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06/14
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Glasgow gets ready
Our Branches and Specialist Interest
Groups are busy nalising their
Knowledge Transfer programme for
next year. Special mention is due to
those members who have taken on
the new WebEx system, overcoming
initial teething problems, to
broadcast and record as many of our
lectures as possible. Increasing online
access is a real benet to our wider
membership particularly those who
cant join in person. The availability
of online lectures will be of particular
interest to employers who can use
them to provide in-house CPD to
their staff.
on infrastructure matters with a view
to informing manifestos. Our experts
have helped ensure Scottish priorities
are reected in the ICEs UK State of
the Nation Infrastructure report and
preliminary work has begun on a Scottish
scorecard due in 2015. Our policy paper
on energy will be released in early
summer.
Our members continue to provide an
impressive programme of events as
part of our Education and Inspiration
activity. We are grateful to all those who
have provided contributed to this very
important area and to those helping
to raise our prole by displaying This
Our President, Geoff French, has been
generous with his time and returned in
April to unveil a plaque at Ballochmyle
Viaduct and attended the Edinburgh
Area Branch Dinner. In May he addressed
Scotlands key decision makers at the
Scottish Council for Development and
Industry (SCDI) Annual Forum and
returns in October to present the Saltire
Awards.
ICE Scotland continues to engage with
decision makers to inuence opinion
on the benets of good (and maintained)
infrastructure. In prep aration for the next
Scottish Parliamentary Election in 2015
we have started to brief political parties
Groups Index
AACE Aberdeen Association of
Civil Engineers
DAB Dundee Area Branch
EAB Edinburgh Area Branch
GWoS Glasgow & West of Scotland
H&I Highlands & Islands Branch
MGS Municipal Group Scotland
PHEW Panel for Historical
Engineering Works
SGG Scottish Geotechnical Group
SHSG Scottish Hydraulics Study Group
SHG Scottish Hydrological Group
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Chairmans update
Front cover image:
Glasgow gets Games-ready
Cllr Archie Graham, Margaret Burgess MSP
and David Grevemberg, CEO of Glasgow
2014, launch ICE Scotlands new educational
map in Glasgow. Read more on p6/7
Social media
There are lots of ways to keep in touch
with ICE Scotland!
Follow us on Twitter @ICEScotland
Join the ICE Scotland group
Follow us on Facebook
Checkout our photostream on Flickr
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ICE Scotland Support Team
Director:
Sara Thiam
Coordinator:
Lynn Dow
Policy Manager:
Chris Young
Membership Development
Ofcers (MDO):
David Kennedy and
Donna Surgeoner
Marketing & Communications:
Beth Montgomery
Email addresses take the form
rstname.lastname@ice.org.uk
Design:
www.uprightcreative.com
is Civil Engineering banners across
Scotland. Our excellent new ICE Scotland
Commonwealth Games Map will be
a useful tool for volunteers and provides
much needed careers information for
Scottish pupils.
If we want to sell Civil Engineering
whether to schools or the general public
we need to do it with the best visuals
possible. So if you have great aerial
photography, time lapse photography
or stunning ground photographs of your
projects why not share them with us?
Ronnie Hunter
Chairman, ICE Scotland
President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE),
Geoff French and Provost Jim Todd of East Ayrshire
Council unveil a plaque celebrating the designation
of the Britains tallest railway viaduct as a national
historical civil engineering landmark.
CivilScotland22 June 2014 page 4/5 Membership & Qualication
A joint event with CITB and UHI Inverness
College at the Queensferry Crossing Contact
and Education Centre in May brought the
latest cohort of modern apprentices together
with female pupils from local schools to
introduce the construction industry in general
and civil engineering in particular.
Following careers presentations from CITB
and ICE Scotland and Christopher Hunt from
Morrison Construction, who is currently
working on the bridge, the girls were given
the chance to get hands on experience of
building a bridge helped by the Inverness
apprentices. The event was followed by a
visit to the new bridge for the UHI Inverness
College apprentices.
Industry
Diversication
Shear
delight
Holly Smith, a PhD student at The
University of Edinburgh, will this
month travel to the 8th International
Structures in Fire conference in
Shanghai to present experimental
ndings on her research into the
punching shear behaviour of
reinforced-concrete structures
during re.
Holly, who was awarded 1,456 by ICEs
QUEST committee, will travel to China
to share her research on a large-scale
experimental slab-column test series
of fteen slabs under a combination of
applied load and re. Using a purpose-built
restraint frame that allowed the boundary
restraint actions to be controlled and
Darren has been working in the civil
engineering industry for just under
4 years following a spell in retail
management after having to give up
his civil engineering degree rst time
round. The communication, teamwork,
motivation, organisational and
budgeting skills he gained in retail have
proved useful in civil engineering.
Securing a job with JMP Consultants enabled
Darren to pursue his ambition of becoming a
chartered civil engineer by combining further
education with on the job learning.
JMP have supported me through my HND
and now university allowing me time off to
attend, study and contributing nancially to
my college course.
Darrens boss Walter says having
professionally qualied staff at all levels is
essential:
In addition to
demonstrating professional
competence, it provides
young engineers with a
framework for their career
development and helps us
demonstrate our capability
and experience to Clients
a vital element in the
continued success of our
business.
Every business needs new
ideas and people in order to
keep growing and JMP
Attendees from over 20 employers learnt
about the business benets of employing
apprentices from an employer and client
perspective at a breakfast meeting held
at AECOM in February. The Construction
Industry Training Board (CITB) and Glasgow
Kelvin College helped employers understand
the Modern Apprenticeship scheme and
funding available as well as providing a
valuable insight into Scottish Vocational
Qualications (SVQ3) which are mapped
against ICEs technician attributes.

Experience from elsewhere in the UK
indicates that the key to encouraging Scottish
companies to take on apprentices is the client
body requirement to have professionally
qualied technicians in addition to Chartered
Engineers as has been the case for Transport
for London (TfL) and Crossrail, which was the
catalyst for the Technician Apprenticeship
Consortium (TAC).

AECOMs Steve Morriss, CEO Europe, Middle
East and Africa emphasised the business
benets from identifying and attracting
talent from a much wider pool and pointed
to AECOMs senior management, many of
whom have not come through the traditional
university route. Peter Robinson from the
Glasgow Ofce talked about the importance
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Congratulations to
the following Scotland Region candidates on their success in the Spring Professional reviews
Anthony Adu Gyam CEng MICE
Gavin George Bain CEng MICE
Olivia Bennett CEng MICE
Liam Black EngTech TMICE
Neal Blennerhassett CEng MICE
Lewis James Brown EngTech TMICE
Graeme Campbell IEng MICE
Douglas Craig CEng MICE
David Alexander Crawford CEng MICE
Peter Cummings CEng MICE
Craig Davanna CEng MICE
Mark Donoghue CEng MICE
Fionan Doonan CEng MICE
Christina Mcdonald Gracie CEng MICE
Grant Thomas Hainey CEng MICE
Gary Haldane EngTech TMICE
Adam Hemmings CEng MICE
Stewart Hilson IEng MICE
A winning formula
of mentoring and appropriate support for
young people not on graduate schemes.

Ryan Heaney, a condent and articulate
young Civil Engineering Technician from
AECOM, shared how his apprenticeship had
worked for him, his studies at FE college
and now university, his work experience to
date and his ambitions for the future, which
include completing his degree and becoming
a graduate and then senior engineer with
AECOM.

Membership webinars now
available online
Regular ICE Membership guidance webinars
on topics like Technician Membership
and Fellowship www.ice.org.uk/
membershipwebinars

Membership events near You
ICE Scotland membership staff continue
to provide briengs for Supervising Civil
Engineer (SCE) and Delegated Engineer (DE).
There will also be an online SCE brieng
during the summer for those who cannot
attend briengs in person.
Look out for your invite and adverts in the
ezine and on the ICE Scotland website.
Modern Apprenticeships:
the Business Case
monitored, the tests specically examined
whether the compressive action that results
from restraining thermal expansion of
the slab affects punching shear. Speaking
about her award, Holly said:

It is of such great importance as a young
academic and researcher to be able
to present your work, as it is the main
mechanism to exchange knowledge, meet
other colleagues and build collaborations
for future knowledge development in the
academic world.
Find out more about QUEST at
www.ice.org.uk/Scholarship-and-Awards/
QUEST-Awards/Travel-Award
Brian Horne CEng MICE
Keith Inglis IEng MICE
Graham Innes CEng MICE
Darren Johnstone CEng MICE
Niamh Kennedy CEng MICE
Gary Lodge IEng MICE
Alexander Lowther CEng MICE
Emily Martin CEng MICE
Alasdair Mott CEng MICE
Colin David Reid CEng MICE
Tony Rogerson CEng MICE
Darren Ross EngTech TMICE
Matthew Russell CEng MICE
Malachy Ryan CEng MICE
Colin Mcavoy Sangster CEng MICE
Christopher Southwell IEng MICE
Altin Staka EngTech TMICE
Barry Taggart IEng MICE Walter Smith, Associate Director and Darren Miller,
Senior Technician, JMP Consultants Ltd
sees the training and development of young
professionals as a way of achieving this goal.

ICE MDOs can support you and your business
through the professional qualication routes.
for QUEST
travel award
winner
Gary Tait CEng MICE
Deborah Thomas CEng MICE
Kate Ward CEng MICE
Michael John Ward CEng MICE
Iain Douglas Webster IEng MICE
Graham Alistair Wilkinson IEng MICE

New Fellows:

Ian McKay CEng FICE
Willie Cannon CEng FICE
Claire Royce CEng FICE
Iain Manclark CEng FICE
Andrew Train CEng FICE
Ronald Soutar CEng FICE
Anthony Ball CEng FICE
River Clyde
Partick
Kelvinhall
Hillhead
Kelvinbridge
St Georges Cross
Cowcaddens
Buchanan Street
St Enoch
Bridge St
West St
Shields Road
Kinning Park
Cessnock
Ibrox
Govan
Jordanhill
Hyndland
Exhibition Centre
Anderston
Charing Cross
Glasgow Central
Argyle St
High Street
Bellgrove
Duke Street
Carntyne
Bridgeton
Rutherglen
Cambuslang
Burnside
Cathcart
Langside
Pollokshaws East
Shawlands
Mount Florida
Crosshill
Pollokshaws West
Queens Park
Crossmyloof
Maxwell Park
Dumbreck
Corkerhill
Cardonald
Dalmarnock
Alexandra Parade
Ashfeld
Queen
St
Dalmarnock Smart
Bridge
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M8
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GLASGOW
Scotstoun Sports Campus
SOUTHBRAE DRIVE
Sports Stadium
Leisure Centre
DANES DRIVE
W
ESTLAND DRIVE
VANCOUVER ROAD
DUNCAN AVENUE
1 SCOTSTOUN
SPORTS CAMPUS
Cathkin Braes
Mountain Bike Trails CATHKIN ROAD
Cathkin Braes
Golf Course
Queen Marys Seat Cathkin Braes
Cathkin Braes
Country Park
Cathkin Braes
Wind Farm
Big Wood
Queen Marys Well
Blairbeth
Golf Course
ARDENCRAIG ROAD
Glen Wood
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BIKE TRAILS
Sports Arena
and
Velodrome
DALMARNOCK ROAD
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LONDON ROAD
SPRINGFIELD ROAD
River Clyde
Smart
Bridge
Dalmarnock
Station Cuningar
Loop
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& SIR CHRIS HOY
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Cathkin Braes Mountain Bike Trails are an exciting new addition to Glasgows sporting land -
scape. Located on the citys south side, just 15 minutes from the Athletes Village, the trails will
host the Mountain Bike competitions and have been created in collaboration with expert
designers. The venue makes the most of the varied terrain of Cathkin Braes Country Park to
provide a challenging course for riders. Set against a backdrop of ancient woodland, steep
slopes and wide open spaces, the 5.5km trails ofer a spectacular panorama of the city beyond.
The wind turbine that stands at Propellor Pount is part of a collaboration between the city and
an energy company and will generate sustainable energy.
Athletes Village
Cuningar
Loop
ATHLETES
VILLAGE
WEST
END
EAST
END
SOUTH
SIDE
KELVINGROVE LAWN
BOWLS CENTRE
IBROX STADIUM
GLASGOW GREEN
Start and Finish for the
marathon and road cycling
GLASGOW NATIONAL
HOCKEY CENTRE
HAMPDEN PARK
CELTIC PARK
EMIRATES ARENA & SIR CHRIS HOY VELODROME
AND ATHLETES VILLAGE
TOLLCROSS INTERNATIONAL
SWIMMING CENTRE
SECC PRECINCT
& SSE HYDRO
Roads
Green space
Water
Athletes Village
Venues
Pedestrian concourse & general surface
Games Route Network (GRN)
General surface
Building
Road
Water &
woodland
Railway line and station
Glasgow Subway station
Marathon route
Road cycling route
LEGEND
Barry Buddon Shooting Centre 14
Royal Commonwealth Pool 13
Strathclyde Country Park 12
Tollcross International Swimming Centre 11
Scotstoun Sports Campus 1
3 Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre
4 Ibrox Stadium
6 Cathkin Braes Mountain Bike Trails
7 Glasgow Green
8 Glasgow National Hockey Centre - NEW
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Emirates Arena & Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome
inluding Athletes Village - NEW
10 Celtic Park
5 Hampden Park
2 SECC Precinct & SSE Hydro
VENUES
Parkland
Mountain bike
trails
Energy Centre
All venues have been refurbished for the
games. Those stated as NEW have been
custom-built.
River Clyde
Clyde Gateway
Falkirk
Dunfermline
Kirkcaldy
Leven
Buckhaven
St Andrews
North
Berwick
Haddington
Livingston
Callander
Dunblane
Auchterarder
Crieff
Cupar
Kinross
Inverkeithing
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COUNTRY PARK
ROYAL COMMONWEALTH
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SHOOTING CENTRE
CATHKIN BRAES MOUNTAIN
BIKE TRAILS
SCOTSTOUN
SPORTS CAMPUS
River Tay
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Commonwealth
Games map launch
Over 90 primary and secondary pupils ranging in age from 9-17 from
all over Scotland enjoyed an action-packed day at the SCDI Young
Engineering and Science Clubs annual Celebration of Engineering
and Science (STEM) event which was held at the Murrayeld on Friday
8 June. The event saw erce competition from over 20 schools who
showcased their engineering/science activities and competed in
exciting three-minute STEM challenges. ICEs challenge was to build
the tallest tower using spaghetti and marshmallows.
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Spaghetti Towers
During the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, around 1 million visitors
will ock to the city to enjoy this global sporting spectacle.

This new ICE Scotland educational map aimed at primary and secondary
schools, tells the story of Glasgows evolving infrastructure and
the inspirational work of civil engineers in making the Games
happen.

The map will be publicised to schools through Education
Scotlands Game On Scotland website and will be available
from the Regional Support Team for STEM ambassadors
and ICE volunteers visiting schools.

Contact beth.montgomery@ice.org.uk for more
information or to order a copy of the map.
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ICE Scotland Branches are moving to online
booking for ALL events for the 2014-2015
session. Registering online before attending
technical meetings will help members record
their CPD and improve member services. The
change will take effect for the new calendar
in September.

Why the change, I didnt need to book
before?
Registering online means that once you
sign in at an event we can automatically
update your CPD record to say you were
there. It also means that we can contact
you directly if there has been a change
to the meeting time/location. Other
benets include increased understanding
of popularity of events to enable further
marketing in instances where there is poor
take up rather than cancelling at the last
minute. The new approach also enables us
to contact participants following events to
gather feedback with a view to continued
improvement to our knowledge programme.
This global conference welcomed delegates from 15 different countries around the world to
share information and learning from the public sector. Best Practice Guides including one on
snow clearing and winter maintenance are planned as is closer cooperation with the International
Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC). Progress with ISO5500 and details of an Australian
online Professional Certicate in Asset Management were also discussed. The conference
included site visits to Transport Scotland`s National Trafc Control Centre, the Queensferry
Crossing and Edinburgh Tram depot at Gogar.
The use of gas taxes to fund highway
investment at federal and state level
and more tolling since increased fuel
efciency reduced such income are just
some of the lessons learnt by ICE Scotland
member Peter Reekie on a recent visit
to the federal highways administration.
Peter, who sits on the ICE Scotland Public
Voice Committee, was in the US as part of
an invited international delegation.

Different states have different models and
I was amazed at how generally traditional
contracting is D&B highway contracts
remain a bit edgy in many places, and only
36 states have legislation allowing PPPs.
All are slightly different so entering the
market is tricky but European contractors
are doing well from a greater basis of PPP
understanding, and the overall scale of
opportunity is vast said Peter, who is Finance
Director for the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT)*.
Another, perhaps surprising thing was
the level of public ownership of economic
Public Private Partnerships in the USA
an international visitors perspective
This years Municipal Innovation in
Action conference, timed to coincide
with the IFME visit, provided municipal
engineers from around Scotland with
an array of technical presentations and
included speakers from the USA, Canada
and New Zealand.
Jan Stenersen from The Municipality of
Tromso, Norway shared learning on steps
taken to improve the use of sedimentation or
screens on efuent pipes into the sea waters
following changes in EU legislation resulting
in the removal of 60-65 % of the suspended
solids.
Dr Richard Blancheld, from NorthConnect
KS (the joint venture set up to develop, build,
own and operate a High Voltage Direct
Current interconnector that will provide an
electricity transmission link between Scotland
and Norway) gave an update on the work,
Learning from International
Best Practice
Scotland welcomes International Federation of
Municipal Engineers (IFME)
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infrastructure and distrust of private
involvement. Particularly striking is universal
public (generally City or County) ownership
and operation of water and waste water
systems. In Pittsburgh we saw an early
example of private management expertise
contracted in to assist with performance
improvement whilst maintaining public sector
employment and ownership of the utility.

Peter was also struck by the large scale of
the not-for-prot sector given a generally
smaller public sector (the Texas legislature
for example only meets for 41/2 months
every 2 years). Austin showcased affordable
housing development on surplus public
land. In Pittsburgh charitable foundations
are leading river front redevelopment whilst
in Las Vegas an internet mogul is personally
funding a funky downtown neighbourhood
regeneration.
I learned a great deal about how the US
really works and shared some of Scotlands
approaches to common challenges of
infrastructure investment and economic
development. There is much we can learn,
and I think a great opportunity for Scottish
skills to be exported but I still cant get over
being described as a European Dignitary!

Every year thousands of people from all over
the world, identied by US embassies, are
invited to join 3-week visits to the US. Peter
joined 8 fellow guests from across Europe,
who were invited to consider Public Private
Partnerships (PPPs), and their role in helping
rebuild economies. The visit encompassed
over 40 meetings with US professionals in
Washington, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Austin
and Las Vegas.

*The Scottish Futures Trust aims to improve the efciency
and effectiveness of infrastructure investment in Scotland
by working collaboratively with public bodies and
industry, leading to better value for money and ultimately
improved public services.
than software. The group exercise saw us
designing proposed site layouts using BIM
without access to computer said Heather
Leggate.
Applying what wed learnt from the lectures
to the hands on activity was particularly
valuable. I gained a lot from attending and
would recommend to other graduates.

Heather was part of the winning team along
with Mark Trow, Sean Carleton, Graeme
Burton, Edgars Lode, Grant McBride and
Alastair Fowler. Thanks to Graeme Forsyth,
Robert Silver and Nicola Bell of the GWoS
Committee, who were the judges for the
weekend.
This years Stirling Conference, welcomed
over 40 delegates from 10 companies across
Scotland to a weekend of technical lectures
and workshops.

Graham Stewart of Ramboll shared the more
technical aspects of BIM before Kenny OHara
showcased URSs work on the Stockholm
Bypass. URSs Jeremy Watt gave an insight
into the important area of asset management
and Richard Haugh of IKM Consulting
covered the more specialist areas of as Blast
Resistant Engineering.

The fantastic overview of BIM and its
application to infrastructure projects
demonstrated that it is a process rather
Engineering in four dimensions
NEW booking system
for technical meetings
Scotgold Resources Chris Sangster gave
Scottish Geotechnicals Group an update
on progress on the Cononish Gold and
Silver Mine located some 55 miles north
of Glasgow. The mine which has planning
permission and a high level of community
support will, when operational, be
Scotlands rst commercial gold mine. It
will exploit the vein deposit, operating as a
conventional hard rock underground mine.
Mining has not commenced due to the
recent dip in gold price which has dented
market condence and not allowed funding
to be secured. Consideration is now being
given to a smaller starter project targeting
high grade areas of the mine. The talk also
covered further exploration potential within
the SW Grampians, gold sources by country,
demand, price uctuations, occurrence and
methods of gold mining. Questions from
the audience focussed on the engineering
aspects of the project including the
tailings management facility, the clay liner,
groundwater issues and access to the site.
The audience also had an opportunity to
examine some samples of gold source rocks
that Chris had brought along.
Paul McNulty beat off stiff competition to win this
years ICE Scotland Papers Competition, which took
place in Dundee, with his Behavior and Analysis of
a Novel Skew Flexible Concrete Arch Bridge System
paper. Paul shared the pros and cons of his design and
the iterative process which informed the nal version.

The insightful and entertaining presentations and the
passion with which the nalists spoke underlined the
time and effort taken on each project. Summarising this
work into compelling 10 minute presentations is equally
challenging.

Rhona Marsland with Fabric analysis of micro-computed
tomography data from subglacial and Ismael Torres with
Disparities in the Axial Capacity Response Prediction for
Single Piles Driven in Clay were runners up. Jonathan
Knappet, Andrew Small and Francis Ratcliffe were expert
judges.

Left to right:
Ismael Torres, Andrew Small, Paul McNulty, Jonathan
Knappett, Francis Ratcliffe, Rhona Marsland
G&S Papers Final
Theres gold in
them thar hills!
which is allowing electricity to be transmitted
in either direction across the North Sea.
Presenting the A9 Interim Safety Plan,
Strategic Road Safety Manager for Transport
Scotland, Stuart Wilson outlined the
measures being explored to inuence driver
behaviour to reduce road casualties including
the introduction of average speed cameras
along the route.
Dougie Millar of Transport Scotland provided
a fascinating insight into the latest research
and advancements in road surfacing materials
used on the Trunk Road network citing Fife
ITS as an example. 3.2km of existing three-
lane motorway (M90) was resurfaced in two
weekends using 3,500 tonnes of SMA to
the new TS2010 specication. Dougie also
explored induced cracking of existing lean-
mix road construction, current research, and
future developments.
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A new toolkit and workshop notes for
facilitating an ethics workshop have been
developed to support ICE members,
encouraging them to confront such
challenges. The new materials assist
civil engineers in identifying the ethical
consequences of their work, enabling them
to full their professional duties to the public,
the environment and to society.
www.ice.org.uk/topics/ethics
As Civil Engineers, our work constantly
impacts and transforms society and peoples
lives, whilst also shaping the environment in
which we live.
In this era of emerging global challenges, it is
vital we ensure that the professional decisions
we make ultimately benet the public good.
Civil engineers regularly face ethical dilemmas
in their day to day work and differing views
and conicts of interest can be difcult to
navigate.
Professionalism
New toolkit reinforces
professional ethics
Building on the success of last years State
of the Nation (SoN): Transport report, ICE
Scotland continues to establish itself as
a key presence on the Scottish transport
scene.

Geoff French joined speakers including the
First Minister and Chief Secretary to the
Treasury to outline the reports key ndings
at the Scottish Council for Development
and Industry (SCDI) Annual Forum, which
brings together over 100 senior inuencers
from across the public, private and academic
sectors.

ICE Scotland also hosted a transport
debate with the Permanent Secretary of
the Department for Transport (DfT), Philip
Rutnam, to discuss cross-border connectivity
issues with our transport experts, while ICE
Scotland Director, Sara Thiam chaired the 7th
Annual Scottish Rail conference.

This year has seen the focus of our policy
work shift to prepare for our upcoming State
of the Nation: Infrastructure report which
will form the centrepiece for our engagement
with politicians in the lead up to the 2016
Scottish elections. Member input was crucial
in ensuring that Scottish issues have been
reected in the recently launched UK SoN
A new campaign to help technicians and
engineering apprentices to professionally
register as Engineering Technicians (EngTech)
and enhance their career prospects, was
launched in Scotland as part of Scottish
Apprenticeship Week. The programme
aims to increase the status of Engineering
Technicians, who play a crucial hands-on
role in engineering in the UK. Its target is to
register 100,000 Engineering Technicians by
2020.
Jas Rai, Business Programme Leader for
the project, said: The goal is to make
engineering technicians, their employers
and the general public more aware of the
quality standard which EngTech represents,
and to increase the number of professionally
registered EngTechs.
The EngTechNow campaign is urging
more Scottish companies to recognise
that those who come through vocational
and apprenticeship routes can also
achieve professional status as Engineering
Technicians. The three professional
engineering institutions (PEIs) in Scotland will
support the initiative through various projects
and collaborative work with major employers
in the industry.
Rab Bell, Operations Director for Morrison
Construction, said: Its never been more
important to invest in skills for the future
what with a shortage in technical and
practical skills and rising costs of going to
university.
Our industry must recognise its
responsibilities in developing the skills of
the next generation and at Morrison we
encourage our apprentices to achieve
EngTech registration. Its a great way to
demonstrate they have met an independent
standard of competence and it helps build
transferrable skills which are essential for
career progression.
We are pleased to support the campaign
A new website provides a direct route for
engineering apprentices, technicians and
their employers to get involved
www.engtechnow.com
EngTechNow
launches in Scotland
report, and we look forward to increasing
this engagement as we prepare the Scottish
report.

A new ICE Scotland report focusses on the
opportunities and challenges facing Scottish
energy policy in the transition to a low carbon
future. Consultations continue to be a useful
vehicle for inuencing Government and our
energy work has informed our response to
the Scottish Governments Heat Generation
Policy statement. Member input earlier in
the year also enabled us to respond to the
Scottish Parliaments call for evidence on the
proposed Procurement Reform Bill.

The R Word!
Its impossible to ignore the ongoing debates
surrounding Septembers referendum. ICE
Scotlands public stance remains one of
studied neutrality. Regardless of the result,
we continue to engage with politicians
from across the political spectrum to raise
the prole of civil engineering and the
importance of infrastructure investment.

Download your copy of our recent Energy
report at: www.ice.org.uk/scotland
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ICE has recently teamed up with the
Chartered Management Institute (CMI) to
offer a dedicated pathway to Chartered
Manager for ICE members at a discounted
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Chartered Engineer (CEng) or an Incorporated
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Informing Opinion
Member expertise
shaping policy
Developing
Scotlands
Young
Workforce
This years list of nominated projects,
come from all over Scotland. Panel
judges will be visiting projects
throughout the summer months. Good
luck to all involved!
Anderston Footbridge
Glentarken Bridge
Tollcross Aquatics Centre
Samsung Energy Park Fife Offshore
Demonstration Wind Turbine Project
Dounreay Low Level Waste and
Demolition Low Level Waste
SSE Hydro
Maldie Hydro-Electric Scheme Civil Works
Package
A75 Dunragit Bypass
Saltire Awards attract record
number of entries!
Linda McKay MBE, Vice Chair of the
Wood Commission for Developing
Scotlands Young Workforce shared
emerging ndings from nal report at
ICE Scotlands Scottish Apprenticeship
Week Celebration in May.

The number of high level Modern
Apprenticeships, level 3 and above like
those piloted by Inverness College should be
expanded signicantly to support Scotlands
medium term economic Growth said
Linda. Addressing an audience of senior
civil engineering employers Linda explained:
industry must be to the fore of the future
development of Modern Apprenticeships in
Scotland. The event, which took place at
the 2013 Saltire Award Winning Advocates
Close Development involved representatives
from CITB and CECA and was also used to
launch the EngTechNow campaign north of
the border. EngTech now is a campaign to
increase registrations for the professional
title, EngTech. The campaign brings together
3 professional engineering institutions
(IMechE, IET and ICE). The campaign was
launched by the Prime Minister earlier in
the year.
Dalmarnock Station
Loch Treig Loco Recovery Works
Knockando Woolmill
Bridge of Dun Remedial Works
Waverley Station
The Helix
Kessock Bridge
Black Esk Reservoir Enlargement
Burma Road Slabtracks Renewal
Shore Road Bridge Reconstruction
The award ceremony will be hosted in the
National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh
on Wednesday 22nd October 2014.
Dont forget to tweet us if you are working
on a nominated project! #celebratecivils
Inverness College technicians visit new
Forth Replacement Crossing
CivilScotland22 June 2014
Glasgow Doors
Open Day 2014

Due to demand for this popular bridges walk,
there will be additional sessions added to the
programme:

18 September 10am
20 September 10am and 1pm
21 September 10am and 1pm

Find out more at
glasgowdoorsopenday.com

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Annual Dinners

Glasgow and West of Scotland
27 November 2014
Thistle Hotel
Glasgow
60
Edinburgh Area Branch
24 April 2015
Balmoral Hotel
Edinburgh

Contact Lynn.Dow@ice.org.uk
Engineers involved in Glasgow 2014 projects celebrating the launch of the new educational
resource which is now available for schools.
Heather Leggate URS, Nicola Blaney CH2M HILL and Emma Dickson Carillion who all assisted with
the content for the map joined Cllr Archie Graham, Margaret Burgess MSP, David Grevemberg, CEO of
Glasgow 2014, and pupils from St Rochs Secondary school for a press launch in Glasgow this month.