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52ndAnnualHonours

UWI Learning Resource Centre

St. Augustine

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52ndAnnualHonours

UWI Learning Resource Centre

St. Augustine


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Career of Excellence

Eng Kenneth Snaggs graduated with a

BSc (Civil Engineering) from the

University of Wales, UK, (Upper 2nd

Class Honours) and later went on to

complete his MSc in Community and

Regional Planning at the University of

British Columbia, Canada.

Eng Snaggs career can be broken into

three sectors; public, state enterprise

and private. In the public sector he

was a Civil Engineering responsible for design, construction and

management. From there he moved on to the Design Engineers

office and later as District Engineer, Victoria West and Tobago in the

Ministry of Works and Hydraulics. He also worked in Planning in

Ghana, West Africa for 3 years on various planning assignments

including comprehensive planning and development for the Volta

River Resettlement Project. His last job within the public sector was

in Town and Country Planning Division, GovTT. Director for eight ofthirteen years. He directed a wide range of planning and other

studies. Some of these are as follows: the National Physical Devel-

opment Plan, the Re-development of the Central Business District of

Port of Spain, the Re-development of East Port of Spain, the

Chaguaramas Development Plan, the Scarborough Re-development,

the National Transportation Study, 1967, the East-West Corridor

Transportation Study, 1973 and the Piarco Airport Study, Crown Point

Airport Study.

Kenneth Snaggs


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Career of Excellence: Kenneth Snaggs

In the State Enterprise Sector he was a member of the Coordinating

Task Force for Point Lisas and the Chief Executive Officer of

PLIPDECO. He handled the management of several development

projects: large-scale maritime estate and industrial complex for

energy-based industries, initially iron and steel, fertilizer, methanol

and urea; largest complex of its kind in Trinidad and Tobago and

comparable worldwide 600 hectares of developed industrial land

plus 200 hectares reclaimed, deep water (12.8m) harbor, portfacilities and supporting infrastructure.

In the Private Sector he was Director of Home Construction Limited

(Special Projects) from 1991-2001. He was responsible for compre-

hensive planning of housing projects, strategic planning, project

development, feasibility studies and special development projects.

He worked as a consultant in Tobago housing projects, Cove Indus-

trial Estate, Site Selection Study for new Industrial Estates, strategic

development plans for the Tamana InTech Park, Piarco International

Airport and Petrotrin.

He also held other positions; First Board of the Institute of Marine

Affairs, Delegate for Trinidad and Tobago at UN Conferences on the

Human Environment, Habitat I and Habitat II, Chairman, Housing

Task Force and Committee on Urban Development and First Chairman

of UdeCott .

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RSV Aleong Award

Eng. George Preddie first started his

career at Grant Construction Company

in 1967 where he worked as a trainee

draughtsman assistant to the Surveyor

and Engineer. He then went on to

Trintoplan where he worked his way up

from Engineer II to Senior Engineer.

He was responsible for leading thedraughting, land and survey and site

inspection services as well as lead

design on several projects.

From there he moved o to be a Senior Civil Engineer at the Trinidad

and Tobago Electrical Commission (T&TEC) where he was responsible

for the design and project management of several sub-stations. Upon

leaving T&TEC in 2000 Eng. Preddie worked as a private consultant

for number of companies/ organisations for example Eastern Credit

Union, Gasco Ltd, East POS Development Company and DeLeon

Construction Co. Ltd. He is currently working as a consultant toHeritage Limestone and is responsible for providing the design and

construction services for land development at Sangre Grande as well

as the upgrade of the gravel plant at Valencia and the establishment

of a limestone quarry at Heights of Guanapo.

Eng. Preddie is currently a fellow of the Association of Professional

Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago as well as a registered Engineer of

the Board of Engineering of Trinidad and Tobago.

George C. Preddie


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Young Engineer

Shawn Bedecee graduated from

Hillview College in 2002 as a National

Scholar and was conferred his B.Sc.

(Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from

the University of the West Indies, St.

Augustine in 2005. He is presently

pursuing a Master of Science degree at

the same institution.

Upon graduation, Mr. Bedecee

commenced his professional career at

Engineering Consultants (ENCO), one of the foremost Electrical &

Mechanical consultancy firms in T&T and the wider Caribbean. He is

presently a Project Engineer under the stewardship of Engineer

Fellow Frank Teelucksingh and Engineer Fellow Cavallo Sebastien. Mr.

Bedecee has undertaken beyond 1.5 million square feet of intricate

MEP design and construction administration. He has managed and

executed copious multi-scale projects, while simultaneously main-

taining the credibility of his company and forming invaluableassociations.

Mr. Bedecee maintains his philosophy of sustainable building design,

exemplified by his key credential as a LEED Green Associate. When he

is not zip lining in Kuala Lumpur or sky diving in Florida, he portrays

true dedication to his profession and a strong work ethic rare to

young engineers of today.

Shawn Bedecee


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Fellow

Senator Eng. Basharat Ali B.Sc. (Tech.)

(Hons.) R.Eng. CMT was born in San Juan,

Trinidad in 1933 and is the second of

fourteen siblings.

He received his primary education in his

home town and his secondary education at

St. Marys College, Port of Spain where heobtained his Cambridge Higher School

Certificate and was a runner-up for the Open

Island Scholarship in Science in 1951.

He was awarded a Scholarship by Shell Trinidad Limited in 1953 and

read Chemical Engineering at Manchester College of Science and

Technology (UMIST) where he graduated with Upper-Second Class

Honours in 1957.

In that year, he returned to Trinidad and did his Graduate Training at

the Shell Refinery at Point Fortin. He later went on to commissionand start up several projects within the oil industry. He soon took on

the position of Senior Advising Technologist where he was responsible

for process technology, project development and communication with

the Faculty of Chemical Engineering of the University of the West

Indies, St. Augustine. From 1973 on he worked in several government

posts; the Ministry of Petroleum and Mines as a Consultant in the field

of crude oil taxation, as an Adviser to the Government Team for the

purchase of Shell Trinidad Limited and as a Member of the Government

Team for the acquisition of Texaco Trinidad Inc. He also worked as a

Director of Energy Planning, Ministry of Energy and Energybased

Industries and took the lead in the development of a number of projects.

Basharat Ali


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Fellow

Martin Andrews obtained his BSc (Civil

Engineering) from UWI in 1977 and

MSc in Geotechnical Engineering from

the University of Manitoba in 1986.

Upon graduation from UWI he worked

at Trintoplan Consultants Ltd from

1977 to 1980. He then joined the firm

of Geotech Associates from its inceptionin 1980 to the present time. He has

been the Managing Director of Geotech

since 1987.

At Trintoplan he was responsible for supervision of the Geotechnical

Laboratory. During this time he was involved in the execution of a

number of geotechnical investigations including the newly emerging

industrial plants at Pt Lisas. He also served as Resident Engineer for

the piling at for the Direct Reduced Iron facility on the ISPATT steel

plant (formerly ISCOTT). This involved the driving of 3200 steel H

piles to depths of 30-35m.

At Geotech, Mr Andrews has had full responsibility for a wide range

of geotechnical projects in Trinidad and Tobago and the wider

Caribbean. His interests include forensic geotechnical studies.

Martin Andrews


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Fellow

Eng. Jesse Awais 41 year career as an

Engineer has been satisfying, purposeful,

stimulating and entertaining. He gradu-

ated from UWI in 1971 with a BSc Degree

in Mechanical Engineering with Honours.

He worked in WASA from 1971 to 1993,

and is one of its legends.

Before 29 Jesse became competent in the

practice of personnel management and

industrial relations, always mindful to

balance the rights of the worker, authority of the employer and welfare

of the public. He challenged Executive Management, Boards, Ministers

to adopt stances based on meticulously researched and analytically

sound recommendations and was selected for a Chief Engineer position

at Shell, an opportunity to soar in the energy industry to which he

refused. He judged their management culture monarchic and colonial.

He was the Chief Engineer in the Public Service before 30.

He obtained a MEng. in Civil Engineering from Mc Master University,

1982 and in 2012, an Executive Management Certificate in Conflict

Management, University of Windsor Law School.

Jesses current interest is transformation of conflict, through mediation,

negotiation and arbitration, into opportunities for growth and

improved relationships.

Jesse Awai


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Fellow

Eng. John Camacho left Trinidad in

1967 to attend university in USA after

achieving his GCE O Levels and A

Levels from the St Marys College. He

achieved his undergraduate and post-

graduate degrees in Chemical Engineer-

ing, at the University of Southern

California (USC), specializing inWastewater, Water Treatment and Air

Pollution and worked for one year as a

consultant for the Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA). He then returned to Trinidad in 1974 and

worked for Trintoplan Consultants for ten years.

In 1984 he established his own engineering and design company,

called Alpha Engineering and Design Ltd. Alpha was unique in that

it offered both engineering designs and commercial building

construction. This in fact, proved to be the success of Alpha as there

was always a very flexible staff, able to work in both engineeringand construction, depending on the projects which had been awarded

to Alpha.

In Trinidad & Tobago, John has worked on all of the major water and

wastewater projects.

John Camacho


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Fellow

Eng Michael Fortune was born 18th

October 1951. He went to Barataria Boys

RC and then on to St Marys College in

Port of Spain. He then went on to

complete his tertiary level education at

the University of the West Indies in 1974

and then further on to complete a post

graduate diploma in Management at thesame university in 1989.

His experience includes extensive work

within the oil industry with Texaco, with re-stressed concrete, in

construction management and practice at Trinidad Contractors Limited

and Lewken Construction. He has worked in several government

agencies; as a Project Manager for the NPDSL Embacadere Housing site

in San Fernando, as the Estate and Construction Manager at Plipdeco

and as a part time Project Consultant with Kairi Consultants Limited

doing development work in the Caribbean. He is also the Managing

Director and principal shareholder of F&H Engineering Services Limitedfrom 1990 to present. The company itself has been involved in several

construction and consultancy services throughout Trinidad and Tobago.

Michael Fortune


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Fellow

CEng Donald V. Gibbon was born in

1952. He did his BSc in Engineering

at the University of Manchester

(UMIST) in Civil/Structural and later

went on to complete his MSc. in

Engineering for Construction Project

Management at the University of

Technology in Loughborough, UK.

Eng Gibbon is experienced in the

design of structural/civil engineering,

design management, construction and construction management of

large and medium scale, industrial, commercial and institutional

construction activities in Trinidad and Tobago. Expertise in the

design of reinforced concrete structures, steel structures, reinforced

masonry, the repair and rehabilitation of reinforced concrete

structures and concrete technology. He is currently the director of

Gibbon Consulting Engineering Ltd.

He is currently a member of The Association of Professional Engineers of

Trinidad & Tobago, the Board of Engineering of Trinidad & Tobago,

the Institute of Civil Engineers, UK, the Engineering Council, UK and

an Associate of the Institute of Structural Engineers, UK.

Donald Gibbon


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Fellow

Clarence Harnanan graduated with a BSc

in Electrical Engineering from the

University of the West Indies in 1966.

He went on to work in Texaco Trinidad

Inc. as an Engineering Assistant in the

Electrical Department. He then went on

to complete a MEng in Control Systems

from the University of Sheffield, Englandin 1970 and a MSc in Industrial Adminis-

tration from the University of Aston,

England.

In his career to date, he has worked in several companies. They include

but are not limited to Trinidad Cement Limited as a Project Manager

and Lee Young and Partners as a Principal Engineer. He currently works

at the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago where he is the

Project Director.

Mr. Harnanan is a member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology,United Kingdom, the Chartered Management Institute, United Kingdom,

the Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago and

the Board of Engineering of Trinidad and Tobago.

Clarence Harnanan


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Fellow

Mr. Khalid M. Hassanali was appointed

President of Petroleum Company of

Trinidad and Tobago Limited (PETROTRIN)

effective 2012 May 01. His career

spans over a period of 38 years,

having held 27 positions of increasing

responsibilities, including more than

25 leadership positions in the localenergy and industrial development

sector, starting as a Trainee Engineer

at one of Petrotrins predecessor

companies. During this period, Mr. Hassanali was seconded on three

occasions to Trinmar Limited, National Energy Corporation of

Trinidad and Tobago (NEC), during which time he was assigned to

the General Electric International Business Division and finally to

Evolving TecKnologies Enterprise Development Co. Ltd (eTecK),

where altogether, he was responsible for country branding, invest-

ment promotion and industrial development of Trinidad and Tobago.

Mr. Hassanali graduated from the University of the West Indies in 1974

with a BSc. Degree in Mechanical Engineering. He later obtained a

Diploma in Engineering from Queen Mary College and a MSc., with

Distinction, in Systems Planning and Optimization from the University

of London in 1975. During his professional life, Mr. Hassanali also

earned a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Degree from the University of London

in 1994.

Throughout his career, Mr. Hassanali served as a board member on

several private, state and charitable organizations.

Khalid Hassanali


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Fellow

Professor Timothy Michael Mike Lewis

studied Civil Engineering at Liverpool

University, obtaining his BEng in 1968

and MEng by research in 1970. He then

went to work with Sir Alexander Gibb and

Partners, with whom he worked on

economic feasibility studies mainly for

the World Bank. As a result he was sentto undertake an MSc in Technological

Economics at the University of Sterling.

This MSc was awarded in 1976, and Mike

was persuaded to join the University to research the impact of North

Sea Oil on Scottish industry. The first phase ended in 1978, and Mike

left to join UWI, as a lecturer in Construction Engineering & Manage-

ment. He was awarded his PhD in 1990 for a study on technology and

development. Mike became a Professor in 2005.

In 1999 he became Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers,

and in April 2012, Fellow of the British Institution of Civil Engineers.He was a founding Member and Chairman of the West Indies Local

Association of the Institution of Civil Engineers. In January 2012 he

was appointed Regional Representative for the West Indies by the

Institution of Civil Engineers. Mike has published 9 Books, Chapters or

Monographs, 21 Journal Papers, 49 Papers in Refereed Conference

Proceedings, 19 Theses, and Occasional Papers etc. He wrote a weekly

article for the Guardian in 1980/90s. Mike played squash for Trinidad &

Tobago for 5 years in 1970/80s including one year as Captain. He owns

and races a Farr-30 sailing sloop.

Timothy Lewis


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Fellow

Dr. Robin Osborne was born in Roseau,

Dominica, but spent most of his adult

life in Trinidad and Tobago. He is

presently based in Florida, USA.

From 1972 to 1979, he was a civil

engineer in the Materials Testing and

Technology at CARIRI, and served for a

time as Head of that department.He received his Ph.D.(1990) in Civil

Engineering from the Faculty of

Engineering of the University of the

West Indies at St. Augustine. He was a founding member of the

postgraduate programme in that Faculty and taught there from 1977

to 2005.

From 1994 to 1998 he was Deputy Dean (Postgraduate and Research)

of the Faculty of Engineering, and had oversight of approximately

300 postgraduate students.

He has consulted on many of the largest construction projects in the

region, and successfully supervised two PhDs, one in Civil Engineering,

and (jointly) another in Chemistry (which was awarded with high

commendation).

Dr. Osborne is well known among engineers in the Commonwealth

Caribbean, having delivered papers at conferences and guest

presentations intended to upgrade levels of engineering knowledge

and practice.

Robin Osborne


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Fellow

Born on July 6th 1944 and having both

primary and secondary education in a

village with the most basic infrastructure

and witnessing the struggles of everyday

life, it is not surprising to appreciate my

career choice. It was born out of a desire

to improve the quality of life of our

fellow human beings. I knew early on,having arrived in the UK and witnessing

the stark contrast that the pursuit, not

withstanding the exhilaration of gaining

the knowledge, was not going to be smooth. Despite the trials, I

persevered and graduated with a BSc in Civil Engineering from the

University of London in 1972.

I promptly secured employment with Town of Lambeth but always

longed to return to the Caribbean to make a difference. Fortunately,

after having worked about six years in the UK, I was offered and

accepted a job at Trinidad Engineering & Research (1978) Limited in1978. I subsequently left to incorporate my own company VIKAB

Engineering Consultants Limited in 1985.

Hardutt Punwassee


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Fellow

Bill Ramrattan graduated from the

University of the West Indies in 1974

with an Upper Second Class Honours

Degree in Civil Engineering.

His employment commenced as a Civil

Engineer with Texaco Trinidad Ltd. Bill

then joined deceased friend andEngineer Imtiaz Hosein to manage and

develop several medium and small

contractors. In 1988, he moved to

Lake Asphalt as General Manager where he worked on emphasising

research and market development thus making Lake Asphalt environ-

mentally friendly.

Throughout his engineering practice he was involved in many key

changes in the industry for example introducing High Density

Polyethylene Pipes in the water distribution system at Freeport and

Mayaro Water Works. He continued to innovate in the constructionindustry by as well as pioneering the use of Post-Tensioning Technol-

ogy as an ideal solution for foundations in highly expansive clays.

Today, Mr. Ramrattan is the CEO of CPML Contractors Limited where

he is deepening his involvement in Value Engineering and Post-

Tensioning Technology.

At present he is the secretary of T&T Golf Association, Chairman of

the Prime Minister Golf Charity, Founding member and Past President

of the Rotary Club of Chaguanas and a former Vice President of

APETT.

Bill Ramrattan


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Fellow

Engineer Richard Saunders is the Manag-

ing Director of Vicar Enterprises Limited,

a company providing services in Property

Development, Project Management, Design

Build of Sports and Recreational facilities

and Real Estate services. He received his

secondary education at St. Marys College,

Port of Spain and pursued a first degreeat the University of the West Indies,

where he graduated in 1976 with BSc

Honours, Electrical Engineering. He

obtained his MSc in Electronic Instrumentation at the University of

Wales, Swansea and a Diploma in Public Enterprise Management at the

Indian Institute of Management Ahemadabad, India.

His thirty five year career is mutli-disciplinary with executive level

involvement in Project Development, Project Implementation and

Engineering Management. His professional experiences bridge the

industrial, public and private enterprises as well as academic institutions.

He is currently the President of the Trinidad and Tobago Group of

Professional Associations Limited and a past president of APETT.

Richard Saunders


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Fellow

Eng. Simon Westcott is a Chartered

Civil and Structural Engineer, with 30

years engineering and management

experience on projects in the energy,

commercial, industrial and municipal

sectors of the construction industry in

Trinidad & Tobago, the UK and

overseas.

His career traversed many borders with

posts starting as Voluntary Service

Overseas Unit Engineer in Malawi; Engineer in Pakistan and Botswana

and Project Manager in Cambridge, UK and Mott MacDonald Group,

Mozambique. At present, he is a Director and the General Manager of

the largest steel fabrication company in the Caribbean, Yorke

Structures Limited, in Trinidad & Tobago.

His service to the profession is noted in his involvement on

engineering bodies - current Vice-Chairman of the Caribbean Divisionof the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE); former Vice-

President of the APETT; member of the APETT CPD committee and

Corporate reviewer and examiner for the Part 3 exam of the IStructE.

Eng. Westcott is married and has 3 children.

Simon Westcott


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SeminarSeminar

GeotechnicalPort & Marine

JulyJuly

SeminarSeminar Professional Ethics

Greenhouse Gas EmissionsMitigation Through the Use of

Carbon Capture and Improved

Energy Efficiency Technologies

August Seminar Presentation by Young

Engineers

September Social Events Cricket, Football, All Fours

October Engineering Debates To be decided

November Seminar Non engineering &Invited guests

December Social Events Christmas Cocktails

January Seminar Highway and SecondaryRoads

February Seminar Infrastructure Developments

March Seminar Drainage

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President

President Elect

Vice President/Chair, Chemical Division

Vice President/Chair, Civil Division

Honorary Secretary

Assistant Secretary/Interim Chair,

Mechanical Division

Assistant Secretary

Treasurer

Assistant Treasurer

Public Relations Officer

Chair, Electrical Division

Immediate Past President

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 2012-13

Narine Singh

Margarita Leonard

Haydn Furlonge

Neil Dookie

Danielle Steele

Kala Trebouhansingh

Fazir Khan

Colin Clarke

Anderson Ramsubhag

Kevin Granger

Bernard Mitchell

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