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ICE Scotland Support Team:

If you have a project or event you would like to tell ICE Scotland members about, please contact the office:

Director for Scotland Derek Elder e: [email protected] t: 07920 788772

AACE

Aberdeen Association of Civil Engineers

AACE YMG

Aberdeen Young Members Group

DAB

Dundee Area Branch

EAB

Edinburgh Area Branch

Membership Development Officers Ross Wilson e: [email protected]

EAB G&S

Edinburgh Graduates & Students

GWoS

Glasgow & West of Scotland

GWoS G&S

Glasgow & West of Scotland Graduates & Students

H&I

Highlands & Islands Branch

David Kennedy e: [email protected]

MGS

Municipal Group Scotland

PHEW

Panel for Historical Engineering Works

Patricia Fort e: [email protected]

SGG

Scottish Geotechnical Group

SHG

Scottish Hydrological Group

SHSG

Scottish Hydraulics Study Group

STG

Scottish Transport Group

ICE Scotland Office c/o Scottish Engineering 105 West George Street Glasgow G2 1QL t: 0141 221 5276 e: [email protected] www.ice.org.uk www.ice-eastofscotland.org.uk www.ice-westofscotland.org.uk www.ice-scotland.org.uk from Nov 09 Registered charity number 210252 Charity registered in Scotland number SC038629

Administrator Lynn Dow e: [email protected] Marketing & Communications Nicola Smith e: [email protected] t: 07500 012491 Education & Careers Co-ordinator John McPartlin e: [email protected]

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chairman’s report Since ICE Scotland’s formation earlier this year and its first Committee Meeting, held in Perth on 24th March, work has been continuing apace to establish the new combined Region, (it goes “live” in November of this year), individual responsibilities within the framework of the Committee, form a clear strategy for the future and build good communications with the five reformed Branches, namely Aberdeen Association, Edinburgh, Dundee, Glasgow & West of Scotland and Highlands & Islands. In addition to establishing a resilient structure, the Committee will be endeavouring to deliver the three main strategic platforms; a broad and inclusive membership, knowledge

transfer and a public voice in Scotland. To achieve these aims, engagement and assistance from the Branches and the Special Interest Groups will be essential. Earlier this month, the ICE Scotland Committee, Branch Chairs and Council members convened at the University of Stirling, when we were addressed by our incoming ICE President, Paul Jowitt. Originally from Yorkshire, Paul is proud to be an adopted Scot, based at Heriot Watt University. The meeting proved to be an excellent opportunity to get our message across and to hear Paul’s plans for his year of office. Our best wishes go Paul and of course we will be seeing him again at his National Dinner which will be held in Edinburgh this November.

When I assumed the role of first ICE Scotland Chairman earlier this year, I said that the delivery of the Institution in Scotland to members must be through the Branches. I wish to reemphasise this tenet, remain firmly committed to it and urge the Branches to continue their excellent work. I now look forward to the challenges ahead during the remainder of my term of office which extends to December 2010. I and my Committee are committed to leaving a robust ICE structure in Scotland and a thriving future. Gordon M Pomphrey Chairman, ICE Scotland September 2009

director’s report As Gordon Pomphrey notes above, the new ICE Scotland Committee takes up its formal role in November, when Paul Jowitt becomes ICE President. A nice ‘double’ then as the new President, who notes that he has spent more time in Scotland than in his native Yorkshire, takes office at the same time as ICE Scotland becomes a reality. An early decision by the new Committee is to move to the same financial year as ICE, running with the calendar from January to December. This will allow the Support Team and the Committees to do their financial planning on the same cycle as ICE, and should make financial control easier.

This will matter in the next few years as ICE, along with many other organisations, faces challenging financial times. The 2010 budget is likely to be much tighter than the current year and there have been many difficult decisions to take about ICE’s priorities. However, ICE members have consistently made it clear that they believe we need to raise our game in growing the membership, in providing more, and more relevant, opportunities for them to meet and share knowledge at our various events and evening meetings, and in taking a more active role in promoting the profession to the public and politicians. No easy task, but the new structure of

ICE Scotland is designed to make the most of opportunities at branch and Scottish level to deliver all three. One of the first priorities I had when I became ICE Scotland Director in 2006 was to join with the Committees in working towards a single ICE Scotland. Well, members supported this overwhelmingly and we are there now. I look forward to working with the Chairman and his colleagues to meet the members’ aspirations in the challenging times ahead. Derek Elder Director, ICE Scotland

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Telford Bridge Bicentenary Marked at Dunkeld Picture L-R: The piper, Chris Ford, Ann Gaunt, the Duke & Duchess of Atholl, Jamie Christie.

On 21st May 2009, John 11th Duke of Atholl unveiled a plaque on Telford’s bridge over the river Tay at Dunkeld, to mark the bicentenary of its opening in 1809. Retired civil engineer and ICE Fellow Christopher Ford organised the plaque, supported by ICE Scotland and the Panel for Historical Engineering Works. The bridge was built by John 4th Duke of Atholl to replace two ferries as part of the scheme by the Commissioners for Highland Roads and Bridges to improve the Roads and Access in the Highlands; the Duke to recover his share of the costs by toll charges. It was designed by Thomas Telford and is considered to be his finest Highland Bridge. Fair weather prevailed as the present Duke was welcomed by a piper of the Atholl Highlanders. Jamie Christie, then-Chairman of ICE East of Scotland gave a concise but detailed history of the bridge before the unveiling. A vote of thanks was given by Councillor Ann Gaunt, Vice-Convenor of the Enterprise and Infrastructure committee of Perth & Kinross Council.

Prince’s Foundation John Thomson, incoming Chairman of the Municipal Group Scotland, has been seconded to the “Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment” from Perth and Kinross Council and the advice he is providing along with lessons he’s learning may benefit communities in years to come. John said: “My increase in knowledge and experience has been exceptional and provides a refreshingly new and holistic view of urban development.” He and his colleagues at the Foundation examine the Social, Economic and Environmental aspects of a location and by using the Foundation’s “Enquiry by Design” planning tools analyse existing urban zones and provide guidance on the right way to progress new

John (right) and the Prince of Wales exchange comments with Kristen Anderson, Senior Planner, and Jim McKinnon, Head of Planning at the Scottish Government, during a meeting at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh.

developments as well as the effective redevelopment of established towns and cities. “We’re looking at developing sustainable urban zones with densities of population that make public transport more cost effective and more carbon neutral, along with encouraging local employment rather than miles away.”

John’s wide experience of Transportation and Engineering is assisting the Foundation with the provision of urban infrastructure that reflects whole life costs and realistically addresses all current demands. The secondment has resulted in extensive travel within the UK, giving John access to major city redevelopments such as the London East End as well as to smaller Scottish community development.

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news Scottish Construction Centre appoints Malcolm Horner as Director

Professor Ian Barr

Professor Malcolm Horner, ICE Fellow and former Chairman of the ICE Scotland Management Board, took up the post of Director of the SCC in July.

David Ian Hunter Barr (known as Ian) was born in Australia, near Sydney, and subsequently came to Glasgow where he attended Jordanhill College School. From 1945-49 he studied on a sandwich course at the Royal Technical College, gaining a BSc in civil engineering with first class honours and diploma of the RTC with distinction. His placements were spent with James Williamson and Partners, a consultancy firm advising the recentlyformed North of Scotland Hydro-electric Board.

The SCC, driven by genuine needs within the Scottish construction sector, promotes innovation while encouraging best practice, improving research and developing more fluent communication across the sector. Malcolm has a wealth of experience in a wide range of business areas and is highly regarded by both Scottish industry and government. Malcolm says: ‘The SCC is playing a leading role in helping the Scottish Construction industry to further enhance its performance. Never has this been more important than during these difficult financial times. Working alongside the Scottish Construction Forum, the Centre provides support to industry and Government in a wide range of activities including Sustainability, Lean Thinking, Whole Life Costing, and Health and Safety, and is rapidly becoming the first port of call for those who require information or advice about the Scottish Construction industry. Having been associated with the Centre since its inception, I am delighted to take responsibility for ensuring that it becomes a permanent fixture on the Scottish Construction landscape. As the new lead, Malcolm will be focusing on reinforcing the SCC missionstatement while planning the future strategy for the centre and its associated approach to funding in order to ensure a sustainable future for the centre.

Civil engineer and academic

Following National Service he returned to Williamson’s, where the Breadalbane hydro scheme was advancing rapidly and the design had begun of a large thermal power station at Kincardine on Forth. The local effects of the tide on cooling water flows were studied on a large, hydraulic scale model. This work was supervised by Barr in 1954 and his paper on it was published by the ICE in 1958. By then he had returned to the RTC for full-time research studies which resulted in a PhD, and it was during this time he began lecturing. From a lectureship at RTC in 1960 his career progressed as the department expanded and RTC achieved University status. Appointed to the new chair of hydraulics in 1968, Barr was still scrupulous in taking his share of teaching. During the 70s and early 80s he was the departmental chairman for three periods and he initiated the interdepartmental BSc in environmental health. This course led to most Scottish local authorities having an environmental health officer with the Strathclyde degree. Barr was appointed member and honorary vice-president of the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland in recognition of his efforts. Investigations continued to arise involving power stations such as Hunterston, Cockenzie and Torness, estuary road crossings of the A9 at the Cromarty and Dornoch Firths, river diversion works and

Born: 19 November, 1927, in New South Wales, Australia. Died: 3 April 2009, in Glasgow, aged 81 others leading to some 60 reports over the years. He also supervised some 20 PhD students. He was always interested in the resistance to flow in pipes and open channels. The national hydraulics research establishment had published tables for such flows in 1963 to which Barr subsequently proposed refinements. These have been fully incorporated in later editions and the two-volume “Tables for the hydraulic design of pipes, sewers and channels” is an international reference work, now in its 8th edition. Barr was elected associate member of the ICE in 1953 and became a Fellow in 1969. He was also a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He regularly supported the local specialist groups of ICE Scotland and having previously been chairman of the Scottish Hydrological Group, he also gave the inaugural lecture of the Scottish Hydraulics Study Group in 1989. That same year he retired from his position in the Department of Civil Engineering but continued as honorary professor. Although not given to lengthy conversation, Barr was good humoured, generous with his time and gave advice which was direct and well considered. His stated objective was a balance between publishing, encouraging others to publish and interacting with the engineering community on specific problems. Ian married Morag in 1955. She survives him together with their children Kenneth, Niall, Shona and Donald and grandson Ewan. With thanks to John M Townson and John F Riddell.

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www.ice-scotland.org.uk

Meet your MDO

From the end of October all visitors to the existing ice-eastofscotland. org.uk and ice-westofscotland.org.uk websites will be forwarded to the retitled ice-scotland.org.uk page. There you will be able to find details of the Regional and Branch committees, forthcoming events across Scotland and electronic copies of regional publications such as the Yearbook and this very newsletter!

Any employer or individual who needs advice on Routes to Membership of the Institution may arrange to meet one of Scotland’s 3 MDOs either at the place of employment, in the Glasgow ICE office or at a mutually convenient venue. Please contact David Kennedy, Patricia Fort or Ross Wilson by either phoning the Scotland office on 0141 221 5276 or by e-mail (contact details on page 2).

MyICE are your details up to date? Have you moved house, changed job or switched email addresses? If so please make sure you update your details on the ICE membership database by logging on to the secure MyICE section of the website at https://wam.ice.org. uk. Alternatively please contact the Subscriptions Department on 0207 665 2227 to update your information.

Professional Review Preparation Spring Reviews will be held in Edinburgh (Edinburgh Capital Hotel), Tuesday and Wednesday, 30 and 31 March 2010, with the candidate application dates as 11 - 15 January 2010 (note this earlier date). If you wish to apply for your Professional Review, either CPR or MPR, in spring 2010, please ensure that your Training Agreement is signed-off in good time to allow for consolidation and preparation, ie by the end of October so that you can apply in January 2010 for the Review. If you are using the Career Appraisal process then you must allow at least 8 weeks for the result to be issued to you and, quoting directly from MGN 11, “The result of your Career Appraisal may very well involve you in some additional work, which will take weeks or even months. You are thus strongly advised to allow enough time between receiving the result of your Career Appraisal and applying for a Professional Review. A minimum of four months would be advisable.” Thus the latest for your application to have gone in to ensure that you comply with the above and have your confirmation letter in time to apply for MPR or CPR, was mid-July. If you are now considering submitting a Career Appraisal application with a view to applying for the spring Reviews then you are strongly advised to seek guidance to ensure that your submission is robust and does not require additional work. Patricia Fort, MDO, ICE Scotland

Annual Conference Designing Contracts To Be Fit For Purpose

ICE Municipal Group Scotland

Friday 30 October 2009 09:00 - 17:00 Crutherland House Hotel, East Kilbride. £95 including VAT & lunch (£45 for retired or student members) Contact Malcolm Taberner, [email protected], 01224 665301 for more information and booking.

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spring professional reviews

ICE Scotland would like to congratulate the following members on their success at the Spring Professional Reviews: Matt David Barron

CPR

Brian McGhee

CPR

Christopher Bilsland

CPR

Paul McMurdo

CPR

Andrew James Bird

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Eric David Millar

CPR

Angela Brett

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Tim John Moore

MPR

Morven Bridges

CPR

Kathleen Murphy

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Richard Andrew Brown

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Paula Louise Napier

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Gordon Craig Brown

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Paul Michael Nash

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Hector Maclean Campbell

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Graham Anthony Nash

MPR

Sean Clemie

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Paul O’Connor

CPR

Richard John Edward Cook

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Andrew Ian Pearce

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Annabel Louise Dawson

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Nathan William Roberts

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Richard Mair Donnet

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Phillip James Sherry

MPR

Ailsa Downie

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Chris Short

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Andrew Gordon

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Garry William Smith

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Ali Hassanirad

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Lauren Mary Stewart

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David Herron

MPR

Grant James Symon

CPR

Johnathon Laing

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Andrew James Tozer

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Michael Alexander Laing

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John Watson Turnbull

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Elizabeth Anne Maciver

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Adam Walker

MPR

Scott MacIver

CPR

Gordon Bruce Wright

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Paul McCreadie

CPR

Gokce Yontucu

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50 candidates will sit their Review at the Autumn session in Glasgow on Wednesday 06 and Thursday 07 October. We wish them all the best of luck! For details of the Spring 2010 Reviews and application process please see facing page.

Edinburgh University Civil Engineering Reunion Friday 12th March 2010 at 3.00 pm at the William Rankine Building, KB The main excuse for this Reunion is to celebrate around 100 years of teaching by Dr Neil Fairbairn, Professor Mike Forde and Dr David Ponniah and to establish a Scholarship Fund for undergraduates. The format of the day will emerge as we get closer to the Reunion, but we have some ground rules and ideas: • Ground rule: no personal donation or gift to be made to Neil, Mike or David only contributions to the Scholarship Fund. • Bring a “bottle” to keep the budget low and maximise your donation to the Scholarship Fund • Have a look around our new state of the art “William Rankine Building” - on the footprint of the “old wooden shack”.....!! • Enjoy meeting your fellow students from years gone by, and some of the academics from over the years...... • Details of how to contribute on line to the Scholarship Fund will follow shortly. Please email us if you are thinking of attending or would like to contribute to the Scholarship Fund: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]

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around Municipal Group Scotland

East of Scotland

Alistair MacKenzie with Jamie Christie

At the final EoS AGM in May, outgoing Chairman Jamie Christie passed on the badge of office to Alistair MacKenzie. He also presented Richard Williams, Honorary Secretary, with a timepiece to mark his 10 years service.

The EoS Committee will officially dissolve in November when Paul Jowitt takes up Presidency of the ICE. The Committee have generously agreed that the badge of office should be reworked to become the new ICE Scotland badge of office at that time. Alistair MacKenzie is pictured above with John McNaught (GWoS Chairman), Graeme Forsyth (incoming GWoS Hon Secretary) and Kevin Galbraith (DAB Chairman) attending the Edinburgh International Festival Service at St Giles Cathedral on behalf of the Institution.

Aberdeen Association Inspires a Tasty Challenge A donation from the AACE to the Aberdeen and North East Coeliac Group enabled the group to start a competition to raise awareness of celiac disease amongst up and coming local chefs. Student chefs at Aberdeen College were challenged to devise a three-course menu suitable for someone with coeliac disease. Four finalists were chosen to cook their menus for a panel of judges, including AACE President Clive Kennedy. Group organiser Ruth McGill said, “The standard of cooking from all of the finalists was very high but the winning student stood out by supplying both pastry and shortbread which we normally have to avoid when eating out.” Winning student Tracy Tomlinson was presented with a cheque for £200 to help towards her training. Both Aberdeen College and the Aberdeen and North East Coeliac Group hope that this competition will become an annual event.

The Municipal Group held two very successful and well-attended events over the summer. In June, the Water & Regeneration seminar showed how quality design and natural engineering can secure profits and economic growth from rivers, canals and coastlines. From inception to completion, an audience of 47 was taken on a tour of the world’s major examples of waterfront regeneration achievements which highlighted various important issues including legal, environmental and practical aspects. The seminar demonstrated that the water’s edge is a most popular spot for people and profits and that the use of water-fronts and features to regenerate a town or city attracts trade and tourism and breathes life into local economies. The second Framework For Streets masterclass in August attracted 96 delegates who heard about the latest developments in Street Design & Management from experts. Attended by engineers, landscape architects, planners and architects, this was the second in a series and provided a comprehensive coverage of the latest thinking on street design. The agenda included why streets are the shape they are, who can sue whom and for what, creating a successful business environment and how to do a placecheck. This exchange of essential knowledge and best practice will be followed up by further events as this vitally important topic develops. Plans are well advanced for the Group’s Annual Conference; Designing Contracts to be Fit For Purpose, to be held on 30th October. Details of the Municipal Group Photo Competition will be announced - all Members welcome to enter, so start snapping!

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Glasgow & West of Scotland The preparations for the 2009-10 session hold the added attraction of the additional events to mark the 125th anniversary of ICE Glasgow & West of Scotland - the first ICE ‘Association’ to be established outside London. During this time, ICE G&WoS will also be managing the transition from an autonomous Region within ICE to its new Branch status under the new ICE Scotland structure, under the chairmanship of David Anderson. Whilst all the ICE activities and events throughout Glasgow & West of Scotland are under the overall direction and control of the main committee, it is the well-established structure of sub-committees where the real work is carried out. The varied calendar of regular events together with the additional 125th Anniversary activities will provide an interesting year for members throughout the Glasgow & West of Scotland area.

Central to Glasgow ICE G&WoS are assisting in the publication of a 2nd Edition of this fascinating book on the history of Glasgow’s Central Station. The reprinted and updated version should be completed during the autumn and would make an ideal Christmas present! Copies will be available from ICE Scotland office price £21.50 (incl p&p).

G&WoS 125th Anniversary Events Loch Katrine 150th anniversary: 14th October 2009 A joint event to mark the commissioning of the Loch Katrine water supply scheme which transformed the health of the people of Glasgow. Plans include: • A Civic Dinner at Glasgow City Chambers, hosted by the Lord Provost • Loch Katrine exhibition at The Mitchell (running from midOctober to December 2009) • Commissioning of the refurbished Stewart Memorial Fountain in Kelvingrove Park • A sail on Loch Katrine aboard SS Sir Walter Scott planned by PHEW

“125 Years of G&WoS - Back to the Future” 15th October 2009, Mitchell Library Theatre, 5.30 for 6.15pm This celebratory 125 Anniversary lecture will feature some of G&WoS’s most prestigious past Chairmen and industry specialists who will dip into their own disciplines’ major achievements in the last 125 years. This civil engineering feast of past glories will be delivered by Gordon Masterton (Environment), Jim McCafferty (Roads), Robert Binnie (Water), Sam Thorburn (Structures) and Duncan Sooman (Rail). This is anticipated to be a major highlight of this year’s technical programme. Please note the change from our usual venue.

Committee 2009-10 The G&WoS AGM saw some committee changes and the presentation of the Chairman’s Address ‘The Power and the Glory’. Long-serving Honorary Secretary Shaun Nesbitt retired after ten years in post, with Graeme Forsyth appointed as his successor. Martin Cullen completed three years as Chair of the Graduates & Students, while Alan Simpson and Gordon Pomphrey finished their terms as past-chairmen, and John McRobert completed his time as the last-ever G&WoS Representative on Council. Ian McKay and Norman McLean both finished their period as elected members having respectively chaired the Syllabus and the Education & Training subcommittees. Also during the year our long-serving Dinner Convener Dom Gallagher retired after his thirteenth Annual Dinner; Derek Chambers is in post as his successor. The efforts of all who have contributed with energy and enthusiasm in the organisation of all the ICE G&WoS events and activities is acknowledged. Looking forward, a warm welcome awaits the new members Barclay Chalmers, Craig McMaster and Richard McGowan (who will Chair the Graduates & Students Committee). David Anderson Chairman, G&WoS

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PHEW Summer visit to Wick, July 2009 About five years ago a group of local people in Wick took a walk along the “Mill Lade”; they found it to be overgrown and filled with rubbish. This they felt was no way to treat Telford’s 1809 water supply for Pulteneytown, which had been instrumental in the growth of the area’s herring industry by providing a plentiful supply of clean water. Through the Wick Paths Project the group managed to clean up this historic engineering feature and on Friday 3rd July a sculpture commemorating Telford’s work was unveiled by Margaret Viscountess Thurso. The ceremony formed part of a weekend of visits to Historic Engineering Works in the Wick area organised jointly by the Wick Paths Project and the Institution

the breakwater. From here the party visited the round house which had been built by Telford for James Bremner, followed by a tour of Pulteneytown, the planned town devised by Telford to house the people involved with the herring fishing industry for which the improvements of the harbour had been carried out.

of Civil Engineer’s Panel for Historical Engineers. The opening ceremony had been preceded in the morning by a walk around Wick. After looking around the harbour the party visited the remains of Stevenson’s breakwater. Over the years the Harbour at Wick has undergone several improvements: Telford 1811, Joseph Mitchell 1825 (contractor James Bremner), and in the 1860’s D & T Stevenson. On more than one occasion work under construction was damaged or destroyed by storms, in particular

On Saturday the morning was spent visiting the Wick Heritage Centre where among other interesting items the original Stevenson light from Noss Head Lighthouse is housed. After lunch the party set off for Whaligoe steps, which give access to the landing place by a stairway of 365 Caithness Flagstone steps winding their way down the cliff face, Lybster Harbour, and then Berridale where, after a look at the two masonry Telford bridges of c1815, the party stopped at Telford’s Church for the presentation of a framed picture of Thomas Telford to the church. This was followed by a look at: Dunbeath Heritage Centre and Harbour; Dunbeath Bridge, a 60ft span Parliamentary bridge (Telford, 1813) over Dunbeath Water; Spitall Quarry, where the still-quarried Caithness Flagstone Stone is processed and Greystones Bridge, a 3 arch Telford bridge over Wick river built 1816 by the contractor J Traill.

On Sunday the morning was spent looking at Noss Head Lighthouse (1849) built by engineer Alan Stevenson and the adjacent Castle Sinclair Girnigoe. Over lunch members of the party viewed an exhibition of Telford in Wick.

This was followed by a visit to Ackergill lifeboat slipway built in 1910, probably the first ferroconcrete slipway in Britain, and Wester Bridge 1835, built to a design drawn by Telford and intended for the bridge at Watten but not used. The next port of call was to Keiss church for the presentation of a second framed picture of Thomas Telford. Keiss was the birthplace of the ingenious Civil Engineer and notable wreck-raiser, James Bremner (1784-1856). He was employed to build a harbour here and it appears to be the first place he used vertically set flagstones to mitigate the effects of the wave force. The work was carried out utilising barges and cranes. Started in 1818

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it was not completed until 1833. To celebrate this remarkable man a plaque was erected in the harbour on behalf of the Glasgow & West of Scotland ICE archives committee. This plaque was unveiled by Caithness civic leader Councillor David Bremner (no relation) after the ceremony in the church. To round off the visit a stop was made at Castletown to see the Castlehill Heritage Centre and Castlehill Harbour. This is one of James Bremner’s Harbours and was the shipping point for Caithness Flagstone to places around Britain. During the weekend the party was joined for some of the time by the local MSP’s Rob Gibson and Jamie Stone, and John Thurso MP. We very much welcome the motion which Rob Gibson submitted to Parliament on 2 July “That the Parliament offers its congratulations to the Wick Paths Project on the organisation of the upcoming three-day event in Caithness from 3 to 5 July celebrating the genius of Thomas Telford, the designer and builder; welcomes the group of engineers making the trip; further recognises the economic benefit to the county and the lasting impact that Thomas Telford made culturally, architecturally and socially on this beautiful part of our country, and wishes it every success with this innovative and important initiative”. This is the first time we have had parliamentary recognition of a PHEW summer visit. We would like to thank everyone especially Jenny Bruce of the Wick Paths Project for their help in making it such an excellent and enjoyable visit. Sandra Purves PHEW

Readers of Dr. Johnson’s Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland may recall his having in 1773 to sleep on hay in his riding coat in the inn at Glenelg . . . “Mr. Boswell being more delicate laid himself sheets with hay over and under him and lay in linen like a gentleman”! The next day they were ferried to Armidale. Last year my attention was drawn to the unlisted historic Kyle Rhea ferry by the owner of its Glenelg slip James Watt who wishes to preserve it in use and, following an approach to Historic Scotland supported by PHEW Scotland, the Glenelg slips were listed category C(S). Following further research in Edinburgh and on site a fuller case recently has been put to Historic Scotland on behalf of the Panel with a view to an ‘A’ listing for the complete ferry and facilitating the authentic repair of this 191-yearold outstanding transport facility. It is mostly in excellent original state. There has been a ferry at this site, the narrowest crossing to Skye, from the earliest times. The ferry also had a robust national military connection with nearby Bernera Barracks for several decades from c.1750. However, the case for an ‘A’ listing of its present structures is primarily based on the ferry being an integral part of a national route from Edinburgh to and across Skye for many years from its completion by the Highland Road Commission in 1818 and before. Also, for

Kyle Rhea Ferry - Glenelg to Skye Telford 1818 its first class design and build documentation and provenance [Telford/Mitchell/Davidson] and, not least, the extraordinary context of its probably unique separate slip which accommodated up to 8,000 swimming black cattle annually for nearly a century - a trade dubbed by the late Professor A.R.B. Haldane, ‘once a vivid and vital part of the life of Scotland’. The ferry slips were finely executed in 1818 for £1,146 by one of Telford’s best Highland Roads contractors, John Davidson, whose skill and integrity were praised by the poet Southey after an inspection of his work with Telford in 1819 [Journal 1929]. The adjoining Glenelg Road [built 181419 over Mam Ratagan pass by John Read for £8,806] has a remarkable 90m long and at least 5.5m high in places retaining wall at the Glenelg slip approach which is deserving of inclusion in the group listing. The present ferry boat with its swivel deck is now rare and also of considerable interest. During my inspection in July (in fine weather!) its operation at the slip, overlooked by the relocated Old Sandaig Lighthouse [D.A. Stevenson 1909] and cattle slip with the former Ferry Inn in the background, provided an historic transport experience of great quality and charm. Professor Roland Paxton Chair, PHEW

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ICE Benefit Fund helping Engineers back to work The current downturn in the economy is having an effect on all of us and many ICE members may be facing worries about the market and their future employment. The ICE Benevolent Fund recently revealed a dramatic surge in the number of calls to its helpline as the number of redundancies in the industry continues to rise. There is help available however - engineers who have been out of work for three months or longer are being offered the opportunity to join the ICE Benevolent Fund’s outplacement/back to work programme. This scheme is run for the Fund by Chiumento which is a leading HR and career transition consultancy. Run over 4 months, an individual is given assistance and support by a career consultant who offers them 6 coaching sessions to increase their marketability and improve their job prospects. Typically, the course will cover the following: • Identifying transferable skills, strengths and experience • Evaluating potential job options, including self employment • developing a CV to generate interviews and helping your resume stand out from the potentially hundreds of others received

The programme has been running for nearly 3 years and boasts a huge success rate. Over 70% of individuals who have completed the course have either got themselves back into engineering positions, changed career direction or decided on a more balanced lifestyle taking up some voluntary work. John got himself back at work with Network Rail after a period of unemployment. He says: “I must confess that I was apprehensive about yet another Career Counsellor - CV all wrong, my approach all wrong, not a civil engineer himself etc etc. However, after a couple of sessions, to help get rid of my personal baggage and prejudices, I felt more confident and able to self-analyse where I wanted to be and where and how to look to get there. Mark’s professional and invaluable guidance helped me realise my self worth and it was his encouraging attitude that prompted me to follow up old networking opportunities.” Melanie also got herself back into engineering work after some time out having her family. She says:

• Exploring all aspects of the job market and researching potential employers

“I am now in work, thanks to the ICE Benevolent Fund which gave me the opportunity to participate in the Outplacement scheme. My time on the programme was very beneficial, with lot of tips and materials on job search, CV writing and interview techniques. I would recommend this scheme for anyone who is actively seeking employment.”

In addition, each applicant will have password controlled access to Chiumento’s jobsbank which hosts circa 100,000 vacancies per month.

Anyone wanting further information on the work of the Benevolent Fund, or the outplacement scheme should visit www.bfice.org.uk

• coaching in self marketing and developing a self marketing plan • simulated interview training with feedback using CCTV • Identifying unadvertised sources of jobs

Concessionary Rate ICE Subscriptions Members who become unable to afford the full membership subscription may be eligible for the Concession rate, which includes full entitlement to journals. This concessionary rate is available to those whose income is £11,000 or less per annum and may be suitable for members who are on career breaks or maternity leave, and those who have been made redundant or are undertaking voluntary work. The yearly concessionary subscription rate is £50 for members residing both within and outside the EU. The one-page Concessionary Rate application form can be downloaded from the ICE website under Membership/Fees. The Concession rate must be applied for yearly because it is intended to cover temporary changes in circumstances.

ICE Benevolent Fund Needs Your Support At the July meeting of the ICE Scotland Committee, Benevolent Fund Chief Executive Kris Barnett gave an illuminating presentation on the work of the Fund. The Fund provides a wide range of support services for Institution members and their families who find themselves in need of practical help. The article from Kris Barnett on this page shows just one aspect of the assistance on offer. For more details of the variety of support given please visit the website at www.bfice.org.uk. The Fund’s workload has been increasing in recent years as more and more members discover the caring, practical and personalised services offered to help with the range of difficult circumstances any one of us may encounter. The Fund’s income depends on donations, particularly from ICE members at subscription time. The basic donation on the form is just £5, yet only a minority of members subscribe. The ICE Scotland Committee wishes to encourage all ICE Scotland members to consider making the Benefit Fund donation with their subs this autumn, so that this excellent service will continue to be available for those who need it, when they need it.

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opportunities & benefits Get Involved With Your ICE Local Branches are keen to have enthusiastic participation from their members. If you would like to get involved with the activities in your area you can do so at any level. Here are a few suggestions to get you started: • Attend a local technical meeting or social event • Take a friend or colleague along with you

RedR Glasgow - Support Wanted!

Wondering what to do during the coming wet and wintry months? Then why not join RedR Glasgow Group. RedR is the leading training and recruitment charity working in international disaster relief. RedR work saves and rebuilds the lives of people affected by disasters worldwide by ensuring that the right people, with the right skills are available to respond. We are a group of individuals with mutual interests in supporting RedR in a number of ways. Our activities are also linked with Engineers Without Borders and Engineers For Overseas Development.

We would be keen to have your support and hear your ideas on how RedR Glasgow can help promote RedR in general as well as support local and international initiatives. You don’t have to be a RedR member, people from all ages with any skills are welcome. And best of all, it’s free to come along! In the coming months, we are planning to hold and participate in a number of events and activities which you would be most welcome to join and participate in. For more information on what RedR is all about please visit www.redr. org.uk To register your interest to find out more information on RedR Glasgow, simply send an email to richard. [email protected]

• Attend a local Committee meeting - contact details are in the Yearbook. Meetings are open to members but please check beforehand as venue capacities vary. • Volunteer active involvement - take part in one of the school schemes like Bridges to Schools (1 day) or Westpoint Bridge Challenge (1-2hrs); offer your site for a members’ visit; offer to judge a Graduates & Students competition; use your expertise to submit responses to the various consultations ICE is asked to participate in • Stand for Committee - details of how to do this are available from your local Branch. If you are not sure which Branch you belong to please contact Nicola Smith, [email protected] 07500 021491.

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Bridging the Border

Kickstart 2009 (23rd July) The Kickstart summer programme provided a range of engineering and science activities for S5 pupils from the Edinburgh area to experience

Pupils test their paper bridges to destruction

To commemorate the 150th anniversary of Robert Stephenson’s death, ICE North East and ICE Scotland joined forces for three days of activities in June with around 300 pupils in Berwick-UponTweed as part of the town’s ‘Season of Stephenson’ activities.

Primary, Reston Primary, Chirnside Primary, Coldingham Primary and Eyemouth Primary all taking part. The cable stayed bridge kit was transported by BEAR Scotland, who also provided volunteers along with Borders Council to supervise the activities.

The celebration of Stephenson’s life and work brought together youngsters from North and South of the Border. Pupils from P6 and P7 in Scotland and Year 6 in England constructed ICE Scotland’s Bridges to Schools model. They also built model ‘truss’ bridges using nuts, bolts and paper tubes before loading them with weights and observing their behaviour under this load.

David Lloyd Roach, ICE’s Director of Membership, said: “It’s a great way to encourage team work and raise the profile of careers in civil engineering while also having fun. It’s very exciting that this collaboration between ICE North East and ICE Scotland has allowed pupils in the North East of England to participate in this activity for the first time especially during this significant anniversary year.”

The activities took place at Longridge Towers School in Berwick-upon-Tweed, with pupils from Berwick Middle School, Tweedmouth Middle School, Ayton

studying and working at University. Dr Mark Taylor of Edinburgh Napier University provided a two hour workshop on bridge construction and modelling. Professor Charles Fairfield assisted the students with their testing and discussion regarding the failure mechanisms, and gave a motivation talk at the closing ceremony. Above: Pupils with Prof. Fairfield in the heavy structures laboratory undertaking testing.

Inspiring Edinburgh Napier A week long event offering workshops and activities in a range of subjects to high school and primary pupils from the 19-24th October 2009 at Pentland Community Centre, Edinburgh. The civil engineering workshop activity will include a paper bridge building competition running over three days with a final testing day prior to a mock graduation ceremony at Edinburgh Napier University Craiglockhart campus. Volunteers are required for this event and if anyone is interested please contact Dr Mark Taylor ([email protected]).

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Pre19 Rapid Response Engineering Challenge 1st Year pupils from South Queensferry High School build water supply networks with the assistance of Fife Council’s Transportation Services Team. Frances Ratcliffe of the Council (also DAB Secretary) said “It was wonderful to see the imagination of all the children and intuitive engineering abilities of some shine through”

2009 is another successful year for the Rapid Response Engineering Challenge (RREC) which is expanding its education base. 18 secondary schools throughout Scotland took up the Challenge during May and June, with an additional 6 schools running the Challenge in August and September. An estimated 3,000 S1/S2 pupils from schools across Scotland are taking part, which represents a phenomenal effort by the participating teachers and engineers. Special thanks go to the growing band of graduate and student engineers, an estimated 50, who are participating in the Motivational Talk and the Activities Day elements of RREC. The RREC demonstrates a new method of communicating engineering principles to S1/S2 school children. RREC is based on re-building a devastated country (Honduras) hit by a hurricane.

The whole year group of pupils is introduced through a Motivational Talk, given by an engineer, to a scenario where they have to imagine they are RedR engineers going to help people who have very little infrastructure left after the storm. The pupils are then trained as engineers by their teachers through their normal classes, following which they put their newly acquired skills to use in an Activities Day. The Challenge ranges across the whole curriculum and meets many objectives of the Scottish Government’s new Curriculum for Excellence initiative, with outcomes of pupils as successful learners, confident individuals, effective contributors and responsible citizens. Employer engagement comes under the umbrella of Enterprise in Education, and RREC enables pupils to appreciate the importance of their learning and its application in a real life context.

John McPartlin ICE Scotland’s Education & Careers Co-ordinator, John McPartlin, suffered a stroke in August. We are very glad to report that John is on the mend and looking forward to getting home soon and starting on this year’s West Point contest! In the interim, anyone who wishes to volunteer for the Bridges to Schools or other Pre-19 activity should contact [email protected].

ICE Scotland is preparing for next year’s RREC programme when an estimated 70 schools are expected to take part. The next Training Day will be in Glasgow on Monday 23rd November 2009 1-3.30pm, at Barrhead High, Aurs Road, Barrhead, G78 2SJ. There is no charge for the day and you will receive a paper copy of the lesson plans. More days will be run at Dundee, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dingwall and Edinburgh throughout the year. ICE Scotland is looking for more volunteers to supplement the present band of enthusiastic engineers. This CPD training opportunity allows engineers to hone their communication, presentation and leadership skills within the education community, and also become STEM Ambassadors and obtain Disclosure Scotland Certification through SETPOINT. Please contact one of the regional co-ordinators for further information: Alastair Stewart (Dundee Area) [email protected] John Mott (West of Scotland) [email protected] Mark Taylor (Edinburgh Area) [email protected] Rachel Kennedy (Aberdeen Area) [email protected]

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The Assessors have now visited all the entries for this year and have completed their judging. The result of course remains a secret until the Award Ceremony on 29th October! This year we have entries in all categories with a total of 21 from 17 individual projects. As can be seen from the photos there is a wide variety of types of project but each demonstrates some way in which Civil Engineering affects our lives in Scotland. This is our opportunity to showcase Civil Engineering to the wider public and if you haven’t put in an entry this year perhaps you will think about it for next year. Any project of any size completed in the last two years is valid. This year the Awards Ceremony will be at 10:30 for 11:00 on 29th October in the Symposium Hall, Surgeons’ Complex, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh. The Awards will again be presented by Dr Heather Reid and all are welcome even if you haven’t submitted an entry. All we ask is that you let Sarah Mason at the Saltire Society know if you want to come so that we can ensure the catering can cope. Sarah’s e-mail address is [email protected]. John Carmichael, Chairman, Awards Panel

Saltire Awards for Civil

Project: Dounray Shaft Isolation Project

Project: A9 Ballinluig Junction

Category: Project Hydrogeologically isolating a 65m deep shaft full of intermediate level nuclear waste on the coast of the Pentland Firth to enable the safe removal of the contents for treatment and long term disposal.

Construction of a new grade separated interchange at a notorious accident blackspot at Ballinluig in Perthshire, incorporating two new bridges over rail lines, two retaining walls and twenty utility diversions.

Client: Dounreay Site Restoration Limited

Client: Transport Scotland

Designer: Halcrow Group Limited

Designer: Halcrow Group Limited

Contractor: BAM Ritchies

Contractor: Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Limited

Project: M8 Harthill Footbridge Replacement Categories: Project, Design, Construction Cover image: top left Replacement of the existing overbridge at M8 Harthill services with a new double helix spiral structure. Client: Transport Scotland

Project: IFSD Tradeston Bridge Category: Project New pedestrian and cycle bridge linking Tradeston with the International Financial Services District. Client: Glasgow City Council Designer: Halcrow Group Limited Contractor: BAM Nuttall Ltd

Project: Upper Forth Crossing at Kincardine (Clackmannanshire Bridge) Categories: Project,Environment Cover image: middle left

Project: C52M Montgarrie Bridge Redecking Category: Project New two span insitu concrete superstructure with lattice parapets supported on strenghtened abutments and pier. Client: Aberdeenshire Council Designer: Aberdeenshire Council Transportation & Infrastructure Roads Service Contractor: George Leslie Ltd

Category: Project

A new bridge providing a safer, cleaner and quieter environment with traffic dramatically reduced through the village of Kincardine, while also protecting the sensitive ecology of the Firth of Forth. Client: Transport Scotland Designer: Jacobs, W A Fairhurst & Partners, Benaim/Scott Wilson Contractor: Morgan Est plc, VINCI Construction Grand Projets

Designer: Buro Happold Ltd Contractor: Raynesway Construction Ltd

Project: Glasgow Harbour - Off Site Highways Category: Project Cover image: bottom left Reconstruction of a 1km section of the A814 Clydeside Expressway west of Glasgow city centre, involving the construction of 4 bridges and lowering of the expressway by up to 5 metres, all with a minimal impact to traffic by maintenance of 2 lanes of 2 way traffic at peak times throughout the contract. Client: Glasgow Harbour Ltd Designer: Atkins Ltd Contractor: Farrans (Construction) Ltd

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Engineering 2009

Project: Roseisle Distillery Category: Project Cover image: middle right Scotland’s newest and largest distillery, combining the latest environmental technologies and achieving BREEAM Excellent. This state-of-the-art facility was completed under budget with a programme of two years from feasibility to completion. Client: Diageo Designer: AECOM Contractor: Rok

Project: Balgay Bridge Restoration

Project: Lerwick North Harbour Dredging & Reclamation Works

Category: Conservation

Category: Environment

Refurbishment of a Grade B listed bridge to repair the structure for safe use and restore the bridge to its former glory.

One of the largest marine projects to be carried out in Scotland in recent years, removing in excess of 500,000m3 of fill to create improved deepwater access for existing general, oil logistic and future offshore decommissioning trade.

Client: Dundee City Council, Leisure & Communities Designer: City Engineers Division Planning & Transportation Contractor: Land & Building Services

Client: Lerwick Port Authority Designer: Arch Henderson LLP Contractor: Westminster Dredging Co. Ltd

Project: A77 Haggstone and Glen App Road Improvement Scheme Category: Project Cover image: centre The Haggstone Climbing Lane Improvement Scheme widened the existing road to give c1000m of northbound overtaking lane. The A77 Glen App Improvement produced c1000m of new, off-line, wide single carriageway.

Project: New Lanark Sewerage Scheme

Client: Transport Scotland

Category: Conservation

Designer: Halcrow Group Limited

Sewage pumping station at World Heritage Site to reduce pollution to River Clyde.

Project: Galston Flood Prevention Scheme

Client: Scottish Water Solutions

Category: Environment

Designer: mbc (Mott MacDonald, Jacobs and Grontmij)

Flood prevention works in and around the town of Galston, to protect the banks and properties along Burn Anne. Protection measures included reinforced concrete retaining walls, gabions, CFA (bearing piles) and sheet piling works.

Contractor: RJ McLeod (Contractors) Ltd

Project: 8 Hour Bridge Categories: Project, Construction Cover image: bottom right

Contractor: Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd

Development of a strategy for underbridge renewal methods that could be carried out during standard 8 hour possessions instead of traditional 54 hour possessions, and the successful trial at Holm Farm Road Underbridge in Dumfries

Client: East Ayrshire Council, Roads & Transportation Division Designer: Scott Wilson Scotland Ltd Contractor: RJ McLeod (Contractors) Ltd

Client: Network Rail Infrastructure Designer: Arup Scotland Contractor: Carillion Civil Engineering

Project: A9 Helmsdale to Ord of Caithness Improvements Phase 2 Category: Construction Construction of 1.7km single carriageway road with a further 0.4km of climbing lane, with particular attention to route alignment through a site of local natural beauty.

Project: Inverness Harbour Extension Category: Environment Reclamation of 16 hectares of tidal foreshore, excavation of the marina basin to provide serviced berthing for 150 pleasure craft and construction of a new 180m sheet piled quay. Client: Inverness Harbour Trust

Client: Transport Scotland

Designer: A.F. Crudens Associates

Designer: Scott Wilson

Contractor: Morrison Construction

Contractor: RJ McLeod (Contractors) Ltd < A9 Helmsdale to Ord of Caithness Improvements - Phase 2

Project: Saltcoats Flood Prevention Scheme Category: Environment Cover image: top right Addressing the problem at Saltcoats Harbour of overtopping and flooding to the town centre and residential properties, while working round the geological SSSI within the harbour, improving pedestrian and road traffic safety and maintaining the views. Client: North Ayrshire Council Designer: Royal Haskoning Contractor: RJ McLeod

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International Project Week comes to Edinburgh

Graduates &

Edinburgh Napier University hosted a huge gathering of European civil engineering students for one week in May for the International Project Week 2009. The week long event saw over 300 students and staff from 8 institutions across 7 countries come together for a week of internationalisation, site visits, project work, networking, tourism and socialising. The event was a phenomenal success and all participants left the city with fantastic memories, new friendships and in awe at the civil engineering projects they had witnessed and the hospitality they had received. the Edinburgh Tram sites and the expansion of the Rosyth aircraft carrier docks to see first hand some of the great projects going on in and around Edinburgh.

The event was part of the International Project Week series which sees, annually, one of a network of European civil engineering departments welcome the others’ students to their city in turn each year. (An article on Edinburgh Napier’s visit to last year’s IPW in Copenhagen was published in CivilScotland Issue 9, 2008.) The objectives of the event were to provide the visiting future European civil engineers with an awareness of civil engineering education and projects beyond their home nation, and to present all students with a first experience of working on projects with colleagues from other European nations, ahead of doing so when employed in the industry. In addition, the students visited the Forth rail and road bridges,

The participating universities were: Edinburgh Napier University; The Engineering College of Copenhagen; Université Claude Bernard, Lyon; Hogeschool van Amsterdam; Latvia University of Agriculture, Civil and Rural Engineering; Centre Supérieur de Formation par l’Apprentissage, Paris; Frankfurt Fachhochschule, and Escuela Politécnica Superior de Burgos, Spain. The event ran from 11th - 16th May, and the sun shone for the whole week.

EAB Host National 5-a-side Final Home team Mott MacDonald lifted the Cup after a close-fought final with Entec (North East) at the competition in June, completing the tournament unbeaten.

The event was opened by Keith Brown, Minister for Schools and Skills and by ICE Vice president, Richard Coakley, as reported in the previous edition of CivilScotland. The success of the event demanded significant support from influential individuals and enthusiastic organisations such were the scale and range of the activities. In addition to the site visits, a mini-careers fair on the final day of the week gave the students an opportunity to interact closely with all participating organisations, which included: Transport Scotland, ICE, Jacobs, Network Rail, Balfour Beatty, Arup, Forth Road Bridge, BAM Nuttall, Babcock, TIE, Bulfinger Berger and Farrans.

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Halcrow Gap Year Student Wins Scottish Award The Scottish Final of The Year in Industry Contribution to the Business Awards (CTTB) 2009 was held on Thursday 2nd July at Strathclyde University. Winner of the Best Personal Development award was Amelia Carman (19) who spent her year at Halcrow working on a flood risk management project. Amelia helped produce computerised models for assessing whether areas are at risk of flooding at a given time. These models will be used to provide flood warning via the Scottish Environment Protection website, which will help a number of Scottish communities. Amelia starts a degree in Civil Engineering with Construction Management at Edinburgh University this autumn. For more information about the Year In Industry scheme visit www. yini.org.uk or email [email protected].

Graduate & Student Christmas Lunches Glasgow & West of Scotland 12.30 for 1pm, Friday 27th November 2009 The Thistle Hotel Cambridge Street Glasgow Three course lunch: £25 Graduates, £13 Students For further information and tickets please contact Natalie Ward e: [email protected]

Edinburgh Area Branch 12.30 for 1pm, Friday 4th December 2009 The Royal Scots Club 29-30 Abercromby Place Edinburgh EH3 6QE Price includes three course lunch & half a bottle of wine per person Full details will be announced in the e-news in October

For further information and tickets please contact James Holloway e: [email protected]

L-R Ruth Ellis of Halcrow, Amelia Carman, Carren Malcolm of BAe Systems, the Award sponsors.

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Graduates & Students Scottish Graduates Chosen for International Scheme Incoming President Paul Jowitt is continuing the President’s Apprentice initiative started in 2005 by Gordon Masterton. This year it is being broadened to provide professional development experience in infrastructure for international development. Scotland is home to two members of the Apprentice team, Lorna Brady and Michelagh O’Neill, so we asked them to tell us a little about themselves and what inspired them to apply for the Apprentice scheme.

Lorna works for MWH in their Edinburgh office. Having always had an interest in international development, Lorna saw a career in civil engineering as a fundamental step towards achieving her goal of improving the lives of those in other countries through the development of vital infrastructure as a means to alleviate poverty. She has four years experience in consultancy, principally within the water sector, including water supply, wastewater networks and capital maintenance. Lorna applied to be a President’s Apprentice as she believes it to be an exciting opportunity to help her with her career and personal aspirations. She is looking forward to learning from leading experts in the International Development field, and to working with and learning from the other Apprentices.

ICE National Annual Dinner

Michelagh’s interest in International Development began at school with fundraising days for development overseas. “Being exposed to the issues facing developing countries at a young age influenced my choice of career because I feel that engineers can be important drivers of development.” Following a degree in Civil Engineering with International Studies at Heriot-Watt Michelagh joined JBA in 2006, where her work focuses on flooding issues. “I applied to be an apprentice this year specifically because the focus was on International Development with a practical project to complete. It is also a great opportunity to enthuse engineering students, graduates and any aspiring engineers we encounter that it is an interesting career, which can be worthwhile and varied”.

Hosted by Edinburgh Area Branch

106th Glasgow & West of Scotland Annual Dinner

24th November 2009, 18:30 for 19:00

26th November 2009, 18:15 for 19:00

Sheraton Grand Hotel, 1 Festival Square, Edinburgh

Thistle Hotel, Cambridge Street, Glasgow

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