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Registered charity number 210252. Charity registered in Scotland number SC038629.
ICE North West Annual general meeting, 29 June15
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Representing 6,000 civil engineers who live in the NW and Isle of Man
Influencing public infrastructure policy and promoting the civil engineering profession
Delivering benefits and adding value for all of our members
Civil Engineers – shaping the world
ICE North West
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Presidential Visit and Awards Dinner in Manchester.
Numbers (dinner and awards) up on 2014
Regional Activity - Highlights
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Institution of Civil Engineers ICE North West AGM 2015
Highly successful Presidential Debate,
“Civil Engineering – How will our workforce be fit for the future”. 118 attendees – standing room only
Regional Activity - Highlights
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Institution of Civil Engineers ICE North West AGM 2015
Regional Activity - Highlights Showcased key
regional infrastructure projects, discussions with fellows, graduates and students
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ICE NW Reviews – 76 candidates in spring, dedicated TMICE reviews spring and autumn
Law and Contract course fully booked for third year
Separation of Membership team and Regional Support Team
Regional Activity - Highlights
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• 76 graduates sat the Professional Review • 33 Technicians sat TMICE review • Overall membership numbers static, TMICE
(+27%) • 15 training sessions and workshops, 700
attendees (+ 65%) • 100 company visits and surgeries seeing ~ 700
graduates (+20%), plus consultations by e-mail, phone or web conferencing
Qualifications
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Held two Fellows’ Forums – skills & capacity and innovation
15 successful applications for Fellowship
Professionalism
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Institution of Civil Engineers ICE North West AGM 2015
Law and Contract course run for third year, again oversubscribed (excellent results for Year 2)
Delivered training day for Law and Contract advanced contracts examination
Promotion of CMgr and CEnv Over 250 CPD hours delivered
Professionalism
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Pre-19 activities – over 60 activities with ~2000 conversations
Big Bang – ICE presence at Aintree July 2014, and again in July 2015
Education and Inspiration
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Institution of Civil Engineers ICE North West AGM 2015
Bridge to Schools: our bridge kit is now located with partner Catalyst Science Discovery Centre, Runcorn
Right next to the new Mersey Gateway Crossing construction site of an actual cable stayed bridge
Official launch in September 2015
Education and Inspiration
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Institution of Civil Engineers ICE North West AGM 2015
This is Civil Engineering – more strategic approach underway
Banners in place at six sites,
Further 10 sites under discussion with key partners including Network Rail, United Utilities, Environment Agency, Highways England
Banners at key infrastructure projects e.g. Manchester Victoria, A556 Knutsford, Heysham
Education and Inspiration
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Institution of Civil Engineers ICE North West AGM 2015
• Collectively delivered over 76 Branch and specialist group meetings (over 175 CPD hours) attendance up 6% on 2014
• 3 events filmed for on-line availability • 5 regional graduate training seminars • Work on-going to increase visibility of ICE
meetings through social media • Delivered video summary of Annual Review
Knowledge
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Institution of Civil Engineers ICE North West AGM 2015
Media coverage up by 45% on 2014 Print 76, on-line 50, Broadcast 1 NCE 3-page insert on NW Awards Increasing use of social media since Jan 2015, 59 posts
Informing Opinion
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Diversity: does it matter?
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Presidential Debate – Capacity and Skills NW Infrastructure Client Group x 1
meeting, ICE NW partner in 1st (and 2nd) North
West Construction Summit E-news read rates consistently over 30%,
Informing Opinion
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• Cheshire • Cumbria • Lancashire and IoM • Manchester • Merseyside • Graduates and
students
Branches
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A successful year for Cheshire: the first ever programme to be ‘Northwich-centric’ promoting international pioneering projects including
ITER (fusion) and SKA (square kilometre array) successful live webinar event cloud storage and online meetings tools not just civil engineering – we’ve covered astronomy and
fusion, among others
Cheshire branch 2014-15
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Looking forward A great programme planned for 2015/15 by Alan Bradley Improving links with NW branches Improving links with other Institutions Assisting regional team in raising profile Pushing for more webinars Capitalising on media links
Cheshire branch 2014-15
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Look back over 2014/15 Cumbria BIG BANG (STEM)
Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome Cross Rail Link Devonshire Dock
New committee members Cumbria Joint Institute Group Cumbria G&S Group
Cumbria branch 2014-15
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Look forward 2015/16 Delivering another annual
programme of events Working on ‘digital first’ Strengthening our relationships Supporting #thisiscivilengineering Supporting and welcoming the
ICE Presidential Tour and the NW Awards Dinner to Cumbria
Cumbria branch 2014-15
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Technical Meetings – 9 meetings held from September to May – All meetings joint with SIGs/other institutions – 431 attendees – 42% increase in attendance at technical
meetings on previous year – Additional ‘new’ Equality & Diversity meeting
held in May
Lancashire branch 2014-15
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Committee – Strong attendance and involvement – Programme delivered within budget – Recognised successful Lancashire EngTech
candidates at Annual Awards – Facebook and Twitter presence – New banners which add to professionalism of
meetings Looking forward
– 2015-16 meetings programme almost ready
Lancashire branch 2014-15
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Manchester branch 2014-15
10 knowledge sharing sessions
Average attendance around 60
Continuing support to Bridge to Schools – additional schools want to get involved
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Manchester branch 2014-15
Delighted to welcome ICE President David Balmforth to our city for the NW Presidents Visit and
Annual Dinner
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• 8 technical meetings / events held over the past 12 months
• Providing continuous professional development events for over 500 professionals and students
• Supporting the development of students by organising talks, mentoring sessions and arranging work placements
Merseyside Branch 2014-15 Chair: Terry McCormick
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We have an exciting year ahead and we look to provide the same high standard presentation as listed below:
Merseyside Branch 2015-16 Chair: Kevin Keating
Month Event
October Design in the Historic Environment.
October Liverpool Engineering Walking Tour
November Chronic disease & early death in construction workers - How can clients, designers and contractors prevent it
December Funding of Flood and Coastal Defence Projects in England and Wales
January BIM/FEM
February TBC
March Deep Excavations in Glacial Till
April Mersey Tunnel Tour
May Old Dock Tour
June Merseyside/ APM Diner
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Successes:
Construction Challenge – Liverpool/Manchester
President’s visit
Emerging Engineers award
Social media
Graduates and students 2014-15
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Individual university committee reps Industrial careers event (ILC) More graduate involvement in the Emerging
Engineers competition Teleconference committee meetings Meeting champions and junior roles 5-a-side tournament Retention of regional apprentices Increase social media followers
Looking ahead - 2015/16
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• Environment & Sustainability and Health & Safety Group
• Geotechnical • Historical engineering • Management • Transportation
Special Interest Groups
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Extensive joint events programme with ICE NW Branches in 2014-15
ESHSG table at ICE NW Awards Dinner 2 x pull-up banners designed by ESHSG Expanded ESHSG Committee 2014-15 Continuing to develop long-term working
relationship with Liverpool Law Society
Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability Group
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Developing 2015-16 joint events programme with ICE NW Branches
Aiming for enhanced web presence Developing “The Art of International
Business in a Sustainable City” 1- day conference within Liverpool international festival for business (IFB) 2016
Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability Group
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Geotechnical Group Highlights (2014-15)
Chairman: Gareth Belton Secretary: Paul McMahon
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Geotechnical Group Highlights (2015-16)
Chairman: Paul McMahon
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Historical Engineering Group
Technical meetings – Barrow Submarine Dock, Liverpool Lime Street Station
Liaison with PHEW Liverpool Manchester Railway Liaison with other groups Ordsall Chord
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Assistance to PHEW update HEW register records
Advice on Liverpool Manchester Railway for ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers- involve graduates in research
Advice re Ordsall Chord Try to encourage involvement of Canal and
River trust and Institution of Structural Engineers. Regular liaison with Rail Engineers and Newcomen Society
Historical Engineering Group
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Successful visit to Liverpool 2 Peel Ports Development - £350m expansion at Liverpool Docks.
Some 15 members took part and enjoyed an informative and thought provoking visit.
One of several visits organised by the Management Group during 2014/15.
Management Group
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Management Group
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Kathleen Harrison
North West Regional Chair 2014/15
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My Year as Chair of ICE North West
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Meetings with Regions, Branches and Special Interest Groups
Hundreds of e-mails Role within the Manchester and Equality &
Diversity groups Education events Dinners with fellow institutions Continued support to graduate engineers
Meetings, E-mails and Dinners
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ICE President’s Visit and Awards Dinner 2015
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Supported the Equality & Diversity group with colleagues Abigail Kiernan and Sarah Beck
Supported national Women in Engineering Day across the region
Chaired diversity debate in Manchester
Equality and Diversity
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ICE North West Diversity video
Equality and Diversity
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How can the ICE improve? Suggestions for new graduates Creating links with Graduates & Students
group North West apprentices: David McSorely, Liz Smith Daniel Williams
The North West Chair’s Apprentices
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Over 80 knowledge events Contact with over 3000 attendees (+6%) Pre 19 contact with some 2000 students 109 candidates sitting professional review
at CEng, IEng and Eng Tech North West Professional review pass rate
86% Media coverage 127 items
What have we delivered in the NW?
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Unique Styles – Branch, regional and national
Methods of communication – Use all forms – Face to face, e-mails, flyers
Improvement in the North West – Increasing workload – National interest (Northern Powerhouse, HS2)
What have I learnt this year?
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Regional Support Team – Alan Butler (Regional Director) – Janice Parkinson (Regional Coordinator)
Regional Committee, Branches and SIGs – David Rowlinson (Past Chair) – Gareth Scott (Incoming Chair) – Abigail Kiernan and Sarah Beck (E&D)
My employer Jacobs
And finally … thank you
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Election
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Gareth Scott
Incoming North West Regional Chair 2015/16
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Institution of Civil Engineers ICE North West AGM 2015
Our aims and objectives for 2015/16 – Communication
Continue with digital first (modern and efficient) Increase the use of event recording, allowing for
wider audiences and greater convenience Increase the guidance available for our branches
and SIGs on the use of social media Continue to improve how we all communicate Raise our public profile
My thoughts for 2015/16
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Our aims and objectives for 2015/16 – The Northern Powerhouse
Potential opportunity for ICE NW to help shape the Northern Powerhouse initiative
KH to represent the ICE NW in July when the northern regions will come together
Invite all members to share views and opinions
My thoughts for 2015/16
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Our aims and objectives for 2015/16 – Schools and STEM
New “Bridge to Schools” kit being launched in
September to help ICE NW support STEM events
– Apprentices Single Chairman’s apprentice this year The apprentice will be the winner of a competition
focused on the #thisiscivilengineering campaign
My thoughts for 2015/16
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