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SEPTEMBER 2012
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Our purpose as an engineering profession is to provide for the existing and future needs of community. But what is engineering, and what can our employers, clients and community reasonably expect of engineers? What do we expect of ourselves in terms of ‘acceptable’ engineering practice? Following it’s inception a decade ago in 2002, a comprehensive review of professional performance, innovation and risk in contemporary Australian professional engineering practice has since been undertaken by a team of leading engineering professionals, backed by participating sponsors representative of a wide range of engineering industry and profession stakeholders, under the auspices of The Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering, with support from the likes of Engineers Australia, Consult Australia, and APESMA. The first stage of what is now commonly known as The PPIR Project was completed in 2009 with the release of the PPIR Report. The PPIR Project has explored and considered the generic role of the professional engineer and, in particular, the performance, innovation and risk management aspects of that role; community and client expectations of the engineering professional; the contemporary commercial and professional realities impacting on the work of the engineering professional; the effects of the complex minefields of law and liability that govern everyday engineering; engineering risk and responsible risk-taking; and particularly the relationships between professional performance, innovation and risk. At the core of PPIR is the “PPIR Protocol” which documents the essentials of performance
for Professional Engineers acting in a professional capacity. The objectives of the PPIR Protocol are to: • inform and guide the Professional Engineer acting individually or as a team member on the essentials of performance in considering and undertaking an Engineering Task; • inform and guide all Relevant Parties and Other Stakeholders on the role and obligations of Professional Engineers and the effective use of their services; and • define the essentials of performance against which the duty and standard of care of Professional Engineers can be assessed objectively in prospect and in retrospect. PPIR is applicable to individual engineers working alone or as part of an engineering team; from young engineers to experienced engineers; applicable to all disciplines of engineering; and across all industry sectors. The PPIR Project is now in an implementation phase, with methodologies and tools being developed to assist adoption by industry and the engineering profession at large. Further information about PPIR can be obtained from www.ppir.com.au. Brendyn Williams, BE(Civil)(Hons) MIEAust FIPWEA President, Engineers Australia Sydney Division
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A comment which is often made is that there are relatively few Professional Engineers in Politics, and I recently heard a humorous reply from Frank Sartor when he was asked at the Harricks Address during Engineering Week why he thought this might be the case. Frank replied “Because … they’re probably too smart”. While the comment brought a burst of laughter from the audience (which was of course loaded with Engineers) it does raise an interesting issue as to why politicians are over populated with lawyers, arts graduates and accountants. To set the background Frank graduated as a Chemical Engineer and worked for about four years in the Profession before pursuing a career in politics: serving for twelve years as Lord Mayor of Sydney and eight years as a Minister of the NSW Government. Frank’s implication was based on the notion that politics can be a dirty game, with irresponsible sections of the media watching every move you make and waiting for you to make one mistake, one impropriety, one slip of the tongue, one poor hair style – and then jumping on their soap box and publicly proclaiming you to be a fool. And even if you don’t make a mistake they enjoy twisting it to make it look as if you did. In this context the “too smart” comment carries a lot of weight. The story might end there, except for reality which predicates that the driver of engineering projects is the community, and the leaders of the community are politicians, and good politics is a necessary ingredient for the success of good engineering projects. Contrary to the “too smart” conjecture, Professional Engineers who are trained in reason, order, validity and leadership are positioned admirably to become good leaders and good politicians. While we may lament the lack of direct engineering involvement in politics I am reminded of that old proverb: “All that is necessary for evil to prevail is that good people do nothing” and the lack of active engineering initiative in the political arena can be a tragic lost opportunity. John Nichols BE (Civil), CPEng, FIEAust Deputy President, Engineers Australia Sydney Division
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Vale Dr Samia Guirguis Dr Samia Guirguis, one of Australia’s leading engineering experts on concrete design and construction, lost her long battle with cancer last week. “Our hearts go out to her husband Hosny, children Andrew and Natalie, and their families and many friends who held Samia so dearly,” CCAA Chief Executive, Ken Slattery, said today. Dr Guirguis worked for CCAA for over 30 years until the onset of her illness last year. In her role as Director, Research and Technical Services, she was responsible for leading research projects and providing information to engineering, architectural and construction professionals and government agencies on a raft of issues. Over the past decade she championed Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to measure the whole-ofbuilding environmental performance of buildings, and also worked extensively in the area of concrete durability. Dr Guirguis contributed to over 140 technical publications over her long career, and helped shape many of the Australian codes and standards that are commonplace across the industry today. She was also something of a flagbearer for women in engineering, having been the first woman in Australia to achieve her PhD in civil engineering. Last year her expertise and standing was recognised by Engineers Australia when she was awarded structural engineering’s highest accolade, the John Connell Gold Medal. “The industry owes her an enormous debt of gratitude,” Mr Slattery said. “More than that, she will be missed – especially here at CCAA – as a great friend and wonderful colleague.”
Veolia Environmental Services Engineers Australia welcomes Veolia Environmental Services as our most recent Professional Development Program partner. This partnership signifies a commitment from Veolia Environmental to provide their Graduate Engineers with a supported and structured career development pathway to “Chartered”. “We are excited to welcome Veolia as a PDP partner, joining over 300 others nationally,” Stephen Finlay, Executive Director of the Sydney Division said. Veolia’s Graduate Engineers will be among the first cohort to utilise the new eChartered system when it is launched later this month and to apply using the 2012 Stage 2 Competency Standards. “Having properly qualified and credentialed staff is important to Veolia Environmental Services. For this reason, we are looking forward to making the opportunity to achieve Chartered available to our Engineers through our partnership with Engineers Australia,” Doug Dean, Managing Director of Veolia Environmental Services said. Chartered is important for the recognition of the engineering profession. It ensures a profession full of innovative, dynamic and competent engineers who are committed to lifelong learning and ethical practice; engineers who are actively engaged in leadership both within their
organisations and the broader profession. “Chartered, as the internationally recognised badge of current competence, remains not only the primary framework for career development for young engineers; but a viable model of capability development for organisations; and the key to maintenance of industry standards in engineering practice.” Finlay said. More information about the Professional Development Program can be found on the Engineers Australia website at http://www.engineersaustralia. org.au/professional-development or by contacting the Industry Relationship Manager at the Sydney Division, Elana Huthnance by email at ehuthnance@ engineersaustralia.org.au.
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The Economics of Nuclear Power by Martin Thomas AM, FTSE, HonFIEAust, Hon FAIE Nuclear power: Too expensive and dangerous? Or the least cost means of reducing atmospheric carbon? The presentation will explore these questions with a review of capital and operational costs of the nuclear power option for Australia. Martin Thomas is a past President of EA and of the AIE, and a past VP of the Australian ATSE. He was a member of the Prime Minister’s Uranium Mining, Processing and Nuclear Energy Review (UMPNER 2006). In 2008, he was awarded the Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal.
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Australian Engineering Week 2012 Australian Engineering Week is over for the year, and once again was an extensive week jam-packed full of highlights and amazing events. Australian Engineering Week kicked off on Monday 6 August with the Migrant Engineers Workshop held at UWS Collage in Westmead. The objective was to provide Job Seeking Strategies for the Migrant/ overseas qualified engineers and improve their chances in securing employment in the Australian engineering industry. The renowned and official launch Harricks Address took place NSW Parliament House in the evening where the event explored Frank Sartor’s career through engineering eyes and discussed the intellectual influences in his political life. It was delivered as an interview with Andrew Botros and focused on the policy, governance, planning, infrastructure and visions for NSW and ultimately it addressed the role of engineering in all of these matters of public importance.
Harricks Address: l-r, Andrew Botros, Frank Sartor, Brendyn Williams, John Nichols and Steve Finlay. The Great Engineering Challenge took place on Tuesday 7 August at UNSW. This has been the most successful challenge to date, with 50 teams comprising of year 10 and 11 students from across Sydney, with great female student participation. The day comprised of 3 hands-on challenges, with the overall winning team being Ulladulla High School. The Regional Great Engineering Challenge was held on Thursday August 9 with over 15 teams and 200 students. The overall winning team was from St Johns College Dubbo.
Great Engineering Challenge at UNSW: Winning Team – Ulladulla High School. The Next Step – Careers Presentation Sponsored by Hyder Consulting was held later that evening on Tuesday at Engineers Australia. We had Jenny O’Donovan from Engineers Australia, Sean Blanche from Bayside Personnel, Joyce Lee and Richard Barnes from Hyder Consulting, who are some of the best in Engineering and HR to help answer all those questions relating to resume building, internships and interview skills. Adequate Infrastructure – Achievable Goal or Pipe Dream, the Engineering Week Forum took place on Wednesday 8 August at the AGL Theatre. A panel of four expert speakers: Brendyn Williams, President Engineers Australia, Sydney; Brendan Lyon, Chief Executive, Infrastructure Partnerships Australia; Richard Johnson, Technical Director from Hyder Consulting and Chris Walton, CEO from APESMA all discussed the current status of NSW infrastructure including the identification, funding, approval and delivery of infrastructure projects in NSW. The Engineers Breakfast sponsored by EEA was held on Thursday 9
August at Museum of Contemporary Art. Gary McLaren, Chief Technology Officer from the NBN Co. spoke to the audience about how the NBN Co. will provide the infrastructure that will allow wholesale and retail service providers to deliver advanced broadband services to homes, schools and businesses with speeds of up to 100 megabits per second. The breakfast also included a display of pictures from the finalists of Engineers Australia magazine’s Photo Competition, and a chance for fellow engineers to network with other Professionals.
Engineers Breakfast: l-r, Steve Finlay, Richard Barnes, Tim Kannegieter, Ann Ellis, Bruce Roff, Brendyn Williams, Gary McLaren and John Nichols. There were also 6 site tours held throughout the week to Sydney Harbour Pylon, ANSTO Discovery Tour, Coal Services Mine Rescue Facility, Warragamba Dam, University of Wollongong’s SMART Building and ABC Studio. On Friday 10 August, over 90 Engineers attended a public Chartered Workshop at the Sydney Division auditorium. Roland de Broglio, Deputy National Assessment Manager and Elana Huthnance, Industry Relationship Manager, presented on the benefits and process to becoming Chartered as well as ‘demystifying’ the new eChartered system and 2012 Stage 2 Competency Standards.The Young Engineers Sydney (YEAS) Trivia Night was held later in the evening at Paddington RSL raising money for Engineers Without Borders (EWB). The night saw some impressive costumes as teams battled it out to be the ultimate Trivia Champions. YEAS managed to raise over $1000 and should be congratulated for their effort. The week ended with the Sydney Women in Engineering Winter Gala Dinner at Museum of Contemporary Art on Saturday 11 August. The black tie affair was a celebration of women in engineering and was officially the closing event for the 2012 Engineering Australia Engineering Week festivities. With so much happening in just one week, it is no doubt that there are a lot of people who helped make Engineering Week 2012 one of our best. Thank you to all of the Engineering Week committee members and our Chair John Nichols, we would also like to thank the many speakers, site tours and sponsors for supporting all of our efforts and lastly to all those who came along and participated and enjoyed themselves during this fun filled week. Jenny Ha Events Coordinator
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Illawarra/Sutherland region news Engineering Week in the Illawarra/Sutherland Region started off on Sunday, 5 August with the Women In Engineering Committee hosting a High Tea at the Chifley in Wollongong. There was 36 members and guest attended the event. Guest Speaker was Dr Diane Harland who is a Lecturer in Biomechanics in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Wollongong. Diane shared her experiences as an early career academic and discussed the challenges women face trying to ensure a healthy family life while pursuing a rewarding career. On Monday 6 August the Young Engineers Australia – Illawarra (YEA-I) Committee organised a Public Presentation Competition for the Engineering Undergraduate Students currently enrolled at the University of Wollongong and the Institute of Technology – Illawarra. The Public Presentation Competition was sponsored by the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Wollongong. There were 4 entrants: • Kimberley Abbott – Mechanical Engineering Student, Kimberley’s presentation title was “Fixing A Broken Heart”.
• Matthew Cusack – Mechatronics Engineering Student, Matthew’s presentation title was “The World Around Us – Engineers”. • Vincent Tannahill – Mechatronics Engineering Student, Vincent’s presentation title was “Using Water to Understand Electricity”. • Steve Johnson-Hill – Electrical Engineering Student, Steve’s presentation title was “Real-time Application for the Rehabilitation of Injured Athletes Using Inertial Motion Sensors”. Thank you to the judges: Professor Chris Cook, Craig McDermott and David Pollum for having the hard task of picking out the winners. Steve Johnson-Hill took out the top prize of $300, Kimberley picked up $200 for second, Vincent picked up $100 for third and Matthew took home a laptop computer bag for fourth – Congratulations to you all. The YEA-I Committee organised a Site Visit to the Coal Services Mines Rescue Facility on Tuesday 7 August, 15 members and guests attended. Tour guide and presenter was Dale Davis from the Mines Rescue Facility. Mines Rescue has more than 90 years’ experience assisting the mining industry to manage risk and operate safely. Mines Rescue’s primary role is to provide underground incident response, an area where they excel as a result of harnessing the expertise of decades of experience and the most modern equipment and training facilities. Discover Engineering Day was held on Wednesday 8 August at the Illawarra Senior College in Port Kembla. The Discover Engineering Day was aimed at High School Students in Years 9, 10 and 11 who are interested in Engineering as a Career choice. The students were introduced to What Engineers Do, Examples of Engineering Projects, How to Become an Engineer as well as hands on activities and presentations from a Student Engineer and a Professional Engineer. There were 162 attendees, which included students, teachers, representatives from the University of Wollongong (UOW), University of New South Wales, University of Technology Sydney, Institute of Technology NSW, BlueScope Steel, UOW FSAE Racing Car Team, Guest Speakers: Joe Cato from Cato Consulting, Louise Ray. Electrical Engineering Student at UOW and a BlueScope Steel Cadet, Kimberley Murdoch, Mechanical Engineering Student at UOW and also MC for the day. Also in attendance were volunteers from EA’s Sydney Division Education & Assessment Sub-Committee – Norm Himsley, Stan Sanchill, Jim Vickery and Jon Lee, from EA Sydney Division staff were: Steve Finlay, Richard Hanna and David Zhao. Schools in attendance were: Kiama, St Gregory’s College at Campbelltown, Lake Illawarra, Warilla, St Joseph’s Catholic at Albion Park, Dapto, Kanahooka, 6 engineers sydney SEPTEMBER 2012
Woonona, St Mary’s, Illawarra Christian School at Cordeaux. The Illawarra/ Sutherland Regional Group (ISRG) Committee presented a Kimberley Abbott, Steve Johnson-Hill, Vincent Tannahill, seminar on the Matthew Cusack and Matthew Aberline (YEA-I Deputy Operational Chair). Issues Associated with TransGrid’s Western 500 kV Project on Wednesday 8 August at the University of Wollongong. Guest Speaker was Darren Spoor, Senior Engineer at TransGrid. TransGrid recently completed a $230M conversion of the western 330kV network to enable operation at the design voltage of 500kV. This project has been completed in response to emerging voltage and thermal limitations which were predominantly imposed by 330kV lines within the Sydney region. Thursday 9 August saw the last of the Engineering Week Events in the Illawarra/Sutherland Region to a site visit to the University of Wollongong’s SMART Building. Presenter and Tour Guide was Tanya Brown, Chief Operating Officer, SMART. The SMART (Simulation, Modelling, Analysis, Research and Teaching) Infrastructure Facility at the University of Wollongong is the National Centre for infrastructure solutions. The SMART Infrastructure Facility’s mandate is to provide the data and analytical capability to successfully create and execute a national integrated infrastructure plan for Australia. The SMART National Data Centre will provide an e-research capability and collaboration with infrastructure planners, designers and researchers to better understand urban and regional development and model future growth of Australian metropolitan and regional communities. An important element of SMART’s mandate is to increase the community’s participation in the formation of integrated infrastructure planning. Elaine Bailey Regional Co-Ordinator
EVENTS
Sydney Women in Engineering Winter Gala Always a glittering affair, this year’s Sydney Women in Engineering Winter Gala reached new heights of glamour atop the freshly refurbished Museum of Contemporary Art in Circular Quay, closing off another successful Engineering Week. Against a backdrop of the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge, guests were treated to an array of delectable flavours such as spanner crab, coq au vin and lavender panna cotta, not to mention, some serious food for thought! MC Bei Na Wei started the evening by introducing the current Chair, Julie Mikhail to officially welcome everyone as well as promote upcoming Women in Engineering events. We also heard from Platinum sponsor Abigroup on their WIE Sydney Committee with Professor Mary O’Kane (second from left). many diversity initiatives, and a challenge was issued to the men in the room: to influence attitudes towards women through their own behaviour. However, as speaking countries called ‘Mittelstand’, which are credited with creating always, the main event of the night was our esteemed guest of honour, this much of Germany’s economic growth, especially at the beginning of the last time Professor Mary O’Kane, NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer. century. They have a number of common principles that they operate by, She began with an important piece of advice: she encouraged everyone including: maintaining independence, focusing on the long-term, harnessing to try and do one strategic thing every day. She went on to explain that networks innovating and retaining a manufacturing base in the home market. women tend to do jobs according to perceived external expectations. They With those insights to ponder, guests took the opportunity to network are great adaptors, but do not necessarily follow what excites them. This is and mingle as well as take photos with the spectacular view. Tea, coffee and partly due to the typically risk-averse nature of women, but they can counter miniature macarons closed off an evening that left people wondering how it this by identifying the rewards they really crave and making conscious could possibly be topped again next year! choices to achieve them. She used former Young Engineer of the Year Jillian Gillian Pak Kilby as an example, as she was someone who used her circumstances WIE Publications Coordinator strategically to build a business that also fulfilled her passions. So rather than developing and then sticking to a rigid plan, Prof. O’Kane’s advice was to take opportunities that arose easily but to use them in a strategic, but not necessarily urgent or high risk, way. She described how this had been put into practice in small to medium sized enterprises in German-
Riverina Regional Group The Riverina Regional Group held its first Discover Engineering Day at Kooringal High School, Wagga Wagga on Tuesday 7 August. The day was a great success with 63 students attending from 10 high schools across the Riverina – from Leeton in the west to Tumut in the east, and as far north as Young. The day commenced with three short presentations: the first by Tim Keyes, a recently graduated Civil Engineer who is also an old boy of Kooringal High School, the second by Sarah Hayes, a second year Environmental Engineering/Commerce student at University of New South Wales and the third by Tom Mackerras, National Engineering Manager of a major stainless steel fabrication company from Griffith. The presentations were followed by a short Q&A session, after which the group broke for morning tea. On resumption they were entertained by a presentation and demonstration of the University of New South Wales Robocup dogs by Brad Hall. In addition COMPACT had a stand to promote the “Build a Bridge … and get over it” camp. The winner of the Paper Tower competition was a group of students from Kildare Catholic College, Wagga Wagga, with their tower supporting 454 times its own weight. The Marshmallow Catapult exercise was won by a group of students from Kooringal High School with a distance of 9.6 metres. At the conclusion of the rotation through the breakout sessions the group recombined for a further Q&A session and to complete a survey of their opinions of the day. Ian Davies BE(Mining), MBA, FAusIMM, FIEAust Chair – Engineers Australia – Riverina Regional Group engineers sydney SEPTEMBER 2012 7
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SEPTEMBER Thurs 13 Joint Electrical Branch – Engineers Australia, IET, IEEE Substations of the Future Harricks Auditorium 17:30 to 20:00 Contact: Upali Mahaliyana Email: Umahaliyana@gmail.com.au Cost: Free Fri 14 & Sat 15
Women In Engineering Wollongong Regional Technical Tour Visit Wollongong, Port kembla, Kiama Details: engineersaustralia.org.au/ wollongongregionaltour
Mon 17 Coastal, Ocean and Ports Engineering Panel Caspian Sea – Maritime Works for the Kashagan Project Harricks Auditorium 17:30 to 19:00 Contact: Peter Coltman Email: peter.coltman@rhdhv.com Cost: Free Thurs 20
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Mechanical Branch Heliostat Solar Design Harricks Auditorium 18:00 to 20:00 Contact: Andrew Lowe Email: AndrewLowe@ShelstonIP. com Cost: Free Royal Aeronautical Society AIRBUS – Technology and the Future Club Burwood, 96 Shaftesbury Road, Burwood 18:00 for 18:30 Contact: Jeff Lock Email: jeff.lock@bigpond.com Cost: Members $65, Non Members $75
Nuclear Engineering Panel Economics of Nuclear Power Harricks Auditorium 17:30 to 19:30 Contact: Don Higson Email: higsond@bigpond.net.au Cost: Free
Thurs 27 Joint Electrical Branch – Engineers Australia, IET, IEEE Wireless Sensor Networks Harricks Auditorium 17:30 to 19:30 Contact: Gohulan Markandoo Email: gohulan.markandoo@huawei. com Cost: Free Thurs 27 Southern Highlands & Tablelands Regional Group Advances in Prosthetics Mineral Springs Room, Mittagong RSL 18:00 For 18:30 To 21:00 Contact: Gerald di Corpo Email: secretary_shtrg@ engineersaustralia.org.au Cost: Members $30 : Guests $35 : Students $15
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Engineering Heritage Committee Training Operators of Heritage Equipment Harricks Auditorium 17:30 for 18:00 to 19:30 Contact: Glenn Rigden Email: rigden@accsoft.com.au Cost: Free
Wed 10 Electrical & ITEE Branch Sydney Division Cyber Security – Half day Seminar Harricks Auditorium 12:00 to 18:30 Contact: Amal Hanna Email: AHanna@engineersaustralia. org.au Cost: Members $100, Non Member $132, Students Free Fri 12 Engineers Australia Sydney Division echartered Session Harricks Auditorium Starts: 9:30 Email: Jbresolin@ engineersaustralia.org.au Cost: Free Wed 17
Society of Fire Safety Sensitivity and Redundancy Harricks Auditorium 16:00 to 18:00 Contact: David Boverman Email: david.boverman@rfs.nsw. gov.au Cost: Members $20, Non Member $30
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Australasian Tunnelling Society Safe Work Australia – Guide for Tunnelling Work Chatswood RSL Club, 446 Victoria Ave, Chatswood 17:30 for 18:00 Contact: Jessica Qiu Email: ats.sydney@gmail.com. Cost: Free
Online CPD Presentations slides and notes of following events now available online to download at: www.engineersaustralia.org.au/sydney/techpresentations • Coastal, Ocean and Port Engineering Panel (COPEP) Half-day Seminar – 20 August 2012 • Fukishima Second Year: Doses & Health Effects • Quantifying interactions between catchment flooding and storm tides in the coastal zone • Passing the Baton and the Role of Leadership in Inspiring the Next Generations of Engineers 8 engineers sydney SEPTEMBER 2012
View video streams of following Sydney events and over 500 more covering all areas of engineering at: http://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/webcasts/ mediavisionz • The Age of the Armoured Battleship • Fixed Links and Long Span Bridges, Fifteen Years of incredible Challenges in Structural Engineering • Thordon Bearings • Tenability Criteria for Building Fires