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ICE North West Annual general meeting, 29 June15

Institution of Civil Engineers ICE North West AGM 2015

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


Presidential Visit and Awards Dinner in Manchester.

Numbers (dinner and awards) up on 2014

Regional Activity - Highlights


Highly successful Presidential Debate,

“Civil Engineering – How will our workforce be fit for the future”. 118 attendees – standing room only



Regional Activity - Highlights Showcased key

regional infrastructure projects, discussions with fellows, graduates and students


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



• 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


Held two Fellows’ Forums – skills & capacity and innovation

15 successful applications for Fellowship

Professionalism


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


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


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



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



• 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


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


Diversity: does it matter?


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


• Cheshire • Cumbria • Lancashire and IoM • Manchester • Merseyside • Graduates and

students

Branches


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


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


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


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


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


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


Manchester branch 2014-15

10 knowledge sharing sessions

Average attendance around 60

Continuing support to Bridge to Schools – additional schools want to get involved


Manchester branch 2014-15

Delighted to welcome ICE President David Balmforth to our city for the NW Presidents Visit and

Annual Dinner


• 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


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


Successes:

Construction Challenge – Liverpool/Manchester

President’s visit

Emerging Engineers award

Social media

Graduates and students 2014-15


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


• Environment & Sustainability and Health & Safety Group

• Geotechnical • Historical engineering • Management • Transportation

Special Interest Groups


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


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


Geotechnical Group Highlights (2014-15)

Chairman: Gareth Belton Secretary: Paul McMahon


Geotechnical Group Highlights (2015-16)

Chairman: Paul McMahon


Historical Engineering Group

Technical meetings – Barrow Submarine Dock, Liverpool Lime Street Station

Liaison with PHEW Liverpool Manchester Railway Liaison with other groups Ordsall Chord


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


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


Management Group


Kathleen Harrison

North West Regional Chair 2014/15


My Year as Chair of ICE North West


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


ICE President’s Visit and Awards Dinner 2015


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


ICE North West Diversity video

Equality and Diversity


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


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?


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?


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


Election


Gareth Scott

Incoming North West Regional Chair 2015/16


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


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



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


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