The members’ newsletter of ICE Yorkshire and Humber January 2013
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In this issue Lecture Series Bradford's City Park is the subject of this year's lecture series. The background, design, and construction issues are explored over three evening lectures.
City Park, Bradford
Bringing you news and views on civil engineering in your region
New ICE Y&H Award
We welcome your comments, letters and articles.
The Impact Award demonstrates the positive impact of civil engineering on society.
Please contact us at: iceyandh@ice.org.uk Follow us on Twitter: Welcome to the January edition of ICE Local. The Committee and Regional Education Team have continued to work within the region to promote civil engineering to the Local Enterprise Partnerships and Chambers of Commerce and also undertake activities within local schools. A highlight of the past month was having the pleasure to be one of the judges for the Centenary and Smeaton award submissions. The shortlisted entrants all gave a 15 minute presentation followed by a short question and answer session enabling them to promote their scheme beyond the written submission made. The quality of the presentations and the civil engineering interest of the schemes was to a very high standard, this not only made them interesting but also provided me with new experiences and knowledge – contributing to my CPD for the year! I am now looking forward to determining the final winner with the other judges and presenting the awards at the Gala Dinner at The Majestic Hotel, Harrogate, on 15 March. We are again looking for your views and experience to support the Regional
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Advisory Board in producing an updated State of the Nation report on Transport. Much has changed since the last report in 2008 with recent public debate dominated by the future of our airports and the opportunities and challenges presented by high speed rail. If you would like to contribute further information can be found on the ICE website at: ice.org.uk/Information-resources/Infrastructurepolicy-and-reports/State-of-the-nation In a drive to reduce travel costs and CO2 the committee has been utilising virtual meetings to enable the committee and sub groups to meet without the need to travel. In December the committee’s Executive group used the ICE’s new WebEx service to meet. This proved to be successful and will be used again for these and other group meetings. The platform enabled members to join in securely by telephone and online with video and allowed documents to be shared simultaneously on their computer screens.
John Bowes
BEng CEng MICE ICE Y&H Chair 2012-13
Regional Achievers We celebrate award-winning regional achievers Hayley Smith and John Collins.
Five three one Leeds City Region's flagship business to business campaign offering access to mentoring, apprenticeships, work placements and more.
ICE Member Benefits The benefit of professional qualification.
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Forthcoming Events Lecture Series - City Park, Bradford City Park is a high-quality, six-acre public space in the heart of Bradford. Part of the regeneration master plan for Bradford City Centre, the £24.5m scheme relied on collaboration between the client, designers, contractor and specialist supply chain to develop the design from the original concept, through to completion. The end result is a landmark public space, commended in the 2012 ICE Yorkshire and Humber Awards. This year's lecture series will explore the project over three evening presentations, with each lecture delivered by an expert involved in a particular aspect of the project. L ecture 1: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council – The background to the project, key aims and aspirations, project inception, assembling the funding package, key issues from the client side of the project
Tuesday 5, 12, and 19 February, 18.30
Lecture Theatre E, Rose Bowl, Leeds Metropolitan University Contact iceyandh@ice.org.uk to book your place The series will be relevant to designers, contractors, consultants, local authorities and central government and is suitable for delegates who wish to attend any number of the lectures.
Lecture 2: Arup – The design process, working with the client to develop a scheme to meet their budget and key engineering issues Lecture 3: Birse – Constructing the park, key construction issues A site visit will take place on 26 February for those who have expressed interest and priority will be given to ICE members who have attended all of the lectures.
Event*
Date
Venue and contact
Charge Book
Landfill Lining Systems
Wednesday 13 February 18.30
University of Leeds, School of Civil Engineering e: grahamh@huesker.co.uk
Improvement of the A164 Humber Bridge to Beverley Road and use of the YORcivil Contract Framework
Thursday 28 February 18.30
University of Hull, Enterprise Centre e: michael.cargill@heta.co.uk
Communications Competition - regional final
Thursday 7 March 18.30
University of Sheffield e: iceyandh@ice.org.uk
Graduate Seminar 2
Thursday 14 March 13.15
Rogerthorpe Manor Hotel, Badsworth e: iceyandh@ice.org.uk
£
58th Annual Gala Dinner - Yorkshire and Humber Awards
Friday 15 March 19.00 for 19.30
The Majestic Hotel, Harrogate e: stephanie.thomas@ice.org.uk
£
The ICE Career Appraisal
Thursday 21 March 18.30
Rogerthorpe Manor Hotel, Badsworth e: iceyandh@ice.org.uk
Commercial Acumen for Civil Engineers
Wednesday 27 March 14.00
Rogerthorpe Manor Hotel, Badsworth e: iceyandh@ice.org.uk
*Selected events. Please see the latest version of the full events programme and the website for the most up to date information ice.org.uk/yorkshireandhumber
Coming soon...the new Impact Award We have all heard the statement ‘engineers save more lives than doctors’, but is there anything else that has made you stop and think that you would like to share with others? Could you pass on what inspires you as a civil engineer or something you have been inspired by? ICE Yorkshire and Humber will soon be welcoming submissions for the new Impact Award. Submissions should aim to demonstrate the positive impact of civil engineering on society, for example through engineering excellence, innovation or community engagement. The submission will need to be no more than one side of A4, comprising 1-4 photographs and a maximum of 200 words. Entry will be open to all and can be a personal impact or a reflection on the impact of civil engineering in general. More details will be published shortly or you can contact us at: iceyandh@ice.org.uk
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John Collins © IET
Hayley Smith
Regional Achievers John Collins
Hayley Smith
On Thursday 22 November ICE Member John Collins was presented with the IET Sir Henry Royce for Young Professionals Award at the IET Ambition and Achievement Awards 2012 Ceremony, London.
2012 was an exciting year for Graduate member Hayley Smith, Structural Engineer for Mason Clark Associates. She not only won the local Construction Best Practice Award for Young Achiever of the Year in October, but also went on to win the National Young Achiever Award at the Construction Best Practice Awards Dinner held on 30 November in London.1
The award was established in 1990 by the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation. A gold medal, certificate and £250 is given by the IET and the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation to a young professional who has excelled in the workplace within the last 12 months. John's award was given in recognition of his design work to replace the main span bearings of the Humber Bridge. This complex project has required detailed understanding of the bridge’s behaviour, formulation and appraisal of refurbishment or replacement options and detailed design. Construction will start in spring/summer 2013. Suzanne Flynn FIET, Chair of the Awards and Prizes Committee of the IET said: “The Sir Henry Royce Award was set up in 1990 in collaboration with the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation and is presented annually to a young professional who has achieved excellence in the previous year. Exceptionally, this year two awards were made; one of which was to Mr John Collins, Chartered Civil Engineer at Ove Arup & Partners. Mr Collins is a worthy winner for his enthusiasm for his work, technical understanding and problem solving skills which have been demonstrated in his role of designing a replacement for the Humber Bridge’s main span A-frame rocker bearings.”
In addition to this Hayley also reached the ICE Papers Competition final with her paper entitled “The Use of Treehouses in Developing Countries to Help Solve a Housing Crisis”. To aid her research she undertook a visit to Ndhiwa in Kenya, where she interviewed local residents and visited their houses to assess the condition of housing in the area. Before the visit Hayley raised money for the charity “Team Kenya”, who used donations to help fund pupils through school and buy vital resources such as school equipment, clothes and food for those that are in most need of help. Whilst in Ndhiwa Hayley worked with the charity to build a new hut at the charity base and promoted engineering to youths by volunteering at the maths and science homework club. She also gave workshops with female students to give them confidence to carry on with their education and discussed the advantages of those subjects necessary to become an engineer. Locally Hayley is also an ICE and STEMNET Schools Ambassador, and she visits primary and secondary schools to promote civil and structural engineering, highlighting the importance of science, technology, engineering and maths.2 1
http://www.masonclark.co.uk/latest_news_mason_clark.php
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http://www.yourchamber.org.uk/news/2012/10/construction-best-practice-young-
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Regional Education Team The Regional Education Team are busy preparing for National Science and Engineering Week (15-24 March 2013) where their events will include Engineering a Green City in Sheffield, setting the Tower Challenge for visitors to the National Railway Museum in York, and Bridge Building at a school in Leeds. If you would be interested in helping at these or any other events, or if you have a suggestion for a future event, please contact us at: iceyandh@ice.org.uk Otley Science Fair 2012
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Five things you can do... three reasons to do them... one possible outcome Five three one is a flagship business to business campaign charged with offering hassle free access to mentoring, apprenticeships and work placements, amongst others, as the means to help boost local growth. It aims to address skills and employment gaps within individual sectors, including high demand for senior engineers, difficulties employing to certain positions within the industry, influencing students to take up apprenticeships and training within the industry as well as gender imbalances, most notably less than 11% young women going into engineering. The Chair of the Leeds City Region Employment and Skills Board, John Anderson of BT explains: “Leeds City Region LEP has recognised the need to nurture and develop the engineering sector across the region. As part of the five three one campaign, we work in partnership to promote positive advice and guidance to young people starting out on a career.”
The campaign is designed to encourage work experience placements for those who are looking for a new challenge and champions apprenticeships for all. We would like to encourage more engineering businesses in the city region to sign up to five three one. We will be running a road show and will be visiting all areas in the region to promote the campaign, including as part of the Wakefield, Calderdale, Bradford, Barnsley business weeks as well as other events across the city region. The campaign is nurtured by the Leeds City Region LEP working side by side with Job Centre Plus, National Apprenticeship Service, New Enterprise Allowance Service, Education Business Partnerships, Leeds City Region Skills network, private sector partners and local authorities across the area. For more information on how your business can benefit from the campaign please visit: leedscityregion.gov.uk/fivethreeone
ICE Member Benefits - Professional Qualification ICE’s membership and professional qualifications are internationally recognised and highly valued, and membership of ICE has to be earned. Being part of the ICE says more about your professional standing and ability than qualifications alone. It is a sign of your dedication and personal achievement, and a benchmark of a technician or engineer's competencies. Did you know ICE currently offers eight grades of membership - there is a grade to suit everyone working in the field of civil engineering and its related professions.
Student Joining as a Student member is free and is the first step to becoming a professionally qualified civil engineer.
Member Membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers (MICE) can be awarded to a wide range of engineers practising in the broad area of civil engineering.
Graduate Graduate membership of ICE is the ideal stepping stone to becoming a professionally qualified engineer.
Fellow Fellow is the highest grade of membership of the Institution and may be awarded if you are or have been engaged in a position of responsibility in the promotion, planning, design, construction, maintenance or management of important engineering work.
Technician Member Technician membership (TMICE) of ICE can be awarded to a wide range of technicians practising in the broad area of civil engineering. Associate Member Associate membership (AMICE) is open to a wide range of technical and scientific specialists who are engaged in activities or a profession that directly supports or is closely allied with the work of a civil engineer operating in the built environment.
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Affiliate If you work in a field associated with civil engineering, such as law and geology. Companion If you work at the same level as a Fellow, but in a field relating to civil engineering rather than civil engineering itself, you may be eligible to become a Companion.