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Engineers Australia Northern Division February 2010

President’s Report

Welcome to another year, which already promises to be as hectic and interesting as the past couple of years. This is the year of Engineering Leadership in which we will showcase our past, present and emerging leaders. It would be good to showcase a number of our own NT past, present and future leaders in our upcoming divisional newsletters, so please let us know of anyone you think would be appropriate to highlight and I'm sure we can arrange to have them showcased lo-cally and hopefully nationally in EA magazine. The Gala dinner isn't very far off so please start thinking about buying tickets and securing tables. If you haven't been to one in the past you really must come along to see what you've been missing out on. I'm sure everyone who has attended the past couple of Gala dinners will support me in saying that these functions keep getting bigger and better each year, they really are a fun event. On behalf of all our members I would like to thank, our past president, Peter Hagen for all his hard work over the past two years. I would also like to congratulate Dave McHugh on being elected to EA National Council. We are extremely fortunate in having EA National Assessor Chris Jenkins moving to Dar-win this year. Chris plans to stay in Darwin for a year or so, which will be a great opportunity for our members seeking chartered status in the near future. I'm sure Bronwyn and Karen will have more information on Chris's plans in the near future. There are still a number of positions open on the Management Committee, namely a Heri-tage representative and an Engineering Associate representative. I would urge people to volunteer for these positions, they don't take up a lot of your time, and believe me you get a lot more out of it than you put in. We also have vacancies for remote area representatives in Katherine, Jabiru and Groote Eylandt.

Len Chappell President

• President’s Report • Meet new Manage-

ment Committee Members

- Carolyn Gertz - Prof. David Lilley • Award Presentation -

Ken Grattan • Excellence Awards

Entries now open • Update from Hays

Recruitment • Gala Dinner • National Assessor for

Northern Territory • Calendar of Events

Partners

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Engineers Australia Northern Division

February 2010

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I recently arrived at Charles Darwin University (CDU) as Professor of Structural Engi-neering in the School of Engineer-ing and Information Technology. My role includes teaching, re-search, and support for local and national companies and organisa-tions. My post is part-funded by

NT Government, and I anticipate giving support to NT Depart-ment of Construction and Infrastructure. In addition to being FIEAust CPEng, I am a Chartered Structural Engineer (FIStructE), Chartered Civil Engineer (FICE) and a Chartered Mechanical Engineer (FIMechE). I am currently a member of IStructE Council, and have served on numerous IS-tructE Committees and Panels. I am hoping to use my IStructE experience to help with developments within Engineers Austra-lia. Before joining CDU, I was Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering at the University of Newcastle, UK. I was at Newcas-tle for more than 27 years, where I taught structural analysis and design to undergraduate students at all stages in BEng and MEng Degrees in Civil and Structural Engineering, and to postgraduate MSc students. I am developing several aspects of structural engineering at CDU, and have initially taken over teaching in two Units at advanced undergraduate/postgraduate level: Structural Analysis and Integrated Civil Engineering Design. With a wide variety of research interests, I will be focus-sing on issues which are of major interest within Northern Terri-tory. These include loading effects on structures and buildings from extreme wind events, and post-disaster recovery. In the past my research and consultancy work was generally related to par-ticular problems which came to my attention through industrial and professional contacts. Recent projects with which I have been involved include train-generated vibration of railway bridges, analysis and design of ship-board cranes for offshore use, investigation of causes of numerous spontaneous failures of toughened glass in a canopy roof, design of towers to support wind turbines, design check of glazed frames, and analysis and design checks of Vierendeel frames supporting glazed canopies. I am hoping that local engineers will want to make contact if they need help or advice in solving a particular structural engi-neering problem or issue.

A recent arrival in Darwin, Caro-lyn is a principal electrical engineer with Aurecon (formerly Connell Wagner), having transferred to Aurecon’s Darwin office in Sep-tember 2009 to take up the role of Project Delivery Manager – Indus-trial and Mining, NT.

Carolyn has a background in electrical engineering in the mining, heavy industrial and energy sectors, and prior to her Dar-win move spent the last 8 years in the Gladstone office, 5 of them in the Electrical Team Leader role. This enabled Carolyn to work on a variety of exciting industrial projects, including undertaking the project leader role QAL’s HV reticulation upgrade, the electri-cal design lead role for the RG Tanna Coal Terminal Berth 4 and third outloading stream expansion and Wiggins Island Coal ter-minal project (where she was responsible for electrical design for the Gantry Stacker and Shiploader). Carolyn also has a keen interest in Electrical Equipment for Hazardous areas, having obtained AS 4761 competencies in this area – for design, area classification and also inspection. She has also maintained her Qld Electrical Safety office auditor ac-creditation for EEHA inspection. Graduating from Sydney University in 1991, Carolyn’s career has taken her all over Australia. Starting as a graduate with BHP Engineering (now Hatch) at the beginning of 1992 saw Carolyn involved in projects in diverse locations including the rolling mills at BHP Steel Whyalla, GEMCO Groote Eylandt and the Coil Coating line project at Alcoa’s Point Henry Smelter. It was on this project (in 1994) that she met her husband of 11 years, Paul. Following a transfer to the Hot Strip Mill reautomation project at BHP Westernport Vic, Paul and Carolyn moved to BHP Iron Ore’s Mt Whaleback mine in Newman, WA, where Carolyn took up roles in the Engineering Services department, then Field Maintenance. Following a brief stint with Brisbane-based water and wastewater consultancy JWP, Carolyn moved to Connell Wagner (now Aurecon) in August of 2000. There she spent 12 months in the Brisbane office, working on the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal Stages 5 and 6 expansions, before taking the opportunity to move to Gladstone in 2001. In her spare time, Carolyn is a keen gym-goer and fitness enthusiast and dabbles in bodybuilding – having competed in her first competition in May 2008. She also loves to spend time on the weekends cooking up a storm in the kitchen, and is hoping to be able to do more travel around the NT and Asia (since it’s so close) in the coming year.

Sponsor

MembersProfessor David Lilley, FICE, MIE, StructE, FIEAust,

CPEngCarolyn Gerdtz BE (Hons 1) MIEAust CPEng R.PEQ

Welcome to the Division’s newest Management Committee Members

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Ken Grattan receiving award from Chief Minister, Hon. Paul Henderson

Chief Minister presents Public Sector Award to Ken Grattan

Science and Engineering Challenge 2010 Needs your help!

From the former Department of Planning and Infrastruc-ture, Mr Ken Grattan is awarded the 2009 Chief Minister’s Public Sector Medal for his outstanding and meritorious service to road design and planning in the Northern Territory. Mr Grattan is the Director, Network Development in the Road Network Division. For over four decades, Mr Grattan has earned the reputation as a man of integrity, intelligence, determi-nation and imagination. Ken’s work as a road planner has been instrumental in the development of the Territory in particular the urban arterial roads in Palmerston and Darwin. His skills and expertise have also ensured the Territory’s road networks will continue to serve the community well in decades to come. His long term strategic vi-sion for the Territory’s road network will be a lasting legacy. He has been involved in countless road projects but the one project that exemplifies Mr Grattan is his involvement with Tiger Brennan Drive. Ken has been involved in this long term project since its inception in the 1970s. From day one, it was planned that Tiger Brennan Drive would ultimately be a six-lane highway, linking Darwin and Palmerston. In the ensuing years, the project has pro-gressed incrementally to keep pace with development and popu-lation. Work started recently on Stage Two of the $110 million Tiger Brennan Drive extension; one of the most significant road projects in the Territory’s history.

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people…..And encourage young people to study Maths and Science Call Rosemary on (08) 8981 4137

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2010 Engineering Excellence Awards Entries Open

The Engineering Excellence awards celebrate engineering achievements. Projects located anywhere in the world are eligi-ble for entry, provided that a significant element of the engineer-ing component (eg. manufacture, design, construction etc) was completed in the Northern Division. There are three categories in the Engineering Excellence Awards:

• Engineering Excellence Award • Reports Procedures and Systems • Small Business Ventures and Projects

The 2010 Excellence Awards will once again feature the following two categories in addition to the Engineering Excel lence Award: • Reports procedures and systems • Small Business ventures and projects In addition to these Awards, and at the Judges’ discre-tion, the following Awards may also be presented:

• Sustainability Award • Innovation Award • Community Engagement Award • President’s Award

Along with the six People in Engineering Awards in rec-ognition of the significant contributions made by individual members of the engineering team profession and the wider com-munity: The six awards are:

Entry guidelines and form can be downloaded from the website—visit www.engineersaustralia.org.au/awards and click on guidelines and entry information. Registrations close 26 Feb-ruary 2010. If you require further assistance, please contact Karen on 8981 4137 or by email to krelph@engineersaustralia.org.au

• Professional Engineer of the Year • Engineering Technologist of the Year

• Engineering Officer (Associate) of the Year

• Young Professional Engineer of the Year

• Young Engineering Technologist of the Year

• Young Engineering Officer (Associate) of the Year

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Update from Hays Recruitment

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Upcoming Conferences 2010

Engineers Australia Chemca Conference 26th—29th March

Venue: Hilton Hotel, Adelaide Visit: www.chemca2010.com

Engineering Leadership Conference 2010

5th—7th May 2010 Venue: Brisbane Convention Centre

Visit: www.engineeringleadership.org.au

Northern Division welcomes the Following new members

• Mr H Kannan MIEAust • Mr L Marsela StudIEAust • Mr A F Ling TMIEAust • Mr R Sabamba, GradOIEAust

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2010 Gala Dinner - Holiday Inn Esplanade

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New Part Time Assessor for NT Division - Chris Jenkins FIEAust, CPEng

Chris Jenkins graduated from the University of Tasmania in 1964, with a Bachelor of Engi-neering with Honours (First) in civil engineering, then continued his studies, completing an M Eng Sc degree. He went on to work in New South Wales and

England, as an academic, a consultant and a public ser-vant. Career highlights include planning, design and con-tract supervision for the major deepening of Newcastle Harbour (1977-1981) and working as Deputy Director (Contracts) for the Darling Harbour Bicentennial Project. Despite claiming to be semi-retired, Chris is about to move to Darwin, where he will continue to work as a civil engineer and as a National Assessor for Engineers Australia.

Youth Partner

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Engineers Australia Northern Division Calendar of Events 2010

Young Engineers Northern Division monthly meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each

month at Lizards Bar, 5:30pm. All Young Engineers are welcome to come along and get involved.

Date Event Speaker/Venue

26th February Excellence Awards Due date for Registration of Interest Form

N/A

February Engineering Excellence Awards Due date for Engineering Excellence Awards Registration for Peeple in Engineering Submissions

N/A

31 March Engineering Excellence Awards Due date for lodgement of Submissions

N/A

18th March Gala Dinner to celebrate Engineering Year of Leadership Keynote Speaker—Jonathan Carapetis from Menzies School of Health

Holiday Inn

27th—29th April Science and Engineering Challenge/SMART Darwin

7th May Science and Engineering Challenge Alice Springs

10th May National President’s Visit Prof. Doug Hargreaves

13th May Sponsor’s Cocktail Function N/A

22nd July 2009 Engineering Excellence Awards Darwin Turf Club

2nd—6th August Engineering Week TBA

16th August Science Week TBA

6th August Sunchase Darwin

30th November Young Engineers AGM TBA

10th September Sunchase Alice Springs

September SMART (remote) Island communities

1st December Annual Meeting - Engineers Australia 14 Shepherd Street, Darwin

2nd August Engineers Australia Corporate Race Day Fannie Bay Racecourse

26th May Eminent Speaker—National Transport Professor Rod Troutbeck

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