ISSUE 157 APR 2016 ISSN 1175-7752 (print) ISSN 1177-9012 (online) Engineering Dimension Putting magic to work for humanity This year’s Fellows’ and Achievers’ Awards In every award category there are nominees whose work raises celebrated New Zealand’s high achieving the bar for the engineering industry at large. These are our engineers working across the world, from Members whose reputations have seen them hand-picked to support large-scale international projects like the 2016 Rio Rio de Janeiro to Ahipara. Olympics, or whose expertise and Kiwi ingenuity has literally The awards ceremony, attended by more than 300 people opened new doors for rural communities. at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington, recognised new “For us, that’s what the awards are all about; recognising talent award winners and Fellows for their contribution to the in our industry and telling our Members’ success stories so we engineering profession. might encourage and inspire the next generation of engineers.” The evening began in dramatic style with an upbeat and New Distinguished Fellow Dr Bruce Harker DistFIPENZ energetic performance from Wellington-based violinist, Elena. summed up the purpose and successes of engineering in his MC Greg Ward captivated the audience throughout the night acceptance speech. He said “what drew me to engineering with his wit and charm. was the view that ... it is magic. Engineering is putting magic Eleven awards were presented in fields from clean technology to work for humanity. Only engineering, and engineered to transportation. Engineering consultancy Calibre was made a reliability, can give us resilience”. Professional Development Partner and tertiary providers were We’d like to thank our sponsors for their support: Opus recognised for their accredited or reaccredited engineering (Supreme Technical Awards), GHD (Ray Meyer Medal for courses. Beca’s Martin Peat GIPENZ (30) took away the title Excellence in Student Design), Beca (Dinner sponsor), SEISMIC of IPENZ Young Engineer of the Year for his work in crowd MA (Turner Award for Professional Commitment), AECOM modelling ahead of the 2016 Rio de Janerio Olympic and (Young Engineer of the Year Award), HERA (William Pickering Paralympic Games in Brazil. Award for Engineering Leadership), and MAS, which brought IPENZ Chief Executive Susan Freeman-Greene says the the SENZ and Emerging Professionals Council to the event. awards are an important opportunity to celebrate the success of Kiwi engineers at home and abroad. “The expertise of engineers is often drawn on in times of crisis,” See inside for all our award winners she says, “but recognition of their daily work can go unnoticed. IN THIS ISSUE Achieving success at the Engineering Professions Forum Our new Board President’s Message Uniting the For us and our Members, the Code of Ethical Conduct is the backbone of what profession it means to be an IPENZ engineer. From “ We need to be bold. We I was honoured to begin my year as now on, our Code will be the benchmark need to make sure our President among our new Fellows and for Membership. This was a key theme voices are heard and Award winners. We certainly belong at last month’s Engineering Professions to a creative and inspiring profession. Forum (see page 15). Over the next our stories are told.” As engineers, we create the fabric couple of months, our focus will be to of our country and we’re building a help you understand what the Code New Zealand to be proud of. We have a means for your day-to-day practice and significant role to play, leading progress to explain how it will impact on our work. tough conversations. We’re already seeing real change in how we work and innovation. What we do affects The Code itself is just one part of the and interact with our Members and New Zealanders’ lives every single equation. It’s almost worthless unless this will be a key focus for us this year. day – yet it often goes unnoticed. we’re prepared to back it. So we need We have a challenge ahead: as a to have the courage to hold people to One change you’ll see quickly is in profession, we need to be better account. This won’t be easy – but the how we communicate with you. Based connected and more collaborative. alternative is to sit back and let others on your feedback, we’ve made the Collaboration means inclusion. As decide what’s best for us and our decision that this will be the final issue of Engineering Dimension. From engineers, we need to recognise we’re profession. We’re not going to do that. June, you’ll find all your Membership living in a changing economic, social and It’s crucial we step up. We need to have and engineering news in our new cultural environment. We need to reflect a strong and united voice on the issues and improved Members’ magazine that in the work we do and the decisions that matter to our profession. It’s going Engineering Insight. we make. At IPENZ, our challenge is to to be hard work, and requires a huge lead the way, by collaborating with our contribution from us all. But I believe you I am honoured to have the opportunity Members and connecting our profession. get out of life what you put into it. If you to represent you. I’m committed to We need to be bold. We need to make willingly contribute to something, you’ll making IPENZ a stronger organisation sure our voices are heard and our stories get that back in spades. and providing real value to you, our Members. I look forward to working are told. We’re going to have ample To help get this done, we’re reviewing for and with you over the coming year. opportunity to do this this year. our strategy. We need to be a relevant, Our new Code of Ethical Conduct modern, member-focused organisation will come into force on 1 July. Ethics that represents your interests and gives represent our public duty to do the best you real value. I’m really pleased we we can in the practice of engineering. have Susan at the helm because this They’re also the foundations and guiding is her natural ethos – committed, principles of our engineering practice. passionate and not afraid to have the Elena Trout FIPENZ Create | Innovate | Celebrate Wellington’s Michael Fowler Centre played host to engineers from across New Zealand on Friday 18 March. From SENZ Council representatives to Distinguished Fellows, our Members and engineers in industry donned their glad rags to celebrate our best and brightest. Congratulations to all our award winners and new Distinguished Fellows, Honorary Fellows and Fellows. A B C D E F G H A. Young Engineer of the Year Award finalist Liam Edwards MIPENZ and Renee Edwards;B. MC Greg Ward; C. Our new President, Elena Trout FIPENZ; D. Engenerate members gather after the dinner; E. IPENZ Chief See more photos at Executive Susan Freeman-Greene; F. Newly-elected Distinguished Fellow Bruce Harker and Fellow Vince bit.ly/fellows-and- Hawksworth celebrate with their peers; G. Violinist Elena sets the ambience for the evening; H. Our Membership achievers-2016 Manager Michele Boniface, pictured with outgoing President Andrew Read FIPENZ, becomes a Companion Member. April 2016 3 Supreme Technical Awards FOR ENGINEERING ACHIEVERS The Supreme Technical Awards, sponsored by Opus International Consultants, recognise excellence and leadership in engineering practice. All our winners demonstrated their expertise through contributions to engineering practice and innovation. Dobson Award Transportation Infrastructure Dr David Hutchison FIPENZ, CPEng David Hutchison received this Award in recognition of his work on design and construction methodologies associated with roading, ports, airports and especially industrial pavements. Currently the Chief Civil Engineer at Downer New Zealand, he has more than 40 years’ experience as a civil engineer in construction and design of road and industrial pavements, civil structures and small buildings. He has developed cost-effective design approaches for road and industrial pavements in poor ground conditions and contributed to developments in using modified asphalt materials. He is respected for his ability to solve engineering problems with practical and cost-effective solutions. David’s leadership within the contracting industry includes his role as Chair of the Aggregates Group (University of Auckland and industry groups) and former chair of Civil Contractors New Zealand’s Pavements Committee. He developed engineering codes of practice in New Zealand and Asia and mentored young engineers. He’s a quiet achiever and highly respected in the engineering community. John Cranko Award Mechanical and Manufacturing Michael Pervan FIPENZ Michael Pervan received this Award for his contribution to the promotion and development of aeronautical engineering. Michael joined Air New Zealand in 1989. His success with Air New Zealand Design Services led to the formation of stand-alone company Altitude Aerospace Interiors Ltd in 2008. His blend of innovation and foresight contributed substantially to its subsequent growth into a multi-million dollar company, and successfully created new opportunities for New Zealand engineering in the field of aircraft interiors. Michael is respected for his unique use of analysis/prediction, rather than testing, to demonstrate compliance with the aerospace industry’s stringent performance and safety regulations for aircraft interiors. He created and promoted a dedicated analytical group, working closely with the University of Auckland’s Engineering Faculty over the years, to put this approach into practice. Michael is an IPENZ Fellow and a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society. 4 Engineering Dimension · Issue 157 Supreme Technical Awards FOR ENGINEERING ACHIEVERS Furkert Award Sustainability and Clean Technology Dr Kēpa Morgan FIPENZ, CPEng Kēpa Morgan developed an internationally-recognised framework for integrating indigenous values into sustainability assessments.