Quentin Leiper ICE Presidential Address 2006 Presentation

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Making tomorrow a better placeQuentin LeiperPresident ICE

Thomas Telford

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First engineering institution

Thomas Telford 250

First engineering institution

“for facilitating the acquirement of knowledge necessary in the civil engineering profession”

“The profession of civil engineer, is a subject which does not appear to have met with that attention in this country which its importance deserves.”

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Thomas Telford

Letter inviting Thomas Telford to take on the role of President

Thomas Telford

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“…I am fully aware of the necessity of such an Institution. I approve of the laudable motives and meritorious exertions of the members…

…sense of duty and gratitude induce me to accept the office until a fitter person can be selected.”

Thomas Telford letter, ICE

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Thomas Telford

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Thomas Telford

Shrewsbury Jail, ICEShrewsbury Castle © Mick Knapton, Wikipedia

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Thomas Telford

St Mary Magdalene

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Thomas Telford

Montford bridge plans Buildwas bridge plansBewdley bridge

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Thomas Telford

1,000 bridgesOver 400 miles of canalsOver 1,500 miles of roadsOver 30 churches

Caledonian Canal

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Thomas Telford

Telford was the civil engineer of the day

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Telford’s legacy

Innovative in designPrudent in use of materialsTrained, mentored, developed and supervised others

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Telford

Telford, UK

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Telford’s legacy

The value of engineering knowledgeDelivering sustainable solutionsInspired, supported, mentored and developed the civil engineers of the future

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Telford Apprentices

Joseph Roberts, Scott Wilson, ICE East MidlandsSally Walters, Pell Frischmann Consulting Engineers Ltd, ICE South WestJames Wallace, Carillion, ICE North WestPatricia McElduff, NIHE, ICE Northern IrelandAlex Feretzakis, Halcrow-Yolles, ICE ScotlandTrina de Silva, City of London, ICE LondonKaterina Fytopoulou, Parsons Brinckerhoff, ICE North EastPaula Farshim, Hyder Consulting, ICE South East EnglandChris Jones, White Young Green, ICE Yorkshire & HumberBen Maltby, White Young Green, West MidlandsTimothy O’Brien, Mott McDonald, ICE WalesKatie Symons, Whitby Bird, ICE East of EnglandICE Australia – to be selectedICE New Zealand – to be selected

Thomas Telford 250

Thomas Telford 250 celebrations

ExhibitionsResources for schools AmbassadorsToursConferencesLecturesDinnersPlaquesPublications

Thomas Telford 250 © ICE

Thomas Telford 250

ICE total membership 1824 - 2005

spirit of Telford

Spirit of Telford Award

Demonstrating the value of engineering knowledgeDelivery of sustainable solutions for the benefit of society and the planetEncouragement and development of civil engineers of the future

spirit of Telford

International expert on soil characterisationIntroduced compensation groutingMajor projects across five continents including Jamuna BridgeGround breaking research

spirit of Telford

Professor David Hight

spirit of Telford

Intellect in engineering and businessCourt of Bank of England and Chairman of Audit CommitteeLed PFI projects and driven sustainabilityChaired and led the Sustainability Procurement Task Force

Image of Spirit of Telford award needed

spirit of Telford

Sir Neville Simms

spirit of Telford

Responsible for training at McAlpinesMentored, enthused and developed engineersMotivator

spirit of Telford

Mike Mann

spirit of Telford

Mike MannSir Neville SimmsProfessor David Hight

Engineering knowledge

Value of engineering knowledge to create civilisation

engineering knowledge

Engineering knowledge

Civil Engineers put ‘civil’into ‘civilisation’Gordon Masterton

Glasgow University © Glasgow University

Glasgow University

First university to appoint a Professor in civil engineering

James Walker, ICE William McQuorn Rankine, ICE

Regius Chair of Civil Engineering

Rankine, ICE

William McQuorn Rankine

Rankine’s published papers

Civil engineeringSoil mechanicsElasticityEnergyThermodynamicsStructuresShip propulsion

Rankine’s publications

Geotechnical engineering greats

Terzaghi

Casagrande

Skempton

Bishop

Glossop

Hugh Sutherland

Professor Hugh Sutherland, Former Vice President ICE

Former Vice President, ICE

Rankine lecture

Most prestigious geotechnical lecture in the worldAudience of 750 every year at Imperial CollegePublished in Geotechnique

Rankine lecture

Delivered by leading practitionerSeminal work with latest thinkingNetworking and learning event

Rankine lecturers

Professor John Burland1990

Professor Peter Vaughan 1994

Professor David Potts 2002

Professor Robert Mair2006

Dr Brian Simpson 1992

Dr David Hight1998

“It is the Telfords of today who will make tomorrow a better place”Professor Quentin Leiper, ICE President

Engineering knowledge is…

crucial to the success of our professioncrucial to the success of all our organisationscrucial for the success of our society

sustainability

Sustainability

Use of knowledge and skills to influence and deliver the sustainability agenda

sustainability

Sustainability

“Meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”Brundtland

sustainability

Corporate Social Responsibility

health & safetyequal opportunities

The responsible organisation does three things:

compliance withlaws & regulations

responsiblebehaviour

customer loyalty

motivate staff

reputation withstakeholders

economic

behaviour beyondbasic legalcompliance

social

environmental

Takes account of economic, social & human rights impacts

Benefits by working inpartnership with others

Recognise itsimpact on society

sustainability

“Situation normal”

“Situation normal” is notan option

climate change

Key impacts for industry and profession

Sun III diagram © Carillion

climate change

Climate change

“Climate change is the biggest global issue we face”Sir Nicholas Stern

climate change

Climate change

What are we doing to reduce carbon emissions?What are we doing to understand our own carbon footprint or the carbon footprint for the projects we construct?

climate change

Climate change

Cut emissions by 60% by 2050Engineers have a part to play – in design and in operations

‘How do you do it?’, poster © Carillion

climate change

Quick wins

Reduce energy consumption in our officesReduce energy consumption on our projectsReduce travel

climate change

“Better for the planet and better for our profitability”

Professor Quentin Leiper, ICE President

climate change

Building design - BedZED

UK’s largest carbon neutral eco-community

BedZED © BioRegional

climate change

Energy use - Carillion

25% reduction in head office energy costs in two years£500k savings in car fleet costsCO2 savings in vehicle selection and reduced mileage

Health and safety

The construction industry kills around 60 people per year in the UK

health and safety

Target Zero campaign © Carillion

Health and safety – what can we do?

health and safety

Commit to and achieve zero accidentsLead by exampleImprove employee involvement and engagement in health and safety

Health and safety – best practice

health and safety

Target Zero campaign © Carillion

Health and Safety Excellence Model ©Carillion

Resource use

resource useFrom Carillion’s ‘Be the change’ poster campaign

Resource use

resource use

”…the true cost of waste is generally around 15-20 times the disposal cost”

“…average savings of 3% of build costs, or 20% of material on site, and these can be achieved without significant investment costs”

Sustainability Forum

John Radcliffe Hospital

resource use

Eliminating waste in design and procurement90% + of all waste is recycledLess than half a tonne of waste is taken to landfill a month

John Radcliffe Hospital © Carillion

Resource use

“Massive savings in waste through efficient design, procurement and construction”

resource use

our people

Greatest influence

Asset as a professionAsset for our organisationsAsset for our nation

our people

Sustainability impact

It is people who willdesign betterbuild with less resources and develop communitiesreduce emissions and improve our safety performancehelp with disaster relief, support the needy and homeless and alleviate povertyprotect and enhance our environment make the difference we want to see in the world

our people

Sustainability impact

“Make tomorrow a better place and a viable place for our children and our grandchildren”

Making something happen

Motivate members, their organisations and their clients

making something happen

Sustainability Strategy Model

step 4 step 3 step 2 step 1

Interrogated our key performance indicatorsLooked at how we managed themIdentified their business and social benefitsLinked these with the delivery of our business objectives

In Carillion…90 minutes x three people, then CEO, Exec, Chairman and Directors of HR, Communications and Strategy…their KPIs, links…their real understanding and buy in!

‘Procuring the Future’, Sustainable Development Task Force

‘Making you plans sustainable: A London Guide’, Mayor of London

Understand what we mean by sustainabilityUnderstand what we need to doUnderstand how we can do it

Sustainability models

Sun I Sun II Sun III Strategy Model

Action Plan

From policy to impacts..... to identifying focus areas….. and delivery through targets

This will be achieved by respecting people, the community and the environment and by taking less resources and creating less waste

Olympic Development Authority : Creating and delivering sustainable solutionsand through openness, collaboration, mutual dependency, professional delivery and clear focus on sustainabile outcomes

ZERO accidents and incidents

Energised, competent and informed

Regeneration and future proofed

Ethics, fairness, try BITC approach

Athletes, public, residents

Measure value and monitor risk

SPTF Excellence Model

Biodiversity Action Plan, local, WT and WWF input

Considerate contractors, no noise, dust, pollution

Zero Waste, Resource Use Plans, in design and

construction

no emmision vehicles cycles and storage, air quality

Energy design

Delivering Olympics Sustainability Toolkit History diagram

Community Engagement Framework

Stakeholder Engagement Biodiversity Framework Delivery Framework

Five steps to increase sustainability

1. Understand why we need to become more sustainable

2. Engender real ownership 3. Provide guidance 4. Show leadership to motivate others5. Demonstrate and celebrate success

“adopted sustainability as a central focus of its next annual plan and has developed a detailed sustainability strategy containing wide range and highly aspirationaltargets.”

Peabody Trust

The Peabody Trust

The Peabody Trust – Sustainability strategy

Reduce waste by 50% on sites, offices and estatesImprove energy efficiency of stock by 20%Produce clean electricity for 700 homesSubstitute cars by environmentally friendly vehiclesEcology plan to maximise plants and wildlifeA social and economic plan for 40% of estatesCommunity regeneration programme for up to 12,000 residents A rolling programme for investing in staff

“To make tomorrow a better place we must develop and enthuse young engineers about the sustainability agenda”

A non engineering perspective

How can civil engineers deliver the sustainability agenda?

Julia Cleverdon

Inspire, innovate and lead by sharing learning and experienceImpact on key social issues by engaging in collaborative action in areas of greatest needIntegrate, manage and measure responsible business in practice

Julia Cleverdon, leader of Business in the Community

Jonathon Porritt

Jonathon Porritt, co-founder and director, Forum for the Future

Accelerate changes everyone must make

Julia Cleverdon, leader of Business in the Community

Jonathon Porritt, co-founder and director, Forum for the Future

Creating and delivering the change you want to see in the world

Presidential team 2006 - 2007

Presidential team

Adrian Long2002-2003

Doug Oakervee2003-2004

Colin Clinton2004-2005

Gordon Masterton2005-2006

Quentin Leiper - President

Promote the value of engineering knowledgePromote the sustainability agendaEngage with young civil engineers

Future years

David Orr, Senior Vice President Jean Venables, Vice President Paul Jowitt, Vice President

David Orr

Review business strategyDeliver vibrancy and sustainabilityDeliver what our members wantBring ICE closer to members around the world

David Orr, Senior Vice President

Jean Venables

Promoting new membership structurePromote ways to become professionally qualifiedHigh quality communicationBuild on the success of raising our profile and influence in the media and with government

Jean Venables, Vice President

International Development Policy GroupContinue to deliver Brunel lecture - ‘Engineering Civilisation from the Shadows’

Paul Jowitt

Paul Jowitt, Vice President

Scott Steedman

Analysis of future engineering knowledge needs

Scott Steedman, Vice President

ICE five strands

ExternalResearchBest practiceCapacity buildingNetworking and events

Scott Steedman

“to foster and promote the art and science of civil engineering”

ICE’s charitable objective

Scott Steedman

Improve the quality, timeliness and impact of our outputsImprove access to the wealth of knowledge we have in the Institution for our members and our stakeholdersAnd improve the accountability, efficiency and effectiveness of the Institution’s employees supporting the Learned Society

Thomas Telford Ltd

Thomas Telford Ltd ICE, One Great George Street

David Hutchison

Further efficiencies in operations

David Hutchison, Chairman of the Finance Committee

Peter Hansford

Promoting new grades of membership across the engineering industryAttracting new engineers

Peter Hansford, Vice President

Richard Coackley

New international strategyPromote the Institution as a global qualifying body

Richard Coackley, Vice President

ICE employees

Tom FoulkesDirector General

Brian MurkinDirector Finance and Resources

Hugh FergusonDeputy Director General

Anne MoirDirector Communications and Marketing

Jon PritchardDirector of Engineering Policy and Innovation

David Lloyd-RoachDirector Membership

Stuart CrichtonDirector UK, Regions and international

influencers

Glasgow University

Professor Hugh Sutherland, Former Vice President ICE

University of Glasgow

Fin Jardine

influencers

Later influencers

“The great and the good found time to talk and to answer questions”

influencers

Projects

Thames Barrier

Birmingham Five Ways

Nottingham Tram

M25 widening

Barrage Site

'South Island'

Access Ramp

sheet piling

Diversion channel

River f low

Pre-diversion river bank

Scale (m)

-6 mOD

-8 mOD

+5 mOD

0 20 40 60 80 100

Sheet pilingKey

Alluvial soils

Glacial clays

Alluvial soils

Previous river flow

Previous river f low

Scale (m)

0 50 100 150 200 250

River f low

Tees Barrage

Conwy Tunnel Medway Tunnel

Copenhagen Metro

influencers

Organisations

CIRIA – Construction Industry Research and Information AssociationBITC – Business in the CommunityTNS - The Natural StepBSI – British Standards InstitutionCRASH – The Construction and Property Industry charity for the HomelessGround ForumEPSRC - Engineering and Physical Sciences Research CouncilISSMGE - International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

influencers

Family

Dorothy Leiper L-R: John, Alice and Edward Leiper

influencers

making tomorrow a better place

Conclusions

Engineering knowledgeSustainabilityCivil engineers of the future

Engineering KnowledgeSpirit of Telford Award

Conclusion

SustainabilityThomas Telford Telford Apprentices

The challenges of today

Civil engineers must use engineering knowledge to create the solutions that make tomorrow a better place

Civil engineers must understand the sustainability agenda to make tomorrow a better place

Civil engineers must persuade more young people to join the profession to ensure tomorrow is a better place

Making tomorrow a better placeQuentin LeiperPresident ICE

Quentin Leiper ICE Presidential Address 2006 Presentation

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