CES - Yearbook & Directory of Members 2014
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Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors YEARBOOK & DIRECTORY OF MEMBERS Incorporating the Annual Report 2014...
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Leica ScanStation P20 industry's le Be more p Sc s leading scanner e productive with the a canner e ion tion,accuracy angular me range measuremen Using an innova speed scan da Leica Scan...
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Yearbook & Directory of Members is printed using PEFC-certified paper as part of the institution’s commitment to promote sustainable forest management. Printed by Buxton Press Limited, Palace Road, Bu...
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A year for growth Alan Barrow, President W ELCOME to a new year and a new Yearbook. My wish is that the optimism continues into the new year and that ...
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important than in the formation and operation of building information modelling,as it will be mandated for UK government civil engineering pro...
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ensure an even better return on their investment with employees that are at the cutting edge of best practice.Our vision is to grow organically. Our b...
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A bright future Bill Pryke, Chief Executive Officer C onsolidating our position within the civil engineering sector, ensuring we continue to keep focused and ...
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individual recognition as chartered engineers, incorporated engineers and engineering technicians.At the time of writing, a draft ICES Learning and Development Plan 2...
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About ICES The Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES) prides itself on its achievement as an internationally renowned centre of excellence ...
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Our specialisms ICES governs two distinct areas of civil engineering surveying; commercial management and geospatial engineering. Commercial management Commercial manag...
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Our structure Council of Management and core committees ICES members cover a wide range of specialisms within construction commercial management and geospatial ...
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profession. GEPC works in collaboration with other professional bodies and has a joint Geospatial Engineering Panel with the Institution of Civil Engineers.Education, P...
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ICES near you ICES supports the continuing professional development of its members through a network of strategic regions. These regions are located aroun...
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Country representatives ICES country representatives operate in countries where a regional committee is not viable.The role was developed with the objective of ma...
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Continuing professional development Continuing professional development (CPD) is the systematic maintenance, improvement and broadening of knowledge and skills, together with...
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In-company development • Training undertaken as part of an in-company development scheme.• Leading in-house training courses and seminars.• Promotion and appraisal. (Recognition will...
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Membership Applications and upgrades for membership are welcomed from those who have the appropriate academic qualifications and experience, as well as from app...
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Approved development schemes The key benefits of the institution’s approved development schemes (ADS) are that they:• Recruit, motiv...
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Leighton Contracting (Abu Dhabi) www.hlgroup.com Lagan Construction www.lagan-group.com Morgan Sindall www.morgansindall.com...
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Geospatial engineering schemes Amey OWR www.amey.co.uk Atlantic Geomatics www.atlanticgeomatics.co.uk Aspect Land and Hydrographic S...
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Accredited courses Accreditation of courses by ICES is a mark of assurance that the programmes meet standards set by industry. The accreditation process...
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Commercial management apprenticeships College of West Anglia (UK)Commercial Management Apprenticeship Programme www.cwa.ac.uk Commercial managem...
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MSc Environmental Management & Earth Observation PGDip/MSc Positioning & Navigation Technology www.nottingham.ac.uk/ngi University of Nottingham (Malays...
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Core committees and panels: Annual reports Commercial Management Practices Committee At one level commercial managers are responsible for measuring and ...
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Contracts & Dispute Resolution Panel In April 2013, Michael Rowlinson’s three-year tenure as chairman came to a close. I would like to thank Michael for the har...
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Education, Professional Development & Membership Committee 2013 has been another eventful and progressive year, with a number of major projects in hand ...
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Finance & General Purposes Committee In 2012 the institution took further measures to limit the financial risks to which we are exposed, and I am pleased to rep...
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Geospatial Engineering Practices Committee This time last year Bill Pryke, our CEO, agreed to meet with me to discuss and work through the GEPC strategi...
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the engineering surveyor plays within BIM and the life-cycle of a built asset. The signing of our memorandum of understanding between ICES and the Royal Institu...
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ICES Network After the several successful geocaching events held since 2011 a similar event at Newcastle University was deemed ideal. However, a less we...
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International Affairs Committee IAC strives to adapt to the needs of the international community of commercial managers and geospatial engineers. The growth out...
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H&S developments in 2013 And what can we expect in 2014?Jan Burgess, Partner, CMS Cameron McKenna I T has been another year of change in health and sa...
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the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 implemented on 1 October 2013. The changes remove the existing right of an employee to rely solely on a breach of healt...
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it. Particular concerns have been raised by some, who consider that fear of civil claims drives compliance of health and safety,rather than fear of en...
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how interpretation will be approached.Albeit there has been a great deal of work in reducing burdensome regulation in the field of health and safety over the ...
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sentenced following the death of a worker who fell from height on its building site project in 2008. The construction company was fined (including cos...
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Case law developments Steven Williams FCInstCES, Associate Director, Turner & Townsend Contract Services W HEN the question of a legal roundup of 2013 was suggested,the first reactio...
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and will take all reasonable action as is necessary for the efficient transmission of information and instructions and to enable the trust or, as the case may be, any benefic...
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Collateral warranties The Joint Contracts Tribunal defines a collateral warranty as follows:“Collateral warranties are used as a supporting document to a primary contract where an ag...
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unusual grounds of breaches of natural justice and lack of jurisdiction that rendered the decision unenforceable. Furthermore,Blyth & Blyth argued that to enforce the adjudic...
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Commencement The contract relating to Westfield Civil Engineering Ltd v Buckingham Group Contracting Ltd provided for an adjudicator’s decision to be final and binding unless a chall...
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ICES Training Suite A modern and spacious training suite in a friendly and professional environment Excellent transport links to Manchester’s motorway,Metrolink and airport networks Five minutes’walki...
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When east met west John Battersby FCInstCES, Deputy Chairman, Lighthouse Club Hong Kong I T was probably not in the minds of Edward Ward and his colleagues wh...
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and civil engineering industries. The club chose as its motto aliis cum humanitate, or consideration for others, and a benevolent fund was set up in t...
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paid out to eligible victims of injury on construction sites. From a modest beginning, the branch has grown incredibly quickly and now has over 900 members. D...
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High density 3D point cloud of the Matterhorn senseFly T HE MATTERHORN –known as the most beautiful mountain in the world –is one of the highest peaks in the Pennine Alps and...
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2,200 images within just a few hours. In co-operation with Pix4D and through eBee’s image processing software (Postflight Terra 3D-EB), a high-definition 3D point-cloud was created c...
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Team 1 on top of the Matterhorn.Team 2 preparing three eBee mapping drones just above the Hornlihütte.Ultralight technology and 3D flight planning The small weight and trans...
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One of the flights by team 2.Hand launching the eBee off the Matterhorn.up to the summit of the Matterhorn. The eBee was launched at the summit, climbing up to a maximum altitude of ...
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automatically calculated by eBee's ground control software, eMotion 2, based on SRTM data.Challenges The main challenges –successfully overcome –were to demonstrate the mappi...
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Brick by brick Jeff Winke for Topcon I T stands at 112ft and 11.75in tall,establishing a new world record for a tower constructed with interlocking plastic bricks, ak...
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well as companies and organisations in the community all contributing to the brick drive. After months of work in classrooms across the district and a few day...
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students’ co-operative efforts had established a new world record for the tallest structure built from interlocking plastic bricks.Jeff Winke, Business and Constructi...
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Membership Application and Upgrade Surgeries Are you thinking of upgrading your membership?Do you know anyone interested in applying for membership?Do you want your employees to develop their professi...
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Collateral damage Chris Hallam FCInstCES, Partner, Pinsent Masons W HAT is a collateral warranty? In essence, it’s a contract between a party invo...
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collateral warranties are rare beasts, and disputes that make it into a court room are rarer still. But, like buses, you wait for a decisi...
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It said that the collateral warranty had been executed before practical completion, which meant that in reality — as well as a matter of legal int...
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multiple liabilities in respect of the same breach/loss by reason of entering into multiple collateral warranties. It’s a pretty common fe...
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Can modern forensic science uncover fresh clues about the assassination of JFK?Leica Geosystems W HAT really happened in Dealey Plaza in the West End di...
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the deflection of the projectile. Software tools are then used to create a line segment for the original trajectory and any secondary trajectori...
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shooting is said to have taken place. The use of laser scanning, along with other high tech equipment such as Doppler radar and high speed videography, ...
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Without question, the ability to use 3D laser scanning has had a tremendous impact on crime scene investigations. The next step is to combine th...
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TECHNICAL & REFERENCE DATA...
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Imperial/fps units Metric/SI units...
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Conversion factors Standard wire gauge and metric equivalent Paper sizes...
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Mensuration Plane surfaces Solids...
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Trigonometry...
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Weights of construction materials...
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Accelerated Membership for RICS Fellows and Members Is the focus of your work in the civil engineering or geospatial industries?Join the chartered professional body that specialises in these sectors —...
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Approved Development Schemes Recruit, motivate and retain high calibre employees Add value to employment packages Ensure employees develop their roles quickly and efficiently Preferred route to get em...
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