CES - April 2017

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The Journal of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors Hong Kong Arbitration Social Media Professional Development NEC4 April 2017 CIVIL ENGINEERING SURVEYOR... Read more
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Published by the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors. Statements made and opinions expressed in this publication do not necessarily refl ect the views of the institution, its Council ... Read more
ICES Training Partner Send expressions of interest to:Bill Pryke MA HonFCInstCES 􀀦􀁋􀁌􀁈􀁉􀀃􀀨􀁛􀁈􀁆􀁘􀁗􀁌􀁙􀁈􀀃􀀲􀁉􀃀􀁆􀁈􀁕Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors Dominion House, Sibson... Read more
04/17 From the CEO 5 What it means to be relevant C ONSTRUCTION industry feedback as to expectations from a professional membership body can be summed up simply as looking for one that is 100% relevan... 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
04/17 ICES Regions/Events/Social Network 7 ICES UAE www.cices.org/uae 03 APR 17: Acceleration on construction projects Al Futtaim Training Centre, Dubai, 7pm AED50 (AED25 for ICES and IIESL members) S... Read more
04/17 Institution News 9 Could you be an ICES examiner? As reported in last month’s CES, the institution is holding an examiner training day in London on Tuesday 13 June 2017. Extra dates have now bee... Read more
10 Institution News Civil Engineering Surveyor ICES in Doha ICES president Harry Bell and CEO Bill Pryke held a meeting with members and prospective members in Doha, Qatar in February. Qatar is curren... Read more
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12 News Roundup Civil Engineering Surveyor Now is the time to talk about gulls Environmental consultants are warning that there is a short window now to try and mitigate the effects of nesting gulls o... Read more
04/17 News Roundup 13 Modelling Colwyn Bay Coastal engineers have recreated part of the Welsh seafront in model form to assess the efficacy of its new beach. Conwy County Borough Council has placed 50... Read more
Commercial Manager Award Open to members and non-members of ICES Nominations now open Full details and nomination form www.cices.org/awards Closing date 30 June 2017 The Chartered Institution of Civil... Read more
04/17 Meet the Membership 15 Meet the CEngs Name Ian Cowling Grade Fellow Discipline Commercial Management Occupation Head of Commercial Services Employer BAM Nuttall Why did you apply for CEng... Read more
16 Meet the Membership Civil Engineering Surveyor Name Ioan Roberts Grade Member Discipline Commercial Management Occupation Commercial Manager Rail Employer Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Wh... Read more
18 Legal Q&A Civil Engineering Surveyor Legal Q&A: Latent defect claims Kathryn Moffett, Lawyer, CMS What do you need to think about?R ECENTLY there has been a lot of discussion relating to latent def... Read more
Commercial Management Conference NEC, Project Controls and Major Projects 7 June 2017, 1-6pm Cost: £ 30 (including refreshments)Pinsent Masons, 30 Crown Place, London EC2A 4ES Booking and agenda www.c... Read more
20 Membership Civil Engineering Surveyor Student and graduate members: The future of civil engineering surveying Serena Ronan, Membership Manager How you can work with ICES to support student and earl... Read more
04/17 Membership 21 ICES creates essential links between business and higher education. Our accredited universities work with our regional committees on CPD events and networking opportunities. It is ... Read more
ICES Dinner 2017 Coombe Abbey, Warwickshire 7.00pm, 15 September 2017 Join ICES president Harry Bell for a celebratory evening at Coombe Abbey in Warwickshire. Originally founded as an abbey in the 12... Read more
04/17 NEC4 23 NEC4: What can we expect?Michael Rowlinson MSc DipArb FCInstCES FCIOB FCIArb MRICS, Managing Director, Michael Rowlinson Associates A close look at the unveiling of NEC4 T HE beginning o... Read more
24 NEC4 Civil Engineering Surveyor Expected changes to the ECC So what can we expect in the most used contract in the family? All these changes should also appear in the subcontract (ECS) as well give... Read more
04/17 NEC4 25 It is also expected that the shorter schedule will include a list of rates for people instead of having to demonstrate individual cost. Given that the use of the shorter schedule will be... Read more
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04/17 PAS128 27 PAS128 orthogonal grids: A jargon buster Sam Roberts FGS FCInstCES, Director, Met Consultancy Group W HEN PAS128, the specification for underground utility detection, verification and... Read more
28 Development Civil Engineering Surveyor A case for the democratisation of learning and development David Cartwright, Founder, OBD Academy The purpose of learning and development A S more civil engin... Read more
04/17 Development 29 without their active sponsorship only the favoured or demanding few will get on to the development radar. In the fullness of time I expect the term leader to be augmented with the... Read more
A strategy for delivering a spatially enabled economy A cutting edge programme exploring the impact of advances in geospatial technology and services, proving that geospatial innovation is driving the... Read more
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32 Professionalism Civil Engineering Surveyor The laws of nature, or a majority verdict?Dennis Gedge MCInstCES, Consulting Engineer The relationship of the civil engineering profession to other profes... Read more
04/17 Professionalism 33 they might be a mixture of both. Things such as today’s high rise buildings certainly are not easily defined. The unique British Airways i360 elevating observation tower at Br... Read more
34 Professionalism Civil Engineering Surveyor bringing about good engineering results. Mathematics may, however, still be the foundation of sound engineering design, but even that is now questioned.De... Read more
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36 Measurement Civil Engineering Surveyor inertial navigation technology, far larger, non-straight sample areas can be covered, collecting x, y, z, depth, tilt (roll), pitch and yaw data in a single s... Read more
04/17 Housing 37 The social housing revolution Positioning the geospatial profession in the driving seat Antony Oliver, for GEO Business Antony Oliver on why the focus on UK housing could be good news... 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
04/17 Social Media 39 Cracking social media marketing in construction Arvid Linde, Digital Marketing Executive, LexisClick A S social media audiences age, companies are increasingly realising that so... Read more
40 Social Media Civil Engineering Surveyor it the campaign really goes viral; the only problem is that all the backlinks that power organic rankings are pointing to Blogspot and adding zero search eng... Read more
04/17 Social Media 41 them for putting a good thought into video thumbnail appearance. Something that Interserve should learn to do better because their approach to thumbnails is costing them thousand... Read more
42 Arbitration Civil Engineering Surveyor Arbitration in Hong Kong The Year of the Monkey in hindsight Matthew Townsend, International Arbitration Lawyer, Fangda Partners The key developments for Hon... Read more
04/17 Arbitration 43 that many of the countries listed are also part of China’s ‘One Belt One Road’ outward bound investment initiative.CIETAC HK In a noteworthy development for the China Internationa... Read more
44 Arbitration Civil Engineering Surveyor aside an order granting leave to enforce, only one of those resulted in the court setting aside the order.Summary The Year of Monkey was perhaps a year of evo... Read more
04/17 Education 45 (Civil) engineering the future...Robin Jones FCInstCES FICE MCIHT and Ken Chapman CEng MICE 􀀻􀁏􀁌􀀃􀃄􀁙􀁚􀁛􀀃􀁐􀁕􀀃􀁈􀀃􀁚􀁌􀁙􀁐􀁌􀁚􀀃 of articles designed, in a small way, to help ... Read more
46 Education Civil Engineering Surveyor All of this is unacceptable. Even though awareness of the problem is growing and attempts are being made to change the ways in which science, technology, engine... Read more
04/17 Education 47 skill base. These pressures and changes have led the profession and industry to contemplate and adopt different operational structures and development routes and, at last, to begin ... Read more
48 Education Civil Engineering Surveyor order to discover or devise some means of succeeding in a difficult task he may have to perform.” Broadly speaking, the use of the term ‘civil’ was simply to di... Read more
04/17 Contracts 49 How can we solve a problem like contracting? Part 5 Sarah Fox, Contract Strategist, 500 Words Sarah Fox’s series reaches the heights of contract maturity T HE government’s Construct... Read more
50 Contracts Civil Engineering Surveyor but a more sophisticated contract process takes into account other variables such as scope, trust, aims and risks to determine the most relevant contracting sys... Read more
04/17 AMP6 51 A dummies guide to AMP6 Nick Cowley, Integration Director, MCL Group Industries Transforming totex perspectives in the water industry A YEAR after the launch of the sixth asset manageme... Read more
52 Unforeseen Ground Conditions Civil Engineering Surveyor Unforeseen ground conditions Part 2: Proof Kieran Sean Flynn, Director, Navigant Hong Kong 􀀻􀁏􀁌􀀃􀁚􀁌􀁊􀁖􀁕􀁋􀀃􀁖􀁍􀀃􀁈􀀃􀃄􀁝􀁌􀀃􀁗􀁈􀁙􀁛􀀃... Read more
04/17 Unforeseen Ground Conditions 53 could have been identified by carrying out a reasonable site inspection. However, a contractor’s failure to carry out such an inspection does not necessarily mean... Read more
54 Unforeseen Ground Conditions/New Members Civil Engineering Surveyor state had withheld relevant information concerning ground conditions or provided misleading information within the tender documen... Read more
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