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The Journal of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors Project Management BIM Future Skills Competence April 2016 CIVIL ENGINEERING SURVEYOR... Read more
Published by the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors. Statements made and opinions expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the institution, its Council o... Read more
Regional CPD Events Do you want to provide CPD opportunities for members in your region?Are you thinking of organising events, but have little time or support?Do you want to increase the level of serv... Read more
04.16 From the CEO 5 Your voice Bill Pryke on raising your issues at the highest levels I AM often asked by members what we do to influence policy in the wider construction industry and at governmenta... Read more
6 ICES Regions Civil Engineering Surveyor Head Office Dominion House, Sibson Road, Sale, Cheshire M33 7PP United Kingdom +44 (0)161 972 3100 www.cices.org CEO: Bill Pryke 􀀍 bpryke@cices.org Membersh... Read more
04.16 ICES Regions 7 13 OCT 16: Collateral warranties – limitations and liabilities Scottish Water, Stepps, Glasgow 8.30-10.30am Speaker: Keith Kilburn, Brodies 11 NOV 16: Social media Scottish Water,... Read more
8 Institution News Civil Engineering Surveyor Changes at HQ The institution has welcomed back Katie Holt as development officer at HQ. Ms Holt graduated in civil engineering, before working as an educ... Read more
ICES Dinner 2016 Institution of Civil Engineers, London 6.30pm, 23 September 2016 Join ICES president David Loosemore for a celebratory evening at the Institution of Civil Engineers’ historical One Gr... Read more
10 News Roundup Civil Engineering Surveyor Five stars for US Embassy The Considerate Constructors Scheme has announced a new star ratings system. Star ratings posters and certificates will show the pu... Read more
04.16 News Roundup 11 In brief: Atkins has acquired Howard Humphreys East Africa, a multidisciplinary consultancy based in Kenya and Tanzania.• Jacobs has been awarded a AU$15m contract by the Austral... Read more
12 Legal Q&A Civil Engineering Surveyor Legal Q&A: No-amendment clauses Rachel Armstrong, Lawyer and Karen Clarke, Partner, CMS Do no-amendment clauses work?T HE commercial court has considered the e... Read more
04.16 Social Network 13 The (CES) social network Have to say a document entitled ‘Water Regulations in brief’ at 272 pages is a) Misleading & b) Just showing off #engineers #mydayengineering @carbonsa... Read more
14 Skills Civil Engineering Surveyor The report is the result of surveys and consultations with HR and strategy officers representing more than 13 million global employees across nine industry sectors... Read more
04.16 Skills 15 Climate change, natural resources 49%Changing nature of work, flexible work 46%New energy supplies and technologies 38%Geopolitical volatility 28%Middle class in emerging markets ... Read more
16 Professionalism Civil Engineering Surveyor The hardware and software of engineering status Dennis Gedge CEng MICE MCInstCES, Consulting Engineer 􀀨􀀃􀁙􀁌􀃅􀀃􀁌􀁊􀁛􀁐􀁖􀁕􀀃􀁖􀁕􀀃􀁈􀀃􀁛􀁖􀁗􀁐􀁊􀀃that... Read more
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18 Professionalism Civil Engineering Surveyor This leads us into an area where constraints upon engineering design are not related solely to dealing with the forces of nature, but to take account of o... Read more
04.16 Professionalism 19 Shades of this remain today, because whenever disasters involving structural or other types of engineering failures are investigated, the accent is still upon apportioning bla... Read more
20 UAV Civil Engineering Surveyor Pond dipping The use of UAVs in water management Jakub Karas, Co-owner and UAV Manager, Upvision and Director, Czech Unmanned Aerial Alliance Surveying a huge pond in... Read more
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22 Project Management Civil Engineering Surveyor Putting project management centre stage Jason Ruddle, Managing Director, Elecosoft Project management — an increasingly vital tool in civil engineering... Read more
04.16 Project Management 23 Aligning projects to corporate strategy means the ability to see which projects are the right fit; customers satisfaction can be managed more effectively by delivering on t... Read more
24 Project Management Civil Engineering Surveyor the business and also develop its people. PMI found that project outcomes are significantly better in those organisations that invest in ongoing traini... Read more
04.16 Employment 25 National living wage Barry Warne, Partner and Head of Employment, hlw Keeble Hawson What impact will the national living wage have on construction?T HE impending introduction of th... Read more
26 Letter from America Civil Engineering Surveyor Mega-construction in the US Barry Hiscox FCInstCES, Past President Barry Hiscox picks his top 􀃄􀁝􀁌􀀃􀁖􀁕􀁎􀁖􀁐􀁕􀁎􀀃􀀼􀀺􀀃􀁔􀁌􀁎􀁈􀀔infrastructure p... Read more
04.16 Letter from America 27 passenger vehicle and pedestrian land border crossing approximately two miles east of the existing Otay Mesa site. The new port will comprise inspection and x-ray faciliti... Read more
04.16 Letter from America 29 improvements in Virginia ($225m) and Mississippi ($75m). Alabama and Tennessee also received a grant from TIGER of $105m towards the construction of intermodal facilities.... Read more
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32 BIM Civil Engineering Surveyor Abigail Tomkins with Casey Rutland, Associate Director, Arup April 2016: BIM’s here, OVE’s here, are you?A PRIL 2016. It’s here. The much fêted deadline for all centr... Read more
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34 BIM Civil Engineering Surveyor structural design was then transferred into Arup’s internal software Oasys GSA for further analysis. The individual components were imported into Trimble’s Tekla soft... Read more
04.16 BIM 35 It is almost 46 years since that speech and finally the use of BIM processes can turn that ideal from ‘very rarely’ being realised to one that is commonplace. By creating a ‘single source... Read more
TRAINING MENTORING COMPETENCIES APPRAISAL FEEDBACK Competencies Commercial management and geospatial competencies The ICES competencies are essential for membership and help demonstrate you are a qual... Read more
04.16 Competence 37 Pygmalion, skilled incompetence and other taboos Andrew Leisk MCInstCES FCIOB MRICS, Commercial Manager The value of knowledge, communication and behaviour in construction Change ... Read more
38 Competence Civil Engineering Surveyor and recreated in an application that fits the construction industry’s specific conditions. Rather they are viewed as originating in the car industry and thus d... Read more
04.16 Competence 39 A characteristic of humanist change strategy is a desire to change by learning and adaptation. The tools for change are socialisation, practice, training and learning by doing1. A ... Read more
40 Competence Civil Engineering Surveyor effective communication. Likewise the UK construction industry must put aside its standalone tough-guy persona and start communicating and understanding the wa... Read more
Membership Surgeries Bookings: Juliette Mellaza Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors +44 (0)161 972 3113 membership@cices.org www.cices.org The Chartered Institution of Civil Engineeri... Read more
42 BIM Civil Engineering Surveyor Another level v one dimension Rob Horne, Partner, Simmons & Simmons The levels, dimensions and purpose of BIM B UILDING information modelling is one of those subjects... Read more
04.16 BIM 43 information will generate more efficiency and greater control of the project spend and completion date than would be achieved by adding more integration to the design. The difficulty is t... Read more
The Richard Carter Prize Geospatial Engineer 2016 Nomination Procedures Open to members and non-members of ICES Closing date for nominations is 30 June 2016 Visit the website for full details www.cic... Read more
04.16 Events 45 HxGN 2016 13-16 JUN 16: California, USA www.hxgnlive.com Asset Information and Data Management for Smart Infrastructure 14-15 JUN 16: London, UK www.infrastructureassetinformation.com ... Read more
46 Survey4BIM Civil Engineering Surveyor 􀀮􀁌􀁖􀀔􀁌􀁕􀁈􀁉􀁓􀁐􀁕􀁎􀀃􀀩􀀰􀀴􀀡􀀃􀀻􀁏􀁌􀀃􀁉􀁐􀁎􀀃􀃄􀁝􀁌􀀃􀁊􀁏􀁈􀁓􀁓􀁌􀁕􀁎􀁌􀁚􀀃What are you prepared to do?Barry Gleeson and Martin Penney, Survey4BIM Surve... Read more
04.16 Survey4BIM 47 accuracy is something the survey industry has dealt with for centuries. The digital workfl ow can accommodate the maths and the complications of combining various accuracies and to... Read more
48 Survey4BIM Civil Engineering Surveyor CAD, GIS and CGI — need to come together to facilitate a holistic solution. Level of detail Level of detail appears highly developed in many countries and in a... Read more
04.16 Survey4BIM 49 Accuracy Inter- operability Meta data Level of detail Generalisation Controlled test Survey Collate existing group/forum activity Collate existing standards Internal work group sol... Read more
50 Productivity Civil Engineering Surveyor Productivity — Who’s to blame?Damian James MRICS MCIArb MCIOB MCInstCES FCABE, Mediator Consultant, Diales Damian James continues his look at productivity P ... Read more
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04.16 Productivity 53 • Compare the actual cost with what the cost would have been was it not for the disruption. • Demonstrate that the planned cost is reasonable.• Establish that everything reasonab... Read more
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56 􀀷􀁙􀁖􀃄􀁓􀁌􀁚Civil Engineering Surveyor Leica Geosystems has released the LS15 digital level, offering reliable accuracy with ease while measuring levelling projects for buildings, roads, railways... Read more
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