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Vol 85 No 2, February 2013 $7.05 Inc.GST inc.GST $7.05 2013 February 2, No 85 Vol [- = | [=] [m = a [&] _- Vale Peter: Taylor -_ ( uid dic a DIGITAL E DITION NOW AVAILABLE i e ngineers australia «C >4 ' >, & F ING WEED"? «< L IFE Read y our Engineers Australia magazine on your tablet, laptop or desktop ADpED I NTERACTIVE FEATURES LOOKUT O FOR THESE SYMBOLS ON THE ONLINE VERSION 0 [ t ere Ful, JBJ cateroun alt row EBBC VIDEO (popup) & uyrerLink eee o VIDEO (play on page) l— IMAGE CALLOUTS ©§ RSS FEED A> caLLOUTs 9 MaAPs ¥p 4 SHARE &, ONLINE FORM ‘ TWITTER FEED To v iew the online magazine log on at www.engineersaustralia.org.au, then go to "Resources and Library", then "Online Library/Engineers Australia magzine". FROMHE T PRESIDENT a ENGINEERS A USTRALIA Our r egulations Marlene K anga under review [email protected] I n r ecent years, the summer holidays in Australia have Council a nd Congress will seek feedback from been d isrupted by natural disasters with sobering our learned and leadership groups, and hold further regularity. This year, the bushfires burning in four states, discussions at a mid-year Congress meeting in May. This extreme heat, monsoonal rains, cyclone Oswald and floods is an opportunity for contemporary governance in keeping have been cause for concern. Our thoughts are with those with our times, enabling everyone to make a contribution who have suffered loss in this and previous years. to Engineers Australia and the profession, to the level that I have personal experience of such events, having lost they desire. part of my home in the Sydney bushfires of January 1994. Following feedback from Congress in November 2012, After 19 years, my family still remembers the terror and two Committees of Congress are being established - to fear of that afternoon. Australians are at their best after review the governance structure of Engineers Australia, such disasters, we are overwhelmingly chaired by past national president generous and supportive to friends and Merv Lindsay; and to improve strangers alike. communication between Congress However, as engineers we need to 'An o pportunity and Council, our significant governing make sure that the community response bodies, chaired by national deputy is smarter, that we systematically for contemporary president Alex Baitch. mitigate the consequences of natural As part of my support for young disasters before they occur. governance in engineering professionals, I am The government and community delighted to introduce an article by needs to understand that engineers James Polkinghorne (see p. 60), who keeping with have the necessary skills and expertise has lived and worked in various parts of to develop strategic responses to Asia and is currently based in Singapore. our times." national disasters, our profession must Polkinghorne's article discusses the be at the forefront of proposing and challenges of operating in Asia. He is a implementing solutions. passionate advocate for ethical cultures This year we have the important task of finalising and in organisations and I am sure will be a future leader. approving the member regulations. Members may be I am also delighted to introduce an article by Dianne aware that Engineers Australia was established by Royal Boddy (see p. 58), whose career in mechanical engineering Charter, with by-laws that provide governance. New by- demonstrates enormous creativity and problem solving laws were passed by members in 2010. capability. It's one of the reasons I find engineering so A major change was that many areas of operation, endlessly compelling, fascinating and inspiring. previously entrenched in the by-laws, have been devolved February is one of the busiest months at Engineers to regulations. Congress has the responsibility for Australia when Council, as well as most college boards approving the Disciplinary Regulations and Council has and national committees have their first meeting, setting the responsibility for the remaining regulations. This objectives and programs for the year. I am looking forward provides greater flexibility and means that the regulations to productive deliberations that benefit the members, the can be changed as required in keeping with current profession and the community. M practices. Civil E ngineers Australia | February 2013 3 ENGINEERS A USTRALIA NATIONAL O FFICE 11 National Circuit, Barton, ACT 2600 0 phone 02 6270 6555 www.eng|neersaustral t a.org.au ENGINEERS AUSTRALIA [email protected] 1300 653 113 NATIONAL PRESIDENT : Dr Marlene Kanga, FIEAust CPEng NATIONAL DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Prof Alex Baitch, FIEAust CPEng NATIONAL I MMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: Adjunct Prof David Hood, FIEAust CPEng COUNCILLORS: C arla Cher GradIEAust; Dr David Cruikshanks-Boyd, FIEAust EngExec; Madeleine McManus, FIEAust; Simon Orton, RPEQ MIEAust EngExec JP(Qual); Barry Tonkin, JP FIEAust CPEng; Greg Walters (National Vice President - Finance), FIEAust CPEng EngExec. m CHIEF EXECUTIVE : Stephen Durkin, FIEAust Lesso ns fro m c h rl stc h UrC h COLLEGE CHAIRS : Prof Karen Reynolds, FIEAust FTSE (biomedical); Robert Barker, FIEAust, CPEng (civil); Georgie Wright, MIEAust (chemical); Alan Coote, CPEng (electrical); David Gamble, MIEAust, CPEng (environmental); Peter H itchiner, FIEAust, CPEng (ITEE); Paula West, CPEng (mechanical); Richard Eckhaus, FIEAust, CPEng (structural). 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