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CIVIL EDITION Vol 87 No 3: APRIL 2015 $7.85 inc. gst CYCLONES Buildings found wanting ®engineers australia STEEL Surge in multilevel building construction RAIL Victoria’s biggest transport project the top ten engineering TOURIST ATTRACTIONS in the world 01 c - Cover.indd 1 13/04/15 6:29 PM A new development in liner technology AUSTRALIAN SEMINAR SERIES-2015 MELBOURNE, ADELAIDE, PERTH, BRISBANE & SYDNEY – May 18th - May 28th 2015 If you are a designer, legislator or contractor, you cannot afford to miss this opportunity to listen and learn from one of the worlds leading authorities in geosynthetic clay liner technology. 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Over 14% of eligible [email protected] voters took the time to vote, which is a significant number considering that governance reform does not excite many members! Over 80% of voters agreed with the fundamental reform which enables any voting member to stand for Defence Force, warning this should be of grave concern to election to our Council (soon to be re-named our Board). Australian taxpayers. All four recommendations were supported, with majorities In the article ‘Cuts to Defence engineering numbers a ranging from 67-83%. Details are available in the notice on false economy’ published on 20 March, Walters said: “It p. 30. is a sad indictment when highly skilled and experienced I want to publicly record my thanks to past National government employees are accepted in public discourse as President Merv Lindsay, who initiated the early reform an overhead rather than an asset”. discussions. Merv has since led the member-based He argued that engineering expertise is central to being Congress Governance Committee, which was charged an informed specifier, buyer and owner, before going on with the responsibility of developing the recommendations to cite several recent Defence reviews that demonstrate and overseeing the ballot process on behalf of Council. effective procurement requires informed engineering input I am sure that Merv will join me in thanking the other across the entire life cycle. members of the Committee – Alexandra Meldrum, Mark Our commentary on this issue is particularly pertinent, Toner and Matthew Taylor. as the Future Submarine Program – the most complex, We were all driven by the solid belief that reforming sensitive and expensive Defence capability acquisition our board was the first and necessary step in enabling our government has ever made – is currently undergoing Engineers Australia to go from ‘good to great’ and to be vociferous public scrutiny. This critical debate is clouded the best it can be in representing our profession for the by competing voices and opinions. In our report benefit of our members and the Australian community. Government as an Informed Buyer and our subsequent Our belief was supported by the excellent research work policy on government purchasing, Engineers Australia done by Harrison Coerver and Mary Byers in their book drew attention to the practice of government agencies Race for Relevance. reducing engineering positions over the past two decades. The final step in the process is now to make application Without adequate engineering expertise, governments to the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of cannot successfully manage complex engineering contracts Australia for his assent to the grant of a Supplemental nor assess the engineering competencies of contractors and Royal Charter and amended By-Laws. sub-contractors. DEFENCE CAPABILITY Australia’s modern defence capability is dependent on National councillor Greg Walters, who is also a leading technologies, but technology itself cannot achieve former president of the Australian Society for Defence this capability. Knowledgeable people are required to Engineering, recently wrote an opinion piece for The manage the processes and systems that create and shape Canberra Times to voice our concerns about impending the development, operation and sustainment of our engineering and technical staff cuts in the Australian national defence capability. CIVIL ENGINEERS AUSTRALIA APRIL 2015 3 03 c - President.indd 3 13/04/15 6:30 PM ENGINEERS AUSTRALIA NATIONAL OFFICE 11 National Circuit, Barton, ACT 2600 phone 02 6270 6555 www.engineersaustralia.org.au [email protected] 1300 653 113 NATIONAL PRESIDENT: Dr David Cruickshanks-Boyd, FIEAust CPEng EngExec NATIONAL DEPUTY PRESIDENT: John McIntosh, FIEAust CPEng EngExec NATIONAL IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: Prof Alex Baitch, HonFIEAust CPEng COUNCILLORS: Dr Steven Goh, MIEAust; Alexandra Meldrum, FIEAust CPEng; John Olson, FIEAust CPEng EngExec; Simon Orton, FIEAust CPEng EngExec; Murray Thompson, FIEAust; Greg Walters (National Vice President – Finance), FIEAust CPEng EngExec. 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