013

Technical Presentations Engineering Excellence Awards – Darwin

July 2013

Women in Engineering - Healthy, Wealthy and Wise Breakfast

July 2013

Fellows Luncheon

July 2013

2013 Engineering Excellence Awards

July 2013

Research Engineering Heritage Brochure Tennant

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Creek August 2013

Launch of Engineering Week

August 2013

Golf Day Young Engineers

August 2013

SMART in Alice Springs and regions

August 2013

Science Week Activities – Speakers Green Parliament House

September 2013

SMART Arnhem Land tour

September 2013

Canstruction 2013

September 2013

Canstruction Winners Cocktail Function – Speakers Green Parliament House

September 2013

Sunchase Darwin

September 2013

Careers Fair Charles Darwin University

September 2013

Breakfast with Minister Peter Styles

September 2013

Young Engineers GEN X Function

October 2013

SMART Darwin and Regions

November 2013

2013 National Executive Awards - Canberra

November 2013

Young Engineers – 2013 Christmas Dinner

December 2013

EA Members Annual Meeting

December 2013

Engineers Australia Northern Division Annual Meeting

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Internal Communications Event Alerts Electronic communications was introduced to Northern Division members in April 2013 with the first event alert being sent following training in Sydney by Keely Quinn and Karen Relph from the Division. Members now receive Event Alerts on a fortnightly basis. All events are listed on the website and can also be sourced by visiting www.engineersaustralia.org.au/northerndivision/events.

Division Newsletters Division newletters have also gone electronic with the first of these being produced in June 2013. This continues to be a source of information for those members who may not attend events.

Website Members can now register for events directly via the website and news items are on the website for members information.

ENGINEERS AUSTRALIA To advance the science and practice of engineering for the benefit of the community engineersaustralia.org.au/northern-division

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Sponsors A huge thanks must go to the sponsors of the Division. Engineers Australia Northern Division acknowledges that 2013 has been economically tough for businesses in the Northern Territory and without the continued support events and activities would not be possible for the Division with the largest geographical reach in Australia.

PARTNERS