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Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014 Representing 6,000 civil engineers who live in the NW and Isle of Man. Influencing public infrastructure policy and promoting the civil engineering profession. Delivering benefits and adding value for all of our members Civil Engineers – shaping the world ICE North West

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014 Presidential Visit and Awards Dinner in Chester Award entries up on 2013 Highly successful Presidential Debate on “Infrastructure as a driver of Economic Growth” Regional Activity - Highlights ICE NW Reviews – dedicated TMICE Review successfully trialled Law and Contract Course fully booked for 2 nd year

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting Grads sat the Professional Review (+25%) 17 TMICE review applications (+70%) Overall membership numbers static, TMICE (+6%) Held two Fellows’ Forums 24 training sessions and workshops, 700 attendees (+ 65%) Delivered 4 lunchtime Membership Webinars 100 company visits and surgeries seeing ~ 585 graduates (+17%), plus over 3,600 consultations by , phone or web conferencing (+50%) Qualifications

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014 Media coverage up by 10% on 2013 Print 77, Web 14, Radio 8, Broadcast 0 Presidential Debate - Infrastructure & economic growth SON Scorecard NW briefing sheet NW Infrastructure Client Group 2 x meetings, ICE NW partner in first NW Construction Summit E-news read rates consistently over 30%, Website use up by 30% Informing Opinion

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014 Collectively delivered over 72 Branch and specialist group meetings (over 175 CPD hours) attendance up 23% on regional graduate training seminars Ran 26 week Law and Contract Course, 2 nd year, again oversubscribed (good results ‘13) Exploring delivery of L&C advanced module Work on-going to increase visibility of ICE meetings through social media Delivered video summary of Annual Review Knowledge

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014  Pre-19 activities – 51 (48) activities with over 2,000 interactions  Big Bang – ICE Presence at Liverpool July 2013, Aintree July 2014  Bridge to Schools – Catalyst Museum Runcorn, will host bridge and local company will fund  This is Civil Engineering – Launched at Manchester Victoria Station, further sites... Education and Inspiration

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014 Cheshire Cumbria Lancashire and IoM Manchester Merseyside and Graduates and Students Branches

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014 Deliver high quality CPD Show off the art and science that is civil engineering Get the schools excited about our art and science Get politicians involved Cheshire Branch

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014 Cheshire Branch  Our goal: Nurture Inspire Empower Our programme will be mostly Northwich-centric

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014  Annual Supper – Ambleside  Cumbria Big Bang science fair  Strengthening links between the ICE and other local engineering groups  Kendal and District Engineering Society KDES  Professional Engineers of South Cumbria PESC  Joint west Cumbrian engineering institute committee IMech Cumbria Branch highlights Chairman: Gareth Scott

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014  Increase the use of publicity around events (twitter etc.)  Increase the use of shared meetings to provide better value  Increase our discussion with members at events  Continued support of STEM activities in Cumbria  Continue to plan events around Cumbria to suit our members Cumbria Branch: upcoming plans Chairman: Gareth Scott

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014  More Active Committee Members  Closer ties with Special Interest Groups and other Institutions  Improved communications Lancashire Branch Chairman: Christopher Wilding

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014  Review the Branch Constitution  Continue to develop closer ties with Special Interest Groups and other Institutions  Look to widen the work we do Lancashire Branch Chairman: Christopher Wilding

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014 Manchester Branch  Delivered 12 technical meetings during 2013/14;  ICE North West Manchester Branch 6 th Annual Carol Concert, attracted >300 people and raised £800 for Railway Children, kindly sponsored by GHA Livigunn;  Engaged with prospective young engineers during a two day educational event hosted by St Ambrose Barlow RC High School;  Hosted two “Meet the Committee…” sessions to promote the committee and our values;

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014 Manchester Branch What to look forward to…  15 planned technical meetings including: BIM and the Law: Points to remember; Manchester Victoria Station Upgrade (including a site visit!); Choosing the HS2 Route to Manchester; Manchester City Regeneration; Diversity: Does it Matter?  7 th Annual ICE Manchester Branch Carol Concert;  Change of venue for some technical meetings;

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014  10 Technical Meetings held over the past 12 months  Providing Continuous Professional Development events for over 500 professionals and students  Supporting the development of Students by organising talks, mentoring sessions and arranging work placements Merseyside Branch Chairman: Bill Atherton

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014 Upcoming plans We have an exciting year ahead and we look to provide the same high standard presentation as listed below: Merseyside Branch Chairman: Terry McCormick Sep 14Environmental LawOct 14Liverpool Walking Tour Oct 14Travels from PontistNov 14CDM 2014 & HSE Priorities for Construction Dec 14Liverpool 2 Dock Management Jan 15Design and Operation of ALR Feb 15Lime Street Station RoofMar 15Thermal response testing - Chalk aquifer in London Apr 15Mersey Tunnel TourMay 15Liverpool Old Dock Tour Jun 15TBCOtherLiverpool Old Dock 300 years anniversary celebration

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014  Gained an additional £1100 of sponsorship  Planned and hosted the first diversity event in the region leading to the concept and launch of the Equality and Diversity SIG  20 CPD events  10 Written Exercise Group sessions  Hosted the northern final of the Communications Competition  Expanded construction challenge to 3 venues Graduates and Students Chair: Sarah Beck

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014  Focus on gaining more sponsorship  Gaining an active rep at each university  Hosting the GSNet annual conference  Trialling new venues and earlier start times for CPD events Graduates and Students Chair: Ben Smith

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014 Environment & Sustainability and Health & Safety Group Geotechnical Historical Engineering Management Transportation Special Interest Groups

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014  ESHSG established for 2013/2014 session, with Co-Chairs Dave Haddon & Prof Rob Jackson.  Informative lectures, including joint events with Branches in 2013/2014.  Table at ICE NW Annual Dinner  Regular input to ICE NW e-news.  AGM held on 16 June 2014 at ICE NW office in Manchester. Environment & Sustainability and Health & Safety Group

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014  Expanded committee for 2014/2015 session.  More extensive joint events with ICE NW Branches in 2014/2015.  New initiative to engage with Liverpool Law Society.  Continuing with ICE NW e-news input.  Aiming for enhanced presence on ICE NW web pages. Environment & Sustainability and Health & Safety Group

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014 Geotechnical Group Highlights Chairman: Martin de Kretser

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014 Geotechnical Group Chairman: Gareth Belton Upcoming plans

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014 Technical meetings Liaison with PHEW Liaison with other conservation groups Historical Engineering Group

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014 Historical Engineering Group

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014 Management SIG Branch

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014 Management SIG Branch

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014  Lara Smith & Keith MacDonald  Our focus; improving engagement of future Civil Engineers by creating self sustaining network of peers  How? Through mentoring  What we did; –Interactive mentoring session with students at Liverpool University NW Chair’s Apprentices

Institution of Civil Engineers NW Annual General Meeting 2014 Key results Findings  Students understood benefits of ICE and mentoring  Focus on jobs, industry and ICE qualifications  Preference for face to face with other technologies (cloud, LinkedIn etc)  Lack of awareness of the G&S  Understand networking opportunities but find it intimidating at events  Don’t always find out about the meetings, too far away, topics don’t seem relevant Recommendations  Graduate/member led job surgeries before meetings  Ways to facilitate networking  Opportunities for career overviews from graduates at Grab a Grad events  Improve profile of G&S in Liverpool  Run similar mentoring research sessions at other Universities