Introduction. Membership and Qualification

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1 2017/18

2 Introduction Cover: Clyde wind farm extension. Left: Lawrence Shackman FICE CEng. Below: Lawrence with his sister Debra Hendry at Buckingham Palace for an ICE200 celebration dinner. Membership and Qualification Below: Pitch 200 Final L to R John Andrew, Lauryn Steel, Jack Kerr, John Mott, Cat Salvini (winner), Kofi Kofuor, Kalina Dimitrova, Darius Vansevicius, Linda Brown. It s been a big year for ICE celebrating our 200th birthday. I am delighted that using the invisible superheroes branding to describe what we do has helped us make big strides towards removing the cloak of invisibility! This report details just some of the successes of this year and I d like to say a very big thank you to our volunteers who have given so freely of their time to get involved organising and hosting events, researching projects and giving talks. This year s activities have helped the public understand that civil engineers transform people s lives and that it is a fun and inspiring career. Continuing to promote such messages are vital if we are to attract more people into the profession. I d like to wish my successor, Jim Young, the best of luck as Chairman in the year ahead and hope that it is as enjoyable as mine has been. We await to see how proposed changes to the ICE Council will manifest themselves and the impact of Brexit on the industry. Being faced with challenges can bring out the best in us and I feel sure our members will overcome any difficulties as we always do! Lawrence Shackman FICE CEng Chair Membership Whatever stage you are at in your civil engineering career there is an ICE membership grade to match. When you have ICE letters after your name it gives you the recognition and credibility to work in the built environment anywhere in the world. For membership events near you visit and click on the professional qualification training tab. Contact East and South East of Scotland: donna.surgeoner@ice.org.uk (Membership Manager Scotland & NI) North of Scotland: barbara.murray@ice.org.uk (Membership Development Officer MDO) West of Scotland: sabine.maclean@ice.org.uk (Membership Development Officer MDO) Get involved Organise lifelong learning or social events near you Use your skills to record a lecture Become an ICE schools ambassador Promote ICE Scotland events in your organisation Host ICE events in your workplace Join an expert panel or specialist interest group Provide expert opinion to inform ICE Scotland s policy work Help us showcase the profession by getting involved in our campaigns Enter your projects for a Saltire Award Become a Supervising Civil Engineer (SCE), DE or mentor and support apprentices, technicians and graduates to become professionally qualified Become a professional reviewer. The government and opposition continue to value our professional expertise and it is our duty to shine a light on any shortcomings we perceive in its design, delivery or maintenance. Our upcoming State of the Nation report will provide commentary on the funding and financing of infrastructure and future direction of travel based on sound evidence gathered from the industry. We hope that our input to the Edinburgh Schools and Tram Inquiries will help ensure that learning benefits future schemes and failures are not repeated. 2 ICE Membership is growing and expanding to include other professionals working in the built environment and we welcomed new Associate members (AMICE) Senior representatives of the industry continue to value Fellowship with 25 new Fellows Scotland welcomed new students, technicians and incorporated and chartered members The membership team met with over 1000 members and are working harder than ever to engage with college and university students UK Academic Partnership Pilot project expanded to include University of Strathclyde and Heriot-Watt University. scotland@ice.org.uk ICEScotland

3 ICE 200 Top left: Glasgow bridge tour Right: Dundee V&A from the Tay. Bottom left: Just for fun! A volunteer at Big Bang Scotland. Education and Inspiration Below clockwise: Pupils testing their teamwork to build a balanced cantilever bridge. It s amazing what teamwork and modular construction can build a Giant Tetrahedron! Pupils building their water transportation systems as part of the RREC. Learning about ground improvement to re-build Pisa. Facing outwards and reaching the public has been the focus of our bicentenary year. The message that civil engineers transform lives and that civil engineering is a fun and interesting career were at the heart of this year s activities which involved our members giving talks (Café 200) and developing and delivering tours and trails (Explore Engineering). Scotland s civil engineering prowess was reflected in the large number of Scottish people and projects to make the top 200 inspirational, world-changing projects. Nominated by ICE members and selected by a panel of experts, the chosen 200 projects reflect the breadth, depth and impact of civil engineering achievement Our Pitch 200 competition involved 9 civil engineers explaining an engineering project or concept to a lay audience in only 200 seconds in an entertaining and informative fashion. Cat Salvini from Heriot-Watt won the Scottish final held at the National Museum of Scotland to an 80-strong audience The World s Longest LEGO Bridge came to the St Enoch shopping centre in Glasgow attracting over 600,000 visitors and over 300 pieces of media coverage including a primetime interview with the Regional Director on Saturday STV evening news Popular boat trips on the Forth and Tay told the stories of the cities engineering past, present and future as did Doors Open Tours of Aberdeen Harbour, Aberdeen Western Periphery Route (AWPR) and Glasgow bridges organised by volunteers. Highlands and Islands showcased engineering landmarks on the popular NC500 route. Scotland has held 14 Explore Engineering events in total reaching 2009 people 33 Café 200 events have attracted 3433 people to date including Glasgow s What Have Civil Engineers Ever Done for Us? and Forth Crossings Which One is Best? Debates and Edinburgh s The Story of Our Forth Bridge. Our members inspire the next generation of civil engineers across Scotland. We re always looking for more volunteers to help with our schools outreach programme. Could you help? quality contacts with young people and 240 members involved in E&I activities Ambassadors challenged young people at STEM and Science Festivals across Scotland with new activities Balancing Bridges and Propping up Pisa Young women from across Scotland took part in Girls into Science & Engineering events and schools across Glasgow had the opportunity to hear from inspirational speaker Linda Miller as part of International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) at the Glasgow Science Centre 1500 school pupils got hands-on with civil engineering activities at Big Bang events across Scotland from Dumfries to Portree Ambassadors ran interactive activities for community groups including Rainbows, Girl Guides & Scouts Over 1000 young people took part in building Giant Tetrahedrons A revised Rapid Response Engineering Challenge was launched as part of ICE 200 celebrations Visitors to the Conservation Careers event in Stirling found out that civil engineering isn t always about building new infrastructure but about extending the life of existing structures and looking after our industrial heritage. 4

4 Lifelong Learning Thought Leadership Below: 2018 Saltire Civil Engineering Awards entries. Our Branches and Specialist Interest Groups across Scotland continue to provide CPD opportunities for members with 43 events reaching 1,600 members and further 208 online. Volunteers have recorded these, where possible to make them available on the ICE website. An ICE Scotland Understanding Risk an Engineers Guide webinar attracted 109 Aberdeen s programme included Harper Bridges Tension, Suspension and Arch, Aberdeen Community Energy Donside Hydro and Cracks and Composites: A Survival Story Learning from Neart na Gaiothe Wind Farm was shared at events in Edinburgh and Dundee and the V&A Dundee was the subject of lectures in Glasgow and Dundee Dundee had a very busy year with 6 events: Structural Integrity Management of Offshore Walkways; Engineering of Bridges: Design Assumption and Practice; Asphalt Reinforcement Specification and Installation; V&A Dundee Temporary Propping System Design Challenge and Digital Tools for Road and Traffic Management Edinburgh s look at environmental policy post-brexit attracted over 90 attendees as did many of their other evening lectures which covered a wide range of topics: Accelerating Britain HYPED on Elon Musk s Hyperloop; Carbon Management in the Infrastructure Sector and Human Trafficking in the Construction Industry The evening lecture programme in Glasgow covered A9 Dualling; Glasgow Subway Modernisation; Teesport Redevelopment Works and Chairs Emma Dickson and John Campbell s Chairman s address Highlands and Islands Branch volunteers put on 3 events in Inverness: Lochaber Smelter The Future is Bright; Safety and Quality on Site; West Highland Railway Past, Present and Future The importance of good communication in managing projects and stakeholder engagement was covered by the Municipal Group with 40 in attendance The Panel for Historical Engineers Works looked at the history of renewable energy and organised a summer visit to the Caledonian Canal, Ullapool Road and Upper Moray Firth Our Geotechnical Group covered Lamington Viaduct Emergency Works; M8/M73/M74 Motorway Improvement Project and Using Vegetation in Geotechnical Engineering and held a poster competition and presentation Cat Salvini from Heriot-Watt Uni won the Scottish round of the Emerging Engineers competition (formerly the Papers Competition) and goes forward to the UK final Scotland s Graduates and Students (G&S) Groups celebrated the Year of Young People by hosting ICE s global G&S network (GSNET) at a residential weekend in Stirling with 43 in attendance Bechtel s Linda Miller shared came to Glasgow as part of ICE s Brunel Lecture Tour. She shared fascinating insights from a career delivering major infrastructure including Boston s Big Dig, Crossrail and Sydney Metro. Networking In addition to our lectures Branches have worked hard to put on social events for members including annual dinners, pub quizzes and golf. Graduates and Students G&S events are a great source of support to those working towards professional qualification and written exercise groups in Edinburgh and Glasgow continue to be valued by graduates. Our Saltire Awards help us showcase the fantastic job civil engineers do and their importance to our way of life. The Saltire Infrastructure Awards have grown into the highest honour for engineering excellence. The awards are run in partnership between ICE Scotland and the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA). This year the awards attracted 13 entries. Scotland was the only region to have two awards chosen to go forward for ICE s People s Choice Awards. Help us to continue to promote the industry by entering your project in Entries Clyde Windfarm extension Forth Replacement Crossing Garriongill Embankment (West Coast Main Line) Inverness West Link stage 1 Loanhead Railway Path Extension Macallan Distillery Ness Weir Restoration Prince Charles Wharf Extension Shieldhall Tunnel Sighthill Regeneration Area Tay Rail Bridge Tristan da Cunha Healthcare centre Water of Leith Flood Prevention Scheme 6

5 Thought Leadership Below: Wee Superheroes on the Queensferry Crossings June Boat Trip. ICE Scotland continues to ensure expert opinion informs Government policy by providing representation on working groups for the National Transport Strategy Review, the Planning Review Working Group, the Infrastructure Delivery Group, and the Scottish Government working group on structural failures amongst others. ICE Scotland also responded to consultations on Low Emission Zones, the Scottish National Investment Bank, and SEPA infrastructure planning The Scottish Government s recent announcement of its intention to increase annual infrastructure investment by an additional 1% of current Scottish GDP an estimated 7 billion of extra infrastructure investment by the end of the next Parliament is an encouraging sign that ICE expert opinion is being understood and acted upon The Institution s increasing profile is reflected in invitations to speak at or chair events including party conference fringe groups, the ScotBuild 2017 infrastructure panel and the SCOTS 2018 Conference, as well as the MacKay Hannah Capital Investment Conference alongside the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity ICE Scotland continues to work with built environment partners and represent the interests of members through the Cross-Party Group (CPG) on Architecture and Built Environment and CPG on Construction, the Scottish Council for Development in Industry (SCDI) Policy Forum, the Alliance for People and Place, and collaboration with Scottish Natural Heritage The Institution s programme for industry transformation Project 13 included well attended events in Scotland promoting the work of the Infrastructure Client Group and a feature in Holyrood Magazine. design: