ICE Past Presidents
Past Presidents from ICE’s early history and recent years
Natural energy, engineering energy and partnership energy
Thomas Newcomen’s steam engine
Engravings of Newcomen’s 1712 steam engine
New £50 note design to be issued from 2 November 2011
“The art of
directing the
great sources
of power in
Nature for
the use and
convenience
of man”
Extract from ICE’s Royal Charter
Ghazi-Barotha
Image top-left courtesy of Binnie and Partners, images top-right and bottom courtesy of Mott MacDonald
Ghazi-Barotha hydropower scheme: under construction and completed
Ghazi-Barotha
Image courtesy of Black & Veatch
Sadequain's mural at Mangla power station
The art and power of civil engineering shown in a mural at Mangla power station, Pakistan
Dinorwig Pumped Storage Scheme
Image of Dinorwig courtesy
of First Hydro Company
Dinorwig power station and, inset, Richard Coackley working on the scheme
Dinorwig Pumped Storage Scheme
Image courtesy of
First Hydro Company
A cross-section of the Dinorwig Pumped Storage Scheme
Dinorwig Pumped Storage Scheme
Image courtesy of First Hydro Company
Aerial photo
Green energy vision
Image courtesy of Marine Current Turbines Limited
Top: solar power and a wind farm trialling hydrogen production
Bottom: Strangford Lough SeaGen tidal power and Cruachan Dam
Lochaber hydroelectric refurbishment
Lochaber hydroelectric power station refurbishment and Laggan Dam
Liquid energy
State of the Nation Water
STATE OF THE NATION WATER
2012
The challenges: Victorian era to 21st century
Image courtesy of Southern Water
Top: Euston Station in the 19th century and Brighton and Hove wastewater treatment
Bottom: Abbey Mills Pumping Station and St Pancras Station
Challenge to industry
Challenge to industry: one voice
“It will always be a challenge to
speak with ‘one voice’ but industry
must answer that challenge”
Background image: All Party Parliamentary Group on Infrastructure visit to New Tyne Tunnel
Challenge to ICE and the profession: harnessing talent
A global Institution
Over 80,000 members
in 150 countries
90 ICE Representatives
around the world
21% of ICE’s membership is
international
ICE Graduates and Students Network
Regional and devolved activity
Rosyth Docks, London Olympic stadium, Wales Millennium Centre, Birmingham New Street,
Peace Bridge and local transport
International activity
Top: Hong Kong MTR and Burj Khalifa, Dubai
Bottom: Central New York and Richard Coackley, Tom Foulkes and HE Mattar Al Tayer
One Great George Street
Director General and Secretary
Developing policy
Challenge to Government
Historically the UK has suffered from an approach
to infrastructure which has been:
“timid, uncoordinated,
incremental and wasteful in…
supporting sustainable growth
in the economy”
From the Government’s National Infrastructure Plan (2010)
Challenge to Government
£200 billion investment
required to make UK
infrastructure fit for purpose
Infrastructure: a priority for Government
Chief
Construction
Advisor
National
Infrastructure
Plan
Water
White
Paper
Green
Investment
Bank
Plan for
Growth
Energy
Market
Reform
Inspiring the next generation
Dinorwig Power Station and tour bus at Dinorwig’s “Electric Mountain”
The Big Bang
Inspiring young people with science and engineering at the annual Big Bang fair
JET and ITER
Top-left: Joint European Torus (JET) – Europe's largest fusion device
Top-right: ITER, JET’s planned successor, currently under construction in France
Bottom: ITER planned facility
President’s Apprentices 2011-12
Yan Zhou, Angela Crowther, Sebastian John, Caroline Traynor, Kieren Couch, Lydia Walpole
ICE Vice Presidents 2011-12
Top: Barry Clarke, Geoff French, Bill Hewlett, Tim Broyd
Bottom: David Balmforth, Andrew McNaughton, Alan Stilwell